Commercial Vacuums - Suggestions

There are two basic types of commercial vacuums - upright vacuums and canister-style vacuums.  Most users of commercial vacuums choose upright vacuums for use in cleaning carpeted areas in hotels, restaurants, commercial buildings and other establishments.  As with almost any other choice in life this has certain advantages and certain disadvantages.  We would like to note a few common characteristics of uprights and dry-canister (we will discuss wet/dry canister vacuums, specialty commercial vacuums and backpack vacuums towards the end of this page) vacuums, and then indicate our suggestions in each category.


Upright Vacuums:  The major, immediate advantage to an upright vacuum is that it always has a revolving brush.  This immediately speeds up and enhances the grooming action of the vacuum on a carpet.  Another advantage is that the width of the nozzle assembly of an upright can be functionally increased up to 18" to 20" - this cannot effectually be done with a canister-style vacuum.  Thus, an open, carpeted area can be cleaned faster with the wider width (some uprights will go up to 28" in width for very large, open areas such as airport terminals).  The immediate disadvantage to a traditional upright is that it lacks the overall cleaning power provided by a good canister-style vacuum; however, since most commercial institutions use a commercial- grade, tight, almost flat carpet the lack of deep cleaning power becomes less important.  The newer, twin-motor upright vacuums approach a canister vacuum's cleaning "ooomph" because such a vacuum cleans just like a canister - i.e., it employs a canister-style motor and cleans through a hose directly into a dirt compartment/bag system.

Another disadvantage to a traditional upright vacuum is that the vacuum usually has a relatively high profile and therefore will not readily fit under lower furniture, etc.  Since most upright vacuums are being used more in open areas or for cleaning under beds and chairs in a hotel room or tables and chairs in a restaurant or banquet facility, this disadvantage is usually not that important.  As well, most of the "hybrid", twin-motor uprights that have become so popular today are styled with considerably lower profiles to enable use under lower furniture, etc.

A last disadvantage to a traditional upright is that there are no cleaning accessories "on board" for dusting of table tops, corner cleaning, etc.  Again, the new, "hybrid", twin-motor upright vacuums have largely solved this problem by including tools on board (TOB) for these purposes.

Canister Vacuums:  A good canister vacuum used for dry vacuuming (versus a canister able to be used for wet vacuuming, as well as dry) has some major advantages compared to most upright vacuums.  First, it is usually more powerful  because the motor is both larger and invariably has two fans versus the traditional upright design of a motor with one fan (most of the newer, hybrid, twin-motor upright vacuums have a main vacuum motor with two fans very much like a canister).  Second, it is infinitely more versatile because it can with almost no difficulty be used to vacuum under low objects and can instantly (with the appropriate accessory) be used to clean table tops & desks, corners & edges, upholstered furniture, etc.

However, a canister vacuum when used with a motorized revolving brush for commercial use has, in our opinion, a drawback in that the maintenance costs go way up.  The reason for this is that such a unit must have an electrified hose (this is the normal configuration - some units use an electrical cable secured to the outside of a regular hose; however, this tends to be awkward), a separate motor in the brush head, a revolving brush with bearings and a belt.  These above-listed items are constant, high "wear and tear" items and repair and replacement on them will drive up maintenance costs.  On the other hand, a canister used "straight-suction" with a non-electrified hose and a traditional rug nozzle has almost no maintenance - probably the rug nozzle and possibly the hose will need eventual replacement - both relatively minimal costs.

OUR SUGGESTIONS:

Canister-style dry vacuum:

Numatic NVQ380

It's a great vacuum!!  Click here to go to our webpage on Numatic vacuums

Upright twin-motor vacuum:

Lindhaus CHPro Hepa 14

The Lindhaus Upright Vacuum is a superlative machine.  We know of no finer twin-motor upright!  Click here to go to our Lindhaus Upright Vacuum webpage.

Traditional Upright Vacuum:

Royal all-metal Upright Vacuum (such as model 1030Z)

Royal Commercial all-metal Upright Vacuums are the largest-selling upright vacuum we have for commercial use.  Our clients such as Liz Claiborne and the State of NJ buy hundreds of these finely-crafted, durable vacuums year after year.  We suggest that, if you are wondering about the suitability of this unit for your own use, you purchase one and test it for yourself.  We can almost guarantee your 100% satisfaction!
 Click here to go to our webpage on the Royal all-metal Commercial Upright Vacuum Cleaner.

Wet/Dry or larger, Specialty Commercial Canister-style Vacuums:

Numatic WV series

Numatic Nutec series

 

Backpack vacuums:

Numatic RSV 200 Hip Hugger