Lightweight Vacuum Cleaners

Our mothers’ and grandmothers’ vacuum cleaners were heavy, cumbersome beasts made of metal. Today, vacuum cleaners are made of lightweight plastics and feature highly efficient motors that are both small and powerful. The weight of a vacuum cleaner is particularly important in many of today’s newer homes, which are frequently larger than older homes and have more than one story. The vacuum in the home must be easily transported up and down a staircase and often must also be used to clean the stairs themselves.

While not necessarily weighing more than their canister counterparts, upright vacuum cleaners require more movement of the bulk of the machine during use. With upright models, the hose attachment is generally only used when cleaning furniture, edges, corners or ceilings; the cleaning of the floor requires continual movement of the entire apparatus. Because canister vacuum cleaners only require movement of the small wand and hose during cleaning, they mandate less expenditure of energy from the user as long as the hose can reach into the desired areas.

Automatic or robotic vacuum cleaners can also be compact and lightweight. More importantly, they require no effort by the user except for programming, so their size and weight is considerably less relevant to energy expenditure by the user.

The most lightweight manual vacuum cleaners are small, handheld devices. These are literally operated with one hand, and over the years their size and weight has progressively decreased. Today, the weight of a handheld device can be limited primarily by the size of its dirt cup.

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