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Part three of this three-part article looks at other advantages of commercial vacuum cleaners.
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End users often will scoff at the price of a commercial vacuum as compared to a consumer vacuum. However, the features on commercial vacuums far outweigh the benefits of consumer machines.听In order to withstand the wear and tear of everyday use, commercial vacuums are designed with durability in mind.听鈥淐ommercial vacuums are generally heavier, more heavy-duty and can take more of a beating,鈥� says Griffin. 鈥淧eople are in a bigger hurry in a commercial setting. It鈥檚 not as delicate a setting as you鈥檙e going to find in a residential market, so they tend to be a little harder on the equipment. They bang into things more. They drop it around, beat it around, throw it around.鈥澨齅anufacturers of well-built commercial vacuum cleaners also take into account the amount of time the unit will be in use. An example would be the on/off switch. A good commercial vacuum is built with the knowledge that the switch will be turned on and off as many as 50 times a day, five days a week. A vacuum built for consumer use may only be turned on and off 10 times in a week.Motors in commercial vacuums are manufactured for more cycles and are meant to be run for extended periods of time when cleaning large spaces. Some commercial machines are even equipped with dual motors 鈥� one for the vacuuming, and the other for the agitator brush, lessening the workload for one motor and extending its life.Another major benefit commercial vacuums have over their consumer counterparts is air flow.鈥淐ommercial units have much higher air flow, which means they pull more soil out of the carpet,鈥� says Smith. 鈥淎s you鈥檙e running it across the carpet, you鈥檙e agitating it, you鈥檙e pulling that dirt up out of there.鈥滷iltration is another area where commercial vacuums best consumer vacuums. Commercial vacuums often go through rigorous certification processes to test their filters, ensure they meet the needs of allergy-free environments such as hospitals, remove 99.99 percent of unwanted material from a facility, and ensure that they do not disperse particles into the air.鈥淲ith commercial vacs, that dirt is caught in the bag and it鈥檚 kept in the bag,鈥� says Smith. 鈥淎 lot of the cheap vacs exhaust all that dirt right back out into the room. So if you need to have a HEPA filtration, you need to have high-particulate filtering that is available in commercial units.鈥漁ther notable features on commercial vacuums: they have longer cords, weigh less, have larger-capacity filter bags that enable end users to vacuum longer without stopping to empty the bag or container, and have tool kits used for high vacuuming or high dusting 鈥� all major productivity enhancers for professional end users.Cords on commercial machines run 50 feet in length, 30 feet longer than standard consumer machines, so it decreases the need for the end user to plug in and unplug the machine numerous times in a large area.听Handle weight on commercial machines is also a key productivity feature.鈥淎 lot of times, handle weight is a big deal,鈥� says Smith. 鈥淐ommercial units are designed for someone to use it for longer periods at a time, so manufacturers will design them so that the handle weight isn鈥檛 as heavy and you don鈥檛 have as much fatigue on the worker.鈥澨鼳lthough commercial vacuums are built to outlast their consumer cousins, proper maintenance still should to be taken into consideration.鈥淚t鈥檚 just like buying a car. You can buy a $30,000 or $40,000 car, but if you don鈥檛 take care of it, it鈥檚 a junker in three years,鈥� says Smith. 鈥淚f you spend the money [on a commercial vacuum], you maintain it, you take care of it, you train your workers on how to use it, it will last a long, long time and give great service. Very few times do any of these units ever just fail. Parts typically will wear out over a period of time, but they don鈥檛 just fail.鈥澨�Nick Bragg is a freelance writer based in Milwaukee. He is a former Deputy Editor of听Sanitary Maintenance, a sister publication to听Contracting Profits.
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