Review of the vacuum cleaner market: specifications and principles of work "dry", detergent and multifunctional devices. Manufacturers and prices.
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The easiest way to combat dusty is a vacuum cleaner. But ... what exactly? For dry or wet cleaning, manual apparatus or electric power? How powerful should this device be? And in general, how to navigate in the current variety of options? We will help you choose the appropriate model of your assistant.
Let's start with a brief historical reference. The idea of absorbing dust by a special device belongs to the English engineer Hubert Bout. Once he coughed at blowing dust with compressed air practicing at the time. It is believed that it was then H. Bout suggested not to blow away dust, but to suck it. Said, and in 1901. The first vacuum cleaner appeared on the world, which was called "Figing Billy". The unit was large (almost like a passenger car) and worked on gasoline, so carpets had to be taken out. It was, of course, very uncomfortable, and therefore flexible hoses came up with that through the windows stretched from the street right into the apartments. But in the houses, the vacuum cleaner reigned only at the beginning of the XXV., When a three-phase electric motor created, which allowed much to significantly reduce the size of the "fighter with dust": these devices began to weigh 20-50kg. Soviet union vacuum cleaners appeared only in the late 60s. The twentieth century, and their names corresponded to the realities of that era ("Rocket", "satellite" IDR.). Stone pores have passed many years, and all this time engineers upgraded the device, reducing dimensions, reducing noise, improving the design, increasing the suction power, improving the FDR filtering system.
Now the vacuum cleaners produce many firms, and the range presented in the market is so wide that when choosing a suitable model, an unprepared person is easily confused. Modern antique units are sometimes very seriously different from each other. Therefore, first clarify what the vacuum cleaners are and how they work.
There are three main types: for dry cleaning, for wet (so-called detergents) and multifunctional (with the function of cleaning by ferry IT.). In addition, there are specialized devices (embedded options; various compact: automobile, for quick cleaning of furniture, electrolates, etc.). Saying ones there are their advantages and disadvantages, and they purify in different ways.
Path to clean
The most popular vacuum cleaners are for dry cleaning. The principle of operation of the "dry" appliance is extremely simple. The fan drives into motion by the electric motor pumps the air from the working chamber, creating inside its sparse atmosphere. Outside the pressure is normal, so the air with force is absorbed into the chamber, taking with me dust and other small garbage. Next, the dirt enters the working chamber equipped with a filter (depending on the model is a bag-dust collector, container or aquilter). Here lingers most of all dirt. Then the air flow passes through the plated filter, installed in front of the fan and protecting it from those dust particles, which still managed to overcome the first obstacle. It protects the electric motor from overheating. Such a filter can be replaceable or constant. The first change each time with a dust bag, and the second must be cleaned (the frequency of the procedure is indicated in the instruction manual). Strain of modern models The final obstacle on the path of dust is a subtle filter at the vacuum cleaner outlet. Such adaptations are of different classes; They are designed to delay the smallest particles (0.06-0.3 microns): viruses, floral pollen IT.P. By the way, the pollen for a person is most harmful, as it is very light, and therefore it fell in the air. Fight with such a "trifle" S-class microfilters, activated carbon filters, HEPA filters (high efficiency Particle Absorption- highly efficient particle delay), and sometimes everyone is installed on one vacuum cleaner.
Gathering place. So, in the vacuum cleaner, many filters that are the most important details: the effectiveness of purification depends on them, or rather the air emissions emitted back to the room.
Vacuum cleaners for dry cleaning can be equipped with various dust dust bags for dust (replaceable and permanent), containers and, finally, aqua filters.
Dust-in-air small solid bodies of organic or mineral origin. Forward allergies suffer from dust. Completely located up to 5.5 million particles per 1 cm3. Dust is constantly formed, and it falls from the street, and arises in the apartment itself. The inorganic components are the creamy whims, paint IT.P. Organic and dandruffs of people and animals, fluffs and feathers from blankets and pillows, pile of fur coats from natural fur IDR. Just imagine: in a small-sized three-room apartment, up to 40kg dust per year is formed. Most of the dusty is going to carpet, carpets, soft toys, curtains and books. It is believed that the optimal frequency of carpet cleaning is approximately 1 time per week.
Dust is harmful to health, it can cause diseases of the respiratory system, headaches, irritation of the mucous membranes of the eyes. It is impossible to get rid of dust, but what is less, the healthier we will.
Bags - the simplest dust collectors. They are one-time (that is, they are ejected as they fill) and constant (they can be cleaned from the garbage and re-used). One-time, as a rule, are made of paper, but reusable- from fabric. The latter still occasionally change, and they are not very popular, because few people want to mess around with a dirty bag, scraping dust from there, especially since it should be washed from time to time. And the hygiene of such dust collectors is in question, because the bag can accumulate and multiply various bacteria. Paper are quite spacious; Each of them is ready to serve without replacement in the current (provided that cleaning occurs approximately once a week). Paper in them is usually two-layer: the first layer delays the main part of the garbage, and the second - smaller particles. Such bags are more convenient and hygienic.
In the early time, many are preferred by cassette type models, in which instead of a bag-transparent plastic container. They are better from the point of view of care: freeing from the contents of the cassette, it is enough to wash it with water.
If, how the aggregates with dust bags work (dust is absorbed and delayed in the bag), they know almost all, the devices with containers remain for some mystery. Usually they are called cyclones - by the "name" of a device serving to separate solid particles from gas (it has a similar principle of operation). That is, in the container, dust (solid particles) is separated from air (gas). This happens like this: the air is twisted in a container on special grooves, as a cyclonic flow (tornado, whirlwind); Thanks to centrifugal strength, dust is nailed to the walls, its speed is reduced, and it falls to the bottom of the container.
Recently, LG (Korea) recently introduced a novelty-vacuum cleaner with a Kompressor container, where automatic compression (presses) of dusting dust occurs. Inside the container-dust collector there is a movable blade that cries the dust, reducing it in the amount of about 4 times; Accordingly, the container is required less frequently.
Interesting varieties
Let's not forget about small assistants - manual vacuum cleaners. They are intended to quickly remove a small amount of garbage, - for example, if you scattered something. The MINI VAC FC 6055 model (Philips) operating on the battery will remove both crumbs and spilled liquid. There is another variety of homemade vacuum cleaners - brushes. They look almost like mop, for example FC 6125 (Philips), K 50 (Krcher), only instead of a brush - a block with a dust collector. The brushes are powered by the battery, there are no wires, so on the apartment you can move without problems. Clean the floor and carpets with a short pile; Especially good electrolates for local cleaning and guidance of purity in the kitchen. Open a dust collector by simply pressing the button.
Also in the vacuum cleaner can be installed aquiltr- as the main opponent of dust. The device sucks the air and passes it through a layer of water in a removable container, where part of the dust is delayed (relatively severe dust is sinking and settled at the bottom). At the end of the cleaning, the container is empty and fill with clean water. But there is also a "underwater stone". When the air jet passes through water, small air bubbles are formed, in which small, but the most dangerous dust particles are hidden, they will inevitably fall back to the room. Therefore, even after an aquiltra, the air must pass through the fine cleaning filter.
Thin technology. One of the most important technical parameters of vacuum cleaners is the purity of the "exhaust", and the manufacturers are tirelessly achieve that, not a single dust breakdown in the air. A few years ago, it seemed awesome the fact that the absorption of about 95% of dust was achieved. Now the struggle goes for hundredths. The result is less than 99.9% is considered bad. Therefore, in addition to the main one, they put various filters of fine cleaning: coal, HEPA filters, as well as S-class.
S-Class filters are able to detain from 99.97% of particles of more than 0.3 μm. The most common and most reliable non-filters are made of porous material based on fiberglass. Its interwater labyrinths act like traps that can "catch" particles from 0.06 microns. Now there are five classes of non-filters: H10, H11, H12, H13 and H14. Accordingly, the higher the filter class, the more viruses and allergens he can delay. Thus, H10 and H11 are not as effective as the S-class, for particles of 0.3 μm, but H12 is superior to the S-class. H13 is ready to block the road at least 99.95% of dust up to 0.06 microns, that is, dangerous allergens and viruses. That is why allergies should buy units with non-level filters not lower than the 12th grade. The HEPA and S-Class filters will serve you faithfully for more than a year (they are enough about 50 hours of the vacuum cleaner).
Sometimes in addition to these filters, coal is installed. It is needed to clean the outgoing air from unpleasant odors.
Difficulties on the way. Despite all the diversity and efficiency of the filters, I would like to note that the more they are found on the path of the air flow and the more they delay dust, the lower the power of the vacuum cleaner, that is, the power of suction, since the air is heavier to make them easier through all obstacles. It turns out that consumers have to choose: either the vacuum cleaner produces clean air, but it cannot quickly and effectively collect dust from the floor, or it throws more dust, but the cleaning is performed faster. By the way, it is better to start cleaning from the entrance door so that a powerful air flow that breaks out of the vacuum cleaner does not raise the unshakable dust. At the same time if the diameter of the hole for the emission of clean air is about the same as the diameter of the hose, the air will be out of the vacuum cleaner and blow the dust around. Therefore, to reduce air flow speed, many manufacturers use different systems of its distribution, by expanding the opening and change its configuration.
In the power of water
Washing vacuum cleaners, for example 1700 (VAX, United Kingdom), Triathlon (Philips, Netherlands), IDRO Lava (Soteco, Italy), Twin TT Aquafilter (Thomas, Germany), SE 3001 (Krcher, Germany) Idre., Despite their "Talking" name, apply not only for wet, but also for dry cleaning. Therefore, in stores on price tags, they usually write that these are multifunctional vacuum cleaners. The principle of their work is as follows. Before you begin cleaning, you need to pour water with a detergent or without it in a special reservoir. From there, it is under pressure (approximately 2 bar) goes along a flexible tube, from the outside attached to the main hose, and is fed to the nozzle, where it is distributed to uniformly washing the surface. That is, water falls on the carpet and flushes dust and dirt from the pile, which, after this powerful jet of air, suck in the vacuum cleaner, but already in another tank.2.3-10 liters of clean water are poured; Dirty liquid is collected in a capacity of 5-20 liters. For example, a three-room apartment can be removed by spending 5-7l detergent or water. It is overwhelming that the tank with dirty water is full, the light indicator will report. In case of your inattention, there is a float valve that turns off the engine as soon as the container is filled.
Conveniently when nozzles are applied to the instrument for cleaning windows, plumbers IT.P. In addition, with the help of such a vacuum cleaner, you can collect spilled liquid. The enclosed pluses include the fact that he moisturizes the air in the room, it is indispensable in the hot season, and in winter, when the batteries dried air. Aesley will want a thin fragrance in the apartment, add a flavor to the washing solution.
But keep in mind that wet cleaning is not suitable for carpets with a long pile (it will not dry completely, and the bacteria can multiply on wet vile). It is best to carry out such cleaning that is not constantly, but periodically, let's say time instez, and the rest of the time to work in "dry mode". It is optimal to use the washing vacuum cleaner for thin carpets (carpet on latex base), tile, stone.
It is worth knowing that detergents from the surface of the floor back into the vacuum cleaner do not completely go completely (it remains about 40%). So you do not need to be too familiar with their application, use only in cases of extreme necessity. When drying, chemicals become part of dust, so clean water is better.
Kminuses of detergent vacuum cleaners can be attributed and more compared to the "dry" fellows weights due to two additional water tanks. Inacontal, care for such devices is more difficult. After each cleaning, it is necessary to wash and dry both the vacuum cleaner and its details so that the bacteria do not multiply there.
Extractive multifunctional vacuum cleaners, in addition to the functions of dry and wet cleaning, there is a ferry cleaning function. This is Penta Vap El (De Longhi, Italy), Syntho (Thomas) IDR. Steam Kompressor and SV 1802 devices (LG) and SV 1802 (Krcher) are ready to perform dry cleaning and purification of steam. Separately, you can purchase steam cleaners, that is, vacuum cleaners with a cleaning function only by steam: SC 1402 (Kcher), Pro 2900 (Akira, Japan), Monster SV 235 (Euroflex, Italy).
Comparison of filters
| View of the filter | pros | Minuses |
| Permanent sacking bags | 1. Cheap | 1. Contact with dust, as the bag needs to shake 2. Periodically you need to wash the bag |
| Motherbreaders | 1. No contact with dust 2. Ease of use: easy to change bags | 1. Bags will have to be changed as it is filling, and these are additional spending, about 150 rubles. Packaging (5 pcs.) |
| Vacuum cleaners with container | 1. Easy to maintain: no need to change bags, to upload IT.P. | 1. Contact with dust because it is required to shake out |
| Aqua Filter | 1. Air moistened 2. Do not buy replaceable bags | 1. Dimensions more than other vacuum cleaners 2. Complex preparatory work- even for small cleaning should be pouring and merge water, and then |
The vacuum cleaner, cleansing the ferry, according to the design and the principle of action is very similar to the cleaning, only as a steam, heated by the steam generator to a temperature of 100-150 s and under a pressure of 2.5-4 bar. Steam jumps on the carpet through a spray nozzle. Dirt is effectively separated, and moisture together with dust is absorbed back. Water steam penetrates the most tiny gaps between dust and vile. It all depends on the pressure: the higher the better the result of cleaning. With steam cleaning, there remains much less moisture in the carpet than when using the washing vacuum cleaner. On this charms of cleaning with the help of a pair, it is not overgrown, so you can clean textiles (furniture, curtains, wural things IT.) and even ironing clothes.
Force of gravity
Now let's talk about the power of the vacuum cleaner. What to choose what does it affect? It depends on the power, much dust you will remove and how quickly it will be done. I want to immediately prevent that usually in the booklets consumed power consumed, not the power (power) of suction, while the second indicator determines the power of the vacuum cleaner.The acifers of the 1200-2000W on the buildings of the units suggest that the device takes a lot of energy, that is, the power consumption is indicated. Of course, as a rule, the higher this parameter, the higher the power of suction, but the design features of the device affect it. So when buying, check with the seller is the suction power.
However, not everything is so simple. Manufacturers have so much up with this parameter that in reality it is impossible to compare the models of different manufacturers for suction power. Suction power is a product of a vacuum (measured in Pascal), created inside the working chamber of the vacuum cleaner, and the supply of air flow (air volume, pumpable through the vacuum cleaner per unit of time: m3 / min). But the problem is that some manufacturers do not write anything at all about the power of suction, others simply indicate the values of air praise (which almost nothing speaks of suction capacity); Sometimes they are affixed this power in watts (WT) (although it is not clear how the value may turn out to be in these units), and most of the aeriality (AEROV). But there is no such unit of measure in the international system of units of SI - it is invented by companies to determine the power of suction. Moreover, the measurement method is also varied. Some are measured at the place of fastening the hose to the body of the vacuum cleaner, others, where the nozzle comes into contact with the floor surface. It is clear that the numbers come out unequal: the first is higher, and for obvious reasons, the power, measured in the first way, is specified.
In general, confusion is a lot, and it is impossible to find out the real power of suction. Compare models of different manufacturers is difficult, since the values indicate in different units of measurement. You can map only the models of one manufacturer. Asseta is better to evaluate the power of suction on their own, experienced, right in the store, simply applied to the palm to the hose of the instrument turned on and guided by its own feelings.
Opinion of a specialist
Immediately I want to say that most of the problems with vacuum cleaners occurs due to their owners, due to non-accurate circulation. The two most common, regardless of the type of unit, is the engine breakdown and blockage. The remaining "diseases" arise extremely rarely. So, the most frequent cause of the engine output is when people are trying to remove moisture (for example, spilled fluid) to the device intended for dry cleaning. Activated to do it categorically, because water can get into the engine, and it simply burns, because it is not protected by an additional casing, as in the cleaning vacuum cleaner.
As for breaks, everything is very simple. If the vacuum cleaner accidentally sucked any item like a needle and he got up across the hose, then with time around it there is a layering of dust and dirt. This lumpster will interfere with air suction. Many in such cases brush the hose with a long stick with a rounded end. But it is better to entrust the service unit.
Hose water supply hose may clighter, since a small filter protecting it is often disconnected quite often and is lost, and there is dust to the system.
In all vacuum cleaners, hoses are often damaged if the owners are inactively twisted and drive them; They also break in places of attachment of the brushes and vacuum cleaners, because the instrument itself is pulled for them. Contact careful with your assistants!
Igor Alekseev, master instructor of A-Iceberg
If you still focus on aerialatts, then the average is the indicator of 260 Aerov. Such an aggregate easily consists of dust from all surfaces. But for faster cleaning it is better to purchase a model with a suction capacity of 300 Aerov. AESLI You need a serious device with which you can quickly clean the large area from dust, it is worth seeking the option with a capacity of 350 Aerov and higher.
Tubes and hoses
When buying a vacuum cleaner, do not forget about various nozzles. It is important that they will be served for a long time, withstanding multiple "docks". The tubes of the vacuum cleaner can be made of plastic, aluminum and steel. The first, of course, hold the championship in terms of production, due to the cheapness of the material. The advantage of steel - in strength, and aluminum is also lungs. Usually the tubes are made sliding in order for them to be convenient to use a person of any growth. Extractive models - BSG 72225 (Bosch, Germany), XTD 4095 NB (de Longhi), VS 08G2070 (Siemens, Germany) - a vacuum cleaner control buttons are located on the handle of the tube. However, the probability of breakage increases, since the signals into the unit are coming through flexible wires laid inside the hose, and they can be damaged by any chance that caused items. Optimal option - infrared or radio signals are transmitted using special sensors.
Manufacturers and prices
The largest global producers of vacuum cleaners - Electrolux (Sweden), Bosch, Krcher, Miele, Rowenta, Thomas (all Germany), Dyson (United Kingdom), Daewoo, LG, Samsung (all-Korea), Philips, Vitek Idre. The cost of vacuum cleaners for dry cleaning is 1-10 thousand rubles, but the price of individual models can reach up to 20 thousand rubles. (S 5980, Miele). It all depends on the power, manufacturer company and the presence of additional filters. By the way, one-time sacking bags are about 150 rubles. Packaging (5 pcs.).
Models with AquaFilters will cost in the amount of 7-7.5 thousand rubles. Inexpensive vacuum cleaners for 7-15 thousand rubles. Offer Thomas, Krcher, de Longhi. Amodelies worth more than 35 thousand rubles. Release Kirby, Rexair (Obeth), HYLA (Germany). In addition to their main purpose, they are able to flavor the air, assemble from the floor spilled water. Inconale, washing vacuum cleaners Zelmer (Poland), Krcher, VAX cost 5-15 thousand rubles.
The editorial board thanks the representative offices of Alfred Krcher, Bork Elektroniks, Dyson, Electrolux, LG Electronics, Philips Electronics, Samsung Electronics, Vitek International, BSH household appliances, as well as A-Iceberg.