From hand cranked unit to multistage filtration system:

1868 - Chicago
Ives McGaffey patents the first mechanized carpet vacuuming device. 1876 Melville Bissel (Grand Rapids, Michigan) constructs his first vacuum cleaner. 1900 Corinne Dufour (Savannah, Georgia) gets issued the first patent for a motor driven vacuum cleaner. Sweepers come in all forms and shapes... 1921 Electrolux launches"Model V" canister that lays horizontally and has 2 wheels in rear so it can be pulled across floor by the hose.

In the very beginning of vacuum cleaner era people were amazed to see a mechanized metal dust sucking beast and that did the trick and sold vacuums to wealthy customers. In 20 th. century technology and materials made vacuum cleaner very affordable and for those with wall-to-wall carpeting it became a necessity. Second halve of the 20 century was a vacuum cleaner "Big Bang" era and hundreds of vacuum cleaner brands appeared in the marketplace. Prices fell to the point where any family can afford to buy any vacuum cleaner in the market today. So this is pretty competitive market and companies are taking various approaches to distinguish themselves from the crowd and prove the potential buyer that "only their" product is the best investment.

Unfortunately product development gave the way to intricate marketing techniques. Vacuum cleaner is a simple idea - lift the dust and put it in the filter.. Yet its performance is influenced by many parameters that have to work in harmony to effectively get the dust bunnies out of your carpets and trap them in the filter. Amperage, motor revolutions per minute, fan blade design, length of pipes/hoses, aero dynamical properties of the nozzle, brush roll design and of course FILTRATION.

Filtration is a very controversial feature. To achieve better filtration - filter has to have smaller pores however this makes it harder for the air to pass through and vacuum looses suction at the intake (nozzle or hose). Also once dust gets on the filter material it clogs the pores obstructing airflow even more.

We will discuss each manufacturers filtration separately and you make the decision what you like better..

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