A tired, stretched, or snapped vacuum belt is one of the quickest fixes you can make—and it’s often the reason a vacuum loses suction at the floor or the brushroll stops spinning. With a new belt and a screwdriver, you can restore cleaning power in about 10 minutes.

Canister vacuum: A miniature motor/body mounted on wheels that carries a separate hose and wand. Excellent in terms of versatility and working above the first floor.

Upright vacuum: This is one tall unit that is pushed around, and the brushroll and the motor are located together. Good condition of carpets and fast, straight cleaning.

Key takeaways

1. A vacuum works by deploying a decreased pressure within the machine, which extracts air (and dirt) from the floor into a closed airstrip.
   
   
2. It is all a question of performance based on suction (pressure), airflow, and filtration, and the floorhead wattage is not going to tell you how well it cleans.
   
   
3. Bagged and bagless types have advantages and disadvantages; select one according to the quality of air, convenience, and preferences of maintenance preferences.

After a rising commercial cleaning firm in Ontario, CleanPro Services, was experiencing inefficiency and failure of equipment, the operators in the company knew that there must be a change. The company has a good clientele and a well-motivated workforce, but the cleaning equipment used was dragging them down. Their former vacuum models were not dependable, were costly to service, and were not designed to meet the needs of day-to-day commercial cleaning. The moment was reached when the decision to replace their old apparatus with Numatic and Nacecare products was made, a step that reorganized their activities fully.