| There are six kinds of vacuum cleaners, and each one | | | | Industrial. This is a wet/dry vacuum cleaner often used |
| is appropriate for different uses. You don't have to | | | | with industrial applications. For example, you may want |
| rush out and buy all six, but you may find that a | | | | to keep one in your workshop, garage, or laundry |
| combination of two or three is suitable for your living | | | | room, for serious spills. They are very powerful and |
| situation. | | | | can handle both dry and liquid messes. |
| Handheld. These little vacuum cleaners are great to | | | | Central. This is a tiny convenient system that is built |
| pick up emergency spills, and to do a quick touch up | | | | into your home. The motor and dirt collecting |
| before someone comes over for dinner. Keep one in | | | | mechanism are centrally located in the utility closet and |
| your closet so it is handy and keep another in a | | | | all you have to do is plug the hose into the wall and |
| garage where you can vacuum the car frequently. | | | | you get convenient suction wherever you need it in |
| Upright. These are considered the classic or traditional | | | | the house. This is the best option if you have a lot of |
| model of vacuum cleaner and they are good for most | | | | stairs, since there is no vacuum cleaner to carry |
| standard floors. Things start to get tricky though, when | | | | around. |
| you need to move around, vacuum the stairs, or go | | | | AutoVac. This is a new type of vacuum cleaner, still in |
| upstairs and downstairs. Still, if you have only one or | | | | its infancy. Most of them look like a little flying saucer |
| two floors in your house this is an excellent option for | | | | and they are no bigger than a dinner plate. They run on |
| you. | | | | tiny wheels and have a computerized memory that |
| Canister. These vacuum cleaners are smaller, lower to | | | | lets them vacuum automatically while you are away. |
| the ground, and usually have good portability. They | | | | They may not clean the floor in a specific pattern, like |
| haven't always been called canister models but most | | | | you might if you were doing it, but they cover the |
| of them use canisters instead of bags now. If you | | | | entire floor surface and go around furniture, and can |
| have two or more floors in your house, or a lot of | | | | even be trained to stop at the edge of a set of stairs |
| stairs, you will probably find this model of vacuum | | | | or a doorway into a room you don't want vacuumed. |
| cleaner to be much more appropriate for you. | | | | |