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