Cordless Cleaner Reviews

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Here are my thoughts on the Swiffer Sweeper VAC. Trust me, I’m an expert. Visit http://www.cleanmyspace.com for the full post. Oh yeah, there’s a contest (contest now closed)!!!

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In 1999, Proctor & Gamble introduced us to Swiffer. A Swiffer can be best explained like a razor and blade sales strategy. You purchase the razor handle for a great price, and you’ll always have to pick up the refill for that exact handle and pay whatever price the company deems reasonable for as long as you choose to use the razor. A Swiffer follows the same sales strategy.

Initial Thoughts — Build Quality — Weight / Size –
On the box, they show the sweeper picking up dirt, dust, pet hair and crumbs. They also show the vacuum picking up bigger pieces like cereal, leaves and crumbs.

We always like to test these claims out.

Battery Life
The battery life seems okay I guess — on the box it says the battery lasts long enough to clean up to 4 average sized rooms (10 sq metres). That’s all well and good — but it seems like I would have to charge the Sweeper VAC after I clean my tile and hardwood — just on the main floor of my house..that seems excessive.

Test
So I tossed crackers, cereal, pet hair and dirt on the kitchen floor and decided to give it a whirl. Now I know the dirt on the floor is a little excessive, but we wanted to put it to the test and see how well it would do.

The vacuum’s exhaust is right at the bottom which is a bit of a design flaw, as you can see the vacuum blasts air out and re-distributes that dirt.

Also, it couldn’t quite pick up dirt caught in the grout lines; it just pushed it around. Because the vacuum doesn’t have an open edge at the back (it’s blocked by the Swiffer pad) any dirt caught travelling backward after the forward stroke gets pulled back to square one, it’s kind of awkward and you can see a clear example of this during the action shots.

It could pick up light debris and trapped the pieces of dirt and crackers on the Swiffer pad. For bulkier pieces i.e. cereal, t needed some assistance. We were testing this for about 20 minutes total and the battery ran out of charge, that wasn’t great.

VERDICT:

Does it work? Yes.
Does it work better than a broom? Maybe.
Is it worth it to buy it? Well, that’s debatable

If you live in a small space, or if you just need something to quickly drag around the floor and pick stuff up — then yes, on the surface it seems like a good deal.

On the other hand, it’s $50 to buy the starter kit, another $40 for a year’s supply of refills and filters..and $40 the year after, and $40 the year after that year..

A good broom and dustpan set – $20 — the year after $0 — a good broom can last at least 5 years and save you almost $250 during that time

So, I guess it boils down to whether you want to spend 15 times as much to get something which isn’t quite twice as good..

Finally, there’s the waste factor — and I saved this for last, on purpose. The amount of waste produced by this product is staggering — I figure I would go through about 100 of these over the course of a year — and these end in the garbage, not the recycling bin.

So, it’s up to you — it’s not that this is a bad product — to me, it just seems to be a little unnecessary, and wasteful..I’d more than likely get a low budget vacuum and stick to a broom for my hard floor surfaces.

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Makita 18 Volt Cyclonic Vacuum DCL500 ReviewCompact Cordless Vacuum for Mobile Contractors

The Makita 18-Volt Cyclonic Vacuum DCL500 is a compact, 9.4 pounds [with battery] cordless vacuum that generates 46 CFM of suction power and 26.5″ of water lift.

Water lift is a measure for suction power and 26.5” of water lift for a little vacuum is impressive considering that’s slightly less than 1/3 of what Makita’s 12-gallon corded vacuum can lift. The Makita 12-gallon vacuum has a 92” water lift.

The Makita DCL500 has a brushless motor and operates at 64 decibels. It has a that HEPA filtration system with cyclonic separation keeps strain off the motor and the filter clean. Like a cyclone dust collector in your workshop, the cyclonic system separates large dust particles from fine dust particles so that only fine dust particles are captured on the filter for filter longevity.

The Makita DCL500 operates on an 18 Volt battery and will run continuous for 12 minutes on high and 30 minutes on low.
Using the Makita 18-Volt Cyclonic Vacuum DCL500

The Makita DL500 was impressive to use. The suction on this small vacuum was perfect for our needs on these small projects. I tended to use a dustpan and broom for the larger items and wood chips and then the cyclonic vacuum on the small particles and dust. The result was a super clean area that looked as if I was never there.

We especially appreciated its compact size, measuring only 13-7/8 inches long. The DCL500 is simple to operate with only two push buttons to control vacuuming. One-button controls high and low suction and the other button turns the unit off.

Two L.E.D. warning lamps were useful to indicate when the filter needed cleaning or battery charging.

A lever on top of the unit cleans the filter without having to remove the filter from vacuum. A small brush is included and stores on board to clean the units screen filter and re-usable dust filter. Both the dust cap and filter are washable.

Emptying debris from this vacuum is as simple as lifting the .53-pint dust container out of the vacuum and pressing one lever to detach the container.

The telescoping extension wand provides an adjustable reach of 38″- 40″ of reach and I was able to select a comfortable length that i not strain my back.

A shoulder strap, floor and crevice nozzles comes as accessories with this unit and I found I mostly used the floor nozzle. The floor nozzle is well designed with two relief notches to keep the nozzle from sucking into carpets. The crevice nozzle did come in handy when installing full extension drawer slides and I needed to get saw dust from behind the slides.

The vacuum was so easy, and such a please to use on projects that I found myself spreading out of my work zone and cleaning other areas – funny I know! The best part of this vacuum is the filtration system works so well that there is no issue of dust escaping the exhaust and getting airborne – even with plaster dust.
Improvements:

The debris container capacity on the DCL500 is small, fills up quickly and would be more useful if it were enlarged. We basically empty this unit every time we use it so its ready the next time we need it.

I’d also like to see Makita, at least, double the run-time. I used this vacuum on both high and low. The low setting is extremely quiet and works well but I had a hard time sticking to using it – mentally I kept putting the vacuum on high to get maximum suction.

Out of the dozen of so clean ups, when I used the DCL500 on high, there were only two instances where I ran out of battery charge. I have since trained myself to use the low setting to maximize run-time.

The want and accessories friction fit onto each other but need a lot of force to get them to stay on.
Overall Impression:

The Makita 18-Volt Cyclonic Vacuum DCL500 is a cordless tool and sold as a tool only so you will need to either own the battery platform or purchase a battery and charger separately.

The Makita DCL500 was designed for portability and works exceptionally well on small clean up jobs. It has all of the accessories needed to do a proper clean up, without the weight and size of a larger vacuum and with the convenience of not plugging in a cord or having to running an extension cord to an out of reach area.

Having a small, compact, powerful vacuum to clean up after your projects are not only the right way to do things, it portrays a professional image and leaves a lasting impression with your clients.

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