PORTAPOWER CH30000

In my opinion, a bagged vacuum is necessary if you’re taking it to different houses. I really like the Riccar Supralite for carpets. For hard floors, edges and upholstery I use the Hoover portapower. I find the sharks difficult to work with, they fall over when using the attachments, they’re impossible to get clean between houses and harbor odors.

Hoover portapower, I use it for furniture stairs and hard floors. I carry an upright hepa bagged vacuum for carpet. Yes, it’s 2 vacuums and it’s extra to carry, but I find nothing has the same quality as this combo. It’s a sacrifice for doing a thorough job AND being able to do things like stairs, furniture and under furniture more easily once inside the home.

This is what I used for stairs. Also for furniture, under furniture, and in between. https://a.co/d/2vwgKyh

https://a.co/d/0er4VicX The Bissel Sanitaire uses bags, but will last you a long time. I used them when I was cleaning houses professionally, and was delighted to find one in the hall closet when I bought my first house. I have an old-school blue one from the 50s and it still works great. I had the motor repaired at my local vacuum shop (same place it was purchased) and everyone there was complimenting my vacuum, it was so fun. 😂 My local shop sells the belts for like $4 so I keep a few on hand. https://a.co/d/0f2VKwxo We also used these Hoovers cleaning houses and I bought one for myself eventually. It’s for commercial use, so really sturdy. It’s perfect for inside furniture and carpeted stairs. It can replace sweeping hard floors too.

Forget the over price consumer junk. Look to commercial. Check out a commercial supply house. See what office buildings use, hotels, institutions. I purchased my vacuums about 28yrs ago. Nearly everything is replaceable on them and easily done. A Hoover Porta Power for hard surfaces and furniture. And Sanitare for carpets. Can purchase parts, bags, belts all online.

I have one I use for a car cleaning load-out that someone had already set up for this purpose with all the cleaning tools and shampoos and all in a big toolbox. It's really nice. I also have a second one complete with box from the 1980s that was purchased by a furniture store to clean their display furniture. I can't see using it to clean an ENTIRE apartment with but it is good for furniture and stairs and stuff.

Congrats on your new job. Handheld vacuums under $50 are pretty useless, they have weak suction, tiny bins, and an extremely short run time. They usually have no cyclonic separation so all of the dirt immediately clogs the filter. You need at least a Dyson V8 sized handheld with multiple cyclones for decent suction power and filtration but I still hesitate to recommend a cordless handheld because using it for work will wear out the battery really fast. I would choose a small corded vacuum with a hose to get into tight corners like the Hoover Commerical Portapower $159 or Simplicity S100 Sport $179. And I wouldn't use a big shop vacuum for the heavy cleaning I'd use a better quieter vacuum like the Powr-Flite Newton with Turbo Brush $175. The Newton is much quieter than a shop vac, it uses large and cheap hepa bags. I'd get the version with the Turbo Brush since it's not that much more than the standard Newton. The Turbo brush can connect to the wand or directly to the hose and it will help you clean floor mats and carpeting. It's not a wet/dry vacuum but they should buy a proper extractor if they want you to shampoo the interiors. You can save a lot by looking for a used Hoover or Simplicity vacuums too. Metro Vac makes some very compact and durable canister vacuums like the Vac 'N Blo Jr and Data Vac, I always see several used that are under $100. The best deals on cordless vacuum I could find are the Hoover Onepwr DustChaser $94, the Hoover Onepwr Hand Vac $99, maybe the Hyper Tough 1.5 gallon Wet/Dry Cordless Vacuum with battery & charger $84. What do you think?

I have a few ideas: 1. Small corded shoulder vacuum. Oreck compact canister, Hoover Portapower, or Simplicity S100. These are small bagged canister vacuums that you must hold or use a shoulder strap. Suction-only so they're good on hard floors, just ok on rugs/carpets, no carpet powerhead. 2. A corded stick vacuum. Shark Rocket or similar. Many have carpet powerheads. Not the most durable vacuums. Bagless maintenance required means regularly washing the filters. 3. A small upright vacuum. Kenmore Intuition. It's a small bagged upright vacuum. It's as narrow as a cordless stick vacuum. The liftaway mode means you can separate the pieces for travel. It's lightweight but also not the most durable vacuum. The Kenmore Intuition is the most capable vacuum cleaner for hard floors and carpets of these options but also the takes up the most space on your cart. What do you think?

I agree the Hoover Portapower is not a good all around vacuum. It has a short stretch hose that you need to pull against and then hold the canister with your other hand or wear the shoulder strap. The Portapower also has antiquated bags, either a fabric dump out bag or a single layer paper bags, the paper bag has poor filtration and the fabric bag is messy to dump out. I also think the Portapower's tools always feel loose. For hard floors and upholstery I recommend a small canister vacuum with wheels so it sits on the ground and you just move the hose back and forth. I recommend checking out the Simplicity Jill $179 and Powr-Flite Newton with Turbo Nozzle $175. Both canister vacuums use hepa bags for easy maintenance and great filtration. The Simplicity Jill is very conventional and easy to like. It's a small canister with a metal extension wand and an automatic cord rewinder. Jill comes with 3 simple tools and a combo floor brush. One downside is the Jill only has a 18.5 ft cord. The Powr-Flite Newton is a copy-cat of the very good Henry vacuum at a fraction of the price. The Newton is a commercial vacuum so it does not have an automatic cord rewinder, instead it has a much longer 35 ft. high visibility cord. The hepa bags are larger. The Turbo version comes with a combo floor brush and a turbo brush for rugs or light carpeting. One downside is the Newton comes with 2 cheap tools instead of 3. Both the Jill and Newton fit standard 1.25 inch tools so adding more tools is easy. Both the Jill and Newton are bigger than the Portapower but you can store them in pieces. I think both vacuums are much easier to use and live with. A cool thing about the Portapower is they have been around for decades and if you really want to try one you can buy a vintage used one for much less than a new one.