A Guide to Vacuums and Related Products for Allergy Sufferers
Mechanical sweepers were the next improvement in floor cleaning after the broom and dust pan. Sweeping your floor the old-fashioned way would move dirt around the floor to corral it so it could be swept into the pan, doing a lovely job of stirring up dust as you did it! The carpet sweeper would capture and [...]
Beating a rug with a beater - yes, that’s what it was actually called! They came in all kinds of shapes. They came in steel, wood and even rattan!
If you are interested in more vacuum cleaner history, take a look at http://www.vachunter.com/history.htm.
Yours Truly,
Ilene
Given the fact that I had allergies, vacuuming any kind of surface with our old Hoover cannister vacuum was a chore that sent me into sneezing fits. The air that went IN the vacuum seemed just as dirty as the air that came OUT, if my teary eyes, runny nose and shortness of breath were [...]
Developed by Ken and Carrie Garcia, a set of parents blessed with triplets, the Halo vacuum line uses specialized ultra-violet light as an additional tool to kill living organisms as you vacuum! UVC technology has been used for years in hospitals to disinfect and kill germs on surfaces, but never before has it been available [...]