by Liz Gonzales
If you have installed a brand-new laminate floor and now you are trying to figure out, well how do I clean this? In this article, I'm going to show you how you can get a perfect cleanup done by using the best vacuum for laminate floors.
You need a vacuum that has specialized attachments that can clean laminate floors without scratching or damaging the surface. That's why you can't use regular vacuum cleaners for this job.
If you are using your regular vac, do not use the brush tool that spins around at high speed. That can scuff and scratch up your wood flooring. Most upright vacuum in this list will have floor setting, make sure to use that when cleaning laminate floors.
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Caring for your laminate floor starts with a regularly scheduled sweeping or vacuuming. Debris left on the floor can get caught underfoot or dragged around by a mop and cause scratches on the floor.
Remember to use a vacuum with hard floor attachments and not the beater bar. The frequency will depend on how messy your space gets and how frequently it gets used. As long as you are mindful, your floors will look great.
This is an ultra-light corded vacuum from Shark Rocket that comes with tons of cleaning accessories and is available at half the price of a Dyson V6. This is an amazing value per dollar vacuum that has a lot of features with none of the weight. You get all the power you want at under 7 and a half pounds. This versatile cleaning tool is your all in one solution.
Above the floor cleaning has never been easier. You can attach the wand with a crevice tool as start those messy overhead cleaning. It has over 15 feet of reach. The best part of this is that not only can you do above the floor cleaning, you can also do bare floors, laminate floors, and carpets. Attach the powerhead you now get a motor for the suction and a motor for the brush tool.
The motor is specially designed for hardwood floors. This is a motor that goes especially slow so that it can pick up fine dust and really clean the floor. They have also incorporated swivel steering. It is just like their most expensive and larger uprights. You can clean bare floors, carpets, you name it with easy maneuverability.
When you want to clean the carpet, you can turn the brush roll up. Now, it is going to spin faster to deep clean your carpets and get around those hard to reach places. So, hardwoods, carpets, up high and little crevices, you are doing it all with an ultra-lightweight upright vacuum. You get every tool for every cleaning job.
It comes with a dusting brush, crevice tool, a special upholstery brush, electrically driven motorized brush, and the dust-away. It's a patented attachment that no other company makes. It has straighter suction for larger particles and it also has a microfiber pad. You can also convert this into a corded handheld vacuum.
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The Eureka NES215A Blaze three in one model is a great inexpensive vacuum that does a great job on hardwood floors. It has rubberized wheels which means you won't have to worry about any scratches on the floor. It has a swivel steering that is super easy to maneuver. On top of that, it is also very lightweight. You can easily lay it flat under a bed.
It can easily suck up dirt like cat litter and can pick up golden retriever hair with no problem. There is also a specialized brush to pick pet hair. The filter inside is washable. It will be the perfect cleaning tool for your studio apartment. Once you turn it on, you will be surprised by the amount of suction power this little tool has.
All of the accessories that come along with work perfectly and it has a decent sized power cord to reach into every corner of your home. In spite of being reasonably priced, it is not a crappy vacuum. In fact, the Eureka NES215A is a very serious light duty vacuum and the only cleaner you should ever buy if you have pets. Despite being lightweight, it picks up as much as many large vacuums.
It has a powered brush roll that works really well. Unlike other inexpensive vacs, it doesn't use a cheap har plexiglass dust cap. Rather it uses a semi-flexible heavy-duty red clear polycarbonate dust cup. The NES215A Blaze from Eureka comes with an onboard crevice tool that you can easily customize for your needs. It only weighs 4 pounds. You can literally take it anywhere you want.
You can easily transform this tool form a hand vacuum, a stair vacuum, and a stick vacuum as you need. It is highly qualified for all your cleaning needs. The capture nozzle on this vac can easily pick up larger debris. This unit is powered a powerful 2-amp motor that provides continuous no-loss suction power.
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You need to make sure that your schedule includes time to enjoy the little things. So, when it comes it cleaning your home, you need a vacuum that will allow you to spend less time cleaning and more time with your family. The Cleanview from Bissell has features designed to remove embedded dirt and hair for deep clean. The Cleanview features One Pass Technology.
This technology provides powerful non-stop suction and an innovative brush design that cleans on the initial pass. The One Pass Technology couples with a powerful multi-cyclonic suction system to deliver powerful non-stop suction in an uncomplicated, easy to maneuver unit. The vacuum comes with premium attachments designed to clean other surfaces where messes may exist.
The crevice tool is great for cleaning narrow surfaces such as baseboards. While the turbo-brush roll attaches easily to clean furniture and stairs. The upholstery brush can also be used to clean furniture, curtain, and drapes. The Bissell Cleanview comes with a multi-level filtration system that helps reduce household allergens.
There is even a washable premotor filter that you can clean and reuse to maximize performance and save money. The easy empty dirt tank allows disposing of your debris at the push of a button. All these features and attachments are built-in to this lightweight easily storable design, letting you get the cleaning out of the way so you can get back to enjoying the little things.
This vacuum is powered by a powerful 8-amp motor on a lightweight frame. It makes it easy to carry and push the vac without sacrificing power. With this cleaner, you can clean sealed hard floors, bare floors, carpet, stairs, low pile carpet, and upholstery. The 6-foot-long hose and the 25-foot-long power cord provide extended cleaning reach.
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This is an upright commercial vacuum cleaner from Oreck that is unlike anything you have seen before. So, who is the XL2100 commercial vacuum for? Well, the customers and the decision makers who purchase this vacuum are 1000's of hotels across the country as well as 1000's of cleaning professionals. It is also gaining ground today because it is a very simple vacuum.
But they also have some built-in hidden features. Let me tell you about those features and key points of why you should buy this vacuum. Okay, first of all, it has a vacuum that is made for people that are looking for a lightweight model. Hotel owners have limited staff size and numbers. Lightweight, that is key to selling an upright vacuum.
They have been making lightweight vacuums for years and it is a standard benefit. Also, things have changed in the cleaning industry. Not every vacuum can clean hard surface as well as carpet. 95% of all the upright vacuum cleaners in this country do one thing and that is clean carpets. All the Oreck uprights do two surfaces.
Under the vacuum, you will see some really simple features. They use a scatter guard squeegee that allows the machine to vacuum fine dust and particles on hard floors. In the professional cleaning market, seeing is believing. When you see how easily it can clean hardwood floors, you won't choose anything else.
It has a 12-inch wide cleaning path which is better suited for cleaning low pile carpets. Oreck commercial covers the other 5% that can-do hard surface and not just carpet. That's why they are the professional series. That's why it is an Oreck commercial. Here are some of the top rated Oreck vacuums
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The Shark Rocket DuoClean HV382 is an ultra-light machine which is an upright vacuum that can also become a handheld vac. The best feature of this vacuum is that Shark is giving you everything you need for complete housecleaning. Whether it is above the floor or down on the floor, this vacuum will give you the cleaning you come to know and expect from a shark vacuum.
Whether the mess is on the carpet or on your laminate floors, this vacuum can pick anything in a single pass. It also has its enhanced swivel steering. On the front, it has LED headlights will give you the ability to get really down low. What I really love about this vac is that this is a DuoClean. What a DuoClean means is that Shark removes the front wall of the vacuum so that it can suck up larger pieces.
Normally, most larger vacuums would push those larger pieces around instead of grabbing them. Also, this lightweight easy to use vacuum transforms into a handheld mode. First and foremost, this is a Rocket vacuum from Shark and rocket vacuum means they've stripped away all the extra weight which makes this unit really lightweight.
The Rocket DuoClean can clean like a full sized upright but can also be versatile for whole house cleaning. The bristle brush helps deep clean carpets while the additional soft brush roll pulls in larger particles. The soft brush roll also engages directly to the floor and gives a polished look. It comes with easy to access brush roll garage for easy maintenance and also comes with a hair remover tool.
I really like the front LED lights on the front nozzle. There are also LED lights on a hand vac that help to spot hidden debris on those hard to reach areas. It is easy to assemble and setup. Just place the nozzle on the floor and click in the wand, then click on the hand vac and insert accessories into the clip. Snap accessories clip onto the wand. For bare floors and area rugs, use speed 1. For Higher pile carpet, use speed 2.
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This cordless vacuum cleaner from SOWTECH features 4000mAh lithium-ion battery that can run this vacuum for 40+ minutes on a full charge. It's very lightweight and weighs only 3.3 pounds. It's also very inexpensive and provides good value for the money. Even though it has a portable size, the power is pretty strong. I like the fact that you can charge it and use it at the same time.
This small unit is perhaps the lightest cordless vacuum in the market. It is great for people with a bad back. The powerful true pro-cyclonic suction picks up everything. And it is so small that it will easily get under just about all of your furniture. It comes with a lot of cleaning attachments for complete cleaning experience. It is also very simple to use.
Cleaning with this vac is very simple. You can take out the attachments as per the instruction manual. And you can wash them in water. You will also love the fact that it has a quiet operation. Unlike other small cordless vacs, this one doesn't have any smell. You can use the attachments to clean hard wooden floors, laminate floors, and tiled bathrooms.
The powerful cyclonic system can suck out mites, pet hair, and paper debris. SOWTECH claims that this powerful suction can suck out microbes and bacteria hidden in mattress and sofa as tiny as 0.3 Micron. It is very little maintenance cost because it has a stainless-steel filter. The filter is made of washable material so won't have to replace it.
It's also more durable and more environmental that the HEPA filter. The noise level on this is less 75dB. Thanks to its noise reduction technology, this cordless vac is friendly to noise sensitive person.
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What that means is that you can use it as a canister and also as a full-sized upright. You have the portable canister portability and a long crevice tool that gives you about 12-feet of above head cleaning reach. You can do above the floor cleaning without having to move the whole vacuum around. It's a 13-pound vac without sacrificing any of the power.
It doesn't lose suction; in fact, it has great suction power. It also features swivel steering and bagless technology. When you use it as a fully upright, you can easily clean bare floors, hardwood floors, and laminate floors. The best feature of this vacuum is the anti-allergen complete sealed technology system. Not a lot of company offer a completely sealed HEPA filter.
When you vacuum your home, in your vacuum the air carries dirt and debris through the brush-roll into a canister. A lot of times, there are spaces within the vac leaks out dust particles. You want to suck the dirt up and keep it in the chamber. This vacuum can keep the fine dust inside the canister sealed. So, if you are an allergy sufferer, this is the right vacuum to go for.
The Lift-Away allows you to lift the canister away at the push of a button. You can take the vac anywhere and easily clean hard to reach areas. On top of that, the vacuum traps 999% of dust and allergens inside the vacuum.
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8. Black & Decker Light Weight BDASV102 AIRSWIVEL Ultra-Lightweight Upright Cleaner
Black & Decker has been setting the industry standard for design and innovation since 1910. They have a broad line of quality products for home and outdoor application. When you need to get some cleaning done, you can trust the Black & Decker BDASV102 AIRSWIVEL upright vacuum to get the job done efficiently and reliably.
It's a powerful and trustworthy cleaning helper that ultra-light and easy to use. The whole unit weighs only 9.1 lbs. For easy maneuverability, it features a 170-degree swivel steering. Most of the traditional uprights require separate motors to accommodate swivel functionality, but this one only requires one single motor to give you the ultimate maneuverability.
To further increase the handling, it features an ergonomic handle and easy to empty dust cup. The AIRSWIVEL series upright vacuums for Black & Decker offer the best value in its class. The patented AIRSWIVEL technology requires only one motor to provide suction and steering power. It has a large 2-liter dust capacity and foam filters are washable.
It comes with a long 30-feet cord length and 10-feet long hose to give you maximum cleaning reach. It also has a wide 12-inch cleaning path so you won't have to move the vacuum back forth twice. This one has a great pet tool that is perfect for sucking up pet hair. This 3 in 1 vacuum comes with a crevice tool, small brush for pet hair and an upholstery tool.
This vacuum is easy and simple to clean. It's a bagless vac so you don't need any messy bags. The large 2-liter dust cup is easy to empty and washable. The attachments that this vac comes with are ideal for cleaning hard to reach places. With the Black & Decker BDASV102, full house cleaning has never been easier.
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The Shark IONFlexDuoClean allows you to get around tight corners, get into tough to reach spaces and do above head cleaning. This is an extraordinary vacuum whether you are doing floor care, above the floor cleaning or if you want to turn it into a hand vac. This power in the palm of your hand. And it is also flexible so it reaches all of those areas where normally would need to change attachments.
You simply press a button and the handle becomes flexible. It also becomes flexible for easy storage. No one but Shark does something like this. With his vac, you should be excited because you will get a lot of versatility. The vacuum flexes in a way that you can reach all those tight spaces that would be impossible for most uprights.
It's a 3 in 1 device. You can use it as a hand vac mode, upright mode or above head cleaning mode. It is also cordless which makes it completely convenient. Most cordless vacs have a built-in battery but this one features a removable battery. This is a vacuum that is all about flexibility. It's a vac that can go under furniture, can swivel left and right, can clean fine dust which is ideal for laminate floors and it can take those big chunky things like cereals because it has DuoClean feature. The brush-roll will also polish your floor while cleaning. This vac gives you every accessory you will ever need for a complete house cleaning experience.
The Under-appliance wand is now flexible, the duster is also flexible, the put multi-tool which has the upholstery brush built right in and also the crevice tool that is extendable with a duster. You will actually be polishing while you vacuum.
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When buying vacuums for laminate floors, there are a few key variables that you need to consider. Typically, weight and price are the top two most looked for features but there are other crucial features that are must have if you want to properly clean those laminate floors.
Features like floor-adjustment settings, brush-roll adjust-ability, adjustable suction power and many more. Read the full buying guide to know more about those features.
Having a soft roller built-in to the vac will help you pick up fine dust particles and polish the laminate floor at the same time. The soft rollers are designed to polish those solid, smooth laminate surface without causing any kind of damage to the somewhat fragile floor. Especially, when you want to clean sensitive laminate surfaces such as the mohawk laminate floor, you must use a soft roller. Bristles and brushes can and will leave scratch marks, so make sure to check if your vacuum has the feature for cleaning bare floors.
You need to tailor the power of the vac to meet the cleaning task at hand. Not all perfect messes require the same suction power. Having an adjustable suction setting will surely come in handy when picking up large heavy messes.
For upholstery and carper applications, the high-powered mode is the best. On solid surfaces, standard or lower suction power setting tend to be more effective.
Choosing the vacuum type and power source is completely up to you. You can go cordless for more convenience or you can go corded for more power. A standard upright vacuum that is corded will have more power than a standard convertible cordless vac.
The layout of the vacuum is also worth mentioning. A standard canister vacuum can be an efficient and heavy-duty option, but it might be bulky, and the weight will tire you out faster.
You can choose to go with a stick model that will be lightweight and easy to handle. For ultimate convenience, go with a 3-in-1 vac that will give you all the versatility you need for a complete house cleaning.
Weight of the vacuum can either hinder or enhance your overall cleaning experience. If you want to drastically improve suction sessions overall, choose a vac that weighs less. Most of the vacuum in this list weighs a fraction of what most traditional uprights do.
In terms of cleaning range, there are two factors that come into play. Let's talk about the cleaning range of a corded model. You need to have a long power cord to reach every tight space around your house. Not only that, the hose should be long and having an extended wand or crevice tool will also allow you to perform above floor cleaning.
For a cordless model, expect the same attachments and length of the hose but you need longer run time to make up for the lack of a power cord. The batteries of your cordless vac need to be removable so that you can charge one while using the other one to power the vac. Swivel steering is also a must for easy maneuverability.
While most vacuums don't have this feature built-in, but it is better to have lights in front of the cleaning head. This will allow you to spot those fine dust that is hard to see in broad daylight.
When you vacuum at night, you will be amazed to know how much dirt you missed out in your cleaning sessions. The lights on the heads can also shed serious light on hard to reach areas. It's a useful feature that lets the user know about tiny dust particles that would otherwise go unnoticed.
Tools and cleaning attachments can tip the scale when picking the right laminate floor vacuum. Hard laminate floors are solid and have a low-maintenance nature. Having the best cleaning attachment at your disposal can make those beautiful floors clean and at a showroom level condition.
If you want to properly clean those tight spots and surfaces above the floor, having the right hose attachments and telescopic wands can be a bliss. Mini-motor heads, crevice tool, and dust brushes are just for convenience. It will also add substantial value to the whole package.
When you are done cleaning the floor, why change device to perform other cleaning tasks around the house when you can use one vacuum to do it all? There are some vacuums that offer that functionality. You can easily convert those vacuums from a traditional upright to a more portable handheld vac mode.
By using the attachments, they provide you with, you can enjoy the full functionality of a handheld vacuum as well as an upright vacuum. There are specialized attachments to take care of your pet hair, deep clean carpets, upholstery and many more.
If you are an allergy sufferer, make to pick a vac that has HEPA rated filter. You can also go for those sealed caps that keep even the fine dust particles sealed inside the chamber.
There are literally thousands of different styles and makes of laminate flooring available on the market today. But regardless of which type you have in your home, here are some tried and tested tips and tricks to keep your laminate flooring in showroom shape.
The most valuable step is also the easiest. Caring for your laminate floors starts with a regularly scheduled sweeping or vacuuming.
Debris left on the floor can get caught underfoot or dragged around by a mop and cause scratches on the floor. Remember to use a vacuum with a hard floor attachment and not the beater bar
First of all, using the right mop is crucial for laminate floors. A flat head microfiber mop is boss because it keeps moisture out and is the easiest way to use a spray product. Using a bucket filled with pine cleaners, lemon cleaners, oil, soap, bleach or ammonia-based cleaners are not recommended for these floors.
They don't leave a nice finish and can actually ruin the floor. if you do want to clean your floor the way the manufacturer says to, you have to use a properly formulated laminate floor cleaner. Those come in a spray bottle and are available at home centers or flooring stores.
When you do mop, make sure you mop in the direction of the grain to avoid the appearance of streaks.
Dirt is brought into the house mostly by your shoes. So, make sure you have a good front doormat system. A no shoes policy in the house is best.
Steer clear of waxes and polishes. A laminate floor does not need to be waxed, polished, or refinished. It was designed to be durable and look shiny so long as you take care of it properly.
We are at the end of this review, by now, you have probably already picked one. If not, go through the buying guide again and pick a vac that has all the recommended features. Taking proper care of your laminate floor isn't a mystery anymore. With the best vacuum for laminate floors, you can keep those surfaces cleaned and polish as well as the rest of your house.
BISSELL 81L2W Hard Floor Expert Corded Stick Vacuum Cleaner, Green - Walmart Link
Tineco iFLOOR3 Cordless Wet Dry Vacuum Cleaner, Lightweight, One-Step Cleaning for Hard - Walmart Link
Bissell Crosswave Pet Pro All in One Wet Dry Vacuum Cleaner and Mop for Hard Floors and - Walmart Link
BISSELL 81L2W Hard Floor Expert Corded Stick Vacuum Cleaner, Green - eBay Link
Tineco iFLOOR3 Cordless Wet Dry Vacuum Cleaner, Lightweight, One-Step Cleaning for Hard - eBay Link
Bissell Crosswave Pet Pro All in One Wet Dry Vacuum Cleaner and Mop for Hard Floors and - eBay Link
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About Liz Gonzales
Liz lives in a suburb in New York city.
Both of her parents are the art professors at Sate University of New York.
As such, Liz grew up with all kinds of art objects, portraits, and books laying around the home.
Liz met up with Linea through another friend in some kind of online art forum. There great minds sparkled to take their passions onto the next level @ linea.io.
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