It has come to my attention that the second deputy under chauffeur who is also occasionally allowed to vacuum the interior of some of my cars, has asked for a hand-held vacuum cleaner.
What would be the best tool for the job? Battery operated or the plug in cigarette lighter type?
As usual, my thanks in anticipation.
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In my experience, they all have about as much sucking power as an asthmatic bee.
Even my rorty R2D2 type, 100)+ watts home vacuum cleaner doesn't do a decent job on the car carpets - i use a dustpan-and-brush brush to corall all the sand, fag-ash, dead insects and leaves into one corner, then hoover that pile of stuff out.
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I use our Sebo upright vacuum cleaner in conjunction with a mains extension lead - the Sebo could tackle an M and S store, never mind leaving a modest VW Bora squeaky clean within 15 minutes...:-)
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I'm with Ian on the small hand held cleaners for the car - the ones I've tried as pretty useless. Use the one from the house on an extension cable.
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Yeah! Really *&^% off the neighbours on a sunday morning!
The advantage of the household one id that it comes with a variety of nozzles and attachments, and reaches more bnooks and crannies than the brush and the mini-vacs does.
Also, because the R2D2 unit is normally outside the car, the stale dog/fag/damp carpet smell etc is zapped into the atmosphere, NOT recirced back into the car.
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The rechargable one I bought a couple of years ago from LIDL is ok providing its done regularly. As said though, the one from indoors does a much better job. I just use the rechargable one for picking up small stones and general fluff from the footwells and then blitz the car every 6 months or so with the one from indoors.
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Yeah! Really *&^% off the neighbours on a sunday morning!
My pressure washer is better for that, much noisier.
I use a rechargable hand held vax for minor tidy ups, you cant beat SWMBO's mains machine for serious clean ups. Makes it difficult to plead ignorance of operation later though.
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Ive got an old Dyson snail shaped thing for doing the cars, but i've heard good reports about the Dyson rechargable hand held thing. £99 tho, its a bit vinegary ;)
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I am really looking for a hand-held job, either rechargeable battery or 12v cigarette lighter socket type.
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Sorry drbe,
They seem so low powered though (and bulky) compared with a good domestic mains powered unit.
I had one as a present, years ago and although one of the better makes, it was effectively useless.
Contrasted against the Henry - that is.
Edited by oilrag on 20/11/2008 at 13:18
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Would it be possible to run a more powerful handheld type cleaner (like a Dyson) using an inverter for the 12v supply?
Edit... Actually Dyson do a handheld with a Lithium Ion power back. Not sure how good the cheaper one is but spec/price for Argos is here:
tinyurl.com/5bn2r7
Not it only runs for minutes on a full charge!
Edited by rtj70 on 20/11/2008 at 13:55
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Woolworths (I think they're still trading!) were selling a 12v invertor which supplied power to any household 3 pin plug item. It plugged straight into the ciggie lighter socket. I guess it saves having extension cables trailing everywhere especially if you happen to live on the top floor of a block of flats!
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You'll need at least 1KW, approx., from your inverter, which is a) Expensive in machinery, and b) a big drain on juice - certainly won't work off the cigarette lighter.
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You can get extension hoses from Numatic - I've a couple of these for cleaning indoors, and they'd make it much easier to vacuum the car, should it ever need it.
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