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Pet Vacuum

Pet Vacuum Cleaners are a specific type of vacuum cleaner that are required when you have a pet. A pet vacuum tends to have the suction, filtration and accessories needed to keep both the pet and people in good health.

The powerful suction necessary in these appliances will reach deep into your carpets, furniture and upholstery to keep them clean and free of the most stubborn pet dander.

The filtration, usually a HEPA filter, will remove the small particles of dirt, dust or animal dander from the air before it is expelled. The air will be free of the biggest cause of pet allergy as the vacuum is working.

The accessories and tools will be tailored to handle the extra functional or accessibility needs of caring for your pet and home. The pet vacuum brush is designed specially to remove stubborn pet hair wherever it builds up.

In the home these appliances are great for cleaning the pet hair from your furniture inside to your car upholstery outside as well as the floors, ornaments and ever your pet itself in some cases.

These vacuums come in a variety of functions, they can be standard upright vacuum cleaners, cyclonic, handheld and easy to get around or even robotic, saving you time while you sleep or are away from home.

These pet vacuum cleaners can vary widely in price according to needs and budget. The cheapest product at the moment is priced at under $40 is the Pet Hair Eraser Corded Handheld Vacuum Cleaner but at the other end is the most powerful model of a rebuilt Thermax Canister AF Vacuum Cleaner with hot water filtration has a price of almost $1,800.

The many brands of vacuum cleaner that sell specifically for pets and animals are Bissell, Black & Decker, Broan, Cirrus Logic, Dirt Devil, Dyson, Eheim, Electrolux, Eureka, Euro Pro, Hoover, iRobot, Metropolitan Vacuum, Orion, Pentair, Rainbow, Remington, Shark and Tetra.

They are becoming more popular and can be found now in many home appliance or electronics stores as well as online.

Pet-Vacuum.com has been created to look at the models of pet vacuums and the accessories that are needed, their prices and offers (indeed to look for the best price of pet vacuum you can find), how they compare at what they do and the results of reviews from around the web and on the site here. So if you are thinking of buying a new pet vacuum, then check here first to make sure you find the right product for you.

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Feb 23, 2010 | 0 | Pet Vacuum

HEPA Filter Vacuum

One of the most important features of a pet vacuum is what filtration it has, looking through any vacuum cleaners ratings and information you will easily see if this is a part of the pet vacuum. So what are HEPA filter vacuum cleaners? HEPA stands for High Efficiency Particulate Absorbing, which means that the small particles of pet dander, dust and other particles in the air, rushing through the vacuum at an incredibly high speed are efficiently absorbed into the HEPA filter. HEPA filter vacuums will catch these particles right down to 0.3 micrometers (or microns) and will remove at least 99.97% of them. If this efficiency isn’t reached then it isn’t a HEPA filter vacuum, less able and cheaper ones are usually called things like ‘99% HEPA’, ‘HEPA-type’ and ‘HEPA-like’.

To get an idea of the size of these particles, think of a human hair. This is about 50 micrometers in diameter, but can in fact range from about 20 to 180 micrometers. The dust particles that you may see on a sunny day dancing in the sunlight are generally about this size, although with great eyesight and a particularly bright clear day you could possibly see them as small as 10 micrometers. Pet dander however can be just less than 1 micrometer and so at this size can remain in the air for about 8 hours after a vacuum. You can see why then vacuum ratings and places that review vacuum cleaners should make it clear what kind of filter exists in your pet vacuum.

The size of the filter can vary considerably but they are generally very thin. You will find the larger diameter filters in the HEPA canister vacuum and quite small but equally efficient ones in the portable vacuum cleaners, like handheld vacuum cleaners, lightweight vacuum cleaners, where they can be washed easily and quickly. A point to remember though is they do not last forever. Instructions on when they need replacement should be found in your pet vacuum specifications or manual.

So when you are comparing pet vacuums pay attention to the vacuum rating and technical specification. A HEPA filter is a standard feature of a pet vacuum and other than the suction power, the most important part.

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Feb 12, 2010 | 0 | Hepa filter Vacuum

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