Vacuum Cleaners Discussions

Happy Monday . . .

Rowenta has entered the cordless stick vac market with a new model, the Air Force. As with many Rowenta past vacs, it bears a wedge shaped nozzle for getting you right into corners. The claims here are stronger suction equivalent to a regular canister machine and up to 40-minutes of runtime. Sounds like a go -- if it works.

http://living.scotsman.com/features/Gadgets-Rowenta-Air-Force-Wireless.6642531.jp

http://www.homeandcook.co.uk

The following link is to a sweet and to the point YouTube video from Which?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K_B_yeo6I8

Venson

Lots of reviews for the new Airforce including: http://www.dorkadore.com/house-home/rowenta-air-force-dork-review/

Wins points for

• Flexibility. The stick bends every way, meaning you can easily get under the sofa without any unnecessary effort.
• Triangle head. The suction goes all the way to the edges, which is great for those corners a more substantial hoover misses.
• Lightweight. Having a lightweight vacuum certainly makes cleaning less of a chore.
• Storage. It’s tall and slim, so it’s great for storing away in the broom cupboard or under the stairs.

Loses point for

• Suction. It’s good for a cordless option, but it can’t compare to the heavy duty corded options.
• Recharging. A little annoying to have to stop every 40 minutes to recharge. Saying that, I seem to get the hoovering done a lot quicker anyway, so I only need to recharge between sessions

Also check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkmea_PlrHg&feature=related where you'll see the true part of the sole plate.

vacmanuk wrote:

Hi,

40 minutes time for light cleaning should be more than enough. I would not use this machine with the intention to deep clean but merely to make things appear tidy in quick fashion. The more time allowed to do that, the better the result.

The bottom view shows that this vac is a not yet ready for prime time player when it comes to heavy duty. The brushroll, as shown, is for light duty/low energy challenge by way of use in a rechargeable device -- exactly the same as with the Ergorapido and a number of other rechargeable sticks.

However, I think if Rowenta thinks on a serious redesign of the cleaning head it has good chance to excel. The nozzle's bottom is overly elaborate in regard to air paths and could bear simplifying as the design as is requires a lot more air power than supplied. (The engineers who thought it up seem to have had a limited type or carpeting and hard flooring in mind.) Considering the Air Force's power draw it could stand a beefier revolving brush to step up surface soil/litter pick up and a simpler PN design to ensure good edge cleaning as well.

Venson