I just received my Air Pro. Cleaned more dirt than my old vac by far. However, how do you vac a whole staircase with a seemingly short hose?
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The hose is expanding. It stretches, I can do all but the top two steps on my full length stairs
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My vac is old. The hose does not fit. I had to modify it. Its a very long and cumbersome hose but i made it work.
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I would buy some of those thick storage bags that you can attach a vacuum cleaner to! You know, the ones you can put clothes in etc...This would do a great job of removing all the air and would only take a few seconds to do. I should probably patent this idea!
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The air pro is very lightweight, but has very powerful suction, and so on certain surfaces can become a bit hard to push (area rugs on top of carpet, especially, I've found). But YMMV. This can be alleviated by twisting the handle a bit as it moves, which helps adjust the auto-height, but might be tricky if someone has limited mobility.
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Hello - I just measured the flexible hose and it is 75" plus the metal curved piece on the end which is another 18". Then there are the straight metal pieces, which together add another 36". So, depending on how many feet it is up your stairway, you have about 10 feet of length from the motor to the end of the entire hose/metal tube attachments to reach up. Worst case, you would have to do as many of the steps from the bottom that you can reach, then carry the vacuum up to the top, and do the rest from the top down. I am lucky - my house is all on one level, so no stairs to contend with. Hello - I just measured the flexible hose and it is 75" plus the metal curved piece on the end which is another 18". Then there are the straight metal pieces, which together add another 36". So, depending on how many feet it is up your stairway, you have about 10 feet of length from the motor to the end of the entire hose/metal tube attachments to reach up. Worst case, you would have to do as many of the steps from the bottom that you can reach, then carry the vacuum up to the top, and do the rest from the top down. I am lucky - my house is all on one level, so no stairs to... » Read More Hello - I just measured the flexible hose and it is 75" plus the metal curved piece on the end which is another 18". Then there are the straight metal pieces, which together add another 36". So, depending on how many feet it is up your stairway, you have about 10 feet of length from the motor to the end of the entire hose/metal tube attachments to reach up. Worst case, you would have to do as many of the steps from the bottom that you can reach, then carry the vacuum up to the top, and do the rest from the top down. I am lucky - my house is all on one level, so no stairs to contend with. « Show Less
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A regular vacuum works great. The shop vac hose will be too big in circumference.
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Its so easy, it takes about 2 min with a small shop vac and you reverse the hook up so it blows air instead of vacuums. I do this for air mattresses, floating island I have and a 12' floating trampoline. I use the small "Stinger" Vac available from Home Depot for about $40, a little more than a 12v mini useless pump.
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I have had mine about a month or month and a half & just cleaned the filter for the first time today (after I saw your question&#128522;). The manual recommends cleaning it with warm water once a month. The filter system seems well made. I pounded off the dirt & rinsed it in warm water as suggested. Looks like that should do the trick. This is only the second stick vac I have owned, and I'm impressed with the suction for such a small, light machine. My other stick vac was a Eureka, The Boss. I was never impressed with how it cleaned. We have a dog, who loves to go outside to chase the squirrels, in our rainy northwest weather. He always brings in a lot of dirt on his fluffy fur. This little vac has been great for keeping the dirt cleaned up in our 12x40 kitchen/family room. The small head is also handy for vacuuming the tile bathroom floors. We had hardwood installed last year & I bought an expensive Miele vacuum to use on our hard surfaces. A great machine, but awkward & too heavy for my arthritis. My little Fuller Brush is so easy to handle. My Miele sits ignored most of the time now. Hope this helps. Lynn
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It connects to the hose. It takes some getting used to as it "articulates" (moves) both up/down as well as sideways, sometimes both at the same time. It took me a few times of using it to get used to it, although it still drives me crazy sometimes - I wish Dyson would just offer a plain hardwood floor brush like the older models used to come with (my old Dyson hard wood floor brush will not work with the newer Dysons, of course! And, it does work on the uprights - I have the DC41 Animal upright.
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The upper cylinder comes apart and we've used bottle brushes and/or an air compressor outside as the dust is bound to fly. If you have a small hand you could probably reach in there, but the area vacuum cleaner company will do it as well for a fee. Not the most pleasant job, but my husband takes it on as a challenge every few months.
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For hardwood stairs, I would purchase a dust brush attachment (at any vac store or online)--fits right onto the little hose of this vac, which is perfect for stairs. That's what I use mine for and, in addition, I use my dust brush attachment on my wood furniture.
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One time I looked at my sweeper bag and the dirt was all in the bottom. So I loosened it up. Also when I use attachments and the hose is not connected to the sweeper, dust comes out. So I just put a rag in it and it seemed to take care of that.
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Well... my house is about 2,400 sf two floors. I think the real question here is how is the vac piping layed out. How many feet do you have. I would then call the manufacturer and ask this question of them. Hope this helped.
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Check your hose connection, this model is known to have the hose disconnect to the vacuum while being used, and it spills your dirt all back into the air instead of into the canister. It's awful.
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Just hold your regular vacuum hose up to the bag's opening and voila, it sucks the air out of the bag. It's very easy and kind of fun.
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Do you like your carpets and floors really clean? I have not been happy with the suction on the Eureka RapidClean at all. Even when using the handheld alone, the stuff sucked up would fall back out.
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I use a vacuum cleaner and it sucks every bit of air inside. The problem are the bags' valves. They don't keep the vacuum.