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How to Measure the Real power of a Vacuum Cleaner's Motor?

Usually vacuum cleaners come with 12Amp motors. But this however as most think is not the real measurement if its power!. For instance take this sebo x1 vacuum. Now it has a 6.8 Amp motor but still outperforms most of the never products with its superior suction power!. How does it do that?

Quite simple actually, its not the "Amp" that is important but how efficiently the motor use it is the key to understand this common myth. So the more efficient it is the less Amps it needs to outperform another product with  more "Amps". So when buying a vacuum next time, try to keep these few things in mind...

*. Not all but according to experts over 99% manufactures evaluate the true power of the suctions by a term called air-watts.

*. There are other popular terms such as CFM (cubic feet per inch) or Airflow closely related but in comparison with the term air-watt they are not as accurate.

Look for the exact air-watts of your vacuum cleaner which can usually be found on the manual or in the back side with the serial/model number section

*. If a product has a fixed height then it will also reduce the suction abilities (depending on the surface of course). So if you have a lot of different type floors, then look for a product that has multiple nozzle section height settings.


It also depends on the physical design!

*. Depending on the physical design the power vs the air-watt of a vacuum will differ.

For instance, for an upright, 100 air-watt is pretty decent but for a canister model exceptional suctions would mean 250 air-watts or more.

Also make sure to clean your filters which help to enhance the suctions + even protects the motor from reaching high temperatures as well.

So I hope, I was able to give help you understand better when trying to figure out the true power of your vacuum. If you're looking for a lightweight product, then the new dyson dc35 multi floor is a great solution (one of the best handheld ones but remember it's not a heavy duty product!).

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