Vacuum Cleaner Types:

Upright Vacuum Cleaner: An upright vacuum has the pump mounted directly above the suction intake, with the bag mounted on the handle that rises to about waist height. The upright vacuum designs usually employ mechanical beaters, often rotating brushes, to help unsettle dust to be vacuumed up. A belt attached to the vacuum motor drives these beaters.

Bagless Vacuum: The benefit of a bagless vacuum cleaner is that you can see what has been picked up and are less likely to forget to empty out the collection cup. Once the dirt meets the fill line, it's time for emptying the cup. Some vacuum cleaners require that you clean or replace their filters periodically. Emptying the dirt cup itself could be a messy process based upon your vacuum cleaner. Dust often billows out of the cup, or you will actually have to shake or pull out pressurized dirt collected at the base of the container. You will be able to find something that should not have been vacuumed simply by emptying the collection cup.

Wet vacuums or wet-dry vacuums: Wet vacuums or wet-dry vacuums may be used to clean up liquid spills.

Canister Vacuum Cleaner: A canister vacuum has the motor and bag in a separate canister unit connected to the vacuum head by a flexible hose. Although upright units have been tested as more effective (mainly because of the beaters), the lighter, more maneuverable heads of canister models are popular. Some canister vacuums in the market have power heads that contain the same sort of mechanical beaters as in upright units, although such beaters are driven by a separate electric motor.

Central vacuum cleaner: Instead of hauling the motor and cleaning bag around behind you, look into adding a centralized vacuum, like an Imperium central vacuum, Kenmore or a Beam centralized cleaning system. Central vacuum system has pipes in the walls which get connected to a motor in some areas like the closet or the garage. Whenever you want to clean any room, attach a vacuum tube to one out of the 3 or 4 inlets set apart all over your house and permit the ducts to collect the filth and trash in the motor and sack. The process is so quiet since the motor is not near but is in a remote area.

Small hand-held vacuum cleaner: A small hand-held vacuum is either battery-operated or electric. It is popular for cleaning up smaller spills.

Backpack Vacuum: A Backpack vacuum is a major tool for commercial cleaning. It allows the person to move rapidly about a large area. It's essentially a canister vacuum cleaner, other than that straps are utilized to carry the canister unit on the user's back.