Re-define
what "Clean" means for You and Your Home
by Dwight
Griggs
There's
an old saying - A person doesn't buy a drill because they want a
drill. They buy the drill because they want a hole. The same is
true for vacuum cleaners. A person only buys a vacuum cleaner because
they want their home to be clean. They care about getting rid of
dirt and airborne irritants - even if they're too small to be seen.
The measure of a vacuum cleaner is the quality of "clean"
it delivers.
Time to bring Old-fashioned Notions about Cleaning up to Date
Not that long ago, most women still worked at home as full-time
homemakers. Cleaning was hard work. Today's fast-paced reality is
very different. Most people are not willing to work that hard on
housework. We have other priorities and demands on our time. Sure,
we still want a clean home, but without such time-consuming drudgery.
Our Expectations for Air Quality are Higher than they Used to be
It's not just the dirt you see that needs to be eliminated. Old-fashioned
vacuums sucked up the dirt, but stirred it up as well. Those airborne
particles interfered with breathing or settled elsewhere. Also,
the cloth or paper bags got saturated with dust, so equipment wouldn't
function efficiently.
Widespread concerns about allergies, asthma and other respiratory
problems have made people more sensitive to the purity of the air
we breathe. Dust and mold threaten the health of family members.
So getting the irritating particles out of the air is important.
Technology to the Rescue - The HEPA Standard
Pollen, pet dander, tobacco smoke, mold and dust are too small to
look like dirt, but they're the major challenge to any vacuum cleaner.
One that most fail. HEPA is an official standard established by
OSHA (Occupational Health and Safety Administration). HEPA certified
means a filter removes 99.97% of particulates 0.3 microns or larger
in size. That's about one-hundredth the size captured by most vacuum
cleaners. (HEPA stands for "High Efficiency Particulate Air")
A conventional vacuum cleaner only removes particulates down to
about 35 microns. Particles below 10 microns are invisible to the
human eye. The most common airborne particle size is 2.4 microns.
How big is a particulate 0.3 microns in size?
Consider these size comparisons:
· Human hair 60 - 80 microns
· Pollen 10 - 40 microns
· Bacteria 0.3 - 50 microns
· Mold 4+ microns
· Dust mite waste 10 - 24 microns
Even if asthma and allergies aren't major problems for you, who'd
want to breathe that stuff?
A HEPA Filter is Not Enough
Many vacuum cleaners claim to be HEPA certified because they use
HEPA filters. However, unless the whole vacuum is sealed, the collected
particulates can easily be released back into the room. The first
vacuum cleaner (not just the filter) to be HEPA certified is the
Miele. It has redefined how much "clean" vacuuming can
deliver.
Miele isn't a brand that's well known in the US. But in Europe it
has represented the best of German precision engineering and innovation
for 100 years. Their engineers continuously rethink how people live,
work and clean their homes, as they pursue their mandate, "Forever
Better." The Miele http://tinyurl.com/6urc3
is the Porsche of vacuum cleaners - the finest standard for quality
and clean.
Bringing Together Tradition and Technology
Tradition coupled with excellence permitted Miele to elevate the
vacuuming experience. Griggs Vacuums http://www.griggsvacuums.com
supports those priorities as well. We're a third-generation, family-owned,
customer-oriented operation. Although we're no longer only "down
the road," we act like we are. The Internet allows us to serve
a global marketplace, but we still operate with the same priorities
and customer-pleasing policies as we've done for 22 years.
This
article is one of a series on redefining "clean." Read
them all on our website.
--Dwight Griggs, Griggs Vacuums We want to be your vacuum store.
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