Backpack Vacuum Cleaners Get More Done, With Less Energy, In Less Time -- AND Do a Better Job

Learn what the airline industry, large hotels and the best restaurants have known for years -- Backpack Vacuums clean better with less effort and time than traditional vacuums - upright or canister. Compare industrial backpack vacuum cleaners to traditional vacuums and you will see -- there really is NO comparison.

Part of the reason is, of course, the ability to move around between furniture better and easier (Cordless Backpack Vacuum Cleaners are even easier.)  With the vacuum setting comfortably on your back, it is no problem to quickly go into the tightest places.

But also, because of the backpack design, the vacuums can be made bigger and more powerful -- allowing them to better do the job of picking up dirt and debris.  And the Hepa backpack vacuum cleaners do a wonderful job of filtering the air.

Backpack Vacuums Reduce On-the-Job Stress and Injury

Backpack Vacuum Cleaners have been shown to reduse stress and injury on the job. 

That's right...

The best commercial backpack vacuum cleaners -- like those from Proteam, Oreck, Sebo and Riccar --  used correctly, provide more cleaning, in less time AND are better for you.

Read our Backpack Vacuum Cleaner Reviews and check out this study from the Quality Environmental Services & Technologies, Inc.:

Backpack vs. Upright Vacuum Cleaner Use:
Physical Assessment Summary

Two 1998 studies conducted by the Department of Surgery Division of Orthopaedics, Ohio State University and Battelle Memorial Institute provide new data comparing the use of traditional upright vacuum cleaners and backpack vacuum cleaners.

These studies determined that backpack vacuum cleaners provide the following advantages over upright vacuum cleaners:

• Using backpack vacuum cleaners results in less body stress than with uprights;

• Backpack vacuum cleaners are more efficient than uprights;

• Backpack vacuum cleaners minimizes the "hunching over" and fatigue often associated with upright vacuum cleaner use;

• Due to the natural walking motion associated with backpack vacuum cleaner use, more carpet is cleaned in a shorter amount of time with less stress to the worker;

• Using backpack vacuum cleaners reduces repetitive motions associated with uprights that can result in long term adverse medical effects;

• Using backpack vacuum cleaners, workers were able to vacuum more than twice the area with similar levels of energy expenditure and perceived effort.

How is This Possible?

The main reason for the gain in productivity seems to be due to the side-to-side vacuuming pattern possible when using a backpack vacuum. Given the same square footage to vacuum, participants in a study at the Battelle Memorial Institute vacuumed front-to-back with an upright and with a backpack vacuum.

These same participants also vacuumed with the backpack vacuum using the side-to-side vacuuming pattern. The study found that people could vacuum the same area in about half the time when vacuuming side-to-side as compared to using the front-to-back pattern.

During each of the vacuuming trials, participants were connected to equipment that measured their oxygen consumption while vacuuming. The amount of oxygen used corresponds to the number of calories, or energy, used to accomplish the task.

Little difference was found in energy usage rates between upright vacuums vs. backpack vacuums nor front-to-back vacuuming vs. side-to-side vacuuming. Given that a person can vacuum twice the area in the same amount of time using the side-to-side pattern possible with a backpack vacuum, however, it only takes about half the energy to vacuum the same area compared to using an upright.

Many people first learn to vacuum using the front-to-back pattern. A small amount of training may be necessary to achieve the approximate two times productivity possible with a backpack vacuum and side-to-side vacuuming.

Clean better, prevent injury and save time and money with a backpack vacuum cleaner today.