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Vacuums: widening your options.

Consumer Reports

| July 01, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Central vacuums are quietly joining upright and canister vacs on America's list of cleaning choices. While still a small percentage of the market, these whole-house systems are sucking up sales increases of more than 10 percent each year in the U.S. and have long been common in Canada.

Our first-ever test of 10 such systems confirms most of the convenience claims you'll hear from Hoover, Eureka, and other less-familiar names. Rather than pushing or carrying an upright or canister vacuum, you simply attach a hose to a wall port to activate a powerful base unit typically located in a basement or garage. The base unit whisks away dust and dirt through a network of ...

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