Upright Vacuum Cleaners

These consist of the cleaning head with a motor mounted above the head and a dust collecton container mounted above the motor, so that with the handle they are normally waist height. Upright cleaners are normally best for large carpeted areas as they have multiple cleaning heads. This makes them particularly suitable in removing pet hair due to their motorised rotating brushes. These act to beat the carpet and lift the dust which is then sucked up. The vacuum height above the carpet can also be adjusted on most models depending on the height of the carpet pile. However, upright cleaners are less manoeuvrerable making cleaning into corners or small gaps difficult.Generally they are heavier than cylinder models. To overcome the accessibility problem many upright cleaners come with a set of tools.