For heavy-duty cleaning jobs, a lot of people use wet/dry vacuum cleaners, which makes cleaning very easy and convenient.  These vacuums used to be used for industrial purposes, but have recently been making their popularity known in the home. Wet/dry vacuums can pick up liquids as well as solids. Liquid material would soak paper or cloth filters, so these cleaners need a different sort of collection system.

 

There is no real science to the design of wet/dry vacuums.  They are designed simple enough to use on any surface. On its way through the cleaner, the air stream passes through a wider area, which is positioned over a bucket. When it reaches this larger area, the air stream slows down, for the same reason that the air speeds up when flowing through a narrow attachment. This drop in speed effectively loosens the air's grip, so the liquid droplets and heavier dirt particles can fall out of the air stream and into the bucket. After vacuuming, the contents collected in the bucket can be dumped out.  These vacuums are that easy to use.

 

One type of wet/dry vacuum is the steam cleaner. These vacuums dispense cleaning fluid onto the carpet, massage it in, and then suck up the fluid along with any dirt.  There are many ways that the steam cleaner can help to make vacuuming easier as well.  On the one hand, these vacuums make a big difference when it comes to deep cleaning.  If done right, anyone can use these vacuums less frequently.