Vacuum Cleaner Information

How Does a Vacuum Work?
How to Make Your Vacuum Cleaner Smell Good
Why do Vacuum Cleaners Smell?
What Are Vacuum Cleaner Scent Tabs?
How to Keep Your Vacuum Cleaner Running Like New
How to Vacuum Heat Ducts
How is Vacuum Measured?
Who Invented the Vacuum Cleaner?
Where Are Electrolux Vacuums Made?
How to Choose a Central Vac
Vacuum Cleaner Service
How to Repair a Broken Vacuum Belt
How to Change the Belt on a Dyson
Changing a Kirby Vacuum Belt
What Are Vacuum Cleaner Bags?
What Are Vacuum Bag Types?
How to Change Bags in Bissell Powerforce
What are Allergen Filters?
How to Put an S Type Filter on a Hoover Vacuum
Cleaning Your Dyson HEPA Filter
What Does HEPA Stand For?
Where Can I Find HEPA Air Purifiers?
What are HEPA Filters?
What Are Micron Filters?
What Are Vacuum Cleaner Filters?
Emptying a Dyson Vacuum Cleaner
Cleaning Dyson Vacuum Cleaners
How to Clean My Dyson Vacuum
How to Clean a Dyson Vacuum Brush
What Are Vacuum Cleaner Brush Rollers?
How to Stop Hose Collapse in a Vacuum
How to Stop Hose Collapse on a Shop Vac
Canister Vacuum Motor Access
What Are Canister Vacuum Cleaners?
What Are Lightweight Vacuum Cleaners?
What Are Upright Vacuum Cleaners?
Replacing Hoover Valve Seal
How to Replace a Vacuum Electrical Plug
How to Change the Battery in Dirt Devil Kone
How to Use a Shop Vac
How to Shampoo a Carpet
How to Use a Hoover Steam Vac
How Do You Use a Hoover SteamVac Deluxe?
How to Use Bissell Little Green Machine
How to Use Kirby Vacuum Carpet Shampooer
Where Can I Donate a Vacuum Cleaner?

Buying a Vacuum Cleaner

How to Buy a Vacuum Cleaner
The Best Vacuum Cleaner for Pet Lovers
What is the Best Cordless Vacuum?
What is the Best Upright Bagless Vacuum?
What is the Best Vacuum for Wood Floors?
What is the Best Carpet Cleaner?
What is the Best Central Vacuum System?
What is the Best Shop Vac?
The Best Vacuum Cleaner for Allergy Sufferers
Should You Get a Bagless Vacuum Cleaner?
Should You Get a Canister or Upright Vacuum Cleaner?

What Are Micron Filters?

If you’re a serious vacuum shopper, you’ve probably already heard of a Micron Filter. That snazzy vacuum that you’re considering—the one that will vacuum your floor, make you breakfast, and fly you to the moon—probably has a micron filter. So, what is a micron filter? Does your vacuum need one?

First of all, what are Microns?
Let’s back up a bit. Before you talk about a micron filter, you need to know about microns. If you’re really sharp, you’ve probably adduced that a micron is something small. You’re off to a good start. How small? A micron—a unit of measure (in the metric system) is—one millionth of a meter. That’s really small.

So, what does a micron filter do?
When you talk about micron filters for your vacuum, you’re talking about a vacuum bag or filter that will provide the vacuum suction necessary, but filter out the smallest particles possible. Depending on the style of the vacuum, it could be an actual micron filtering bag, or it could be simply a filter that affixes to the bagless entry area of the vacuum.

Nearly all vacuums are designed to trap dirt, small items, dust, and even not-so-visible wisps of nothingness. Now, many high-end vacuums such as Dyson are equipped with HEPA filters—another name for filters. HEPA stands for High Efficiency Particular Air, and these filters increase the vacuum’s ability to trap smaller items by providing a ‘barrier’ through which everything must pass. It will effectively trap even micron-sized particles, including everything else a vacuum cleaner is supposed to catch.

To be perfectly honest, not every micron filter is so precisely engineered to catch any item that is 1 micron or above. But, the manufacturing stipulations for micron filters are high indeed. You can also choose from various larger filter sizes to best fit your needs.

What’s the big deal?
Now, you may be thinking, “I’m all about a clean house, but microns? Whose going to care? After all, nobody can see them.” See them. No. But breathe them? You bet. And that’s where microns can be harmful. You see microns are not only tiny pieces of dust floating around your house. Microns can be allergens. And allergens, to anyone with allergies, can be disaster.

As it filters out microns, a vacuum equipped with a micron filter essentially cleans the air. The ultra-trapping capabilities of these vacuums strain from the air almost everything extraneous.

If you have allergies, a high-efficiency micron filter vacuum is going to be a wise investment. Chances are you will be amazed at the difference that it can make and clean air is good for everyone—not only those who have allergies. A micron filter can be a good use for anyone who wants an improvement in the quality of air for their living quarters.

Vacuum Cleaner Reviews

Dyson DC-17 Animal Absolute Upright
Electrolux C101 Perfect Powerteam Canister
Eureka S3686 Sanitaire Professional Canister
Filter Queen 99A Majestic Canister
Hoover S3341 Constellation Canister
Miele S5280 Callisto Canister
Panasonic MC-V9644 Canister
Rainbow SE Series D4C Canister
Royal Lightweight RY6400 / MRY640 Upright
Sanitaire Precision SP7025 / SP7025A Canister

Product Information

Airway Vacuum Cleaners
Bissell Vacuum Cleaners
Compact Vacuum Cleaners
Dirt Devil Vacuum Cleaners
Dyson Vacuum Cleaners
Electrolux Vacuum Cleaners
Eureka Vacuum Cleaners
Euro-Pro Vacuum Cleaners
Filter Queen Vacuum Cleaners
GE Vacuum Cleaners
Hoover Vacuum Cleaners
Insterstate Vacuum Cleaners
Kenmore Vacuum Cleaners
Kirby Vacuum Cleaners
Miele Vacuum Cleaners
Nutone Vacuum Cleaners
Oreck Vacuum Cleaners
Panasonic Vacuum Cleaners
Pro-Vac Vacuum Cleaners
Rainbow Vacuum Cleaners
Regina Vacuum Cleaners
Rexair Vacuum Cleaners
Riccar Vacuum Cleaners
Royal Vacuum Cleaners
Samsung Vacuum Cleaners
Sanitaire Vacuum Cleaners
Sanyo Vacuum Cleaners
Sears Vacuum Cleaners
Sharp Vacuum Cleaners
Shop-Vac Vacuum Cleaners
Simplicity Vacuum Cleaners
Singer Vacuum Cleaners
Tristar Vacuum Cleaners
Windsor Vacuum Cleaners

Vacuum Cleaner Accessories

Bissell Vacuum Cleaner Tools and Accessories
Dirt Devil Vacuum Cleaner Tools and Accessories
Electrolux Vacuum Cleaner Tools and Accessories
Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Tools and Accessories
Hoover Vacuum Cleaner Tools and Accessories
Panasonic Vacuum Cleaner Tools and Accessories
Rainbow Vacuum Cleaner Tools and Accessories
Shop-Vac Vacuum Cleaner Tools and Accessories