Thomas vacuums surround me on all sides. All my friends, whenever I talk to, all of them use Thomas for wet cleaning, and even more often they use dry cleaning, either with water vortex or water fog. So I wondered: why in my house, among the āTomasā live only the hero of the cartoon series āTom and Jerry? In this state of mind, I got to try out the newest model of the Thomas Cleaner. Now Iāll find out whether Iām talking to my chattering girlfriends or to my apartment.
Thomas Allergy & Family vacuum cleaner ready for the test
What is in the box? The package is
After opening the clear package I understood at once: the German pedantry has been present here. The vacuum cleaner, wrapped in clingfilm, was at the very bottom, firmly clamped by the āearsā of Styrofoam. No scratches as a result of delivery!
On top, āon the head of the vacuum cleaner,ā there was a cardboard tray with all sorts of stuff. And once it all fit? Five nozzles for dry cleaning, two for wet cleaning, a flexible hose, a telescopic tube, a āwhite squareā for dry dusting, a bottle with detergentā¦ In general, I experienced an information shock. And with which nozzle to hunt for dust all over the apartment?
My light, mirror, tell me who is the loveliest of all..
Werenāt you in Cars?? Design and ergonomics
When I saw the vacuum cleaner, I involuntarily smiled: such a pink wonder this may be from the cartoon about cars with live eyes ? will gracefully fit into any interior. On the front, like black tendrils, the rubber bumpers fly around to avoid accidentally hitting any respected closetā¦ Above, a hinged āshellā of blackened plastic. Through it you can see the German know-how ā a case with Aqua-Box.
The rear wheels, big as a circus bicycle, spin on a rubber rim, and the front ones are real centipedes. The upright position of the vacuum cleaner and the five wheels on the swivel bar on the left and right. There you are ā Easy Drive 360-degree casters!
There you are ā Easy Drive 360-degree rollers!
Thatās why Thomas followed me like a little dog, now to the west, now to the east, now straight down the corridor. With such a nimble running gear, the cleaning radius exceeds 11 meters. By the way, the wire is easily stretched up to 8 meters during cleaning, and disappears back inside in one click.
Two parking positions for your Thomas vacuum cleaner: upright and horizontal
Itās very convenient that the Germans have two sockets on the body. I immediately stuck a couple of nozzles in it, so that they are always on hand. And when I snapped the flexible hose with the telescopic tube onto the body, I saw the reflection of a ghost hunter in the mirror. Letās hunt!
āBehind the shoulders of the vacuum cleaner there is a plastic āknapsackā ā for 1.8 liters of clean water. It is easy to remove. Pressed the lid ā and you can pour in. Just there, on the left, another recess opened, for horizontal parking. In this position the vacuum cleaner became like a rover with a ādust catcherā. It is very convenient ā the flexible hose is not dragging all over the floor..
In half an hour, I knew my new Thomas like I knew my favorite multicooker. Itās no big deal. Even a blonde can understand everything.
Aqua Box in the mirror of the worldās oceans
The elixir of life in a Thomas vacuum cleaner is in the Aqua-Box. Removing the white suitcase, letās engage in industrial āespionageā.
The Aqua-Box: easy to remove, easy to clean, easy to install
ā¦Itās easy to fool a gullible womanās heart. How many times have I fallen for the bait of network marketing: the legendary Herbalife, stainless steel pots, a vacuum cleaner for 100 thousand ā but I have not been fooled so many times men!
In general, I have decided to deal with Aqua-Box in a strictly scientific way. For the thought process, I needed one Thomas and one eighth-grader, Sashok, an excellent physics student and winner of Olympiads.
We refilled the Aqua-Box with clean water over and over again. At first, the spent liquid was black as tar, but then it went gray.
āCool casket,ā the young physicist praised the Aqua-Box. Translated into womenās logic, this means ā must take.
It turns out that the laws of physics in a small volume work just as well as in the scale of the whole ocean. Why the sea air is always so fresh and salubrious? Because itās clean, because all the volatile dust of the cities is absorbed by the sea abyss, and the churning waves infuse the wind with life-giving moisture, which reaches usā¦
The perfect storm cleans the air
So, the Aqua-Box washes the air like a little sea. Dusty stream whizzing down the flexible hose, still in the throat flies under the jets of mini āfirehosesā, which criss-cross wetting the garbage transit. The biggest particles immediately get wet and continuously ābombardā the water.
And then inside the Aqua-Box begins a perfect storm. Under the pressure of the air stream, a liter of water turns into a turbulent rain that whips in all directions. Millions of sprays, like ravenous piranhas, devour the remaining dust particles and then smash against the walls of the box, taking the tiniest dust to the bottom. The air is almost completely clean 99.99 percent according to the manufacturer .
And thatās not all. From the water wash, air flows through three other cordons: a sponge filter ā on the body of the Aqua-Box, a HEPA-filter ā at the entrance to the engine compartment, and a finish filter ā at the outlet of the vacuum cleaner.
The result of my scientific thinking is this:
Down with the dust bags! Although such a bag is also included.
Give housewives the Aqua-Box!
It is under this slogan, and I began practical use of vacuum cleaner Thomas.
The arsenal of a dust hunter: with tubes ā for wet cleaning, the rest ā for dry cleaning
Test #1.Flower pot and dry mopping
A typical situation: a flower was standing on the window, and then it just fell down. The pot is shattered and the fertile layer is all over the floor. Okay, cuttings and large clumps Iāll pick up with my hands, but how do I clean?
Now I know the right answer. All I had to do was pick a nozzle. To avoid dirtying the dual nozzle ā for furniture and parquet, I decided to arm myself with another option ā for dry cleaning with bristles of horsehair: it will collect the dirt, and a broom will work, and the floor will massage.
The accident with the pot has simulated several times. In the end, I set the vacuum cleanerās power to the minimum, so that the Aqua-Box doesnāt get too much black dirt and lose its magical ability to clean the air.
Itās best to run the vacuum cleaner tube from yourself to yourself, shifting from one edge to the other. I just whipped the nozzle a bit, pressing the back bristles against the floor to get the scattered earth in quicker and second pace to cover the residue. Grades for cleanliness will be the highest!
Natural bristle brush nozzle: the dirt easily gets out from under your feet
Ground spot in increments of diameter was able to scrub in about 40 seconds. Without Aqua-Box, only with a broom and a floor rag, would have taken longer: wait for the streaks to disappear..
The bristle mop head is great for dry mopping and on large parquet. It quickly rid your lacquered floor of āpoplar fuzzā, which rolls around in a draft. In addition, the bristles are not capable of scratching at all ā itās bristles, not sandpaper.
One tip: if youāre thinking of going out on an outdoor parquet floor after an accident with a flower pot, be sure to rinse the Aqua-Box. It only holds one liter of water. If viscous silt settles all over the bottom, the āsea air cleaningā function will noticeably lose power. Further cleaning will not be as effective for allergy sufferers.
Test #2.Below baseboard
Those who donāt dilly-dally know: there are two problems in cleaning ā how to get the dust of the ages out of narrow crevices and how to scrape the corners along the baseboard?
Now itās easy! Thomas vacuum cleaner comes with an extended crevice nozzle -36 cm. After refreshing the openings between the cabinets, we got off to a start in the hallway. How long will it take to clean a baseboard if itās about 30 meters up and down?
Crevice nozzle: At the tip of the road
First there was a false start. The crevice nozzle went crazy on medium power, and started sticking to the wallpaper, trying to pull it off and curl it into a tube.
As soon as I turned the power down, the Thomas and I trot along the baseboard at a nice little trot. Good job! The baseboard looks like itās just been nailed down! And the whole run took five or six minutes.
This is often the case: the most useful thing is the easiest. I wouldnāt say that now, though. Thomas has come up with another clever trick that replaces the hostess mop.
Test #3.āAqua Stealthā washes away all traces
When the kids came back from the winter thaw, they trampled all over the hallway. They can do it, assholes! So the wet mopping test took care of itself: I really and quickly have to wash 13 square meters before the traces spread all over the apartment.
Overflow retainer: it wonāt pour over the edge
āWater gunā delivers water to the parquet
We need to recharge the cleaner immediately. Inside the Aqua-Box we put a white float stopper. It will turn the motor off if the collected water reaches the āwaterlineā. We stretch the pressure tube along the flexible hose with a āwater gunā ā it gets clean water on the floor. I donāt hesitate to buy the innovative Aqua Stealth nozzle. Itās almost the same name as Stealth technology. Only Thomas makes invisible not the 5th generation fighters, but a modern mop.
The Aqua Stealth nozzle doesnāt even leave a wet trail..
The Aqua Stealth nozzle consists of three main elements: a rubber squeegee, a suction slot, and a soleplate. And how clever of them! The squeegee rolls back and forth on the hinge, so the suction slot always overtakes it, no matter how the nozzle moves. And the soleplate is responsible for the wet stuff. There are two Velcro strips dotted with micropores. Once the microfiber cloth is glued on top, you can pump clean water to the floor. Stealth mop on standby!
Keep an eye on your hands. Without haste, having pressed the water pistol, leading the nozzle from itself. The suction slot picks up large lumps and melted grease from the floor. The squeegee, always sliding second, pushes the missed debris to the āblack holeā. Followed by a wet mop forcing the floor to wet clean.
The mop is a work of art
Back to the floor. The Aqua Stealth nozzle is on itself. Clean water lever released. On the way back, the wet mop mop takes the lead it re-scrubs the wet trail, directing the spent liquid to the suction. The floor is practically dry at this point. And the squeegee, sliding last, pushes the remaining moisture into the suction area. The coating is finally drying out.
Thomas and I did as well as Mr. Proper! And clearly faster: the hallway was already shiny in two and a half minutes! The kids didnāt even have time to change..
True, there was one hitch. Wet mopping worked great after I turned on the vacuum cleaner on all 1700 watts. So immediately press the third button until it turns red! At a lower wattage, the Aqua Stealth nozzle works through its sleeves..
Then there was a total wet cleaning on the parquet. Overall, I liked it: the lacquered floor fairly quickly washed to a shine, as with mastic, and at the same time did not have time to get wet ā a floor rag on a mop does not get that clean.
Test #4.Coffee break for wet mopping..
When the Thomas vacuum cleaner had a well-deserved rest on weekdays, it was time to call it 01. My morning coffee is running out of coffee maker again. And itās good that coffee. The worst thing that could happen is a real flood, if the upstairs neighbor has another leaky fountainā¦ In general, the color of liquid is different, but the problem is the same: the moisture from the floor should be immediately collectedā¦
Nozzles, to the battle! I choose the second option for wet mopping. Itās a small wedge with a thin suction slot and a pressure tube for clean water. The consumption of water will be minimal, but after the coffee stains itās better to splash a little fresh stream and just as elegantly āsqueezeā it into the vacuum cleaner.
Coffee ran out after 30 seconds
In this rather random test, I was already feeling like a guru in the realm of wet vacuum cleaners. I put the power on the middle button and gently move it across the floor: from myself to myself. A few passes, and off I go. All! You can refresh a favorite couch and chair ā the same wedge-shaped nozzle.
The bottom line is this. 200 ml of loose foamy drink disappeared from all surfaces in half a minute. Thomas sucks up any liquid like an insatiable beast, as if he hasnāt had a drink in ages. God forbid, of course, but against the neighborās fountain I am now armed to the teeth..
Conclusions
In the few weeks that I have had the vacuum cleaner Thomas Allergy & Family, I got used to it as a new member of the family: beautiful, smart, powerful, reliable. Cleans cleanly, a lot of nozzles, convenient parking, the design is thought-out in detail, easy to operate. And best of all, it knows how to clean the air like a little sea, reducing the risk of allergies for my kids. I understand the drivers now, when they call their car a swallow. I also have my own little swallow. If you ask me which brand of vacuum cleaner I should choose, my answer is unequivocally: of course itās Thomas, but are there any others better??
Thomas vacuum cleaner and its magnificent seven
Tech specs
FUNCTIONAL: Dry cleaning with air washing function, wet cleaning, water collection. |
POWER: max. 1700 W, suction 325 W. |
FILTERING: Aqua-box, HEPA filter washable, exhaust micro-filter. |
CONTROL AND INDICATION: mechanical suction adjustment on the handle. |
CONSTRUCTION: 11 m range, 360Ė Easy Drive rollers, telescopic tube made of stainless steel, 8 m cord length, vertical parking, noise level 70-81 dB, The detergent tank capacity is 1.8 liters, Wet suction capacity2 liters. |
FITTING: 5 nozzles for dry cleaning, 2 nozzles for wet mopping, flexible hose, telescopic tube, dust bag, bottle with cleaning liquid. |
COLOR: smoky, pink, gray. DIMENSIONS: 306h486h318 mm. |
WARRANTY: 2 years + 6 months after registration on thomas website |
COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURER: Germany. |
How effective was the Thomas Allergy & Family vacuum cleaner in cleaning your apartment? Did it successfully remove allergens and dirt from all surfaces?