Vacuum cleaners are sometimes known as hoovers. A vacuum cleaner is used to clean the house. It is a device which uses an air pump to create a partial vacuum and this sucks up all the dust and dirt. The dirt is normally then collected by a filtering system or a cyclone for later disposal.

There are many different types of vacuum cleaner. The most popular sorts of vacuum cleaner are:
- the upright vacuum cleaner
- the canister or cylinder vacuum cleaner
- the wet vacuum cleaner

Robotic vacuum cleaners are now also on the market. Robot vacuum cleaners are small robots which work in random patterns sucking up the dirt with no human intervention required. These are becoming more popular with the Roomba vacuum cleaner leading the way.

Popularity: 21% [?]