Several years ago we purchased two Bosch Electro Duo Plus HEPA vacuum
cleaners for use in our storage areas.  They have variable suction and
are very quiet to operate (and can be found within your budget if you
shop around).

Sofía Galarza Liu
Collection Manager
Spencer Museum of Art
The University of Kansas
1301 Mississippi Street
Lawrence, KS 66045
http://www.spencerart.ku.edu


On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Sarah M. Allen Sarah Allen Museum
Technician Knife River Indian Villages NHS Stanton, ND 58571-0009
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> A well cared for Nilfisk lasts forever, and it may be worth seeing if
> anyone is looking to upgrade theirs and would sell you the old one cheap.
> That said, as far as a variable speed with HEPA filtration in new for under
> $400, try the Eureka Airextreme 6500.
> http://www.allergybuyersclubshopping.com/eureka-airextreme-6500a-canister-vacuum-cleaners.html?show=UP&itemId=2284
> I have not used it myself, but I have heard good things from others on a
> tight budget. It isn't the BEST filtration, but it is HEPA and the allergy
> people are pretty picky about who makes their cut.
>
> If you go with something else, try testing the exhaust output by taking a
> clean square of thin white cloth and rubberbanding it over the exhaust port
> of the vacuum in question and vacuum up some fine dust. If you see a circle
> of grey on the cloth... it's not doing its job. Just because it says HEPA
> filter, doesn't mean the filter is fitted in a functional way.
>
> Do not try to fit a standard vacuum with a rheostat, it can destroy the
> motor, will null any warranty, and depending on how it is mounted, can make
> holes that mean the HEPA is bypassed and will decrease the function
> overall.
>
> Good luck!
> S
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> Hello all,
> I am curating a university collection of costume and textiles and we are
> desperate need of a vacuum for vacuuming our objects. It needs to be
> variable-speed, since regular speed will damage them, and it needs to have
> either a HEPA filter or the ability to be fitted with one. It also needs to
> be under $400 (those nice Nilfisks are out of the budget, unfortunately).
> Does anyone know of a good kind that meets these requirements?
> Thanks very much!
> Whitney Robertson
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> M.A. Fashion and Textile Studies, FIT '08
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