Broom or Vacuum for Hard Surface Cleaning

Broom or Vacuum for Hard Surface Cleaning

Although most homeowners use brooms on a regular basis to sweep away their messes, the professional house cleaning industry almost exclusively uses vacuums for cleaning hard floors. Today you will learn the pros and cons of each so you can be informed about which to choose when cleaning your home.

Vacuums:

You likely already own one so you can have fewer cleaning supplies
Much faster
Easier to use
Sucks dirt up and away and not around your floors or into the air.
If your vacuum isn’t intended on being used for hard floors, It is likely you could purchase an attachment to use on hard floors without scratching them.
Little to no bending down

Brooms:

Easy to spot clean
Cheap
Requires little to no maintenance
Can use it any time (not dependent on electricity and is quiet)
Less likely to scratch floors

With vacuums there is less wear and tear on the body, is much faster, and sucks dirt away instead of pushing it around the floor. With these reasons, it is easy to see why vacuums are standard for house cleaning companies and probably should be for all homes as well. Although brooms have advantages of their own, a vacuum is the better option in many scenarios.