Hmm I remembered the last time you done this you tested it with a Dyson, I’m still surprised people listen to influencers rather than researching how to effectively take care of carpet. Reminds me of the time someone once said put essential oils on the vacuum filter to have a nice smelling room.
This is not a good example. When you put baking soda on a carpet you aren't putting it on that thick... you are using a thin layer. I've done it before and it's fine.
@@PerformanceReviewsyeah, there are millions of people who have used baking soda, not this dumb ass way, but the correct way, and there vacuum is still live and well
I don’t agree with this! Carpet powder aswell as baking soda absolutely breaks your vacuum over time, it says in the manuals of alot of these vacuums “do not suck up fine powder”. You will find you have to wash your filters a lot more often.
Baking soda is great for cleaning, yet for many vacuum cleaners it kills them! Thank for letting people know about this, it's discouraging how people use their regular vacuum to suck up Baking Soda.
It’s less of a problem with bagged vacuums but you will have to replace the bags early and it will still eventually damage the bearings or accelerate the wear of the carbon brushes of the Miele vortex motor.
@@matthewantonucci6751 but it will create an asthma inducing plume of baking soda. Baking soda wouldn’t hurt a sebo but will making the bag clogged and the looser tolerance of the dommel motors compared to the Miele vortex motor. A Rainbow vacuum will never clog from baking soda because the swishing water in the basin dissolves the baking soda before it even has a slight chance to go through the motor plus the motor in the E2 and SRX are brushless.
I cleaned my mattress with peroxide and baking soda all over my bed and also used scubby clorox wipes for a stubborn runaway cupcake with very bright frosting (the lockdown was a journey for all of us, dont judge 😂) and left it to bleach out and harden over night. I vacuumed up the crystalized baking soda bits and wonder if that could at least be better/similar to the coarse approved brands? My mattress is not only nice and white always, but it feels brand new everytime. I regularly clean my filters though so that helps a lot
@@LITG7000 I just looked on youtube on how other people used baking soda and peroxide. My only guide is to make sure you do it on any days you have off of work, because it'll be wet and it's best to let it sit until it dries and re-crystalizes 12-24 hours. Now with my vacuum I got a little scared after watching this video on any damage it could do so I opened everything up to see what the motor was looking like, and it did have powdery dust from the baking soda and after cleaning everything off it seemed to run stronger than it did even before the baking soda. So Just look towards deep cleaning your vac after deep cleaning anything else afterwards. And make sure you got all screws accounted for and maybe take pictures of how the motor looks before you take it out so you know which direction it fits into (I'm slight dyslexic so I had it flipped around lol)
@@LITG7000 ooo and get rubber flex gloves since peroxide and baking soda act as a no odor bleach, I underestimated the slight stinging burn it gave my fingers. little baking soda goes a long way.
So, for what it's worth, when you first started that motor's pitch was an "E" note, by the time you were done with the third cup, that motor was pushing a "G" flat note, that's two notes up from when you started. What this indicates is that the machine was extremely clogged and there was no airflow. You could also hear the 60 cycle hum from the motor while you were doing that, I wonder if any of that got in to the motor itself, my guess is it did. Might have been interesting to open it up and see how much damage the motor had. I know many vacuums are not designed to clean up things such as dry wall or plaster dust, I'm guessing baking soda is similar. The Shark was the perfect machine to test that on.
And with that being said over time this vacuum will be no good . Not even using baking soda. Cheap vacuums. Get one that requires a bag problem solved.. y'all so y'all so smart ya dumb
I’m confused: I thought this was about why people shouldn’t vacuum their carpets with baking soda as you note in the description: “why people shouldn’t use baking soda on their carpets”… You should’ve performed your “experiment” in a way that’s more relatable, (ie-sprinkled onto a carpet) as how people use it… Aside from the opening comment you made about your Shark vacuum not working well on tiled floors, your “experiment” is large piles of baking soda on a tile floor. Maybe it’s just me, though I’ve never read, nor heard of people in real life pouring piles of baking soda straight on their tile floors to vacuum it up… “Sprinkled” onto Carpeting”, yes. (not mounds of baking soda like you’ve done here
Thanks for posting this. And I’m glad the algorithms caused this video to show up on my screen! 😅. I’ve had a bagless vacuum cleaner for 5 years now, and still in excellent condition. I usually would get Hagerty’s dry shampoo for my rug, but this time I tried baking soda. I did notice some white residue around my vacuum indicating spillage of some sort, unlike the clean vacuuming job done using the shampoo. I now understand what is happening. I recognise another comment contextualising this phenomenon with the amount of baking soda one might actually use on a rug. It may be less overall than the guy used in the video, but I think what he was tying to get across is the fact that damage is occurring, slowly but surely, even if you didn’t see it right away. On my rug, I used about 3 cups of baking soda across the entire area (large rug), so yes the layer yield was thin, but the cumulative volume used to cover the entire surface would be where it all adds up. Anyway man, thanks again! I thought Hagerty’s products gave me a better result anyway! 😂
Damn, my new apartment and I just put tons of the baking soda brand carpet powder on dog throw up. It's sitting overnight. If not a vacuum, can I use my Carpet cleaner machine?
It has a HEPA media bag, it will probably fair much better than the shark. While the shark still has a HEPA filter, it uses a monocyclone which is very ineffective for fine dust
A web vacuum cleaner would use lots of water to clean the carpet so the baking soda will get collected as a thick sandy paste in the dirty water tank. You can remove the sandy paste easily. I've done it a couple of times on my carpet.
I'm trying to get rid of fleas. Do you think a carpet cleaner could be used to spray water on the baking soda (and salt) ahead of the vacuum? I have a Bissell Revolution Pet Pro carpet cleaner. Good idea?
I wouldn’t want to vacuum up any baking soda even if it was with a direct air of vacuum such as a Kirby. By the way, have you ever worked on or serviced any Workhorse vacuums before or not?
Thank you so much!!!! I saw someone commented and questioning on why you would make this video since it's common sense to not use a vacuum on baking soda... I just want to say... There's a lot of online tutorial teaching us to actually use baking soda n vacuum it to clear odors.... N i actually did that and though my vacuum didn't break right away... But looking back..maybe that's why it broke down later... Also getting rid of the baking soda was a pain as well... Wish i had seen ur vid sooner. Thanks again!!
Oh crap. I literally just used arm and hammer carpet deodorizer for the first time today with my sebo Felix, 1 small room. Perhaps half a cup of powder spread out. Decided to come look at your channel for an air purifier and found this video! Did I ruin my vacuum? What should I do?
RIP Shark upright. 😭. Thank you for advise me not to let me do things that can harm my precious Dyson V8 and my current mains powered cylinder. Anyway, is this Shark upright powered lift away or non power lift away
But that doesn't apply to all vacuums does it? Sebos for example; my X4 Automatic 's design would prevent baking soda from effecting the motor. Am I right? Now I am not using baking soda regardless, just curious.
It applies to most machines. In your particular case it would wreck the pre-motor filter tube next to your bag and the bag itself you would need to wash out the back compartment afterwards as well as changing the filter and bag.
Gotcha. Closet thing I have used was SEBO's carpet cleaning powder. But it makes sense , baking soda has got to wreak havoc somewhere in the machine. Thanks for the info. @@PerformanceReviews
Too late. I totally used my Shark Rotator to vacuum baking soda. I am now on a mission to get a new vacuum. I’m pretty sure you just replied to my post on Reddit lol. Asked about the wet dry (Crosswave, Tineco) because I hate mopping like x a million
Thank you! I’ve had a minor flea infestation in my room because of a kitten I had in here. I had read that putting baking soda all over the carpet would get into the fleas lungs, and they would suffocate after two or three days, including the larva. When I went to H-E-B, I saw the Armen Hammer carpet fresh so I bought that instead. Thank God I just use that because I was going to go back to the grocery store and buy baking soda but after seeing this forget it. I will stick with the carpet fresh which was engineered for vacuums.
I can see a lot of videos about deodorizing mattresses with baking soda, it's literally everywhere and it's quite concerning how most of them don't put disclaimers about it. I wish more ppl would see this, bc I'm sure a lot of ppl have clogged their vacuum like that. Edit: typo
Look I've been vacuuming up baking soda for years.. I have an electrolux canister vacuum cleaner with heppa bags. when I'm done vacuuming my baking soda I throw the bag away. These new bagless wonder crap Sharks and Dysons no thank you. Why would I want to clean filters and clean out dirt cups and things in a vacuum cleaner when I can just throw the bag away the filtrete bags are amazing
You definitely right using a HEPA bag vacuum a lot less of that baking soda will get into the motor. Especially if you have an older Electrolux where the tolerances are very loose.
The other terrible thing people suck up with their vacuum is borax. I know it's supposed to be a more natural pest killer mostly for fleas and sometimes people use it for bed bugs but it. Only clogs your filters it also will destroy the bearings in your brush roller. If you have a bagless vacuum cleaner it won't only clog your filters but any bit of it that makes its way through will also coat and eventually eat away at the motor
My dad did this with his Dyson UP16 and it didn’t kill it but it is definitely not ideal and it definitely needs a service but my local vacuum store is closed indefinitely, Alex please do not dox me or my dad for buying a bagless vacuum cleaner.
THank you for this video. A friend told me she ruined her vaccuum sucking up food grade diatomaceous earth from her carpets. Likely for the same reason as this baking soda. Eeks.
I never used baking soda when vacuuming because I heard it can ruin your filters and eventually ruin the motor. No matter what brand your vacuum is, just don’t use carpet powder or baking soda for any reason. When you used the vacuum, oh no, powder started to come out of the vacuum. Now I know why every vacuum expert say not to use carpet powder or baking soda ever. Carpet powder and baking soda is on my list of do not use when vacuuming.
still have the same vacuum for 6 years (used Kirby) and been using baking soda to deodorized. I have 2 dogs and one cat use baking soda once a week and I still have the same vacuum with has had no problems
That vacuum works mechanically very different than most vacuums. That machines what's known as a "dirty air "machine All the debris moves into the fan and then blown into a bag. Most machines suck everything through a bag or a cyclone mechanism then a filter than the motor. This is known as clean air since the motor only gets clean air. These machines are very sensitive to fine dust. So yes your Kirby won't break from this but it will definitely blow fine dust everywhere. But more importantly you are ruining your carpet by doing that I would have a professional come and extract it out of your carpet.
If you don't use an airborne particle scanner you don't know if dust is coming out. You need the right tools to monitor dust. Just because you can't see it ,doesn't mean it's not in the air . There are plenty of videos on UA-cam showing Kirby's leaking dust.
I owned a shark once and will never get that brand again. It was horrible didn't last long at all. I even cleaned the filter out of it and the hoses but it stopped working. Didn't even turn on.
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People use baking soda mixed with salt on their carpets to kill fleas. Do a review on that please. Mix = 1 to 1 mixture.
Aww come on you make the respirator sound hard to breathe through, but it's so easy! I haven't been out of my house without one since the pandemic started, and it kept me from catching it. You can run long distance in the things they flow so well
that just goes to show the premium filtration system that a 400$ dollar vacuum has its marked as HEPA Sealed system so even the sharks filter poorly i guess that only leaves Dyson and Miele
@@PerformanceReviews dont forget Windsor and Fantom but it just goes to show that Premium 400$ dollar vacuum I mean it has to have good filtration if you are paying what you're paying those sharks go for a Decent Money also the Never Losses Suction Sticker they placed on some of their models it's just ridiculous that's why I sometimes rather have a Dyson or a Windsor also not to mention they last more than any other upright
Fantom ben out of business for decades. They were horrible vacuums when they were in business. Not saying you can't enjoy such a thing but they were bad. Windsor literally is SEBO with a different name for marketing purposes.
All powdered type cleaning product for your carpet is abrasive on the carpet fiber it doesn't matter if it's Arm & Hammer baking soda it doesn't matter if it's Carpet Fresh it doesn't matter if it's capture it does not matter any type of a powdery substance that you're putting on your carpet is going to act like sand against the carpet fiber and it will cut those carpet fibers in half and wear out your carpet and it will destroy any vacuum it doesn't matter if it's Bagless or bag Case Closed don't put the s*** on the carpet or in the vacuum. If you want your vacuum to smell good get some of those scented laundry beads and put inside the vacuum cleaner bag it will freshen the vacuum while you're using it and it will keep it fresh even if it's sitting in the closet same thing with a Bagless it won't destroy the vacuum and it won't harm the machine but it will leave a pleasant scent
@@ThePrime206 not sure where you got that idea from, it’s material hardness that determines abrasive ability, and particle size determines how hard it is on vacuums. Sebo, lindhaus, and Dyson all make moistened carpet cleaning powder, usually in the form of microscopic sponges. All are intended to be vacuumed up afterwards, Lindhaus even lets you agitate the moist powder with there vacuum…
@@ThePrime206 nope. Feel some dry powder, it’s still soft. It’s even used commercially with crb machines. I’m sure some brands make low quality powder, but that doesn’t represent the technology as a whole.
In what scenario would you need to vacuum up that much baking soda???? Wouldn’t a shop vac come into play in that scenario? About as relevant as saying you shouldn’t pump a pool out with a Kirby!!! Useless information here as common sense should come into play! You destroyed a useable vacuum for no reason!
It's a video addressing many other UA-cam videos. Believe it or not there are plenty of influencers who tell people to suck up this much baking soda to get things clean. The vacuum used was less than usable review on that. ua-cam.com/video/85kOKKmnYhY/v-deo.html
If the vacuum used was “less than useable” as you state, then this negates your entire video! Nobody would do this in a normal cleaning Situation! I can’t stand to see videos like this where completely useable products are destroyed for absolutely no reason and then the destroyed product is sent to a land fill!!! Absolutely ridiculous on your part! Shame on you!
It's more of a condensed version of what happens over time. 😅 Also, you'd be surprised at what people over do! It's more common than you think, just like how there's people out there who pour in 2 or 3 times as much needed laundry detergent for the sake of "I want my clothes to smell good!". Baking soda based carpet cleaning products have been around for decades, and it's been wrong for decades.
I appreciate the video, but I’m not convinced. First; With all respect, what could you possibly “professionally service” on a vacuum? Other things will be sucked up with this and a much slower rate, and it appears the vacuum was abused with an overwhelming amount of baking soda in a very short amount of time. I have baking soda on my carpets right now and after watching this video I will use caution and check the hepa filter. Thanks for sharing your experience.
I think this shows your age. Vacuum cleaners like other machines need maintenance. Here's a video showing an example of that maintenance. ua-cam.com/video/pVwUpT_iF1Q/v-deo.html
Hi, NOT a fan of bagless machines period. I think bagless machines are the worst design ever made period. With that said I hated to see you ruin a machine but hey all bagless machines need to go away or at least for me, I will never own another one ever. Had a dyson ball, worst machine I ever owned, what a pain in the neck to maintain. But I guess if you never clean the filters and emptying the cup was terrible. Anyway, I own a Riccar R40P now, kind of a big step up from a bagless Dyson but I wanted to get back to a bag and I wanted to buy the best which I feel for my money I did. I am not here to try and sell Riccar but if you are going to spend a lot of money, buy one of the best in my opinion. Great video by the way. A real eye opener. Matt at House of Vacs would be proud. John in Ohio
I got a Dyson from 2014. It is 8 years old. The only reason it still works is because I only used for three years. It has literally been sitting in storage for 5 years. I have a shark from 2017. It still works. It has been in storage for a year now. I have been using an older Riccar 8955 from 2006, and it outperforms both of them with both suction and floor pickup. I am disappointed with Shark especially as there is literally powder in the motor. Those filters don't do shit. They brainwash people. Dyson isn't as bad as shark, but Sir Dyson definitely is.
This is highly exaggerated. I don’t dump a cup of baking soda in one spot. I use carpet fresh which has less clumps and is finer. I can see this messing with the motor but the test is a bit much
@@djbagman I understand that your roommate used baking soda, but that has no effect on any bugs. D.E. particles, on the other hand, act like tiny glass shards that mechanically kill a wide range of insects, even bed bugs resistant to chemicals!
Good call sacrificing a Shark to make your point. I love my Sebo and treat her well and knowing what some people put their machines through makes me cringe.
I’m absolutely confused here, what is this actually trying to show or teach? I understand and know too much baking soda ruin hoover/vacuum over time but no one is gonna dump a cup a time of cleaner on your floor…be realistic also you’re using it on a floor not carpet. Very confusing video 🤷♀️🤦🏽♀️
Ok I get it, not safe for vacuum...but wouldn't it have been better to do an actual real life test example. Who is just going to pour a pile of baking soda on their carpet like this to clean it. It's very finely spread out across a large space. Also not going to let that much of it stay in the basin before emptying it!
Not even the bagged vacuums are safe from baking soda. And by the way, I am still allowed to have an opinion on Shark, I have nothing against them. (I have torx bits everywhere). And I like my LA300. But we have our own opinions.
This is where Tony Montana or a 90s supermodel would come in handy!!
Hmm I remembered the last time you done this you tested it with a Dyson, I’m still surprised people listen to influencers rather than researching how to effectively take care of carpet.
Reminds me of the time someone once said put essential oils on the vacuum filter to have a nice smelling room.
Dyson works pretty good never had problems with mine
Me watching this after I already sprinkle the baking soda 😂😂😂
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Did you get it out of the carpet though
Same !!!!
Omg me too
This is not a good example. When you put baking soda on a carpet you aren't putting it on that thick... you are using a thin layer. I've done it before and it's fine.
This is an exaggerated acceleration of what people do. Baking soda is not safe for your vacuum cleaner and will destroy your carpet.
@@PerformanceReviews Well it hasn't destroyed my vacuum cleaner or any of my carpets?
Exactly lmfao. It sifts out evenly onto carpet. This demonstration wasn’t good at all. And never has ruined my vacuum🤦♀️
@@PerformanceReviewsyeah, there are millions of people who have used baking soda, not this dumb ass way, but the correct way, and there vacuum is still live and well
I don’t agree with this! Carpet powder aswell as baking soda absolutely breaks your vacuum over time, it says in the manuals of alot of these vacuums “do not suck up fine powder”. You will find you have to wash your filters a lot more often.
Baking soda is great for cleaning, yet for many vacuum cleaners it kills them! Thank for letting people know about this, it's discouraging how people use their regular vacuum to suck up Baking Soda.
@Apu Rana I agree!
Baking soda can be vacuumed into a wet/dry vac without getting to the actual motor, but it still ruins filters.
Well filter are meant to be replaced or cleaned right?
It’s less of a problem with bagged vacuums but you will have to replace the bags early and it will still eventually damage the bearings or accelerate the wear of the carbon brushes of the Miele vortex motor.
No not The Ones with DumpOut Bags because those never clog!
@@matthewantonucci6751 but it will create an asthma inducing plume of baking soda. Baking soda wouldn’t hurt a sebo but will making the bag clogged and the looser tolerance of the dommel motors compared to the Miele vortex motor. A Rainbow vacuum will never clog from baking soda because the swishing water in the basin dissolves the baking soda before it even has a slight chance to go through the motor plus the motor in the E2 and SRX are brushless.
@@matthewantonucci6751 if you think dump out bags never clog your delusional
I cleaned my mattress with peroxide and baking soda all over my bed and also used scubby clorox wipes for a stubborn runaway cupcake with very bright frosting (the lockdown was a journey for all of us, dont judge 😂) and left it to bleach out and harden over night. I vacuumed up the crystalized baking soda bits and wonder if that could at least be better/similar to the coarse approved brands? My mattress is not only nice and white always, but it feels brand new everytime. I regularly clean my filters though so that helps a lot
You need to regularly change your filters too! Particularly the HEPA exhaust.
do you have a guide u read to clean your batress that way? was going to clean mine
@@LITG7000 I just looked on youtube on how other people used baking soda and peroxide. My only guide is to make sure you do it on any days you have off of work, because it'll be wet and it's best to let it sit until it dries and re-crystalizes 12-24 hours. Now with my vacuum I got a little scared after watching this video on any damage it could do so I opened everything up to see what the motor was looking like, and it did have powdery dust from the baking soda and after cleaning everything off it seemed to run stronger than it did even before the baking soda. So Just look towards deep cleaning your vac after deep cleaning anything else afterwards. And make sure you got all screws accounted for and maybe take pictures of how the motor looks before you take it out so you know which direction it fits into (I'm slight dyslexic so I had it flipped around lol)
@@LITG7000 ooo and get rubber flex gloves since peroxide and baking soda act as a no odor bleach, I underestimated the slight stinging burn it gave my fingers. little baking soda goes a long way.
So, for what it's worth, when you first started that motor's pitch was an "E" note, by the time you were done with the third cup, that motor was pushing a "G" flat note, that's two notes up from when you started. What this indicates is that the machine was extremely clogged and there was no airflow. You could also hear the 60 cycle hum from the motor while you were doing that, I wonder if any of that got in to the motor itself, my guess is it did. Might have been interesting to open it up and see how much damage the motor had. I know many vacuums are not designed to clean up things such as dry wall or plaster dust, I'm guessing baking soda is similar. The Shark was the perfect machine to test that on.
I thought I was the only person who used musical pitch changed to determine things not working correctly.
As a musician, I like to guess what pitch a sound is and then test myself with a tuner or my instrument, lol. Love that you did this!
Definitely lol where else do you think the hepa filter is
And with that being said over time this vacuum will be no good . Not even using baking soda. Cheap vacuums. Get one that requires a bag problem solved.. y'all so y'all so smart ya dumb
I’m confused:
I thought this was about why people shouldn’t vacuum their carpets with baking soda as you note in the description: “why people shouldn’t use baking soda on their carpets”… You should’ve performed your “experiment” in a way that’s more relatable, (ie-sprinkled onto a carpet) as how people use it…
Aside from the opening comment you made about your Shark vacuum not working well on tiled floors, your “experiment” is large piles of baking soda on a tile floor.
Maybe it’s just me, though I’ve never read, nor heard of people in real life pouring piles of baking soda straight on their tile floors to vacuum it up…
“Sprinkled” onto Carpeting”, yes. (not mounds of baking soda like you’ve done here
Thanks for posting this. And I’m glad the algorithms caused this video to show up on my screen! 😅.
I’ve had a bagless vacuum cleaner for 5 years now, and still in excellent condition. I usually would get Hagerty’s dry shampoo for my rug, but this time I tried baking soda. I did notice some white residue around my vacuum indicating spillage of some sort, unlike the clean vacuuming job done using the shampoo. I now understand what is happening.
I recognise another comment contextualising this phenomenon with the amount of baking soda one might actually use on a rug. It may be less overall than the guy used in the video, but I think what he was tying to get across is the fact that damage is occurring, slowly but surely, even if you didn’t see it right away. On my rug, I used about 3 cups of baking soda across the entire area (large rug), so yes the layer yield was thin, but the cumulative volume used to cover the entire surface would be where it all adds up.
Anyway man, thanks again! I thought Hagerty’s products gave me a better result anyway! 😂
Damn, my new apartment and I just put tons of the baking soda brand carpet powder on dog throw up. It's sitting overnight. If not a vacuum, can I use my Carpet cleaner machine?
Not going to hurt a carpet extractor at all. But I will stick to your actual floor care products to preserve and properly clean your carpet.
@@PerformanceReviews Awesome. Yeah I bought a portable carpet cleaner that's coming tomorrow. So I will wait to get that to clean up all the stuff.
Suck up the same amount in the tempo and see what it does
It has a HEPA media bag, it will probably fair much better than the shark. While the shark still has a HEPA filter, it uses a monocyclone which is very ineffective for fine dust
That would be cool
With that said, there are some powders you need to vacuum, like diatomaceous earth. Not sure what the solve is there.
Fleas
I used to use the Pet Carpet powder with my Kirby. Never any issues other than clogged bag, but I definitely won't be vacuuming any powder anymore.
You saved my Dyson vacuum cleaner…. I was going to do this Baking soda carpet cleaning process…. Luckily saw your video, Won’t bother anyone more 😊
Glad to here. Just a reminder change your filters at least once a year. They do not want us to lifetime as advertised.
Thanks for watching!
Ughhh. I watched this after putting a lot of baking soda down to soak up moisture in a carpet. What am I suppose to do now to get up the baking soda?
Call a professional carpet cleaner
Will dry wall dust do the same thing
On a Bagless vacuum yes, on a modern Bagged vacuum no.
So how does a person clear it from a mattress as ive just put a load of this on mine....???
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You just saved my vacuum, thank you
Glad to hear!
What about using the arm and hammer backing soda made for carpets? Is that ok for a vacuum?
Is it approved by the carpet and rug Institute? Then no.
@@PerformanceReviews I'm glad I watched this video before using it. I would have ruined my Dyson vacuum.
Can you use a wet vacuuming cleaner? Might need a couple of times to get most of the baking soda out but it wouldn't ruin your vacuum cleaner.
I used my wet vacuum cleaner and it turned to cement in there. Luckily I cleaned it out right away but it was a process. Do you mean a shop vac?
A web vacuum cleaner would use lots of water to clean the carpet so the baking soda will get collected as a thick sandy paste in the dirty water tank. You can remove the sandy paste easily. I've done it a couple of times on my carpet.
I'm trying to get rid of fleas. Do you think a carpet cleaner could be used to spray water on the baking soda (and salt) ahead of the vacuum? I have a Bissell Revolution Pet Pro carpet cleaner. Good idea?
Call professional! Don't mess around with all let's stay at home DIY nonsense.
I wouldn’t want to vacuum up any baking soda even if it was with a direct air of vacuum such as a Kirby. By the way, have you ever worked on or serviced any Workhorse vacuums before or not?
Thank you so much!!!! I saw someone commented and questioning on why you would make this video since it's common sense to not use a vacuum on baking soda... I just want to say... There's a lot of online tutorial teaching us to actually use baking soda n vacuum it to clear odors.... N i actually did that and though my vacuum didn't break right away... But looking back..maybe that's why it broke down later... Also getting rid of the baking soda was a pain as well... Wish i had seen ur vid sooner. Thanks again!!
Oh crap. I literally just used arm and hammer carpet deodorizer for the first time today with my sebo Felix, 1 small room. Perhaps half a cup of powder spread out. Decided to come look at your channel for an air purifier and found this video!
Did I ruin my vacuum? What should I do?
Change the bag should be fine
I thought that shark vaccums were soposed to have a “sealed system “ 😅 as advertised
Nice demonstration! It would be interesting to see this done with a bagged vacuum.
I have a feeling it's still hard on the motor. I do wonder also.
Does this apply to the arm and hammer baking soda product they have in the cleaning aisle that they label for vacuuming
The supplies to anything not approved BY CRI
@@PerformanceReviews applies not supplies.
RIP Shark upright. 😭. Thank you for advise me not to let me do things that can harm my precious Dyson V8 and my current mains powered cylinder. Anyway, is this Shark upright powered lift away or non power lift away
I have a question what ever happened to the hoover react vacuum its like gone the way of the dodo 🦤
But that doesn't apply to all vacuums does it? Sebos for example; my X4 Automatic 's design would prevent baking soda from effecting the motor. Am I right? Now I am not using baking soda regardless, just curious.
It applies to most machines.
In your particular case it would wreck the pre-motor filter tube next to your bag and the bag itself you would need to wash out the back compartment afterwards as well as changing the filter and bag.
Gotcha. Closet thing I have used was SEBO's carpet cleaning powder. But it makes sense , baking soda has got to wreak havoc somewhere in the machine. Thanks for the info. @@PerformanceReviews
A Henry would never blow that much baking soda everywhere even if you sucked up 7 pounds
Let's see that test 🤠
@@Dankcatvacs Henry would handle it fine
Same as Miele
@@RJA_World I wouldn’t personally use a Miele to suck up 7 pounds of baking soda But it would probably handle it just fine
@@VacMaster2020 Neither would I, or a henry for that matter. I was just saying a miele would handle it too
Great thanks for sharing 🎉
I wish I saw this video before I did that with my carpet and vacuum. Now my vacuum screams, and now I know why...haha time for a new vacuum.
SEBO ,Miele, Lindhuas should be at the top of your shopping list. Thanks for watching.
There’s a reason why theirs cheap vacuums and expensive ones with the baggs
Too late. I totally used my Shark Rotator to vacuum baking soda. I am now on a mission to get a new vacuum. I’m pretty sure you just replied to my post on Reddit lol. Asked about the wet dry (Crosswave, Tineco) because I hate mopping like x a million
Thank you! I’ve had a minor flea infestation in my room because of a kitten I had in here. I had read that putting baking soda all over the carpet would get into the fleas lungs, and they would suffocate after two or three days, including the larva. When I went to H-E-B, I saw the Armen Hammer carpet fresh so I bought that instead. Thank God I just use that because I was going to go back to the grocery store and buy baking soda but after seeing this forget it. I will stick with the carpet fresh which was engineered for vacuums.
Thank you for the video idea!
Carpet fresh is terrible for vacuum cleaners & carpet too.
Why would you suck up a lot of baking soda in the first place
Influencer videos.
I wonder how many cups it would take to murder a bissell powerforce compact
Most likely about the same the pre-motorfiltration is similar on the machines
@@PerformanceReviews ok
Something like the dirt devil breeze with the F1 filter may survive because it has the "HEPA" filter in the dust cup or even the dirt devil dynamite
Yeah, let’s just pour a pile of powder on tile floor 😂😂😂 thanks UA-cam expert.
I can see a lot of videos about deodorizing mattresses with baking soda, it's literally everywhere and it's quite concerning how most of them don't put disclaimers about it. I wish more ppl would see this, bc I'm sure a lot of ppl have clogged their vacuum like that.
Edit: typo
Unfortunately those videos are much more widespread then vacuum cleaner knowledge. People are going to keep doing it unfortunately.
So how does a person clear it from a mattress as ive just put a load of this on mine....???
Look I've been vacuuming up baking soda for years.. I have an electrolux canister vacuum cleaner with heppa bags. when I'm done vacuuming my baking soda I throw the bag away. These new bagless wonder crap Sharks and Dysons no thank you. Why would I want to clean filters and clean out dirt cups and things in a vacuum cleaner when I can just throw the bag away the filtrete bags are amazing
You definitely right using a HEPA bag vacuum a lot less of that baking soda will get into the motor. Especially if you have an older Electrolux where the tolerances are very loose.
The other terrible thing people suck up with their vacuum is borax. I know it's supposed to be a more natural pest killer mostly for fleas and sometimes people use it for bed bugs but it. Only clogs your filters it also will destroy the bearings in your brush roller. If you have a bagless vacuum cleaner it won't only clog your filters but any bit of it that makes its way through will also coat and eventually eat away at the motor
Funny you don’t see this kind of test on their infomercials!
My dad did this with his Dyson UP16 and it didn’t kill it but it is definitely not ideal and it definitely needs a service but my local vacuum store is closed indefinitely, Alex please do not dox me or my dad for buying a bagless vacuum cleaner.
I definitely need to show him this video.
THank you for this video. A friend told me she ruined her vaccuum sucking up food grade diatomaceous earth from her carpets. Likely for the same reason as this baking soda. Eeks.
Isn't that the same thing as Carpet Fresh and the likes?
I never used baking soda when vacuuming because I heard it can ruin your filters and eventually ruin the motor. No matter what brand your vacuum is, just don’t use carpet powder or baking soda for any reason. When you used the vacuum, oh no, powder started to come out of the vacuum. Now I know why every vacuum expert say not to use carpet powder or baking soda ever. Carpet powder and baking soda is on my list of do not use when vacuuming.
This man gets it.
@@PerformanceReviews my friend was so confident his Dyson could do this easy and well…. 😂😂😂
What do you use?
So what am I supposed to use to deodorize my carpet?
Shampoo it like you are supposed to.
@@PerformanceReviews Thank you! I've learned so much from you. Stay awesome.
How does one fix this? Asking for a friend…
🚮 is the simplest solution
still have the same vacuum for 6 years (used Kirby) and been using baking soda to deodorized. I have 2 dogs and one cat use baking soda once a week and I still have the same vacuum with has had no problems
That vacuum works mechanically very different than most vacuums.
That machines what's known as a "dirty air "machine All the debris moves into the fan and then blown into a bag. Most machines suck everything through a bag or a cyclone mechanism then a filter than the motor. This is known as clean air since the motor only gets clean air. These machines are very sensitive to fine dust.
So yes your Kirby won't break from this but it will definitely blow fine dust everywhere. But more importantly you are ruining your carpet by doing that I would have a professional come and extract it out of your carpet.
@@PerformanceReviews no fine dust at all use a hepa bag and I have severe allergies and COPD. Also have a installed reme halo led
If you don't use an airborne particle scanner you don't know if dust is coming out. You need the right tools to monitor dust. Just because you can't see it ,doesn't mean it's not in the air . There are plenty of videos on UA-cam showing Kirby's leaking dust.
@@PerformanceReviews I do and have one in every room.
@@PerformanceReviews I am very happy with everything I use. sounds like you are not. Yes, I watched your kirby particle scan video too.
Interesting because sooo many places recommend baking soda. I guess they're all wrong?
I owned a shark once and will never get that brand again. It was horrible didn't last long at all. I even cleaned the filter out of it and the hoses but it stopped working. Didn't even turn on.
People use baking soda mixed with salt on their carpets to kill fleas. Do a review on that please. Mix = 1 to 1 mixture.
That's a terrible idea for your carpet.
foget the bowling ball do this insted
You wouldn't do all those rooms in one sweep
Aww come on you make the respirator sound hard to breathe through, but it's so easy! I haven't been out of my house without one since the pandemic started, and it kept me from catching it. You can run long distance in the things they flow so well
Thank you
I hate sharks “filtration” system. That foam literally does almost nothing.
I have fleas or ticks that is why I" m using salt and bakinbg soda
Savage
that just goes to show the premium filtration system that a 400$ dollar vacuum has its marked as HEPA Sealed system so even the sharks filter poorly i guess that only leaves Dyson and Miele
There are plenty of other vacuums that have great filtration. Like Lindhuas,SEBO & even some Hoovers.
@@PerformanceReviews dont forget Windsor and Fantom but it just goes to show that Premium 400$ dollar vacuum I mean it has to have good filtration if you are paying what you're paying those sharks go for a Decent Money also the Never Losses Suction Sticker they placed on some of their models it's just ridiculous that's why I sometimes rather have a Dyson or a Windsor also not to mention they last more than any other upright
Fantom ben out of business for decades. They were horrible vacuums when they were in business. Not saying you can't enjoy such a thing but they were bad. Windsor literally is SEBO with a different name for marketing purposes.
Press F?
F
Baking soda due to its granular consistency also abrades carpet fibers and wears out carpeting as the brush roller sweeps it. Not recommended.
People won’t listen unfortunately, the amount of videos with massive viewership saying to use baking soda for everything can’t be stopped.
All powdered type cleaning product for your carpet is abrasive on the carpet fiber it doesn't matter if it's Arm & Hammer baking soda it doesn't matter if it's Carpet Fresh it doesn't matter if it's capture it does not matter any type of a powdery substance that you're putting on your carpet is going to act like sand against the carpet fiber and it will cut those carpet fibers in half and wear out your carpet and it will destroy any vacuum it doesn't matter if it's Bagless or bag Case Closed don't put the s*** on the carpet or in the vacuum. If you want your vacuum to smell good get some of those scented laundry beads and put inside the vacuum cleaner bag it will freshen the vacuum while you're using it and it will keep it fresh even if it's sitting in the closet same thing with a Bagless it won't destroy the vacuum and it won't harm the machine but it will leave a pleasant scent
@@ThePrime206 not sure where you got that idea from, it’s material hardness that determines abrasive ability, and particle size determines how hard it is on vacuums. Sebo, lindhaus, and Dyson all make moistened carpet cleaning powder, usually in the form of microscopic sponges. All are intended to be vacuumed up afterwards, Lindhaus even lets you agitate the moist powder with there vacuum…
@@Dirty_Bear22 I'm well aware of that but once it dries it turns into a granule powder which is abrasive
@@ThePrime206 nope. Feel some dry powder, it’s still soft. It’s even used commercially with crb machines. I’m sure some brands make low quality powder, but that doesn’t represent the technology as a whole.
Pretty much akin to plaster dust
In what scenario would you need to vacuum up that much baking soda???? Wouldn’t a shop vac come into play in that scenario? About as relevant as saying you shouldn’t pump a pool out with a Kirby!!! Useless information here as common sense should come into play! You destroyed a useable vacuum for no reason!
It's a video addressing many other UA-cam videos. Believe it or not there are plenty of influencers who tell people to suck up this much baking soda to get things clean.
The vacuum used was less than usable review on that.
ua-cam.com/video/85kOKKmnYhY/v-deo.html
If the vacuum used was “less than useable” as you state, then this negates your entire video! Nobody would do this in a normal cleaning
Situation! I can’t stand to see videos like this where completely useable products are destroyed for absolutely no reason and then the destroyed product is sent to a land fill!!! Absolutely ridiculous on your part! Shame on you!
😂 All sharks go to the land fill within 2 years.
It's more of a condensed version of what happens over time. 😅
Also, you'd be surprised at what people over do! It's more common than you think, just like how there's people out there who pour in 2 or 3 times as much needed laundry detergent for the sake of "I want my clothes to smell good!".
Baking soda based carpet cleaning products have been around for decades, and it's been wrong for decades.
Baking soda is great for cleaning cast iron cookware and for increasing alkalinity in swimming pools
I appreciate the video, but I’m not convinced. First; With all respect, what could you possibly “professionally service” on a vacuum? Other things will be sucked up with this and a much slower rate, and it appears the vacuum was abused with an overwhelming amount of baking soda in a very short amount of time. I have baking soda on my carpets right now and after watching this video I will use caution and check the hepa filter. Thanks for sharing your experience.
I think this shows your age. Vacuum cleaners like other machines need maintenance.
Here's a video showing an example of that maintenance.
ua-cam.com/video/pVwUpT_iF1Q/v-deo.html
Not a good test .your not using it on carpet. My vacuum never does this.
We're all out of copium here.
Doesn't this just show that you need to clean your vacuum repeatedly during the baking soda vac-up, rather than never use baking soda at all?
No . Quite the opposite.
I love waking up and seeing a Shart... err... Shark... getting what it deserves
I broke my mile vacuum by vacuuming balcony, same as sacking baking soda,
JUST DON’T DO IT !
Thanks for killing that shark. You did the world a service
Hi, NOT a fan of bagless machines period. I think bagless machines are the worst design ever made period. With that said I hated to see you ruin a machine but hey all bagless machines need to go away or at least for me, I will never own another one ever. Had a dyson ball, worst machine I ever owned, what a pain in the neck to maintain. But I guess if you never clean the filters and emptying the cup was terrible.
Anyway, I own a Riccar R40P now, kind of a big step up from a bagless Dyson but I wanted to get back to a bag and I wanted to buy the best which I feel for my money I did. I am not here to try and sell Riccar but if you are going to spend a lot of money, buy one of the best in my opinion.
Great video by the way. A real eye opener. Matt at House of Vacs would be proud. John in Ohio
Bagless vacuums are just a scam and a fad due to marketing. Bagged is far better
Vaclab is calling you out (indirectly) in his newest video
Don't care. I'm surprised to here he's still making videos.
I got a Dyson from 2014. It is 8 years old. The only reason it still works is because I only used for three years. It has literally been sitting in storage for 5 years. I have a shark from 2017. It still works. It has been in storage for a year now. I have been using an older Riccar 8955 from 2006, and it outperforms both of them with both suction and floor pickup. I am disappointed with Shark especially as there is literally powder in the motor. Those filters don't do shit. They brainwash people. Dyson isn't as bad as shark, but Sir Dyson definitely is.
So why are the making it for carpet?? I tink you using wrong
This is highly exaggerated. I don’t dump a cup of baking soda in one spot. I use carpet fresh which has less clumps and is finer. I can see this messing with the motor but the test is a bit much
Use a commercial vacuum with baking soda
🤯🤯
And to think I've been spending money for years on smelly good baking soda thinking it was fine just because the box said so
Bro, my roommates genius idea to get rid of fleas was baking soda. Now my vacuums toast and I still have fleas
WOW 🥺
That's Diatomaceous Earth, not baking soda!
@@RoNiminal no, it was baking soda.
@@djbagman I understand that your roommate used baking soda, but that has no effect on any bugs. D.E. particles, on the other hand, act like tiny glass shards that mechanically kill a wide range of insects, even bed bugs resistant to chemicals!
@Amir lol. I read that so wrong. I was like how you going to tell me 😅😅🤣🤣
Filter Queen would eat all the baking soda and devour the shark! Filter Queen filter cones filter air down to 0.1 micron!
Wow you actually exposed Shark's newest product
Man that shark didn't even attempt to cope lol. I'm not surprised with how poorly designed they are.
lol not me seeing this while a good amount of baking soda is on my carpet right now cuz I only watched 1 video on deodorizing carpet…
RIP
'Sealed system' my ass 😭
Good call sacrificing a Shark to make your point. I love my Sebo and treat her well and knowing what some people put their machines through makes me cringe.
I’m absolutely confused here, what is this actually trying to show or teach? I understand and know too much baking soda ruin hoover/vacuum over time but no one is gonna dump a cup a time of cleaner on your floor…be realistic also you’re using it on a floor not carpet. Very confusing video 🤷♀️🤦🏽♀️
Get a shop vac wet/dry depending on what you are doing it's The best solution for everything.
Unfortunately most consumer grade shop vacuums don't filter well enough to use them in an enclosed space.
You should kill Sharks like Top Gear killed Morris Marinas
Yo hit that Bell notification🔔 you're going to like a video that's going to come in real soon at 20k subscribers.
Ok I get it, not safe for vacuum...but wouldn't it have been better to do an actual real life test example. Who is just going to pour a pile of baking soda on their carpet like this to clean it. It's very finely spread out across a large space. Also not going to let that much of it stay in the basin before emptying it!
Not even the bagged vacuums are safe from baking soda.
And by the way, I am still allowed to have an opinion on Shark, I have nothing against them. (I have torx bits everywhere). And I like my LA300.
But we have our own opinions.
I’m worried about your lung capacity. Thanks for the video.
We're starving of oxygen up here. See FAQ video:ua-cam.com/video/ta64uC6LEWQ/v-deo.html
More like “vacuum destruction” video
Baking soda does that
@@PerformanceReviews I used to vacuum a tiny amount up to clean the vacuum…
Stop using cheap vacuums 😂😂
The video recommendation I saw included starch and essential oil.
Lol use a shop vac
Would be worse. 😂
Yes a shopvac would blow all over the place lol! Never use a Shop-Vac. I learned not sucking up fireplace dust from a shopvac lmao 🤣
@@Mandy-lx9ocsomeone must've ran a fuckin holesaw through your filter my dewalt stealthsonic pretty much only cleans out the fire place
Rip i just put baking soda on the rug of my new apt cuz it smells like cat piss
Get the carpet shampooed like a normal human being.
Shampooing carpet that smells like cat pee does not work. 😢 I don't personally have that problem but my sister did.
Animal cruelty haha
what how
@@FrenchFryCheese04 it's a shark
waste of money
It really was. But hopefully it's educational for some folks.