Questions? Call us!
+1 978-295-7538
Mon-Fri: 9AM - 5PM EST
Free Shipping on Most Orders
Orders over $300 ship free to the continental US. Threshold may vary by brand.
Expert Support
Talk to a specialist — not a call center.
+1 978-295-7538
30-Day Returns
Not the right machine? Return or exchange within 30 days, no hassle.
Authorized Dealer
30 pro brands sold direct. Full manufacturer warranties honored.
Vacuums for Schools
School custodial programs require commercial vacuums built for daily multi-operator use, large floor area per staff member, and the indoor air quality standards that protect students with asthma and allergies. Backpack vacuums cover classroom-to-classroom routes efficiently; quiet models below 70 dB allow cleaning during occupied after-school programs; HEPA-filtered models address EPA and CDC guidance recommending HEPA vacuuming for schools to reduce airborne allergens. Sandia, Nacecare, and Powr-Flite models for K-12 and university custodial programs.
Filters
Bissell BG100 ProTough 12" Upright Vacuum – 870W, Metal Body, Shakeout Bag
Bissell Big Green Commercial5.0 / 5.0
2 Reviews
Bissell BG100 ProTough 12" All-Metal Commercial Upright Vacuum The BG100 ProTough is built with a steel bottom plate, black metal hood, and metal f...
View full detailsNaceCare N15S Swivel Neck Dual Motor Upright 90412NC – 106 CFM, 1200W, 16 lbs
NacecareNaceCare N15S 15" Swivel Neck Dual Motor Upright – 180° Steering, 106 CFM The N15S combines the wider 15" cleaning path of the N15 with the 180° sw...
View full detailsNaceCare N12S Swivel Neck Dual Motor Upright 90410NC – 106 CFM, 1200W
Nacecare5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
NaceCare N12S Swivel Neck Upright Vacuum – 180° Steering, 106 CFM, Dual Motors The N12S adds a 180° swivel neck to the N12 platform, letting the po...
View full detailsBissell BG107HQS DayClean 12" Quiet Upright Vacuum – 5.5A, 68 dB, 50 ft
Bissell Big Green Commercial4.0 / 5.0
1 Review
Bissell BG107HQS DayClean 12" Quiet Upright Vacuum for Occupied Commercial Spaces The BG107HQS uses a 5.5-amp quiet motor system engineered for 68 ...
View full detailsBissell BGU1937T ProCup 13" Upright Vacuum – 8A, 30 ft Cord, 8-Tool Kit
Bissell Big Green Commercial5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
Bissell BGU1937T ProCup 13" Commercial Upright Vacuum with Full Tool Set The BGU1937T combines an 8-amp motor with a 13.5-inch cleaning path and th...
View full detailsTornado TV190-W10-U Upright Vacuum – 72 CFM, 75" Water Lift, Cordless
TornadoTV190-W10-U Upright Vacuum — Built for Daily Commercial Vacuuming As part of the new Tornado Cordless line, Strike is powered by an interchangeable...
View full detailsTornado 98147 Upright Vacuum – 120 CFM, Sealed HEPA
Tornado98147 Upright Vacuum — Built for Daily Commercial Vacuuming Constructed with extremely durable polypropylene and metal construction materials, the ...
View full detailsTornado 91442 Upright Vacuum – 100 CFM
Tornado91442 Upright Vacuum — Built for Daily Commercial Vacuuming Tornado's upright vacuums have always been the choice of commercial cleaners due to the...
View full detailsTornado 91440 Upright Vacuum – 102 CFM
Tornado91440 Upright Vacuum — Built for Daily Commercial Vacuuming Tornado's upright vacuums have always been the choice of commercial cleaners due to the...
View full detailsTornado 91438 Upright Vacuum – 15 in Path
Tornado91438 Upright Vacuum — Built for Daily Commercial Vacuuming Tornado's upright vacuums have always been the choice of commercial cleaners due to the...
View full detailsTornado 91430 Upright Vacuum – 12 in Path
Tornado91430 Upright Vacuum — Built for Daily Commercial Vacuuming Tornado's upright vacuums have always been the choice of commercial cleaners due to the...
View full detailsPowr-Flite PV160 Borelli Dual Pro Upright Vacuum – Dual Motor, HEPA Exhaust, Under 70 dBA
Powr-FlitePV160 Borelli Dual Pro Upright Vacuum — Dual-Motor 14" Upright with Metal Wand and HEPA Filtration The Powr-Flite PV160 Borelli Dual Pro runs two ...
View full detailsPowr-Flite PV130 Rigel Deluxe Upright Vacuum – 2-Speed QT Motor, 14", 16' Reach
Powr-FlitePV130 Rigel Deluxe Upright Vacuum — Two-Speed Quiet Mode with HEPA and 16-ft Above-Floor Reach The Powr-Flite PV130 Rigel Deluxe adds a selectable ...
View full detailsPowr-Flite PV100 Rigel Pro Upright Vacuum – 14", 13' Reach, HEPA, 40' Cord
Powr-FlitePV100 Rigel Pro Upright Vacuum — 14" HEPA Upright with Pigtail Cord and On-Board Tools The Powr-Flite PV100 Rigel Pro is a 14"-wide commercial upri...
View full details
Save 0%
Save %
Powr-Flite PV090 Solar Reach Upright Vacuum – 12' Hose Reach, HEPA, Triple Filtration
Powr-Flite PV090 Solar Reach Upright Vacuum – 12' Hose Reach, HEPA, Triple Filtration
Powr-FlitePV090 Solar Reach Upright Vacuum — On-Board Tools and HEPA Filtration for Above-Floor Cleaning The Powr-Flite PV090 Solar Reach adds on-board tools...
View full detailsPowr-Flite PV030 Solar Ultra Lightweight Upright Vacuum – 8.4 lbs, HEPA, 35' Cord
Powr-FlitePV030 Solar Upright Vacuum — 8.4-lb HEPA Upright for Daily Carpet and Hard Floor Maintenance The Powr-Flite PV030 Solar weighs 8.4 lbs with a 660W ...
View full detailsNaceCare N15 15" Dual Motor Upright Vacuum 90413NC – 106 CFM, 1200W, 16 lbs
NacecareNaceCare N15 15" Dual Motor Upright Vacuum – Wider Path, Same Dual Motor System The N15 uses the same dual motor architecture as the N12 but widens...
View full detailsNaceCare N12 Dual Motor Upright Vacuum 90411NC – 106 CFM, 1200W, 15 lbs
NacecareNaceCare N12 12" Dual Motor Upright Vacuum – 106 CFM, 1200W Commercial Performance The N12 separates its suction motor from the brush roll motor, s...
View full detailsSandia 60-1000 Force 14 Upright Vacuum – 14", 4000 RPM, HEPA, 12A
SandiaSandia 60-1000 Force 14 Dual-Motor Upright Vacuum – 4000 RPM Brush, HEPA Option The Force 14 runs separate motors for suction and brush — a 12-amp/...
View full detailsBissell BGU8000 13" Lightweight Upright Vacuum – 8 lbs, Auto Floor Transition
Bissell Big Green Commercial4.5 / 5.0
2 Reviews
Bissell BGU8000 13" Commercial Upright Vacuum – 8 Pounds with Auto Floor Transition The BGU8000 weighs 8 pounds — the lightest commercial upright i...
View full detailsBissell BG99 Economy ProShake 12" Upright Vacuum – 600W, 30 ft Cord
Bissell Big Green Commercial4.5 / 5.0
2 Reviews
Bissell BG99 Economy 12" Commercial Upright Vacuum for Budget-Conscious Operations The BG99 delivers 600 watts of cleaning power with metal constru...
View full detailsBissell BG101 ProShake 12" Upright Vacuum – 870W, Reusable Bag, 50 ft Cord
Bissell Big Green Commercial5.0 / 5.0
3 Reviews
Bissell BG101 ProShake 12" Commercial Upright Vacuum with Reusable Shakeout Bag The BG101 ProShake runs an 870-watt motor through a 12-inch cleanin...
View full detailsBissell BG101H ProBag 12" Upright Vacuum – 870W, High-Filtration, 50 ft Cord
Bissell Big Green Commercial5.0 / 5.0
3 Reviews
Bissell BG101H ProBag 12" Commercial Upright Vacuum with High-Filtration Bags The BG101H delivers 870 watts of suction through a 12-inch cleaning p...
View full detailsBissell BG101DC ProCup 12" Bagless Upright Vacuum – 870W, 50 ft Cord
Bissell Big Green Commercial5.0 / 5.0
3 Reviews
Bissell BG101DC ProCup 12" Bagless Commercial Upright Vacuum The BG101DC runs an 870-watt motor through a 12-inch cleaning path with a transparent ...
View full detailsCommercial Vacuums for Schools
Indoor Air Quality and HEPA Filtration: What EPA and CDC Recommend
Schools have a disproportionate indoor air quality challenge: high student density in enclosed spaces, carpeted classrooms that accumulate allergens and dust mites, and a population with above-average rates of asthma and allergy conditions. The EPA Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools program specifically recommends HEPA-filtered vacuum cleaners as part of the school IAQ action kit — standard commercial vacuums with paper bag filtration exhaust fine allergen particles back into the room air, counteracting the purpose of vacuuming in allergen-sensitive environments. The CDC Healthy Schools asthma program identifies school cleaning practices, including vacuum equipment selection, as a component of asthma management in school environments. School districts that specify HEPA commercial vacuums as standard equipment address both the cleaning productivity requirement and the IAQ protection standard simultaneously.
Backpack Vacuums for Classroom Routes and Multi-Floor Buildings
The standard school cleaning route — covering 20–30 classrooms per custodian per shift across multi-floor buildings — favors backpack vacuums over upright or canister models. Moving between classrooms requires carrying equipment through fire doors, up stairwells, and through hallways where a floor-mounted machine creates corridor obstructions and delays. Backpack vacuums reduce the setup and breakdown time between rooms to seconds rather than minutes — at 30 classrooms per shift, a two-minute reduction in per-room setup time saves an hour per custodian per day. Commercial backpack models from Sandia and Nacecare have the continuous-duty motors and 8–10 quart bag capacity that handle full-shift school cleaning without motor overheating and mid-shift bag-outs that consumer backpack models produce under sustained commercial use.
Related: Backpack Vacuums · HEPA Vacuums · Commercial Vacuums · Floor Scrubbers
Gymnasium, Cafeteria, and Wide-Area Coverage
School buildings contain large-area spaces that require different equipment from classroom routes: gymnasiums with rubber or hardwood floors, cafeterias with hard tile floors, and auditoriums with carpeted aisles. Wide-area upright vacuums with 18–24" cleaning paths cover gymnasium bleacher areas and auditorium carpeting at two to three times the rate of standard commercial uprights — the productivity difference that determines whether these spaces get vacuumed daily or only when visibly dirty. For cafeterias and gymnasium hard floors, commercial sweepers handle daily debris pickup more efficiently than vacuuming, and the combination of a sweeper for daily maintenance and an auto scrubber for periodic deep cleaning covers the full program for large hard-floor areas with the budget efficiency school districts require. Quiet motor design below 68 dB allows cleaning gymnasium lobbies and corridors during occupied after-school programs without generating complaints that restrict cleaning to non-occupied hours.
Let customers speak for us
from 96 reviewsPerfect vacuum cleaner. Well made , goes around chair & table legs easily
Nice compact scrubber/vacume. Works very well.
Fast shipping Great Experience
Great product
This vacuum is very light and powerful
Gets the job done without hassle. This vacuum is powerful and reliable for everyday cleaning. Definitely recommend it.
we have three cats, and this purifier has done wonders in removing pet odors and dander
Located in the Twin Cities in Minnesota, we acquired our Brio Air Filter in mid-late Spring of this year (2023) when pollen count was high and we were beginning to experience the effects of Poor Air Quality Index as a result of smoke particulates from fires in Canada that caused the air in much of Minnesota to become hazy and simply dirty.
It is so easy to share our experience with the Brio Air Filter given how quickly and efficiently it removed pollen, dust, and smoke particles from the environment inside our home. Two people in our home who suffer from pollen-related allergies during the spring immediately experienced easier breathing and elimination of symptoms within the house. With respect to smoke particulates from Canada drifting into our environment, EVERYONE in our home experienced directly improved breathing and smell of the air when entering from outside.
An additional piece of information to account for is that we have always employed high grade furnace filters in our home’s central HVAC system. With that high grade filtration in place both prior to and after acquiring a Brio home air filter, we all quickly agreed that deploying the Brio in our home made an easily noticeable positive difference in breathing inside our home. Additionally, those of us who clean our home have observed that dust builds up slower on our floors and furniture than before we deployed the Brio unit.
We did note that the Brio is not as quiet as a few other brands/models on the market that we have tried in our home but the efficiency and quality of the filtration, along with the air turnover rate it provides,allows us to locate the Brio unit in central rooms away from the bedrooms. Since we made that change there has been no noise-related effect on our sleep, while the unit maintains the same level of air cleanliness throughout our home.
A last key point to make is how easy the Brio unit is to maintain. The simplicity of the modular construction of the Brio unit makes it very quick and easy to keep the filtration sections clean. We have not yet reached a point of filter replacement but it is obvious to us that the replacement will take a matter of seconds and can be executed by anyone in our home, including our 10-year-old son.
this bedroom purifier has transformed my sleep quality. the air is so much fresher and cleaner worth every penny
very customer friendly and professional design.
perfect for maneuvering in tight areas the HEPA filter is a huge bonus
It seems to help reduce my allergy issues. We're glad we bought it. The only problem I had was not seeing any cubic footage recommendations in the online description when purchasing the unit. Bedrooms vary widely in size!!
This vacuum has exceeded my expectations. It's super powerful and handles daily cleaning with ease. I recommend it to everyone.
really effective in sweeping up all kinds of debris from our warehouse floor