In a congregational structure that balances multi-purpose facility needs ranging from childcare to food preparation, cleanliness is of the utmost importance. That’s the critical reason why Life Fellowship Church in Westminster, Colo. decided to replace their cheap upright vacuums with a high-performance backpack vacuum, the ProTeam Super QuarterVac.
Life Fellowship Church is a center of community. Sunday morning services are flooded with 1,000 people, plus services, classes, and additional programs on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The Fellowship Café is open on Sunday mornings. And the church’s on-site school buzzes Monday through Friday with 300 students and 30 teachers.
However, Brian Andrews faces more challenges in his job than just high traffic, multi-use areas. He also coordinates a cleaning staff of over 70 people, which includes the 30 teachers at the school and five cleaning teams of eight people, led by team leaders.
“We used to buy the cheapest disposable vacuums at Walmart for 70 dollars,” said Andrews, who was introduced to the Super QuarterVac by his chemical distributor. “Right away, I could see a huge difference in how much the ProTeam vacuum picked up.”
The vacuum has a powerful motor housed in a lightweight durable frame. Four Level Filtration captures and contains 99.9 percent of particles 1 micron or larger. This benefit to indoor air quality goes a long way in a facility with childcare, where preventing the spread of germs and disease can be difficult.
In spite of the tangible benefits that the new vacuum offered, some of Andrews’ staff was resistive to change. “Some of the staff were concerned about discomfort from wearing the backpack, but after they tried it there was no concern. The Super QuarterVac is so small and lightweight, everyone really loves it.”
The Super QuarterVac has a six-quart capacity, but weighs only 10 pounds. Rather than causing discomfort, the backpack vacuum is ergonomically designed to distribute weight evenly on the powerful hip and leg muscles, and prevent the stress to the arm and shoulder caused by pushing an upright vacuum.
“Once our cleaning staff learned how to use the vacuum with a sweeping motion, they cleaned a lot faster. It is easier to clean large areas,” Andrews noted. “We have saved money in time spent cleaning and in bag replacements in just the first few months of using a ProTeam vacuum.”
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