ProTeam Vacuums

ProTeam Triple Threat

For cleaning professionals looking for a transformative solution to the floorcare routine, ProTeam now offers the “triple threat,” a complete package that unites the forces of a Super CoachVac HEPA or Super QuarterVac HEPA with a telescoping wand and multi-purpose Xover Floor Tool. The superior combination allows for maximum dust capture and productivity across multiple floorcare situations.

With the “triple threat” solution, expect the atmosphere of your building to change. Building occupants with an eye for details will notice that dirt and dust don’t settle in the corners anymore. Occupants and staff with asthma or allergies will notice that they are feeling better. This three-fold cleaning revolution will prove that you don’t need a superpower to be the hero that saves building occupants from indoor pollutants and irritants.

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Cleaning for Productivity

Numerous studies and field tests have shown that a team cleaning program using a ProTeam vacuum can increase productivity by up to 70%, all without adding on staff. This can save tens of thousands of dollars for a college over the course of a year.

A study by ISSA Cleaning Times showed that ProTeam backpack vacuums cleaned 10,000 sq. ft. per hour. Canisters timed in at only 3,000 sq. ft. per hour, and upright vacuums at only 2,850 sq. ft. per hour.

ProTeam’s backpack vacuums also offer an easily accessible tool belt that allows crews to seamlessly clean all surfaces in a classroom. This saves valuable time better spent focusing on other problem areas on campus.

Colin Butterfield, a facility manager at the University of Victoria in BC Canada, said, “The ProTeam SuperCoach is the single greatest advance in cleaning technology I have seen. Cleaning workers are able to cover more area with less fatigue and better results. Using the SuperCoach, productivity increases and operating costs drop dramatically.”

Dussin Group Cleans Restaurants

For over 90 years and three generations, The Dussin Group in Portland, Oregon has managed and owned a diverse portfolio of restaurants. The breakthrough concept in the Dussin line of dining establishments is the Old Spaghetti Factory, a home-style pasta place first introduced in 1969 that now serves millions of diners in distinctive, family-friendly locations across 15 states. The group also owns the Dussini Loft Bar—a cozy, upscale, award-winning fireside loft bar, Fenouil—an urban French brasserie in Portland’s fashionable Pearl District, and Lucier—the Northwest’s premier private event venue.

Maury Wickman, Corporate Facilities Manager at The Dussin Group, acknowledges that keeping all the restaurants at a consistently high level of clean is no easy task. The company utilizes one key tool to keep everything from food scraps to microscopic dust at bay: the ProTeam® ProVac® BP, a backpack vacuum with an ergonomic fit and the ability to multi-task in restaurants.

“Just imagine the footprint some of our customers leave with all the surfaces, upholstery, tables, chairs, walls in the Old Spaghetti Factory, a family restaurant, with our menu,” notes Wickman. “A typical meal includes several courses with French bread in whole loaf form. You can only imagine a lunch and evening shift with 1000 or more meals a day. Our bussers and servers do a good job surface cleaning, but the ProVac hits crevices in booths and upholstery items that pick up breadcrumbs. By not having to drag a canister or an upright around, and instead wearing something on your back, cleaning really goes so much faster.”

Part of the appeal of the Old Spaghetti Factory is the location selected for each new spot. The restaurants are often in historic downtown buildings that the company refurbishes. The ProVac BP is one of the first tools ordered for each construction job. It performs clean up during build out, then moves on to keep up the concrete or hardwood floors in a space decked out in elaborate antique furnishings.

“Personally, I think the ProVac cuts cleaning time by at least a third,” says Wickman. “We can cover more surfaces, more quickly using a backpack. It’s just that much easier. We’re not banging into anything, dragging the unit around, or having the hose get caught.”

The ProVac is now a company-wide tool of choice, with at least 30 in daily use. In the 6 years Wickman has worked for the group, he’s never seen any issues with the vacuums beyond a few minor repairs.

“In the restaurant business, it’s all perception and presentation,” he says. “We’re real sticklers. Everything has to be cleaned. Once our staff starts using the backpack, in 15 minutes, they never want to use anything else again.”

Foodservice Vacuums: The Right Products for the Restaurant Industry

ProTeam vacuums, used in a restaurant environment, are proven to be up to 70% faster and clean 40% more effectively than the average upright vacuum.

“We have tried all vacuums from uprights to central vacuums and the ProTeam ProVac is 

simply the best product for the restaurant. We recommend them.”

–Robert Gentz Mountain Range Restaurants, LLC.

Benefits of ProTeam Vacuums

• Five year motor warranty with select restaurant 

  package configurations.

• Up to 90% reduction in overall repair costs.

• Time savings allows reallocation of workforce to 

  other problem areas. 

  Powerful suction captures up to 99.77% of all dirt, 

  eliminating the need for daily dusting.

• Proven to help decrease allergy and asthma triggers 

  in indoor environments.

• Easily accessible detail tools allow for seamless 

  cleaning of all surfaces.

Backpack vs. Upright

Two 1998 studies conducted by the Department of Surgery Division of Orthopaedics, Ohio State University and Battelle Memorial Institute provide new data comparing the use of traditional upright vacuum cleaners and backpack vacuum cleaners.  These studies determined that backpack vacuum cleaners provide the following advantages over upright vacuum cleaners:

• Using backpack vacuum cleaners results in less body stress than with uprights;

• Backpack vacuum cleaners are more efficient than uprights;

• Backpack vacuum cleaners minimizes the "hunching over" and fatigue often associated with upright vacuum cleaner use;

• Due to the natural walking motion associated with backpack vacuum cleaner use, more carpet is cleaned in a shorter amount of time with less stress to the worker;

• Using backpack vacuum cleaners reduces repetitive motions associated with uprights that can result in long term adverse medical effects;

• Using backpack vacuum cleaners, workers were able to vacuum more than twice the area with similar levels of energy expenditure and perceived effort.

ProTeam Backpacks Require Less Than Half the Energy and Effort to Clean the Same Area as an Upright

The main reason for the gain in productivity is due to the side-to-side vacuuming pattern possible when using a backpack vacuum. Given the same square footage to vacuum, participants in a study at the Battelle Memorial Institute vacuumed front-to-back with an upright and with a backpack vacuum.

 

These same participants also vacuumed with the backpack vacuum using the side-to-side vacuuming pattern. The study found that people could vacuum the same area in about half the time when vacuuming side-to-side as compared to using the front-to-back pattern.

 

During each of the vacuuming trials, participants were connected to equipment that measured their oxygen consumption while vacuuming. The amount of oxygen used corresponds to the number of calories, or energy, used to accomplish the task.

 

Little difference was found in energy usage rates between upright vacuums vs. backpack vacuums nor front-to-back vacuuming vs. side-to-side vacuuming. Given that a person can vacuum twice the area in the same amount of time using the side-to-side pattern possible with a backpack vacuum, however, it only takes about half the energy to vacuum the same area compared to using an upright.

 

Many people first learn to vacuum using the front-to-back pattern. A small amount of training may be necessary to achieve the approximate two times productivity possible with a backpack vacuum and side-to-side vacuuming.

More buildings, same staff? For Calvin College, no problem

When a new building opened last January at Calvin College, a liberal arts school in Grand Rapids, Michigan, assistant director of facilities, Ada Castle, was faced with the worst economic climate in decades and a budget that wouldn’t give. She couldn’t hire more staff, so how could she keep up high cleaning standards on a growing campus?

Castle found a solution several years before, when she attended a Team Cleaning seminar, and learned that, by using ProTeam backpack vacuums in conjunction with a cleaning system, she could increase productivity by up to 70 percent.

“We easily make 10,000 square feet an hour,” says Castle. “We’ve had fewer complaints about people with asthma or allergies,” says Castle. “I know it’s better and healthier to use the backpacks. Above all, we want a healthier environment. So we get the equipment that works the best.”

 

Basic math for a tough economy

Want the bottom line on productivity? Go for solid numbers. A ProTeam vacuum will instantly shave costs from the first use. When used with a cleaning system, a ProTeam backpack vacuum can clean up to 10,000 square feet an hour, a ProTeam canister up to 7,940 sqare feet, and a dual-motor upright up to 3,240 square feet. Compare that to a competitive canister, with an average of only 2,500 square feet an hour, or an upright, at just 2,850 square feet. On average, our backpack saves $20 an hour over a commercial upright. At this rate, it’s easy to recoup your investment. So for good productivity, think a ProTeam upright; for better, go with a ProTeam canister; and for the best performance, nothing beats a ProTeam backpack.