Vacuum wand
The rigid section between hose and nozzle, and the part that decides whether you can reach the thing without leaning on it.
In detail
The wand is a simple component with a disproportionate effect on whether a job gets done properly. Conservation purchasing guidance lists wands among the attachments to consider alongside hoses, brushes and heads, and notes that anti-static wands are available — a detail that matters where dry dust on an insulating surface is being held electrostatically and an ordinary plastic wand generates its own charge. It is also the component that decides reach and therefore posture. A wand that is too short means leaning on furniture, resting a hand on a delicate surface, or not cleaning behind something at all — and the last of those is the commonest outcome. Like the hose, it can be blocked by something drawn up and lodged, and like the hose, the only symptom is a machine that seems to have lost power.
Sources for this page
Sources
Conserve O Gram 1/6: Choosing a Museum Vacuum Cleaner
National Park Service, US Department of the Interior, 2003 · Government or regulator
Relied on for: That there are a wide variety of hoses and attachments including wands, brushes, heads and other tools to consider, and that anti-static wands and hoses are available. (states this directly)
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Read on — The sections headed Filtration System — Dry Vacuums, Wet Vacuums and Wet-Dry Vacuums, plus the physical-feature checklist. Supports the claim as stated. Gives the vacuum record a filtration standard and, more usefully, a ranked comparison between three machine types that consumer coverage treats as equivalent.
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