Life Hack: Does ‘slow vacuuming’ lead to cleaner carpets?

Plus a common mistake many people make when hoovering

Slow vacuuming could make all the difference when it comes to cleaner floors in your home. Slowing the pull back, which does the bulk of sucking up dirt, can have noticeable results.

My brother recently asked me if I’d tried out a new cleaning trend on TikTok, which had lots of what he described as very satisfying before-and-after photos.

Usually, when a new trend crops up, I’ll experiment with it to see if it works, if it actually makes a big impact for minimal effort, and ultimately if it’s worth sharing for this column — and this is one I had seen on my own social media feeds, and in my opinion, it’s something that’s easily implemented in most homes. It’s called ‘slow vacuuming’.