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The new Eureka Optima offers the power of an upright at 1/2 the weight! It also features the ONLY soft-grip looped handle that adjusts to more than 8 positions so any user can find his or her optimal user height. It also ensures the most comfortable grip at any cleaning angle. Optima uses a 12-amp motor for deep cleaning your carpets like a full size upright, but weighs just 11 lbs. It also has an on/off brushroll for cleaning bare floors and on-board tools and a no-tip design for above the floor cleaning. The easy-empty dust cup has the same dust capacity a a full size upright and was designed so you don't touch the filter when emptying the cup
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134 of 137 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Mighty Mite of a Machine,
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This review is from: Eureka 431BX Optima Lightweight Upright Vacuum (Kitchen)
I have to admit, I was a bit skeptical of this machine. My wife and I moved to a new house with more carpeting and, after 16 years, had to retire our old Hoover. We looked at Dysons and a few other full-size vacs. Problem is, they all weighed a ton. (Well, not really a ton...but a lot.) Seeing that we have to lug the vacuum up and down stairs constantly, we wanted something lighter weight. Then we saw it...a mention of the Eureka Optima in an issue of Oprah magazine while visiting my sister and her family on vacation. We went to the local Best Buy and checked it out. After vacuuming up a bunch of junk on the floor of Best Buy in Nyack, NY, we took the plunge. The vacuum is a breeze to assemble. It's even kind of cute looking. And it does have a great deal of suction. The lack of a HEPA filter may be a drawback to some, but we went from an old bagged vacuum to this bagless...so it's a huge improvement for us even without the HEPA filter. The Optima is a bit harder to push than our old vac, especially on thicker carpet. But our rooms aren't terribly big, so we look at it as an opportunity for a bit of exercise. The incredible weight (or lack thereof) of this machine, along with the low price, more than makes up for the little bit of effort required to push it. It's easy to empty, too. And the telescoping handle is great! Put the handle all the way down and you can store this vac in just about any closet. We've even stored it in a large kitchen cabinet. I'd recommend this vacuum to anyone. Or you can spend six or seven or eight times the money on a Dyson. The choice is yours!!
97 of 101 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A bit overrated here on Amazon! ACCURATE review below.,
By CQ DX (Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Eureka 431BX Optima Lightweight Upright Vacuum (Kitchen)
I am a vac expert. Over the years, I have purchased MANY bagless vacs (including various 'Fantoms' when the bagless craze began years ago), both large and small, from MANY manufacturers, and have given out some well-deserved 5 star ratings here. I have had both good luck and bad luck with Eurekas, however this 'Optima' vac falls short in some important key areas, which may not affect your needs. It feels a bit chincy and cheap when in use, tracks with much resistance (compared to many other easier gliding vacs, including other better Eurekas such as the excellent 'Maxima 5550A'), has a much too short cord and cheap, small plastic wheels that bog down on carpet, comes with just two infrequently used accessory tools (should have come with a more practical 'flat floor tool' for stairs/floors/hard to get areas under furniture, etc.), and does not have ANY carpet height settings (which of course, does affect rolling resistance). Even on hard floors like wood or tile, it tracks like a cheap child's toy. Maybe larger or rubber wheels would improve this vac a bit. In addition, the motor's strong exhaust wind is blown IN FRONT of the machine close to the floor, thus often blowing and dispersing 'dust bunnies' and other stuff to be vacuumed all over the place or even up into the air! You have to thus inconveniently angle the vac upwards a certain way to minimize this problem. On the positive side, the 'Optima' is compact, lightweight, and very portable, and a good way to vacuum in 'tight spaces' where larger vacs don't fit. Suction is EXCELLENT as well. If and when Eureka improves upon this current design, this vac will easily merit 5 stars. So overall, if some of the above shortcomings won't affect you, I would recommend this vac if you need a small and highly portable unit. In that regard, and after using this vac extensively for a few weeks now, I am upgrading my rating to THREE AND A HALF stars. This is a VERY GOOD small, portable vac that will more than suffice for most users.
74 of 77 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
FAB-U-LOUS,
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This review is from: Eureka 431BX Optima Lightweight Upright Vacuum (Kitchen)
We had purchased a top of the line bagless with all the power you could want, and it did a great job. This little mini power house "out cleans it hands down". My wife always complained about the weight of the full size vacs, this one is about half that weight. It is absoluetly amazing how well it has cleaned our older carpets. With two Labrador Retrievers who have tha run of the house this little vac is put to a tough test. After one pass, I can roll all around our Living room floor in a white t-shirt and there is not one hair from the pups to be found. Do your-self a favor and get one of these little vacs who thinks it's one of the big boys. It's amazing that the price is so low on such a great machine.
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