Customer Reviews

Hoover SpinSweep Outdoor Sweeper L1400

5 star:		(21)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

This little sweeper is the best thing since sliced bread! I ordered one after seeing it mentioned in the gardening section of the paper, but was skeptical that it would really work as advertised. I have a large stable with a very wide concrete aisle that must be swept daily, so it gets some serious use. It works soooo good! The brushes pick up debris and dust and even the dead lizards the barn cats bring in. It is easy to push and easy to empty the container, so that you can dispose of the material where you want, without having to use the dustpan. It has cut my sweeping time down by 75% and does a better job than a broom.
My friends that have tried it have all loved it, and are going to order one too. Hoover needs to market this thing to horse owners!
I have also used it on my garage and patio with the same great results.

just recieved mine today...what an incredible machine. Even sucks up dead frogs!!! (have two cats) In 20 minutes I de-dirted my driveway, three large sidewalks, a carport floor, and a garage. Works just like the street sweepers without the noise. I highly recommend.

If they marketed this product to horsepeople, they'd sell millions of them! I don't own one - tried a friend's on her 16-foot-wide x 60' long barn aisle - but I'm buying one ASAP. This is an ingenious machine that looks like a mini street-sweeper. It is totally 'human powered' - the wheels on the bottom turn the large bristle brushes as you push it. It's about as wide as a push broom, and it picks up leaves/hay/shavings - it even picked up small plastic items we threw down (measuring cups, etc) just as a test! It has a large capacity 'tank' that holds the debris it sweeps up, and its design is very uncomplicated... and the faster you push it, the better it sweeps! It could double as aerobic exercise, and it works so well, and is so much fun to use, (really!) you'll be looking for places to use it! (If you have small kids, this is a perfect job for them!)

This thing is great, I'm so shocked that something so clever actually lives up to its description. I have several different huge areas around my house, a driveway the size of a basketball court (smooth surface)--worked great, a verandah with a small pebble surface--could never get it clean with those industrial brooms--spinsweep picked up sooo much grit and dirt I didn't even know was there-then finally as I live in Seattle, we have a textured coating on our decks for non-slip surface, great idea but a pain to keep swept, spinsweeper saved the day again. Also it's light weight! Helpful reminder: Make sure you follow directions and keep it stored with the undercarriage brushes upright so you don't wear them down.

I love this sweeper!

The concept is simple. There are no motors and very few moving parts. The bristles are connected to the wheels, so the faster you push it, the faster it cleans!

It has a height adjustment knob, which I generally set high for grass clippings and bulky items, then I hit low for the final cleanup.

You'll find it works best when the items being picked up are dry. I love using it so much I feel like cleaning all my neighbors yards too.

It's durable and it's a Hoover. For what it's worth, that was the final selling point. I saw some no-name sweepers online and I wasn't sure if they were reliable.

After I ordered this, I felt guilty. I mean, isn't it just a glorified broom, at a higher cost? Well, yes--but a faster, more efficient broom, and great for a large area with lots of maple spinners, leaves, dirt, and pens, balls, and other neighborhood kid debris. This is so much faster and more efficient than a broom. And to be honest, I just won't spend the time sweeping all that often if it is going to take a long time. And it does not send up a dust cloud while using it, like a broom does. I am pleased with my purchase, and the guilt is now, mostly, gone. Yes, it is a luxury, yes, you can do without it, but it gets the job done quickly and you can move on to the next homeowner task on the list.

I bought the Hoover SpinSweep after reading favorable reviews. In some respects (especially the motorless feature), the machine is very attractive; however,I find it useless in dealing with the pine needles that litter our driveway. The needles clog the brushes and must be cleared out by hand every few minutes. In addition, the SpinSweep is clumsy in cornering and cumbersome to turn on a narrow walkway. Although it is relatively lightweight, it is bulky and, consequently, takes up a fair amount of storage space. I will say it is efficient in picking up leaves and will clear most grass cuttings from a concrete surface. I did not try picking up large items such as toys, empty cans, etc.

Compared to my 30-minute lawn mowing routine, sweeping my
drive way, side/back yards and the sidewalk always take
one plus hours. Things got worse when it's windy. Finally,
today, I did it in about 20 minutes with this product.

In the beginning, I moved a little bit too fast and
some small debris were sprung out from the sides by the spinning
brushes. After adjsuting my speed and its height, the sweeper
really worked as shown in their TV ads. It picked up leaves,
fallen fruits, samll branches and dusts and its spinning
sweeper really clearup my lawn-paver borders easily.

Overall, the product is great but the handle is a bit weak.
When detaching the dirt bin, the sweeper should be in a
tilted position so that the collected debris would slide
down to the dirt bin instead of scatterring out from the
dirt bin opening.

In all, it's a time saver and I love it!

I purchased this with very little expectation. While it doesn't look like much in the picture, you will not believe how amazingly well this product works. It is definitely my new favorite toy! We have tons of Mesquite trees in our yard and they are in the season where they drop peapods by the millions. One pass over the driveway and the difference was unbelievable. I love this product!

Our patio is made up of pavers and I was not sure how this would work, but IT WORKS GREAT!! It picks up fine sand and rocks. My 2 year old even likes to push it around. It is easy to put together and easy to clean out. Much easier than sweeping.