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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Quiet, compact, but falls a little short, November 22, 2006
We moved to a three-story townhouse, and it quickly became clear that my loud, clumsy old Hoover upright was not going to work out in our new home. I nearly went deaf trying to vacuum the stairs, and trying to keep an upright balanced on the steps was an exercise in futility.
So I was convinced that a canister vac was the way to go. This is the second one I tried and the one I decided to keep.
Suction is very good. I'm sure it could be stronger, but given the light weight and the quiet operation, I'm very happy with its ability to clean. In a tradeoff between outright suction and weight, I'm happy to err in favor of a lighter unit, especially with three stories to clean.
The power brush attachment is great on low-to-medium height pile and works better than I'd expected on hardwood floors. A switch to turn the brushroll on and off is right on the handle, which is a must in my book. Crevice, upholstery, and dusting brush attachments are included and fit nicely onboard. They're useful, if a little small.
On the downside, the other reviewers are spot-on with the complaints about the hose length. It could certainly be longer, and though it has a telescoping wand, it's not enough to reach that far overhead.
In addition, I think it would've been more convenient had they put suction strength and on/off controls on the handle, as is the case with the competing Electrolux Oxygen3 that I tried.
I do wish it were priced lower, but after spending many weekends trying out the available alternatives at brick-and-mortar stores, I just couldn't find anything that had the Bosch's virtues with a comparable price. If your priority is having a quiet, compact, and lightweight vacuum with excellent suction and all the essential cleaning tools, it's probably worth the premium.
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38 of 40 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
best for smaller homes, February 6, 2006
This vacuum is ultra, ultra quiet, great suction power, very lightweight, nice exterior design, and the powerhead has a low profile so it can get under furniture. The minuses are the power cord is short, the hose tends to kink up and cause the suction to cut off and you get that high pitched scream, the hose is also too short to reach the top of curtains, and the crevice accessory is too short to get into crevices like frig coils. With a few design changes it would be the perfect canister vacuum. In the meanwhile, it's a well-made vacuum for a smaller home with low windows.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not perfect, but the best we've seen., January 21, 2007
After reading the other reviews, we were concerned about the hose length, but attracted to light, quiet, and cleans well. We bought from Costco online which allows return directly to the store, so we were willing to take a gamble on this, even though we could not find a display unit here in Salt Lake City.
Now that we've used it for a few weeks, we're fine with the hose length and extensible handle. Cord length is somewhat shorter than on the old Kenmore we are now relegating to the basement. Cord length can be a little annoying.
Unit cleans well. We have hardwood and grouted ceramic tile floors and have used a cannister for many years. Even on it's lowest power setting the unit cleans the floors just fine. I would estimate the noise at about 65-70 dB on low. Most of that is in the hose and attachments, you can hardly hear the unit alone. You can easily carry on a conversation over the noise of the vacuum without raising your voice, or listen to music/TV. We turn the power up for cleaning furniture/fabrics.
The unit comes with a hose and removable, extensible wand. The tool kit includes a beater bar/floor tool, a crevice tool, a small soft brush, and a small hard brush. We found the beater bar/floor tool works great for our two area rugs. It certainly is also effective cleaning hard floor surfaces, but the unit is heavy compared to a typical floor brush, it's wheels tend to grip rather than slide (so you have to steer it around) and it is noisy on hard floors as the wheels clack around. We felt these factors made it unsuitable for hard floors.
We ordered the optional floor brush, and it solves all these problems... works great. Cost an extra $[...]. Should be in the box to begin with in our opinion. Our only gripe with the floor brush, it does not lock into position. Tends to fly off, or get mis-oriented when you bump around furniture or lean it up against a wall for a minute. Based on the quality of our Bosch dishwasher, washing machine and dryer, Bosch could certainly do better on the floor brush, sheer laziness on this.
Bags and accessories are hard to find. No local sources. We could not relate the part numbers in the manual to what was available on Bosch's website. Ordered from Total Vac.
Still on the whole, the unit is less than half the weight of our old Kenmore, amazingly quiet, and effective. I'd rather use it any day than the heavy, noisy Kenmore.
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