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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I thought my carpets were clean., December 17, 2006
Until I purchased this! This nifty little vacuum achieves what no other vacuum can. It's powerful and robust yet light to handle. I was thinking about buying a Dyson, but they are so heavy to push around and I needed a flexible power head that can reach under furniture. The power head lays almost completely flat and slides easily under beds, sofa's and other furniture. All of the components are tough yet light. The hose is excellent and the telescopic part is made from aluminum, it's very solid.
It comes with a crevice tool and a dusting brush which are located on the hose handle and a separate well made hard floor brush that has real bristles and wheels, and an upholstery brush. The fact that I don't have to pick fluff and dust off the filter is a real plus, the bagless models are usually so annoying for that reason. This vacuum cleans its own filter with a simple maneuver.
The controls are located on the hose handle and are push buttons not switches, there are 3, the on/off, bare floor/carpet and suction control of which there are 2 levels. There are two lighted (a cool neon blue!) indicators on the canister for suction level and filter cleaning.
It is very easy to lift off the dust container and you press a lever to empty it out. I found it better to do this without shaking or tapping the dust out too much as it can cloud out all over the container if you are not careful, I then just dusted the lid and body with a swifer duster to clean up the fine dust.
I was quite shocked at what the cleaner picked up, it seemed to remove dirt that was really embedded in my medium pile carpet and I had been vacuuming regularly with my Kenmoore.
The only problem I have is that the power head is noisy, but I can forgive that because it works hard. The canister itself is not noisy when you switch to bare floor it is quieter than average. Also, I am not sure that the power head picks up that well on the bare floor option, I got a better result using the bare floor brush.
All round a super stylish high tech piece of Swedish engineering. It is expensive, but you are buying the Rolls Royce of vacuum cleaners.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty Impressive, November 5, 2006
I honestly dread trying to sort out household appliances like this. I purchased this, however, after my typical review through Consumer Reports, searching the net, etc. The most important part of it, however, was actually getting my hands on one and trying it in the store. It is definitely one of the more expensive vacuum cleaners one might find. But my wife wanted a canister and we wanted something light and easy to get around. And that's where I was sold on this thing. It is ergonomically very friendly. It is compact, pretty light, and it just feels solid. I wanted that didn't require us to bend down to change the settings and this thing seems to have all of that. The handle length is very easily adjustable, the buttons allow a quick switch from having the brush in the motorized head go from on to off and to adjust the height of the head, the buttons to push with your feet are solid and not thin and skimpy. As far as how well the thing vacuums - it seems to do an excellent job. We have lots of bare floor, persian carpet, and wall to wall. And it does an excellent job with all of them. The accessories are standard. There's nowhere to store the accessories on the canister that I can see.
The bagless system they have here seems very easy to work with. We haven't had the thing long enough to know if it's a good thing or a bad one.
I feel I paid a lot of money for it, though, and I hope it lasts. It has a two year warranty and Dyson's uprights have a five year warranty. I purchased an Electrolux upright in 1990 and have changed the belt twice myself for about twenty bucks and the thing is still going. So, I've been happy with them as a company. I think some of the Kenmores might be an interesting comparison product. I just thought this thing was more solid for a few more bucks.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Good unless it stops working, June 21, 2008
I bought this vacuum last year and yes, it was the vacuum of my dreams. Easy to use and very effective. BUT I made the mistake of leaving it plugged in overnight. I came home from work to find that it had stopped working. I realized that it is not made by Electorlux but by Eureka and got it to the correct repair shop, where it has been for the last 3 months. Seems they are still waiting for a part.
What I was told is NOT to leave these plugged in. There is a product defect in the power wand that caused these to short out.
Think hard before choosing this vacuum.
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