Upright Vacuums Reviews

Please notice that all of the positive reviews (mostly) are for new owners. The biggest problem with this vacuum is in the filter design.
The directions for cleaning the filter is to remove the filter and bang it against the ground or the side of the trash can. This leaves you bringing dust and grime back into your home. The filter is right in the middle of all of the dirt you just vacuumed up. Okay, so maybe, I thought, take the filter outside to clean. There better be NO WIND> I wound up one time covered in dust. I looked for the replacement filter and found it to be so expensive, I might as well dump this machine when the filter no longer works. There have GOT to be better models out there! I plan to find out!

This is my first and last Dirt Devil. I bought one of these 2 years ago, believing it was one of the best out there (thanks to Dirt Devil's superior advertising folks!). Well it has fallen apart rather nicely since then. The handle has broken off. The part that holds it in the upright position is now broken. The suction is terrible. The filters cost alot of $$$ and are hard to find. And, last but not least, all the rubber hosing that connects the motor fan to the base unit has cracked, making this a virtually worthless machine in only 2 years. Better Luck Next Time Dirt Devil!

Pros: absolutely the best suction you can find...it will suck up EVERYTHING.
Cons: well see below...

If you have animals, do NOT buy this vac. I have had it over a year now and although it has great suction it is so hard to empty the canister that I think it isn't worth having. Also the design is poor. The filter should not be in with all the dirt and hair! Trying to clean that is a nightmare and as another reiewer said you can not get the hair and dirt off.It ends up being a smelly mess and now if I vacuum with it my house smells !! You are not supposed to clean the filters and replacements are like 30.00 and take 2 weeks to arrive. It is very hard to push and the caster wheels are more of a pain than a help. However, I must admit even though I have now replaced this vacuum it does have the BEST suction of any vacuum I have ever owned including my new Bissell lift off bagless.

My mother bought this vacuum for me as a gift when my husband and I moved into a carpeted house with our daughter. The past year has been a difficult cleaning one. The carpet in our house is, granted, a bit cheap but the vacuum never seemed to quite get everything....from dirt particles, fuzz to you name it I've pretty much been picking it all up by hand and /or fishing it out of my daughter's mouth. So, all that's to say it wasn't working too well anyway but, adding the stress of shopping for a "perma-filter" pretty much everywhere all week (Menards, Home Depot, Ace, dirt devil's website....) I am exhausted and frustrated. So bizarre that all these places that are more than happy to sell you the vacuum can't see fit to stock the parts. Is this a one time use machine? I didn't know they were making disposable vacuums!! This really shouldn't be this hard-I just want to keep my carpets clean easily for my daughter so I can do something else for a change...
La fin d'histoire....We finally found the filter online at Totalvac.com so I'll get a few more months out of it but I certainly wouldn't recommend it to anyone, especially not a mom/ dad watching little ones. The long and short of it is that it seems seventy dollars doesn't buy much of a vacuum. I appreciate the gesture but kind of wish my mom had held onto that money to contribute to a machine I might actually get some use out of...

I was surprised at it's weight and how powerful it was for it's size. There are a few drawbacks that keep ne from giving a five star rating to this one. The tools while onboard require some manuevering to use them. You don't just lift out the wand, you have to change and connect hoses to the base. As mentioned before in another review the belt is not easy to change. The sweeper does not have a very wide path but has a nice low profile to get under furniture. It is rather loud also. Still a nice buy for the price.

I have paid hundreds for vacuums to just replace them in 1 1/2 years. I have 6 cats and a messy husband; this vacuum gets it all. Your carpet looks like new and it's so small that I can get everywhere a larger cleaning path cannot get to. I am so happy with this vacuum, honest-to-gosh, this is the most fabulous machine ever. Also, my arm doesn't hurt after vacuuming our house. You won't believe how much gets into the dirt cup, which is quite large. The roller brush just makes the carpet look like it was shampooed. I am just so very very satisfied: Bravo to the engineers of this machine.