Vacuums Reviews

Tila has a great product but these canisters stink they crack in a week of use. Don't buy them. Get a mason jar. I was injured and can't talk when I emailed them they said I needed to have a friend or family member call them if I wanted help. That is bull. What ever happend to equal access for the disabled. Take your business elsewhere.

I like the air tightness in this product. It keeps my coffee beans fresh. If I have trouble with the seal leaking, I clean the rim of the container and wipe of the rubber seal. It seals and holds the seal for days and even weeks when I'm gone!

....this is a simple tool to keep your coffee, nuts, beans, whatever, fresh and unexposed to the air. It is extremely simple to use, has worked for me very well since I opened the box. There are not that many moving parts, folks, so read the directions. Put your coffee in, put the lid on, pump the air out. How hard is that?

I'm not saying there isn't a place for bagless cleaners, but I got tired of the mess. So I ordered this upright with bags and I love it! The bags are much easier to change now - a snap -, it's light, cleans great. Best of all- I can store it in my clothes closet because it is so clean (the dirt is IN the bag, not on the cleaner). The bags and hepa filter are cheap. When I figured it would cost me about $18 to get a new belt for my old vac - I thought I might as well buy a new one. So glad I did. A great bonus is the POWER PAW...what a maniac that attachment is - the brush roller is great for pet hair and stairs.
PS- After using this vac a while love it even better. It performs so well and doesn't scatter the dog hair so that you have to chase it like some vacs. It just sucks it right up. I knew Eureka was great because I have an old Bravo upstairs that's still going strong. I had a little problem with an attachment and they sent me another one (even better one) right away. Yesterday I was in Walmart and they had a similar one for twice the money.
Thanks Amazon and Eureka.

Really! This vacuum states that it is best for a house with mostly hard surfaces and some rugs or carpet. But it doesn't do rugs at all! No matter how short the pile, even a no-pile braided cotton rug, the beater stops working as soon as you touch down. A smaller rug, like an area rug, just gets sucked up so hard it lifts it off the ground. If you have 100% hard surfaces or very short pile wall-to-wall carpet, it's fine. If you have any scatter or area rugs, it's a disaster. I disliked it so much, I returned it and am out $60 because of it. Be advised, the company I ordered from, Ace Digital, doesn't take returns on vacuums. I had to argue my way thru that. I will NEVER again order a vacuum on line.

Pros:
Good performance so far.
Quiet.
Well built.

Cons:
Don't really like the 'remote' buttons on the handle (make the handle more prone to break , then the vacuum is unusable as there is no switch on the vacuum itself.... )
A bit heavy when you have stairs.

My DH did a lot of research on vacuums, looking at the Dysons, the consumer reports best buys (Kenmores), uprights vs. canister to replace our trusted top of the line Hoover bagless upright vacuum.

We don't have pets but do have two asthma sufferers in the household so a good vacuum is important to us. We also wanted something stylish enough that it is nice to look at even when left out in our 130 year old home -- we have an infant who tends to be quite messy so do vacuum around his high chair daily.

The Oxygen 3 is an amazing vacuum. It is very quiet, very light (half the weight of the comparable Consumer Reports best buys, a useful feature for stairs) and extremely stylish. The air that comes out is incredibly clean.

We have a three story house so decided to go with two vacuums, one for the first floor, one for the upper floors. If you do the math, you'll find that a three year supply of bags and filters cost in a busy household cost approximately the same as one new vacuum, so getting a couple of vacuums in which to place all those bags was a smart choice to DH (...)

The vacuum is very sophisticated... it has electronic controls in the handle which make it easy to turn off and on, a blue light in the main foot to show its getting power, and automatic sensors that tell you its working optimally. The results are impressive... deep cleaning of carpets, clean floors, and a dust-free environment. The cord rewind is very smooth, activated simply by putting the handle away. The tools snap neatly into the main arm for easy access.

Its so quiet that the baby thinks its his new toy and loves it when we use it. DH loves it because I used to make him do the vacuuming due to my asthma, but now I can do it myself as well.

The bags and HEPA filter are more expensive compared to the bagless models, but the reality is changing them is a much less messy process and contributes to much cleaner household air. It uses a standard clinic S-bag common to all Electrolux models in recent years so finding replacements is easy (ditto for the W13 Hepa filter, again an Electrolux standard).

The only difference between this model and the Ultra is the foot attachment, and since this one is powered as well and works on all surfaces it was hard for us to justify the extra $100, especially given how light this one is.

Finally, I should add that every other week I have a professional housekeeper come in. She was so impressed with the vacuum she is going to order one herself.

We bought and used this filter on our wet-dry vac for cleaning up our house. We're in the middle of some serious rehab, restoring our 1904 house to its original charm, grace and majestic beauty. (estimated completion date is 2097)

In the meantime, this filter does a good job of cleaning up the big ugly messes.

Before, when using our wet-dry vac without this filter (we used the traditional filters and even a paper filter) a cloud of dust would rise up out of the vacuum when you started it up.

With this filter in place, there are no large gray clouds looming on the horizon upon start up.

It says it filters down to 1 micron. The eye of an average sewing needle is 750 microns across and the period in written text at 10 font is about 400 microns. 1 micron is pretty tiny.

But as I understand, installing this filter on a wet-dry vac doesn't make it a HEPA vacuum, simply because there are other places on the vacuum for air leaks to occur.

However, as a rehabber, it is a TREMENDOUS help to add this filter onto your wet-dry vac. The filter we purchased is not suitable for wet applications.

This is the greatest coffee carafe. we have had much more expensive ones that do not work this well. the coffee stays warm all day.

Lisa

I am very pleased with my thermal pot and would recommend it to anyone looking for a good quality pot. I especially like the built in lazy susan. When I ordered the pot, I was not aware of this. The swivel bottom is a plus.

R. L. Schenck

This is the best carafe I have ever owned. The capacity is fabulous and the design is intelligent and I love the fact that it pivots 360 degrees on its base. And it keeps coffee hot for at least 24 hours. A bit pricier than some, but worth it.

I agree with the previous review...this vacuum works great on carpets but does just blow dirt around on bare floors.

After much on-line research, I purchased this machine. It is amazing. The first time I used it, the Bissell picked up so much dirt that you would have sworn my carpet had never been vacuumed before! It left my carpets looking great. However, I couldn't give it five stars because on my bare floor, it just blew the dirt around, so don't buy this machine if you have lots of bare floors.

I like the depth of this container. I use it more for storage than as a marinator because of its depth. This is excellent for keeping berries fresh. I have no use for the grater; I prefer the food processor and standing graters. The canister is a clear plastic, which looks much better than the smoke-colored ones.

As a marinator, it produced very flavorful chicken, but I'm not sure if it was more flavorful than traditionally marinated.

I am giving this four stars instead of five because the canister is top-rack dishwasher safe, but the lids are not.

I purchased my Shop Vac All-Around in 2002. Agree with other reviewers that it is a GREAT little vacuum -- I've owned Hoover, Dirt Devil, Vorwerk, Oreck, etc. -- this one beats them all, hands down. The drawback is when something goes wrong. As one reviewer mentioned, the on/off switches are not the greatest -- mine has always been finicky and finally went out. I called Shop Vac to find an authorized service center, only to be told they discontinued/closed their service centers in August 2005! And, since the warranty is only 3 yrs on the All-Arounds, mine is out of warranty. I have a choice of either purchasing a new motor -- yes, you have to purchase the whole motor unit -- for $46.29 -- OR purchasing a new one altogether. Obviously, at approx $60 for a new one, it makes better sense to just buy a new one. I find it rather frustrating they no longer have service centers and, unless they've improved the on/off switch, I might end up having to purchase a new one every few years!!

So . . . my rating for ease of use and capabilities of the unit itself would definitely be a 5 -- however, poor on/off switch, having to replace entire motor unit because of a poor switch, lack of authorized service centers brings my overall rating down to a 3.

I have never met a vacuum cleaner I could cozy up to. They are too heavy or they repeatedly fall over, or attachments are not easy to change quickly. When my last vacuum died as I was putting my house on the market I had to scramble to find a replacement that would not require a major investment as in Electrolux or other major high end vac. I saw my son whisking around his house doing a quick mid holiday vacuuming while I was visiting. He recommended the 7-amp Shop-Vac that he was using. I immediately ordered it from Amazon and was rescued. It is light weight AND has good suction. Easy to pick up to do the stairs. Attachments go on and off without effort. Cord is nice and long. Doesn't require much storage space. I will probably not invest in an expensive vac for my next house as I thought I would. This Shp-Vac is serving my needs just fine. Since vacuuming is my most hated house chore, I wouldn't say I am feeling "cozy" about it, but I have not had thoughts of throwing it out the front door!

Note: it is not perfect, does fall over from time to time. The ball mechanism inside falls out of place necessitating shutting off and restarting. Still the best vac I have met, and I have kissed alot of frogs. For the comparatively small price, it does a big job.

Short and sweet: This little vac DOES deliver the power it claims to without taking up the space. I HIGHLY recommend it to anyone who likes the POWER of full size shop vacs without the bulk of one.

The attachments are NOT on board, but I just toss mine in with the other cleaning supplies. The canister itself is rugged and small enough to carry without it being cumbersome. I couldn't rate this equipment any higher. Even if I had the space for a larger vac, it wouldn't be needed unless I had a huge space to care for/clean. This takes care of a 3 bedroom home with 2 ferrets, 2 cats and 2 dogs (FUR!!), my workshop (glass dust) and my car. I love, love, LOVE IT and you will, too!!

This fan is well built and puts out a very powerful stream of air in one direction. It is large and very heavy weighing about 35 pounds but it has wheels and a telescoping handle that is easy to move around if you don't have to climb stairs. Basically it has a big heavy motor that turns a squirel cage fan by direct drive (no belt). I measured the power consumption and it uses 450 watts on high, 420 mid, and 400 low. That is more power than the blower in the forced air furnace in many houses. I gave it 4 stars because it is bigger and more powerful than I will ever need and even low is loud and too powerful. It would of been better if high was 450 watts, middle was 350 and a quieter and more economical low of 250.

This Air Mover seems to work very well and I like the handle as it makes it easier to maneuver. The weird thing tho, is that on the control knob, the fan blows at Medium Speed when on HIGH and the fan blows at High Speed when the control knob is at MEDIUM. Someone must have wired it incorrectly. We won't be sending it back because of the hassle. We'll just use it as-is.

Industrial strength, great quality. If you need to move air this is the baby. Unbelievable value for the money.