Vacuums Reviews

We have have mostly wood floors and some rugs with one carpeted room. I love it because of its versatility and how much it picks up for being such a lighter weight vacuum. The attached hose makes quick cleaning of corners and upholstery. Its super efficient and saves me time because of its innovative features. Plus, aethestically, its a good-looking vacuum.

I don't know what I'd do without this pan. I use more often than most of my other pans combined. It is a true nonstick, and a great size when cooking for one or two. It heats evenly and retains the heat. I'm totally spoiled by the wooden handle so that I don't know how to react now with a handle that gets hot. You will never regret buying this pan.

I came to Amazon to find reviews of vacuums, after desperately trying to get the dirt recepticle out of this vacuum ONE MORE TIME. I've had Hoover bagless vacuums before. This one is horrible. It sucks only fair-to-midlin' on bare floors. It sucks only fair-to-midlin' on heavy rugs. It sucks big time in the general usability factor. It's way too heavy.

Oh, I have to pray to the vacuum gods that the dirt recepticle will come out without benefit of power tools. And I have to empty said recepticle a lot, because the filters get plugged with pet hairs (just like the guy on the Dyson ads says) within a couple of minutes using vacuum.

I have had this vacuum for 3 years. The floor cleaning feature of it hadn't picked up any dust from day one, so I always kept in on the carpet feature, with the brush inside rolling. It was the only way it worked at all. And now I find the suction has been reduced to nearly nothing, and it started shutting off in the midst of being used, and turning back on after about 40 minutes of rest. Well, I can't give it that time. Never buying a Hoover vac again.

Mine is a purple U8149 model. It is similar to the U8140. It came with a bonus set (a bagged package and an extra hose). I hope it is not as bad as the 8140.

I bought this from Fry's. I don't like bagless so I use the bonus bag set all the time. It is ok to me.

Pro
1. Powerful. There is a belt to tie the power cord of my laptop. The vaccuum took it out ! Make sure to use the lowest setting first.
2. I have 2 "very difficult to clean" carpets from IKEA. Before I bought this vacuum, I need to use tape to get the dirts off the carpet. With this vaccum, those carpets are like new now !
3. I can use it with or without the bag.
4. It has the HEPA filter.


Con:
I used it 3 times and I think I need to change the rating to 3 stars.

1. I am not sure if the carpet in my apartment is cheap or the vaccuum is too powerful. No matter which carpet depth I set, it took a lot of fabric from the carpet. I need to clean it almost everytime after I use it (I am renting a 890 sq ft 2 bedroom apartment unit). If I do not clean it, it will blow out the dirts.

2. Sometimes, it is not very good in cleaning bare floor (not hardwood floor). I was surprised.

Consumer Report said the Eureka is the best but I found it was too heavy (Wal-mart has it) so I bought the Hoover instead. Where is the perfect vacuum cleaner ??