Buy The Bagged Version Instead
No surprise here, it may well be made by Hoover but the 1980 models are better. Bagless cyclonic design is a messy business; in use, the HEPA filter has to be tapped clean after each use, otherwise suction lessens straight away; noise is okay but the suction is useless. The bin is the worst to empty, having to take a mini cyclonic bell shroud out and clean and then squeezed in to refit. Suction chamber far too small; hose falls off because of cheap dirt channel connector. Has a variable suction control but has to be set to Maximum because of the lack of suction. My old paper bagged model was much better than this!
| Pros | Cons |
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| Telescopic tubes are height adjustable and metal. About the only positive! | hopeless suction, bad design of bin with additional cyclonic bell to take out and clean, HEPA filter takes 16 hours or more to dry after being washed; no HEPA additional filter to use in the mean time, No tool tidy on the model - only the paper bagged models have this; hose falls off thanks to cheap fitting. |
Reviewed by Normal Consumer on 1:16pm Fri 7th Apr 2006
