Dirt Devil DD150SL

Simple to use and easy to stow, we keep one of these handy little gadgets on the boat. Where electric power is available its so much easier than the traditional dustpan and brush. The brush head rotates as it sucks, driven by a rubber band. It seems primitive but is very effective, even able to draw dust from fairly deep pile carpet and soft furnishings. The black cover on the front is removable to access the rubber band and the drive shaft. Here you can fit a flexible suction hose for long reach and crevices etc. We never bother with this, its simply not worth the palaver! The dust trap bag fits simply onto the back of the motor with a rubber ...  Read the complete review

In the last twenty years, there have been so many different hand vacs on sale it’s hard to keep track what is actually available and what should last the longest in terms of design and build. Hand vacs are not the same as the rechargeable "Dust Buster," design as led by Black & Decker. The hand vac traditionally (they were in existence just after 1950's) used the same principle from its bigger sister upright vacuum cleaner, using a small motor to provide suction, a belt driven brush roll, a bag at the back to catch all the dirt from the floor and used mains power electricity. ** This is a long review where parts of it appear elsewhere such as ...  Read the complete review