A toy cleaner (Dirt Devil Ultra Lightweight Bagless Vacuum)

Member Name: davecopper

Product:	Dirt Devil Ultra Lightweight Bagless Vacuum
Date:	14/05/09 (50 review reads)
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Advantages: It's very light

Disadvantages: dosen't do the job

Bought this vac because I have laminate floors and it was less than £50.
The write up in Argos seem to indicate it was specially suited to this. I was sucked in by the fact it was cheap.

My wife also wanted something light so thought it would be good. However it is a toy vacumn. I mean that literally.

The lead is so short you can not vacumn a sizable room or do the stairs. The hose is so short as you vac the floor the vac is pulled over usually on your head. So as you go under the sofa you have to lie the vac on the floor.

Inside the top of the dust collection area there is a filter this clogs very quickly and suction is lost. The instructions seem to indicate that this should be washed after every use!

The collection pot for dust is so small it's full in minutes. the vac also has no brushes so misses lots of dirt.

It is actually less effective than a dust pan and brush on wooden floors.

Do not buy.

Summary: Low powered and ineffective - for daily use

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