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Electrolux Boss rechargeable upright Z570a

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... separate motor for the brush that overcomes my rubber-band phobia, and is light enough to carry upstairs without inducing a hernia in me or, more importantly, my girlfriend (I'm not a c hauvinist - I just like to find her in one piece when I come home at night). Then we found the Z570, which looks similar, but is cordless - i.e. it carries its power round with it, in the form of a rechargeable battery. Now this sounds laughable, especiall...more

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Electrolux Boss rechargeable upright Z570a: One day, all cleaners will be like this (978 words)
by - written on 05/04/02 (Very useful, 2054 readings)
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I've always thought of myself as a cylinder man, me. When I was young (some time ago, although electricity was known about) we had a succession of upright Hoovers (was there any other sort?) that worked OK, but they made a racket and often smelled of burnt rubber when the drive band fried itself. What put me off, I think, was the promotional line about 'beating, sweeping and cleaning' which I translated as 'knocks the stuffing out of your carpet'. This is probably true of Kirby cleaners (see swinstan's review) but most modern machines are a bit gentler. However, it seemed to me at the time that all you needed was lots of suck (I promise ... Read the complete review