Hoover Hurricane HU4177T

I have to say that I hate the Hoover Hurricane and am off to buy something else! Now two weeks out of warranty it has finally given up the ghost. The belt has broken...again and the telescopic handle button has cracked so it can't extend and I am left leaning over the machine. The filters are useless and it overheats on a regular basis. Fluff collects in the front of the machine around the brush and then gets spat out all over the place. The attachments are the worst I have ever used, there are only two of them and both are pretty useless. The tiny brush on the crevice tool is a complete waste of time and broke within two weeks. It scratches my hard floors on ...  Read the complete review

Not long ago I purchased this hoover from Next online, seeing as it was the Hoover make I thought I was on to a good thing, it cost £79.99 and was more trouble than it was worth. Good Points: The hoover is a lovely red colour and as a hoover looks very attractive to be sitting around your house inbetween chores. The hoover itself does have very good suction and easily picks up all the cat hairs, it seems a very powerful machine and appears to have more power behind it than some of my previous hoovers. Bad Points: Unfortunately with this hoover the bad points far outweigh the good points. Firstly I have to mention that it is quite a heavy hoover to ...  Read the complete review

I agree with the previous reviewer. The design is terrible. The flimsy bit of plastic holding the telescopic handle in place snapped after less than 20 uses of the machine (mostly with the handle not even extended). So I need a replacement handle. OK, I go to the Hoover Spares web site and they don't even list this model of cleaner! Another design flaw is the power cable, which enters the machine very low down. This means constant bending to lift the cable out of the way. And the filters are not at all easy to clean without getting all the filtered dust etc straight in your face. All in all a cheap bit of rubbish, not ...  Read the complete review

It's a funny old world these days where household appliances are concerned. You flick through a catalogue and you see a brand you once trusted or knew of which once had a great reputation and recognise a colour or a theme which once graced its trademark range. Then you are taken to another appliance bearing another name, another price, perhaps different, blink twice and then you realise that brands like Hoover and Vax are selling the same model but in different colours and there a difference in price to match too! When Hoover in the U.S market was dumped by Whirlpool recently they were taken over by an Asian company who also happen to own Dirt Devil of America ...  Read the complete review