Hoover Vortex V2000

When I moved in to my first (and current) flat 3 years ago I had precious little in the way of household appliances. The smaller things (kettles, toasters, irons etc) weren't too much of a problem but larger items like vacuum cleaners were significantly more expensive. So I borrowed my mums old Hoover. An old blue 'upright' cleaner, it served me well until that fateful day when my girlfriend used it to suck up a load of water. It was never the same after that, air smelled musty, the motor began to reek of ozone and I generally feared for my life every time I used it. Something had to be done, I was quite happy to let the carpet fend for itself but ...

We were in the market for an upright vacuum cleaner just at the time of the successful prosecution of Hoover by Dyson for patent infringement. Our 3-year-old Hoover 'Turbo Power' had just be donated to our son's student flat to replace a knackered Electrolux that 'ate' drive belts, so we looked at the pricerunner web-site and then 'discovered' dooyoo.co.uk. We read all the opinions avidly, and went to our local (just opened) Comet store. Heather took one look at the Dysons and said that there was 'no way' that she would have such monstrous colours in her house. We also noticed that all the Dyson and Electrolux ...

I have never been one for using an upright Hoover but have to say I am now converted. I have owned this Hoover for about 6 months now and would I say it was a good Hoover, going by my above opening line "A pain in the bum"? Well yes I would and why it is a pain will be disclosed further down in the opinion. So what good qualities does this Hoover have? This Hoover has a great advantage over most Hoovers that are currently on today’s market. 1) Being, once bought you never need to change another filter, by opting for a specific one designed for this, there are two choices of filters you can choose from these being ...