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Hoover DM6185T
by nickbrown60 In our house we always seem to keep a spare vacuum in case of a sudden breakage of our main cleaner. Last month our vacuum fell down the stairs and it broke into two rather large pieces, this event was a shame but we had a chance to use this Hoover DM6185 which was our spare that lay in the cupboard, almost unused. We bought this roughly ... two years ago at £129 in Comet which seemed a slightly reasonable price at the time; we had one a few years back that looked exactly the same as this known as the Hoover Purepower however it was a bagged version... Our experience of this one was horrendous so I'm not sure what came over the parents when they chose the new bagless version of the cleaner, I guess they believed that things could only get better compared with the last one. ~~~ About the Hoover DM6185 vacuum cleaner ~~~ This vacuum is basically a bagless version of the Hoover Purepower that has been out years. It is an upright vacuum that boasts 'Hoovers' slightly new dust manager technology which offers efficient bagless cleaning (Apparently) and the vacuum holds its suction longer than the bagged versions. It has a long reach hose and it roughly reaches to the top of a standard staircase and it prevents toppling over by using Hoover's stair cleaning stabiliser technology that I shall talk about slightly later on in this review! ~~ Opening the box and setting the beast up ~~ The box was a manageable size and it fitted into our Smart car with ease - success! Inside we found; *The cleaner body *A handle *A hose *A few standard cleaning tools *A spinning turbo brush And the usual instruction booklets. Setting this thing up was a rather simple process, the handle simply slid onto the main body and we inserted the two little flat head screws and tightened. The hose was simple to fit by twisting into the cleaner and wrapping it around its holders and the tools were stored on the back of the cleaner - job done, she was ready for use. ~~~ Cleaning performance ~~~ We are rather impressed by the cleaning performance of this vacuum cleaner and it has so far done a very good job of cleaning up most messes that we've thrown at it. To clean carpet you simply select the carpet height using the height selector on the floor cleaning head and lower the vacuum by pressing the small button on the side and pulling the handle back - The first thing that we noticed was how hard the floor button was to press and this certainly needs a good bit of pressure to actually disengage the lock mechanism. Our carpets are rather thick but we always use vacuum cleaners on the lowest setting possible, the Hoovers lowest height setting is called 'Intensive clean' and guess what? That's the setting we use! The cleaner is easy to push even on this setting and the power of the brush and suction can be felt and dirt is lifted with ease. The machine is designed for pet use and it lifts dog hair from our carpets with ease without the usual dumping of hair in certain places that some cleaners seem to do. We have used this on a few different carpets and rugs in our house and the performance seems to be equal with all surfaces. The cleaner is also suitable for cleaning hard floors and there is a setting for this. Usually we find that upright cleaners tend to spit dirt and sand from the brushes underneath while cleaning hard floors but we have not noticed this with the Hoover vacuum and all of the dirt that is run over seems to be picked up quickly and efficiently - unless it spits it out so fast that we do not notice! But jokes aside it does clean hard floors very well. We have used this on wood and tile floors and it cleans them easily without damaging the surface and it cleans the edges perfectly on hard floors. Unfortunately the edge cleaning does not seem very effective on carpeted floors and it is a slight let down. The hose on this vacuum is very long and it reaches to the top of our stairs with ease allowing easy cleaning with the many tools included with this cleaner. There is a stair cleaning attachment, a dusting brush, a power spinning brush and the usual extension tube with a crevice tool built in. All of the tools are of an excellent quality and they feel very strong and robust, we are a rather heavy handed family but these tools live on in our household and I doubt that they will ever break. The suction from the cleaner is very good and the 1800 watt motor seems to create a very good suction but it does weaken over time - see the dust manager section of this review for the reason etc. The cleaner has a stair stabiliser built in that basically holds the cleaner upright while cleaning the stairs but in all honesty, it's rather useless. Our stabiliser did not last long as it snapped off but when it was actually fastened to the cleaner is was still of no use as the cleaner still topples over with the slightest tug on the hose - not a major problem but it is annoying. ~~~ Ease of use ~~~ Generally this cleaner is very easy to use apart from a few minor things that could be improved to up its ease of use so to say... The button for lowering the handle to clean is rather hard to push and I guess that there is a technique to it and the hose does take a while to wrap around the back of the cleaner but apart from this, it is rather simple to use. The on button is just below the handle on the front of the cleaner and it is very easy to press and to find, some cleaners on/off buttons are located in very random locations which can be annoying in a way that they can be knocked on and off by accident - this is designed well and it is hard to accidentally knock the button during use. The vacuum is rather short and of course there is no adjustable handle so if you're tall like me it can be slightly hard to use unless you stoop down. I'm not saying that this cleaner is designed for extremely short people but it is shorter than most vacuum that I have used in the past. ~~~ Cyclonic dust manager technology ~~~ Now I think here that Hoover is somehow trying to compete with the Dyson technology but unfortunately it is not quite as good as that. The unit is basically a tub with a capacity of just over 2 litres and it has a very strange shape cyclone inside with a filter that clips onto the top. There's no doubt from me that the suction does last a little bit longer than the bagged version we once owned and it seems quite efficient but I do find that the suction is either all or nothing. As soon as we notice the cleaner is losing suction it seems to get worse and worse with very light use after first noticing. After removing the half full container from the machine and checking the filters it seems that dirt starts sticking to the filter before the tub has been filled to the max line, this can be very annoying and the tub is hard to put back together as there are quite a few parts to it but now that we are used to doing it things are easier. After a few weeks of daily use we have noticed that loads of dirt has escaped from the dust manager system and it certainly does not seem as efficient as a normal dust bag. Emptying the dust manager system is slightly annoying and it's not a job that I look forward to doing. Some bagless vacuums have the feature that allows the dirt tub to be placed over a bin and a button allows the dirt to drop straight into the bin, unfortunately this does not. The top filter has to be removed from the tub which is usually covered in dirt that falls everywhere, once this is out the cyclone is removed which results in more dust falling out and then the contents of the dirt tub is emptied. The filters are washable and I find that this has to be done every 2 - 3 emptying sessions as the filters clog resulting in lower performance and the vacuum over heats, the emptying routine has to be done outside as dirt fly's everywhere and it is not a pleasant experience. ~~~ Any negatives? ~~~ We once owned the bagged version of this cleaner a few years ago and we were disappointed, unfortunately many of the problems from the last cleaner have been experienced with this one. A wheel has fallen off, the mechanism that hold the vacuum upright has broken and the hoover sometimes over heats even though we have cleaned the filters etc. They are not major problems and I guess if we took more care of the machine that they probably would not happen as often but we have never had a wheel fall off a vacuum before except from the other Hoover that we owned... Seems a common fault but I may be wrong. ~~~ Overall opinion ~~~ This is a rather good vacuum that has strong suction and it cleans very well. It handles pet hair and general dirt with ease and it seems to float over carpets easily with little pushing required and it picks up lots of dirt. There are a few things that let these cleaners down, mainly the quick loss of suction when the unit is over half full and the slight reliability problems but if you can pick one of these up for under £50 from eBay or somewhere I'd say that you've had a good buy, however I certainly would not pay what we paid for this now. 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Hoover HU4211 Hurricane Pets
by Ri0TTs Product Title Hurricane Pets Bag-less Upright Vacuum Cleaner HU4211 The Producer of the Product Hurricane Pets The Target Audience Any body who is after a light a portable vacuum that is specially designed for animal fur. Price £179.99 (RRP - Could be picked up for cheaper ... now) Is the product for you? If you are after a vacuum that has specially designed pet hair turbo brushes, perhaps you have asthma or allergies, then this is the product for you. If you are after a product which is more suited to general dirt then I would recommend a different vacuum cleaner, one such as a Henry or a Dyson. The product in one Upon opening this product we had to quickly put together which was dead straight forward just a few clicks here and there, but for those who could not get their heads around this there is also a very easy to follow instruction manual included with it. I had bought this vacuum as it said that it is ideal for pet fur and wood flooring. Well we have carpet, wood flooring, laminate and PETS in our house dogs and cats running around so it did seem like the perfect solution. Upon using this product for the first time I thought it was great (On the carpet) it did not leave a single bit of anything anywhere, which I was thrilled about it made the carpets everywhere look brand new again, so was great. As an added bonus for my dad he suffers from allergies and used to have asthma and when we first used this vac his allergies were pretty bad from all the pollen in the air round by us, so this was the perfect way to see its full potential. The first night I used it he was still sneezing and face puffed up pretty bad so I thought it was a load of rubbish. I used it the following morning and afternoon and to mine and his surprise he was a noticeable amount better the following days so for this we could see it was the real deal. The reason that this vacuum is capable of this is because of the HEPA Filtration system which actually catches pollen and dust mites particles which would otherwise be sent in to the air and trigger off peoples allergies. The Vacuum does actually come with some pretty helpful tools, it offers a pets turbo brush which is aimed at just pet hair, there is an extension tube to reach those places you can't, there is a removable handle for easier use in smaller areas and there is a dusting brush for taking up all the dust in the room instead of pushing it around with polish and a cloth. The filtration system that is used is what makes this a good vacuum, and it is also very easier to clean, you simply take it off and give it a wash and put it back on, it is as simple as that. It only need to be cleaned around once a month as well which is pretty handy. Now the first disappointing aspect of this vacuum for me is the plug, it is fairly short and doesn't stretch across 2 rooms which with most vacuums you can get away with, and because I can be lazy when it comes to vacuuming it is one you have to tie around the vacuum your self instead of a self retracting one. Now the biggest thing that let's this vacuum down is it's ability to vacuum wood flooring... it has none. I set it all up and ready to go, got started, went over a few squares on the floor and straight away you could just see the dirt been blown around the floor. It was absolutely useless. No matter what I done it wouldn't want to clean it, I thought the vac might be full at first but it wasn't, it wasn't clogged up either so as I watched I noticed it was because of the amount of air been pushed out of the vacuum which really baffled me as in the product description it says it is suitable for wood flooring as well as carpets. How does it compare to other Products? If using this vacuum on carpet, especially where is animal fur, then this vacuum is the vac for the perfect looking job, it will bring the carpet back up looking brand new. If you have a variety of floor types in your home do not use this product, it is absolutely terrible at cleaning hard floors due the high pressure of air it expels from it, this make it simply blow the dirt around instead of cleaning it up. A lot of vacuums will work excessively well no matter what floor they are used upon, our henry works fantastically on all carpets and hard floors and we paid cheaper for it. So in my opinion I wouldn't recommend this vacuum for anybody. Does the Product Achieve its Purpose? This is product achieves it's purpose by been an effective vacuum for all types of dirt but especially well for all animal fur/hair which is what it was designed for. It doesn't fare well as an ordinary vacuum for all surfaces though as it doesn't clean hard floors as well as it cleans carpets. Breaking it down +HEPA Filtration - Yes +Edge to Edge Cleaning - Yes +Allergen/ Pet Hair Remover Brush - Yes +Quick release dust bin - Yes +Removable Handle - Yes +All Surfaces - Yes + Multi Tool - Yes +Lightweight - Yes +Tools on Board - Yes +Vacuum Cleaner Type - Upright +Bagged/Bagless - Bagless +Colour - Titanium / Red +Suction Power - 225 AW +Fixed/ Variable Power - Fixed +Filtration - Washable HEPA +Exhaust Filter - Washable Micro +Wattage - 2100 W +Working Radius - 9.8 m +Cord Length - 6 m +Weight in Use - 6.6 kg +Bag/Bin Capacity - 2.8 ltrs gross +Tools - Tools on Board - Yes +Pets Turbo Brush - Yes +Extension Tube +Removable Handle +Dusting Brush +Integrated on long crevice tool +Stair Cleaning Hose - Yes +Crevice Tool - Integrated long crevice tool/ dusting brush +Upholstery Tool - No +Dimensions (HxWxD) cm (unpacked) - 93x31x33 How to Improve To improve this product I would make it capable of working to its full potential on all types of flooring and add an Upholstery tool Product Rating 3/5 (Thank you for reading my review, if you get chance please take your time to read and rate my other reviews, it will be highly appreciated and I will always go out of my way when I get chance to read through yours and give an honest rating. Many thanks J) Read the complete review |
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Hoover S2102
by MEL0611 We have been thinking about getting a small hand held hoover for some time now. It is one of those things that I sort of resented paying the money out as we had a perfectly good upright hoover that was great but for the act of convenience was starting to become a bug bare when cleaning the cars or for those small spills that we all make. ... I did not have a budget in mind really but knew I didn't want to pay big amounts and so had a look in the Argos catalogue and found the Hoover was in fact slightly cheaper on the Amazon website so I was soon pressing send and waiting for my order to arrive. As I mentioned, I got my S2102 Hoover from Amazon and it cost me £21.99, on the Argos website it was £24.99 so at least I had made a small saving. I have heard but not used the Hoover brand before and so was a little hesitant of this but for the price I dare not complain. The Hoover came packaged in a cardboard box and I was eager to take it apart and see how it worked and performed. You really cannot miss the small hand held hoover as it is bright yellow in colour. The hoover looked exactly as I expected it to and it was not too difficult to understand how to operate it. There was an instruction booklet that came with it and I did have a quick read. There is also a one year manufacturer's guarantee that comes with the hoover. There is a handle that is easy to grip onto so it makes the hovering quite simple and most importantly lightweight. I did not want a device that was going to be hard work but rather practical and simple. There is a good capacity on this hoover, it takes up to 7.5 litres of dust and what I like is that this is a battery operated device so there are no cables lying around or getting in the way, not having to plug this in makes it even quicker to use and start using. There is a re-chargeable device that plugs into your mains and allows you to get the hoover charged and ready for use. I leave the hoover to run out of battery and then leave it on charge, to get back to full speed this usually takes just over 2 hours and you are ready to go again. The hoover doesn't have any attachments with it but the nozzle that you use to suck up the dirt is really effective and I have found that it can get into all sorts of corners and tight areas. The hoover is not to noisy when it is in use but it is very powerful when it comes to the suction, I have found that on areas where there is quite a bit of dust you need to go over the area a little more, this tends to be a little more time consuming and you need to move the hoover over the area a few times but this is not really a criticism but just something to be aware of. In summary, I am more than happy with this product; it is of good quality and was a good price. The hoover has served us well; we get it out for all those small spills and when I am in a rush, it is also great for the car! 4 out of 5 form me Thank you for reading Read the complete review |
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