This Does Suck !! (Vax VS19)

Member Name: Gaz29

Product:	Vax VS19
Date:	01/05/07 (534 review reads)
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We have had this hover now for over a year after having problems with our Henry hover we had to say bye bye to Henry and hello to Vax.


*** Assembly ***

I was quite surprised by the box and thinking is their really a hover in there. Of course their was. This is a nightmare to put together and you will need a screwdriver. I do strongly recommend that you do read the instructions to this they are clear and quite easy to follow. Though in a nutshell you have to click a few things together and a couple of screws in the handle.


*** On Board Tools***

You do get on board tools but these again are flimsy and 2 of ours have broke now. You get with this a square one for the stairs, A long one for seats and the pipe.

***1st Impressions***

Well I did not put this together my other half did but once he had done it I had to have a play. The hover is lightweight and looks like you can snap it in 2 with one stamp on it. Ok I have not tried this one out yet as I don't want to break it. Plugging it in though and to me surprise I did think how noisy this one was after hearing Poor old Henry. Hovering up though it's easily pushed along and picks up well.

***Hose***

Right floors done now time for the staris……..

I thought at one point that I had broke the hover as this was not picvking anything up nor was there no suction. Though after going through the book I realised that I needed to unplug the pipe from the hover and attach it to the hose. Yes I have suction now. Picks up quite well on the stairs in the end. Though you will have to take your hover up stairs with you as the cord is not long enough to reach.


***Emptying***

Though this looks easy it's not. I had problems with unlocking the dam thing and still do. Though once you get that done it's only a matter of emptying it in to your bin and placing the fitter back in and the top back on.



***Suction***

On carpets you could not ask for better. We have a long haired rabbit and he does come in to the house and drops hair. The hover picks these up easy and leaving none behind.

Food and crumbs are picked up easily though this wont pick large chunks off food but then again there is not a lot of hovers that will.

Normal dust and dirt again this is sucked up easy.

Wood floors are a nightmare to do. Our Henry hover did these without and problems at tall. This Vax is a nightmare and more the often throwing the crumbs backwards so you have to the floors more then once which does take up much more time and this can be a nightmare when you have kids crying at your ankles or your in a hurry.


Pet Hair 5 out 5
Food 5 out 5
Dirt 5 out 5
Stairs 3 out of 5
Carpets 5 out 5
Wood floors 0 out of 5



*** Specs***

1500 watt
Auto carpet height adjuster
Lightweight - highly manoeuvrable
3 litre dust bin.
Extension hose
On board tool storage
7.5m cord with cord storage.
Weight 5.6kg.


*** Price and where to buy***

I picked one up from Argos and only paid £59.99 and this was in the sale. It's a good bargain. You can find one of these nearly about everywhere now. Prices ranging from £59.99 to £89.99. Worth shopping around.


***My Thoughts***

Well I have had some minor problems with this hover like it's easy pulled over by kids and the hose does not reach to do the stairs. Though I empty mine now to half full so it does not tip over or knocked over. It does seem to work on carpets much better then tiled floor and wood floors. I have had to stop using this on my kitchen floor as I could be hovering the floor all year as it sprays most things backwards.

A nice little bargain really but I would only give it 3 out of 5 due to the fact of the above problems.

If you have carpets then I would buy it. If you don't have any carpets in your home then look for something better.



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