Hoover WindTunnel Air Steerable Bagless Vacuum Cleaner, Corded Upright Vacuum, HEPA Media Filtration, Multi Floor Brushroll, For Home Use

I have had this vacuum for about 6 months. The first time I used it was in my old apartment that had not been cleaned for at least 1-1/2 years by a carpet cleaning crew before I moved in. I vacuumed using a $50 vacuum that had a bag and rolled along behind the hose. I thought my carpets were mostly clean because I used the $50 vacuum to vacuum once every week or other week and picked up a good amount of dust and hair each time (about half a bag). This Hoover WindTunnel Air Steerable made me realize just how disgusting the carpet actually was and how useless the $50 vacuum was too. I filled up and emptied the Hoover canister at least ten times for only 700 square feet of carpet! It was fine dust, dirt, and a lot more human and pet hair (that didn't belong to my little dog) that I vacuumed up right after using the other vacuum. The other $50 vacuum I had was sent to goodwill. After seeing the performance of the Hoover, I will never go "cheap" on a vacuum again. I then had a professional carpet cleaning company come in and clean the carpets. There was dirt embedded in the high traffic areas of the carpets that anyone could see that the hoover could not pick up. Only a good professional shampoo and steam cleaner could get it out. However, the carpet guy only removed about a small coffee can size worth of hair and other large particles after he cleaned. The hoover removed almost all of it before he showed up.I vacuumed again about three days after the professional left and filled up another canister with fine dust and dirt that was loosened up from the professional cleaning and a very small amount of hair. The carpets looked almost brand new and I felt that they were finally clean. I used the hoover about every two weeks and picked up half a canister each time. I was able to maintain the carpet for three months before moving out and I was not charged a cleaning fee by the apartment complex because of how clean the Hoover was able to maintain the carpets after the professional cleaner did his work a few months before.The suction and mobility with the steerable function are awesome. The tools and the handle extension with the long hose makes it easy to reach any place and very good for couches and furniture. It can get high hard to reach spots as well. My only gripe is the little tool with the brush does not have a very good plastic so the plastic push button to hold the brush out sometimes pushes in and allows the brush to slide back exposing only the plastic edge. I have been able to push the button out and bend it some to hold the brush in place. Also, the brush rollers on the bottom are not too easy to clean as a lot of hair gets tied up around them. I just use a sharp pocket knife to cut the hair and pull it out when too much gets clogged up. The filter is easy to wash and clean and is supposed to be a lifetime filter. It is a very nice feature to have and I love having a bagless vacuum.The true test of this vacuum was when I moved into my new apartment. It smelled like smoke even after the carpet was "professionally" cleaned (paying the special $60 carpet cleaning guys is a waste of money to get a job done right). I spread a few boxes worth of baking soda out on all of the carpet areas rubbed it in. I let the baking soda sit for a few days and then came back with the Hoover. After vacuuming up most of the super fine baking soda, I was able to get most of the cigarrete smoke smell out of the apartment. I would not have been able to get it with the old vacuum because the baking soda was too fine and deep in the carpet to pickup. It was not a problem for the hoover. I just washed the filter when I was done and it was clean and ready to go again.I would highly recommend this vacuum for its value and its performance. The expensive Dyson may work better (have never used it) but the Hoover does the job and doesn't break the bank. I have used it on carpet and laminate and it works at getting anything loose out including the dust that is deep in the carpet. I wouldn't go with anything less in performance than this product.

We have or had a dirt devil...loud and heavy, with a bag, and for years thought it was doing the job. But I kept telling my husband that insulation was being blown out the overhead vents each time the air or heat came on, it was of that consistency and color.That is what I dusted off the furniture and blinds and vents on my pc for years.Doing all I can to reduce allergens due to serious sinus disease, I was going to start with a new vacuum in case the dirt devil was not really doing the job. The dirt devil machine is old but not near as old as the carpet.The kids and their friends and pets grew up on this carpet. The last leaving over 5 years ago....Yes that old! Its one of those things you say, "when they go off to college...we will"...and then don't.I read the reviews on this Hoover WindTunnel...thought about a Dyson but way too much for two rooms of carpet, two bedrooms. The only knowledge I had in buying a vacuum was I didn't want a bag cleaner ever again. They stink unless they are changed each time. No one does that anymore if they ever did...full of God only knows what living in those things in your darken closet. Sort of like that commercial for sinus meds...all those green mucas things having a party in the dark and no one aware. My vacuum bag a party magnet!One person who reviewed this said something about vacuum your rooms prior to this new one. My husband did that the day before this was to arrive and with put a new bag in the dirt devil upright. Off he went to cleaning with the dirt devil.OMG....he was not keen on purchasing another vacuum, didn't see it as a need. He changed after just one room. He brought the first canister out for me to see...it was full, not half, but full, of carpet breakdown...what I thought all this years was insulation. It was full of pet dander and my long hair. My Dirt Devil never picked up long hair, it twisted it around the rotating bar still it spit, sputter and stopped. The MAJPR point is...he had pushed that heavy dirt devil around the day before and it all looked clean on the surface. And it was not nor had never been cleaning it...for years.Guess what, This Hoover is quieter and no stink from bag at all...Party over bacteria living in a bag in my closet and making your way up my sinsus'.Get this Hoover WindTunnel if you are considering a vacuum. We really did see the difference. I use to let my rooms air out after he vacuumed, not this time. There was no smell at all. He said it was so much easier to get around in places due to the swivel head. He did say it needed more attachments and unlike some, our dirt devil ones don't fit. Not a major problem or deal breaker at all.So if you do get it, clean your rooms the day prior to it arriving, really clean the corners everywhere...and then see what all you been living with and calling clean. If nothing else do your Sinsus' a favor. Big high 5 on this one Hoover