Dirt Devil DD 9900 Bagless Upright

Advantages: Great at picking up dirt, long cord, HEPA and Microban.
Disadvantages: Electrocutes me and the onboard tools.

...I bought this in Argos in March for £89.99. I bought this because of the name as I have a little hand held dirt devil and it's really good. It has a three litre dust capacity and five levels of adjustment for different carpet levels and floor types. Includes crevice tool and power pet brush. Microban and HEPA filtration and you can store the tools on the vaccum. 1800 watts, 7m of cord and its weight is 8.3kg. This is a good vaccum cleaner and doesn't leave dirt behind but it does have it's faults unfortunately. If you use the onboard tool after you've finished you need to attach the hose to the cleaner again to use on the carpet but it pops out whilst cleaning and the dust goes back over the floor. It pops out about three times before staying in no matter how hard you push it back in. Another drawback, and this is a big one... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent suction, cheap
Disadvantages: Heavy, noisy

...to it and buy a more expensive machine. Again purse strings prevailed and the machine I ended up with was a Dirt Devil DD9002. Opinion on Dirt Devil vacuum cleaners seems to vary dramatically, it would seem people either love them or hate them (a bit like Marmite but with more suction power!) Dirt Devil ‘Rascal’ hand vacuuming units are well known and I’ve always found them really reliable, but I hadn’t realised that Dirt Devil make full sized machines. Of course the old adage ‘You get what you pay for’ certainly comes into play here – this machine is no Dyson but for £78 you shouldn’t be expecting Dyson quality and personally I love it. The two things I was looking for in a vacuum cleaner were that it was bagless and upright…oh and not made by Sanyo after my last vacuum cleaner experience. This little baby fits the bill on those counts... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap
Disadvantages: Poor pick up/bad cleaning

...When we decided to invest in a new vacuum, we forgot a very important adage. "You only get what you pay for". While there are exceptions to the rule, they did not apply to the Dirt Devil Vacuum Cleaner that we purchased last year. On perusing the many makes, models and styles available at Comet, we decided to opt for a cheap replacement for our upright hoover. The model we opted for matched our old style. An upright. Dirt devil make several versions of upright be we went with the Featherlite. Sheerly for the price as they were on special offer. The Featherlite is a good description for this hoover. It is extremely lightweight, making it easy to carry up the stairs. We all know how heavy they can be and when it is full of dirt and dust, it increases further.However, it is a very noisy hoover which negates any advantage made... Read review

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