Hoover HFI55

Advantages: Great cleaning quality for such a small compact machine
Disadvantages: Couple of design flaws that just irritate

...A Hoover is a Hoover, is a Hoover - Unless it's a vacuum cleaner of course! Well how many of us incorrectly talk about using a Hoover? When in fact we're just using another Vacuum cleaner - Just one of those idiosyncrasies of life today how a manufacturers name is somehow more associated with the task or appliance being used, rather than its accurate use. However, in this instance I do have a Hoover! A genuine one. A bright blue one! So, how about a little about the company: Hoover began in America, in Ohio. Eventually it established itself in the United Kingdom, and was a major player in the early and mid 1900's dominating the Vacuum cleaning industry. As I've already hinted at, the Hoover became synonymous for vacuum cleaners here in the UK. Although the company is no longer the major seller of Vacuums in the country... Read review

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Advantages: BAGS CAN EASILY BE OBTAINED,LONG LASTING IF REPAIRS ARE CARRIED OUT
Disadvantages: ITS ALL TO AVERAGE!!!

...noticed when compared to a new one. Bags. Bags can be obtained cheaply and easily from any good Hoover specialist. I recently bought a service pack, which includes 8 bags, a filter and a belt for an unbelievably cheap price of £1.00 (usally £9.99 in Comet). The bags are easily fitted and removed literally a 10 second job. Weight. This Hoover is not the heaviest of Hoovers nor is it the lightest so it would score 5/5 here. Someone young and able can quite easily drag it up the stairs but for those old or unfit a lighter Hoover would be required. Ease of use In general this Hoover is very easily used and would need some of the stupidest people to actually make use of the user guide. As no user guide came with the Hoover I cannot remark on the user guide. All the switches are easily laid out. The ones for selecting the type... Read review

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Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Everything about it

...After the sad death of my Dyson and three days without a hoover I was very pleased when a large cardboard box arrived containing my replacement - a Hoover Hurricane 350 series. I couldn't wait to get it open and get at my carpets, so out of the box it came ... eventually! It was quite large, heavy, and black (though at this point my enthusiasm was not to be dampened - I had a new hoover and I was going to like it). A quick read of the instructions - an upright bagless hoover that's easy to empty, a few filters that would need cleaning every so often, but other than that all seemed straightfoward. It has four different settings depending on the length of your carpet, a detachable hose for round the edges and stairs with a selection of brushes that fit into the back of the hoover and can be used on the hose attachment. It also had... Read review

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