Vax Swift Turbo Cyclonic Bagless Upright Cleaner

As I've mentioned several times in recent reviews just over 18 months ago I moved into my first home. Initially we made do with a very cheap, low powered vacuum that we were kindly given but it wasn't long before the need to repeatedly go over the same area numerous time meant that it just had to go ! We had already decided that we wanted an upright model as we would undoubtedly constantly trip over a cylinder model and we had also pretty much set our sights on a bagless model as these don't loose suction (traditional 'bagged' models loose suction as the bag fills up). Also as our home has ... more

Model VS-193ST I bought this product several years ago and was happy with it despite some features that I found disconcerting. It really gets the job done but is prone to jamming up with hair (we have 3 long haired dogs) and the first you know of it is when the belt breaks. Frequent checks of the brush required to keep things freed up. The air exhausts upwards so I'm often surprised when papers go flying when I get near a desk or table and kitchen towels take off when I passing. The extension hose is too short to get half way up or down the stairs so I wind up having to hold the hoover on a ... more