Advantages: Excellent suction, ease of use, quick emptying dust container, switch brushes on or off easily
Disadvantages: Heavy when complete unit, short hose

...I purchased this vacuum from a local retailer on their recommendation and have been thoroughly pleased with my purchase. After having a well known bagless cleaner previously but not able to afford to replace with the same I considered other options with the thought that a less expensive cleaner would mean compromising in some way. I have found this cleaner to be wonderful. We have two long haired dogs but the cleaner picks up with ease. There is a switch on top of the main body of the machine so easily in reach during cleaning which allows for easy on off control of the brushes for changes in floor surfaces. I originall wondered if the capacity of the dust collection compartment would become a pain as it appeared quite small but again i have been pleasantly surprised to find that with it's simple release i actually don't find... Read review

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Advantages: different settings
Disadvantages: a bit heavy

...this is a great hoover,its designed with pets in mind as it is great at getting all the hair up off floors of all types. I was a little dissapointed at first when i got my hoover in its box as i did'nt realise i would have to put it together myself,but it was really quite easy and had great simple instructions to fit it together. advantages ************* has a setting knob on it witch is for different floor types example- deep carpet,medium carpet,wood&laminate also has a washable filter and is bagless,but the best suprise for me was that i had with my cleaner a spare filter,spare belt and 4 sachets of pet air freshners witch you put in the cleaner.it also has a variable power slide depending on how much power you want your cleaner to use bits and peices ***************** you get all the relative peices for it,hose pipe... Read review

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Advantages: powerful, robust,
Disadvantages: tacky onboard tools, difficult to clean top filter,scratches wood flooring.

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Advantages: Effective and Cheap
Disadvantages: None

...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 both carpets and laminate flooring it needed to have an adjustable head and be relatively powerful as some of the carpets seem to grip fluff as well as, if not better than Velcro. With all this in mind we trawled the standard electrical... Read review

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Advantages: It works really well.
Disadvantages: Its so efficient It needs emptying quite often.

...Swan SU3016 cyclonic upright cleaner. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I bought this vacuum cleaner from my mothers catalogue, It was In the sale for £49 The listed price for It was £69 I like getting a bargain at the best of times and as there was £20 off this cleaner I couldn't resist. My old vacuum just stopped working so I had a browse through the catalogue to see what caught my eye. We have got two dogs and so a bagless cleaner with filters that can be cleaned is the way to go, hairs clogg it all up, I think this Is what happened to my last one. I have to be honest here, I like the colour too. The one I got Is purple and pink and Is very attractive, I know Its only a vacuum cleaner but colour Is Important to me. The other colours are red and blue. When It arrived I unpacked it and the top was sort... Read review

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Advantages: Great attachments, good suction, can hoover the stairs just using the hose.
Disadvantages: Doesn't hold much dust, noisy.

...for some advice and all she said was that the wattage doesn't need to be as high on an upright as a cylinder but still makes a difference and recommended I steer clear of a Dyson as they are not as good in her opinion as they are meant to be. (Just so you know a month ago my Mum bought a Dyson! I know that is exactly what I thought!) I decided on an upright, as it would be better for my back. Yes I suffer like my other halfs Mum, they do say men go for someone like their own mother! I tore a muscle years ago and it still gives me hassle now so the less I aggravate it the better. I decided I wanted above 1800 watts and that it should have a reasonably long hose so I don't have to carry the vacuum itself while I vacuum the stairs. Rather a long list of must haves really. The hoover is purple and silver or titanium as it is called... Read review

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Advantages: Lightweight, nice looking
Disadvantages: Needs a longer tube.

...ProAction Pets bagless upright cleaner. It has a 2 litre capacity 1600 watts 5.2 metre cord 8kg in weight 7 height adjustments, which include turbo brush and a foldable handle. No bags Easy to empty cylinder Price £59.99 I was looking for a hoover that I could use, I suffer with my back and every hoover we have bought has ended up with just husband hovering for one reason or another. I went for this one as it was an upright and says it weighs 8kg. Since buying this i think husband has only had to hoover twice. It is very lightweight, I can actually pick it up by the handle without any problems. First to look at it, it looks very stylish, its silver with a burgundy cylinder. The height is very good for smaller people like me, but not too small for the taller person. The handle has a nice soft rubber grip so it doesn... Read review

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