Advantages: super clean flat
Disadvantages: accessories a lil too powerful

...Turboforce it is. Eventually got round to buyinh a new vacuum cleaner after many months of my old cleaner smelling like it was going to burst into flames. The Vax v-060c is not too heavy coming in at 6.3kg and the 2000 watts really does make a difference (compared to my previous 1100 watts). As i have not purchased a vacuum cleaner before, i was suprised that you had to assemble various bits and pieces yourself. Im not a manual reader, and usually get by using common sense. However after placing the various pieces in whar looked like the obvious pieces, it fell apart! So i'd advise you look carefully at the manual. Manuals are never the easiest things to read. After the first three pictures, i began to get lost. As far as i know there is one screw which is a spare, although it didn't say the cleaner came with a spare screw... Read review

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Advantages: Good suction
Disadvantages: Too heavy, too loud, too complicated, too orange.

...First let me tell you that I do not like hoovering (or hovering for that matter, thanks a lot spellchecker). It is probably my least favourite of the household chores. So if something makes it easier/faster/miraculously does it for me, I am happy. We bought the Vax V-060 Turboforce (henceforth referred to as the orange thing) because we thought it might do one of those three (well not the last one). I can't exactly remember what I was doing when the orange thing was chosen, but my husband did most of the choosing and the first I really knew about it was the giant parcel that was passed over the wall from next door (the delivery man couldn't work the gate apparently - never happened before or since). The one we bought was a re-conditioned one so I'm not sure if this is standard, but it was only partially assembled. After my husband... Read review

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