Canister Reviews

I bought this model to try out at home and to use at the local animal shelter where I clean out the cattery once each week. It's a decent vacuum and for the price is a good buy.

The power is good - strong enough to pick up evenly across the width of the floor tool while cutting a swath through dust, dirt, or cat litter. It does have trouble with larger objects - bits of kibble, in my case - but this seems down to the head design. If I take it off, the bare hose sucks up anything I've tried it on.

The tools that come with the machine are not the best designs I've seen. The smooth surface tool has a nice, wide head, but has wheels on it that seemed more of a nuisance than any real use. Relatively soon (I've had it about a month now) one of the wheels fell off and could not be popped back on. That aside, the tool works OK without wheels (hardly any difference) and does not scratch the floor, so it's still usable.

The machine also came with a very interesting-looking device for cleaning carpet, complete with a mechanism designed to spin a small brush. This worked for about five minutes, during which time it was quite effective on our berber rug. It then stopped working and I've been unable to make it work since.

The internal workings seem more robust; it's done a great job handling a lot of pet hair, cat litter, bits of food, heavy dirt, etc. For its size and weight (pleasantly light) it has great power, and I find the filter no real bother to clean. Like any bagless, you do need to be prepared to handle some mess when emptying the dust cup, but it's usually enough just to stick it in a plastic grocery bag and dump the dirt into the bag. Lots cheaper than cleaner bags and handy as well. I'm happy with it and for the price, it's a nice buy.

I never thought I would want a canister vaccuum. My mother had one and the canister would fall over and it was a pain to drag around. But then my husband and I pulled up the rugs and put in hardwood floors and area rugs and it was a pain in the neck to have to dry mop the floor parts and what to use on the carpet? I bought an electric broom, carpet sweeper and a stick vac and none of them did an adequate job. So I read the helpful reviews on here and I got this vaccuum!

And I can not say enough good things about it. It doesn't fall over because the back wheels are huge, they move smoothly to follow you around. the cord is long. It is easy to switch from carpet to bare floor and it comes with a ton of attachments. It easily gets under dressers and into areas that you could never get an upright! You just pick up the hose and put it behind the furniture or lay it down and do under! You can easily do the couch cushions! I will NEVER go back to an upright.

And with this one there are no bags!! The filter is easy to clean! It picks up everything on the first swipe and gets deeply into the thick, plush area rug in our family room! And with two toddlers and two dogs, there are a lot of spills and messes and it works great! I can do my whole house with this one very lightweight, compact, easy to store vaccuum!

I LOVE IT!!!!!!

had a mighty mite for 15 years and its still going. Reason
for purchasing this new model is that going to give the old
mite to a family member to use in there cars. So if the 3690
is anything like the old mite it will be a good vac.

It is confusing searching the net but when went to Eureka sites
some of the models in net are not listed. This led to believe
they were discontinued so again selected the 3690. All that
was listed were 3670, 3690, 3695.

Will follow up once this model arrives

Light and quiet, the Harmony really cleans hardwood floors and area rugs well. We don't have wall-to-wall, but from what I can tell, if you have lots of carpets I would recommend moving up to the Oxygen model. It does not come with a powered carpet attachment. Gotta work a bit to clean carpets - glides easily on hardwood. Stores in small places. Great design and easy to use; instructions are a bit weak. Overall happy, great in a small city house/apartment.

Don't let the size and the weight fool you. The Harmony is powerful for its size. This unit is unbelievably quiet when compared to an upright or other canisters. We have hardwoods throughout and 2 dogs that shed (tumbleweeds)all year round. This vacuum has no problem handling the job. This is a must vacuum for pet owners! The unit does an awesome job of eliminating dust and absolutely no odors from the unit (unlike the bag units). I have never had a vacuum which has made doing carpeted stair cases so easy. I finish in half the time. The tools are easy to switch around. I do agree with the previous review, if you have wall to wall I would suggest the larger unit.

All in all, I am very pleased and have recommended it to several friends and family who will be purchasing the unit soon.

I bought the Pfaltzgraff 4 Piece Canister Set. Survived the journey to Hawaii and arrived in PERFECT condition. Excellent packing. I love the look of these canisters! They add a down-to-earth and sweet charm to my kitchen's decor. However, the canisters do not have rubber seals in the lids and are not airtight. Decorative but not practical for storing food.

A wonderful combination of utility and enhanced decor for a stylish kitchen...ideal for sealing in the crunchy freshness of cookies,chips,pretzels and other treats for the kids...matching planters in the same earthy tones would bring a wiff of the outdoors into your home!!

I have a couple shop vacs in the shop and garage so I'm familiar with their quality. I got this one to walk around the house and clean out the corners; along the side of the fridge; around the fireplace etc. Works great. Picks up little wood chunks around the fireplace just like a shop-vac should - not like an upright which requires major surgery when it breaths in such things. Not as noisy as an upright hoover. The fifty foot cord is more than enough and you really can walk around the house comfortably with the thing on your back. It uses throw-away bags and so far, I haven't been able to find a source (including the shop-vac web site). Assume those will be available soon.

i have travelled far and wide and one thing i do not want by my side is a vac i wish to put one on my back but here in stupid england you have to push and shove, if i had one on my back id walk through town and never look back, they would be stopping me in the street, were did you get that, not a chance not one to be had .had to bye a boreing d-so-. next time i need one i will fly to USA and be sure to make an impact they wont believe there eyes a vac that go,s on the back i wish.

This vacuum is fine for picking up the dirt in a small studio, but don't expect anything more from it. The main problems are by design: It is not very powerful (but adequate for hardwood floors) and because the engine is on the stick you can't reach under beds and sofas. But it does the job nicely in a small place with no rugs.

My apartment has all hardwood floors and I have a very furry dog. This vacuum has made a huge difference in keeping the place clean. It does a great job picking up the long hairs and has been a real time saver. Plus it's hard to go wrong for this price.

I live in a 900 sq. foot apartment with wooden floors and I have two cats. I have spent the past four years trying everything from the traditional (dust mop) to a Black and Decker FloorBuster - and none of them have worked as well as the Bissell Easy Vac Plus. It's powerful, it picks up very well and handles my throw rugs with ease. I finally feel like I'll win the war against the dust bunnies and ever present cat hair ...

shopping for a compact canister vacuum cleaner. The mighty mite has most of the features my wife wants for cleaning the rooms with hardwood floors, under the beds, corners, etc. The Eureka MM will do the job. A decision will be made within the next day of two. Likes the weight and price. Amps not indicated.

We purchased out mighty might when we first married ten years ago. Since then this vacuum has taken care of cobwebs, hardwood floors and everything in between. The vacuum has more than payed for itself. Despite several moves, falls and children- the vacuum still works. We are replacing it now because numerous falls have taken it's wheels and children yanking the cord from the wall have loosened the wires but it still works. Why isn't it available. A+ for the mm vacuum, they have our lifelong business.

I have owned a Eureka Mighty Mite for nearly 15 years. It's been a real workhorse and I have never had a single problem. It's powerful and light. Mine is a little banged up from all the use I've given it, but I don't need a new one. I'm just here to sing its praises. I'm curious to know why the Mighty Mite is not available.

I ordered this Sanyo vac. and it is GREAT!!! And Amazon is great on shipping had it in 2 days.
All web sites need to see how Amazon does business on the Web..
The free shipping was really great and the prices are on the money.
VERY SATISFIED CUSTOMER # 10 in my book...

I don't think you can buy a better vacuum for under $70.This is my third one . The first two lasted over ten years! The clear dust canister is nice ,the size is compact and well designed and suction is great .Attachments work well. The handle is perfect for vacuuming while you carrying.

This is one of the best items I have ever purchased. I also purchased the Sanyo SC-X1000P Powerhead Canister vacuum at my local vac shop. That vacuum is like a rolls-royce at a Ford price... I wish Amazon carried it.

Overall, YES this thing works with Roomba with no doubt! But you gotta consider the price is way to high for just a virtual wall unit.....

I bought the Roomba Elite Pro which includes 2 virtual wall units. They work exactly as advertised. Roomba doesn't go across the wall. I can push my mess to one side of the room, set up this virtual wall, and let Roomba run. When it's done, I push the mess to the other side of the room (which is now clean) and let Roomba clean the other half of the room. I can clean the apartment without having to clean-up first. Now, only if iRobot can come up with something that put stuffs back on the shelves....

One annoying thing is, it doesn't come with the 2 DD batteries required. It's not that expensive to include two cheapo non-alkaline batteries with the unit, consider how expensive they sell this thing for. People don't generally stock DD batteries. When we unpack it, we want to be able to test it out "right away".

I FIND IT WORKS FINE ,AND IT KEEPS THE VACCUM IN THE ROOM,YOU WANT IT TO STAY IN.

I was excited to get a new vacuum after putting up with one on its last legs for awhile. This vacuum is light and quiet and dust free, however the connection to the rug attachment is already broken. It does not get the electrical connection and works off/on and currently all the way off.

I HATE vacuuming because it's so darn noisy! I purchsed this vacuum, because of the "quiet clean" feature, and is it ever! I can carry on a normal conversation while the vacuum is running, and it is quite powerful for a small machine. The vacuum bag is a little small, but other than that I am very please with the performance of this vacuum.

This vacuum is perfect for anyone who lives in a house with stairs -- no more awkwardly struggling to run a heavy upright vacuum across the steps, or worse, making a futile attempt to clean them with a crevice tool.

It is surprisingly lightweight and easy to use. I was afraid that it would not have as much suction as an upright, but found that it has as much or more. This vacuum is also a great value, costing less than half of the Miele, yet providing all the same functionality.

I bought this vacuum based on a recommendation from someone who cleans houses for a living -- she told me it's the strongest, most convenient, and most versatile vacuum she's ever used.

Incredibly loud machine. Which could mean good things in terms of its power, but the way it's built, the exhaust ends up blowing dust around where I'm trying to vacuum, which means you have to go over things twice and even three times, thus defeating the purpose of strong uptake. And the head is a joke: if it's not positioned exactly parallel to the floor, it won't pick everything up.

Finally, what lowers it from a two-star rating to a one-star rating: I haven't been able to find bags for this machine anywhere locally (I live in a large city, and K-Marts and Targets are close by too), nor does Amazon stock them. A real pain. This vacuum is a bust.

I bought this vacuum based on the following:
I am moving into a small apartment and I am a small person. Picking up upright vacuums is strenuous for me, and I didn't want to have to store something the size of an upright. Ideally, I wanted something that can clean all the floors of my apartment, tile and carpet without buying separate units. I was skeptical about buying a vacuum online, but it is from a reputable manufacturer, as my mom's steel olive green Eureka from the 70s continues to work well.

Oddly, I did not find the noise to be a problem, and the attachments stayed in place without any vibrations.

Here are my problems and disappointments with this vacuum:
The vacuum having a "floor brush" is misleading. There are no rotating bristles on this vacuum. While the suction is excellent on this vacuum, without a "brush" I do not feel the vacuum is really getting between the fibers of the carpet, and it is just vacuuming the surface.

The cleaning path of the floor attachment is not full width, it measures approximately 3/4" by 3" in the middle of the attachment. I believe a Black and Decker DustBuster has a larger cleaning path. Therefore, this vacuum does not have suction for the edges of the carpet, or against furniture. You will have to remove the floor attachment and use the nozzle to pick up debris close to baseboards.

Furthermore, it looks like in previous models the floor attachment locked onto the wand, and was released by pushing a button. On this model it does not lock onto the wand and comes off when I push the unit back and forth on a carpeted surface.

As this is a canister vac, sometimes it might bang into an object as it trails behind. The door to the bag chamber opened on me as a result.

The Mighty Mite would be fine if I had mostly barefloors with some small area rugs. Even better solution to this scenario though is the Dirt Devil Powerstick. The triangular floor attachment gets into corners and the suction is along the edges. The Powerstick is smaller and much more maneuverable.

You will cry "Eureka" with delight if you buy this vacuum. Its 9 amps gives you sucking power very nearly equivalent to that of a traditional, full-size machine. Plus, it's very well-thought-out, and with its long hose and lots of attachments, it will take care of 90% of your vacuuming needs.

If you live in an apartment, this is really all you need. The only thing you can't do well or quickly is thick rugs. To do those rugs well, you'll have to get a big, "real" machine that costs three times as much. I'm withholding one star on the Mighty Mite because the vacuum attachment that comes with the machine is basically just a clip-on, and not a real electrified, spinning carpet attachment.

Some people have complained about the noise, but I think it's loud (of course! it's a vacuum!) but nothing at all to be concerned with.

Be careful on the price. I got gouged. Don't pay more than $100 whether you buy online or in a store. It's a great product, but don't get (here comes a pun) suckered.