Vacuum Reviews

A Kitchen & Housewares enthusiast from Myrtle Beach, SC comments on the inability to locate this item in the "Real World". I have have to agree!

Recommend:
Order 3-4 sets of 3 (1 a month for the year) to avoid the search again in three months.

The Bissell vacuum works really great but the bags in style #7 are very difficult to find. The bags are expensive and are only half the size of most vacuum cleaner bags. I have had to order replacement bags each time because you can't find them in stores. I would recommend checking into this before purchasing your next vacuum, but if you are like me and already own this type vacuum then Amazon.com has been the only place I have found that carries these bags. I'm very disappointed in the price, the size and the difficulty in obtaining these bags.

Comes with 3 bags. They seem fine to me.

Henry Ford said, "I'll sell a car for $25.00- just give me the parts business." Bissell took a lesson from this- the vaccuum was priced very attractively, and the only bags that fit- cost $...a piece! Brilliant! But I assure you, my next vaccuum will NOT be a Bissell.... by the way, did the other review read more like and advertisement? Think it might have been written by a Bissell employee?

I am NOT a compulsive cleaner (I'd rather do something with the family) so when I DO have the urge to vacuum and dust. I want it to have a lasting effect. This bissell and bag combo does the job and gives me more time with my family! I also like the fact that I can vacuum and vacuum on the same bag until it is completely full. You probably figured out that I don't like changing the bags any more than I like dusting. The annoying dust bunnies are kept at bay with this unit--that is why I feel the extra cost for the bags is well worth the investment. I highly recommend this Bissell vacuum bag.

I bought this thinking yes it is expensive but appears built to last. I also thought for the money it should suck the paint right off the wall when I start it up. To my surprise I found out it can not suck up a lousy screw on the floor. It is very quiet and filter is great. It is a VERY large unit. All I know is my craftsman would out suck this machine. I am planning on sending this unit back unless Dewalt tells me there is something wrong with it?? In the long run I think you are better off going to Lowes or Depot and getting a $ unit.

I'm a big fan of DeWalt products and expected a high quality product. For the most part I was not disappointed. The vacuum's usefulness is limited without the $100 accessory package. Dewalt should adjust the price and include the "accessories" as part of the base product. The accessories are top-notch and turn this into a highly useable tool. Although the hose is two inches in diameter, all the accessories are 1.5 inches. This results in frequent clogs when cleaning up larger pieces of debris. I've found myself having to initially pick out the larger pieces by hand before cleaning up with the vac. I also wasn't impressed with the power. Without having done any scientific measurements, it appear my old $99 craftsman vac can out clean the dewalt. When it comes to noise levels, their claims are accurate. This is a very quite machine. I no longer have to worry about waking the kids when cleaning up after they've gone to sleep. It's also a big machine and is clumsy to move up and down stairs, however the caster system is superior and makes moving it around on a flat surface a breeze. It also is a very stable machine, and is all but impossible to tip over. My old craftsman had difficulty staying upright by comparison.

Overall I'm satisfied with my purchase.

My mother bought this vacuum for me as a gift when my husband and I moved into a carpeted house with our daughter. The past year has been a difficult cleaning one. The carpet in our house is, granted, a bit cheap but the vacuum never seemed to quite get everything....from dirt particles, fuzz to you name it I've pretty much been picking it all up by hand and /or fishing it out of my daughter's mouth. So, all that's to say it wasn't working too well anyway but, adding the stress of shopping for a "perma-filter" pretty much everywhere all week (Menards, Home Depot, Ace, dirt devil's website....) I am exhausted and frustrated. So bizarre that all these places that are more than happy to sell you the vacuum can't see fit to stock the parts. Is this a one time use machine? I didn't know they were making disposable vacuums!! This really shouldn't be this hard-I just want to keep my carpets clean easily for my daughter so I can do something else for a change...
La fin d'histoire....We finally found the filter online at Totalvac.com so I'll get a few more months out of it but I certainly wouldn't recommend it to anyone, especially not a mom/ dad watching little ones. The long and short of it is that it seems seventy dollars doesn't buy much of a vacuum. I appreciate the gesture but kind of wish my mom had held onto that money to contribute to a machine I might actually get some use out of...

I was surprised at it's weight and how powerful it was for it's size. There are a few drawbacks that keep ne from giving a five star rating to this one. The tools while onboard require some manuevering to use them. You don't just lift out the wand, you have to change and connect hoses to the base. As mentioned before in another review the belt is not easy to change. The sweeper does not have a very wide path but has a nice low profile to get under furniture. It is rather loud also. Still a nice buy for the price.

I suppose the most relevant thing to say about this cleaner is that replacement bags for this vacuum are VERY difficult to find even online and are expensive as a result. I had to resort to an eBay auction, which was still cheaper than buying retail, but nonetheless worked out to $3/bag. There is no indicator to tell you how full the bag is, but the machine starts losing suction about half-way full, so if you want a good cleaning you've got to have a fresh bag.

The tools are laughable, particularly the brush: after trying it out on the upholstery, I realized that the debris wasn't making it into the vacuum itself. The tape roller was more effective than the upholstery tools. And it's not an ergonomic machine, either. Changing tools or pulling apart the tubes requires real strength, which makes this machine unsuitable for people with arthritic or impaired grips.

Neither is there a tidy way to store the cord (no brackets or other notches): you just end up winding it around the vacuum.

I loved this little light cannister vacuum.
My first vacuum and I would buy it again

When I first bought this vacuum, it worked pretty well, especially on hardwood and linoleum. On carpet, it did not pick up dog hair or fuzz but did seem to suck up dirt and other particles. As time wore on, however, this vacuum's suction power began to disappear. Now when I vacuum, I have to use the attachments (which actually work great) in order to pick up anything, even on hard surfaces. Last week, the handle broke in half, so I am now on the market for a new vacuum. While this vacuum is inexpensive, lightweight, and effective at first, don't count on using it for longer than 2 years.

I took my Quick Broom with me to college. Graduation is next week and I'm still using my Quick Broom. It's lightweight and stores away easily in my limited student-dwellings. The brush does need frequent cleaning, especially if you have long hair (which I do). Overall, it's great for quick cleanups and best for hard floors.

I bought this vacuum little over a year ago. I was very pleased with it at first, it did a great job. (By the way, the hardwood floor tool came with it when I got it). I love the canister, less strain on your back, and you easily can use the attachments to clean up furniture, stairs, even ceiling fans, it is a lot less restricting than an upright. Not all canisters come with a rotating brush like this one, and it was the perfect vacuum at first. At this time I would have given it 5 stars!

There are a lot of stores that do not carry the bags for this vacuum, I had to look in a few stores to find them.

It did not take long, the full bag indicator stopped working, not to mention that the light bulbs constantly burn out, finally I stopped replacing them. Than the cord did not coil up anymore. The little door for the acessories comes open or loose when you store it upright, and all the tools fall out. Now the suction power is really weak, even though the bag is new and the filter replaced (I checked for other problems, even took it apart to clean around the motor, no other problems found). The vacuum is unable to pick up pet hair from the rugs, and I am looking for a new vacuum. Due to the limited lifetime and all the problems that occured, my satisfaction/ rating has dramatically dropped.

THE VACCUM CLEANER COMES WITHOUT A HARD WOOD FLOOR TOOL, WHILE NOT MENTIONED IN THE DESCRIPTION OF THE VACUUM CLENER, THIS PART IS A STANDARD TOOL IN MOST VACUUM CLEANERS. INSRTUCTIONS GIVE WEBSITE OF HOOVER TO PURCHASE.. DISAPPOINTING AND COSTLY. NOT AVAILABLE THROUGH AMAZON.COM

ELECTRIC CORD DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY RETRACT, AS IS STANDARD IN MOST VACUUM CLEANERS.

DOES A GOOD JOB CLEANING CARPETS, BUT POWER NOZZEL IS VERY NOISY ON HARD WOOR FLOORS. PLEASANTLY LIGHT TO CARRY.

One Problem with this unit is that it can't clean under beds or chairs or tables, so you would need to have Lintek Robo vac or have to move everything. People do that now with regular vacs. Too bad it does not have a smaller robovac with it to clean in those places. People tell me why they like the Roomba or Lintek , Robosweep Robo Vacs is because they clean places they cannot get too. The price looks to be a little high as well. I am disappointed with over all size of vac. I think replacement parts will be very expensive as well. I will stick with my Hoover deep cleaning vac with rinse and the Lintek, Roomba, Robosweep type of vacs for general cleaning. I think the other guy sells Robovacs for Friendly Robotics. Fact is this vac is a surface cleaner like Roomba, so you can get a Roomba and a Hoover Steam vac for less than $400 and $1200 in your pocket or you can get RV400 and Steam vac for $1600 and nothing in your pocket. You will have exact amount of cleaning in both cases, except you will still have the work of moving items with the RV400. Maybe a hernia or pinch nerve in your back. I don't want my Grandmom down in her back, so I will suggest she get a Roomba, lentek , or another brand surface vac.

As an owner of a Friendly Robotics RV400, I can tell you...that this is the absolute best VACUUM on the market today, bar none. Now add the fact that YOU DO NOTHING MORE THAN PUSH A BUTTON AND YOU HAVE TO love that !!! It will take off using an overlapping pattern to maximize coverage as I understand it. It is much smarter than a Roomba or Lentek Intelli-Vac. It can sense if it is on Hardwood or carpet and turn the agitator bar on and off accordingly. I don't think there is a vacuum on the market today that does that! Now add the fact that Hoover Co-Designed the vacuum STRENGTH based on it's uprights....WOW...this little guy can run every single day if you want. Imagine if you ran your vacuum every single day.....that is a whole new level of indoor environmental quality. Good bye SICK house! Here is my best observation yet....IT Removes what you can see (like a roomba) and what you can't see (like,....well like nothing else). Does it go under the bed? NOPE....but really how often do you vacuum under your bed anyway.....once every other month, drag out your heavy piece of junk and vacuum under the bed if you need to. Okay, sorry for the ramblings, but this last guy was just was too blantant in his desire to sell something else, so I had to respond....
Signed,
Very Satisfied Indeed!

Contrary to what other reviewers may say this will not allow you to connect a 1.5" Shop vac hose to a nominal 2.5" outlet found on apower tool. This is because the 2.5" end is the same diameter as the outlet on the power tool and so will not slide into the outlet!
I wish that Dry Vac made such an adapter but I rigged up an adapter from CPVC plumbing parts and, what else, Duct Tape!

The idea is pretty simple - 2.5 inches down to 1.25 inches. You absolutely need this to useShop-Vac 801-89-33 Micro Cleaning Kit. This fits snugly on the end of the hose that came with my Shop-Vac and the micro cleaning kit parts fit snugly into the small end. No annoying falling apart. You can also use this to attach a 1.25 inch hose to the dust port on quite a few power tools.

This is a decent hose...but [would like] something stronger. The hose can slightly crease on my 650 CFM dust collector just above the point where I connect to the inlet. This is definitely one of those overlooked items that you don't want to be cheap on

Not as flexible as some dust collection hose that I have used in the past. Somewhat difficult to get onto the blast gates. 4" clamps just fit to secure.