Name: A. Foster
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Date: 2006-08-19
Customer Rating: -
Summary: Best on cat hair--cleans floors, furniture!
Comment: Wow. All I can say is Wow. I just got this vacuum, based on other good reviews, and it actually exceeds my expectations.
I have a 1-BR apartment, and two cats. The cat hair gets everywhere. I vacuumed all the floors and was impressed with the suction power--I had to actually tug on the handle to get it to come back to me. I noticed afterward that the carpet actually FELT different under my feet, like it had really been deep cleaned. Then, I used the crevice tool to get in all the corners, where all that hair likes to hide--it sucked it all right up. Then, here's the best part. I put the Power Paw rotating-brush-head on the hose, and wiped down all my upholstered furniture. The cat hair came off like magic. I even vacuumed places that didn't look dirty, because with a HEPA filter I knew I was removing cat dander and who knows what else. Even that gross hairy place where the cat sleeps? Clean as a whistle now, in about two seconds. Get this--after vacuuming my small apartment, which I didn't think was even all that dirty, the bag was half full. This vacuum finds the dirt and kills it.
Oh, and it's quiet too, as vacuums go.
The cons are really that it's almost too powerful--the stretch hose doesn't actually stretch that much because the motor sucks it back in so hard. And, it will not vacuum your small throw rugs, it will MURDER them (use the Power Paw and bend over to do them.)
The bottom line is, if you need a vacuum cleaner, you MUST buy this one. You must.
Name: StarNikita
Location: Houston,Tx
Date: 2005-08-27
Customer Rating: -
Summary: My Best Vacuum Ever
Comment: I have a German Shepherd who Sheds Year Round, I brush him every day to every other day and it does not matter, He Sheds! If you have one you know what I mean. I have been researching for a Vacuum for quite sometime because I seriously needed a good one with excellent suction, I was ready to buy the Dyson DC14.
I checked out Consumer Reports and seen that this Eureka Boss 4870 was one of the Best Buys and then seen all the Reviews at a few other sites as well as here and thought on it and decided to save a lot of money and give it a try.
Well I used the stretch hose and dusting brush first and I will tell you this vacuum seriously just about sucked the pictures off my walls. I was shocked. I then went for the big job of vacuuming and WOW! I could not believe how clean the carpet was and how fast it picked up the Dog hair, I didn't have to keep going over the same spot. Great Suction this vacuum has. I am very pleased. Yes the big Lever you step on to pull the handle back is stiff, I use my heel. I figure it will loosen later on.
The Vacuum is no heavier than my old vacuum, so it is no big deal to me. It Gides going forward almost like it is self propelled and then you pull back on it as if it has a stronger suction to the carpet. But it is not hard at all. If this thing broke on me in two years from now I will buy another one. I never thought I could have a great Vacuum for this kind of price.
I give this 5 Stars all the way.
Name: The Lord Reigns
Location: South Carolina
Date: 2005-12-02
Customer Rating: -
Summary: I LOVE THIS VACUUM!!!!
Comment: I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this vacuum!!!! I didn't find it hard to push at all, and it was great at picking up things. It left my floor nice and dirt free. It left my carpet with a nice smell also. I highly recommend this vacuum. I thank all the reviewers who previously reviewed this vacuum. Their reviews were the deciding factor in my choice of this vacuum. I almost bought a Hoover Wind Tunnel but it had terrible reviews. This one had excellent reviews. So don't ever stop taking the time to write reviews, they do help others. Did I say I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this vacuum? Get this vacuum, you won't be disappointed.
Name: Joanna Daneman
Location: Middletown, DE USA
Date: 2006-06-16
Customer Rating: -
Summary: Swept away
Comment: This is our office vacuum; we have low pile office carpet but a lot of dust and paper fragments from the shredder. So we have to vacuum every day.
An upright makes so much sense for an office--no dragging around a cannister. The suction is excellent, which is typical for uprights as well.
The unit features a foam protective filter for the motor, and a HEPA filter, which for us allergic types is a bonus. HEPA's aren't inexpensive to replace (they cost on the order of $20) but they make a big difference in air quality when you clean. You can find anti-allergy bags (which are cloth type fine porous bags.) The unit also has a headlight, which is great to light dark corners (Ooo! We discovered we had an anthill near the back door. That was unpleasant!)
Unlike many inexpensive uprights, you can turn off the carpet beater in the base if you are using the hose attachment. There IS a hose attachment, which is great for corners and cobwebby ceilings. If only the hose were longer or more flexible. The tools are great including a "power paw" for small jobs with the hose as on stairs.
The unit is a bit heavy; I like the competing Oreck for its light weight but it didn't have a hose, so while I use one at home, the Eureka is better for only-can-have-one vacuum for the office. The price is reasonable and it's working out well for our needs.
Name: S. Ye
Location:
Date: 2005-12-29
Customer Rating: -
Summary: Only thing it needs is better instructions!
Comment: Like some other people here, my family was confused as to how to use the bare floor mode since we never really thought to push that switch quite that hard.
So I thought maybe the switch was broken when I flicked it to Bare floor then tested it on the bare floor...only to find that it hadn't done anything (since it hadn't locked in). The noise was pretty horrible from the brushes going nuts on the floor.
Luckily these other reviews have also let me figure out just how to use bare floor mode, so yay to Amazon reviews.
Some of the reviews complain that it's too heavy-the vacuum isn't too heavy, and if you truly think that it's too heavy it might be time to join a gym. However, the high speed spinning of the brushes and the suction do combine to make it SEEM like it's really heavy when you're going backwards on the vacuum since it's trying to claw itself forward.
However, if you read the manual (and I know I'm not the only person here who didn't really read the manual first) it actually does provide a solution to this problem-just drop back the carpet settings until it stops pulling itself quite as hard.
Personally though, I like the pulling feeling-it sounds silly but it's great to FEEL just how powerful this vacuum is, and know that the brushes are going nuts on the carpet cleaning every last bit.
The first time my mother tried to use the vacuum she left it on hose mode but tilted it back. Which apparently made the brush start spinning like it normally would but also made the machine divert the suction to the hose...the resulting mounds of dust that came out of the hallway carpet was literally frightening (my brother was shocked that he had been living with all that dust around). I heard the frightened screams of horror and ran over to find the selector on Hose mode, and once it went into floor mode the vacuum cleaned up the mess easily.
So, to summarize:
1) It's insanely powerful
2) It's not actually that heavy but the insane power makes it feel like it
3) The bare floor selector button needs to be pushed very hard (read the manual first too), so does the button to tilt the vacuum
4) This vacuum basically needs the manual to explain a little better how the bare floor selector button works, and maybe the explanation that you have to push hard on the buttons on this machine.
5) My only real complaint is that the tools don't quite store as nicely as on my old dirt devil (one of the brushes is already somewhat bent due to this-I think someone got confused while trying to store it), and the extra power brush doesn't have a storage place at all on the machine.
Still, you simply can't beat the value of this machine! And the HEPA filter works great as far as I can tell-the air doesn't have a nasty dusty smell anymore!
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