Vacuum Cleaner Reviews

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.