Eureka Pet Lover Oh! Upright Bagless Vacuum, 439AZ
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Product Details
Manufacturer: EurekaBrand: Eureka
Edition: Kitchen
Model: 439AZ
Color: Purple
Publisher: Eureka
Studio: Eureka
Music Label: Eureka
Product features:
- Ideal bagless vacuum for cleaning up after pets
- Removes pet hair from carpets, upholstery, and bare floors
- 12 amps; 20-foot power cord
- Includes crevice tool and pet upholstery brush
- 13 x 15 x 44.5 inches; 11.8 pounds; 1-year warranty
Tools and Hardware Reviews of Eureka Pet Lover Oh! Upright Bagless Vacuum, 439AZ
Customer Review: Great except for the stupid dirt cup & filter's flawed design =(
Summary: 2 Stars
I just got this vacuum, pulled it out of the box and assembled it fine with the instructions provided. Tested it out on the living room area, which is not a very large room and most of it is covered in furniture.
I like:
-the adjustable handle height
-the circular shape of the handle is easy to grab and comfortable
-the cord clip on the handle is nice to have
-the fact that I don't need to push a specific button to recline the unit (just hold the bottom down with your foot and pull the handle back)
-the amount of suction power seems to be okay as far as I can tell
-carpet fibers look groomed after vacuuming
-the fact that it's bagless
-the rubber/nylon bristle combo on the small attachment is kinda cool, would probably do a better job of grabbing fur from furniture and such but I didn't try that or the "power paw" thingy.
-it's fairly lightweight and compact, would probably do a great job on my stairs
-being able to turn off the beater bar is a nice feature
-being able to switch the suction from the bottom to the hose with a switch is nice, but it does that because the hose doesn't connect to the bottom like other vacuums do. So technically my old vacuum had that feature too, just not a switch labeled for that specific purpose.
I don't like:
-the dirt cup's design is the dumbest thing ever! It makes me sad because almost everything else about the vacuum is nice. This vacuum is designed to handle pet fur, but most of the fur sticks to the filter in the top of the cup, and then some of the fur sticks to the rest of the inside of the cup (static?), but due to the tunnel shape of the cup, it's hard to stick your hand in to pull the fur out. You have to dump out the cup, fish out the fur with your hand, then because a bunch of fur sticks to the filter, you have to sit there and pick fur out of the filter. This is after vacuuming ONE AREA, and not very thoroughly either because I was just testing out the vacuum to see how well it worked. I can't sit there and pick the filter clean after every room I vacuum. That is just not realistic. And I have one cocker spaniel who only sheds very mildly, it's not like I have a house full of animals. We just moved in and the people before us had one cat, but they own a cleaning company and the area I just vacuumed did not seem very furry to begin with. So it's not that our carpet is too furry. I'm not being unrealistic in my expectations at all.
-I wish the vacuum had a light on the front so I could see the floor better
-the vacuum does blow the dirt around on bare floor, which is fairly annoying, but I just aimed so it would blow toward the carpet where I could vacuum it up more easily. I wouldn't recommend this vacuum for a house with mostly bare floors, but just for a small amount of bare floor it's tolerable.
-the vacuum does not roll very well at all unless it's reclined. Like it only uses the wheels when it's reclined???? I'm not sure what that's about, just have to recline it to move it to another room I guess.
-I don't want to have to go buying new filters all the time... as fast as the filter got clogged full of crud, I wish I could just put a new filter in after every room, but that's not realistic. My old vacuum I could wash the filters and reuse them, which was fantastic. I never had to buy filters for it ever, and they didn't get as clogged so fast either, and that was in the desert of Phoenix, AZ. I'm in the Midwest now (my beloved old vacuum got left behind in the move, which is why I bought this one) and the filter in this Eureka got full very fast. If I wanted to sit there and pick it clean after every room it would probably last a while, but that's just not gonna happen. And I can't take it into the garage and blow it out with an air compressor after every room either. That's just silly.
I'm taking this back to the store tomorrow. It's a shame too because I read all the reviews and I liked almost everything about the vacuum's features, but everything about the dust cup's design is just anti-functional. I hate giving a negative review, and I wish I didn't have to. I like almost everything else about this vacuum, but the stupid dirt cup is a deal breaker. I need to be able to dump out the cup and move on to the next room. I can't do that with this vacuum. If I wanted to mess around with a bunch of carpet dirt and fur, hunched over a trash can, I would've gotten a bag vacuum. If I didn't have any fur in my house to stick to the filter, maybe it wouldn't be so bad, but it's a "PET LOVER" vacuum that's supposed to be used on furry carpets. How did the designer of the product not notice how dumb the dirt cup and filter are designed?
Lame!!! =( I really wanted to love this vacuum, really wanted to give it more stars, but I just can't. The flawed design of the dirt cup and filter make the whole thing useless.
Description of Eureka Pet Lover Oh! Upright Bagless Vacuum, 439AZ
Powerful 12AMP lightweight bagless upright with charcoal filtration with Odor Absorbing Technology. This powerful lightweight has a two motor system designed to clean carpets and is gentle on bare floors. Suction control system allows user to direct maximum suction for cleaning carpets.Upright Vacuums
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