Hoover U5175900

Pros: Light-weight, compact, powerful, bagless, affordable

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: This is one powerful vacuum for the price. I highly recommend.

Review: Hoover Widepath Fold-Away Bagless Vacuum, Model U5175-900 I purchased my Hoover Widepath Fold-Away vacuum at Sears, and I couldn't be more pleased with the purchase. The primary criteria I was looking for in a vacuum were low cost, lightweight, ...

Pros: Awesome cleaning power on carpets.

Cons: Bagless design, cleaning tools have weak suction.

The Bottom Line: If you can deal with a bagless vacuum, this is a great machine.

Review: This review is for the U5173-900. First, I will say that this is an excellent vacuum cleaner. I continue to be impressed with it's cleaning ability, even after owning it for a year. When I moved into my apartment the carpets were cleaned with a ...

Pros: Best vacuum for the price! Lightweight and stores away.You can't go wrong with Hoover

Cons: none, best vacuum for the price unless you want to pay $500.00 for a Dyson,

Review: Due to Epinions reviews, we bought this at a great price from Sears and it's by far the best !! Picks up pet hair like you wouldn't believe ! Love it, love it !! Also has a powered attachment for furniture or your car. It's not noisy and I can't say ...

Pros: Great vacuum for the money

Cons: Filter clogs too easily, tools don't star attached to vacuum

The Bottom Line: I would recommend this vacuum to someone who doesn't have lots of money, but wants to get food off their floor.

Review: To start off with, this vacuum is a great bang for the buck. I bought it at Target for $35 on clearance from $70 about one year ago. I am not concerned about air filtration etc, just about getting the food and crumbs off of the floor. It has a great ...

Pros: Pretty light, great for area rugs or easy vacuuming

Cons: Clumsy, cheap plastic that breaks easily, messy to empty

The Bottom Line: A decent cheap vacuum, worth $40 but not more.

Review: I got this at Wmart during the Christmas sale, $40, to replace my old horribly loud vacuum I reviewed earlier. First, this is pretty quiet compared to my old vac. Since my ears are still ringing from my last vac, anything would seem quieter. It's ...

Pros: Inexpensive, compact, hose works great.

Cons: Difficult to clean, messy

Review: I got mine vac at Wal-Mart for the after Thanksgiving day sale. I wanted a bagless vac because it was getting harder and harder to find bags for my vac that was about 8 years old (which still worked great BTW). I didn't use it until February when all of ...

Pros: Handle folds down for easy storage and carrying.

Cons: Too messy to clean filter/canister, tools keep falling off rack when using unit.

Review: The first time I had to empty the dust canister/filter I knew I was going to hate this vacuum cleaner. Not only did dust and dirt billow out everywhere and make another mess to clean, but cleaning the filter, which, ironically is supposed to keep dust ...

Pros: Good suction for 15 minutes.

Cons: Extremely noisy;almost impossible to clean.

Review: This vacuum loses suction after 15 minutes of vacuuming, & then requires 30 or more minutes to clean it. The instructions are to "tap the filter". Ha! 30 minutes of tapping, banging, toothbrushing, & attempting to clear the folds of the filter with a ...