8 out of 8 people found this review helpful.
Nothing but a dustbuster with a extenstion..
Date of Review: Dec 28, 2006
The Bottom Line: Do not buy this product, it's the right direction, but the cordless stick vac just isn't there yet. Stick to some of the corded ones with the mile long cords.
When I bought this product from wal-mart, I figured it would work well for cleaning up the hard floor in our kitchen. I have 8 cats and they're all terribly messy with the litter box.
I bought the vac, hooked it up and let it charge. The first charge with it was GREAT. My floors were litterless!
The second charge however was not as good. Much less suction and this time, when I turned off the vac, the litter spilled back out and all over the floor! So I thought to myself, perhaps I should clean everything out. (Not that anyone wants a bag less you have to clean the filter on EVERY use...) but I did it anyway. Pushed the button at the bottom of the filter base, pulled it up and away. Filter is easy to take out, and is in two sections, one inside the other. All it took was a simple spray with the faucet. I let everything dry, reassembled and recharged.
I went to vac again, and nothing, no better than the second time, in fact, worse. Since then, I have to go over the same spot 15 to 20 times to get it to pick up even the lightest of objects, and I have to make sure I don't turn it off before it's over the trash can, or everything it did manage to pick up just dropped on the floor again.
Another bothersome thing about it is the run time. I'm very experienced in hobby grade r/c electric cars and trucks. I have 4200mah stick packs that would together put out 10 plus amps for 15 to 20 minutes at a time, that would still be worlds smaller than the battery pack in this vac. If I were to modify it with one of my trinity or team orion motors, It would perform likely as well as a full sized vac. It can be done and inexpensively. I don't know why the mfg would put such an incapable battery and motor in this unit. In bulk, I bet they could improve the performance of this vac, and only raise the price another 5-10 dollars. If you want a use once.. a disposable vac if you will, go for it.
Bottom line, if you want a reliable use after use vac, do not buy this product.
Also of note: A Hanger should be included in package, the thing tips over with the slightest breeze!
