Hoover EmPower Bagless HEPA Vacuum - Green  Product Reviews

"I'm not impressed with the sucking ability of this vac...it won't even clean my oriental rugs. I'm even more disappointed that I relied on all my fellow reviewers here. Is Hoover doing these ratings?!?!"

"Did not last one year before parts started breaking.......would eat fan belts if you caught the corner of a rug. I was very disappointed and I have always owned Hoovers."

"I research everything before purchasing. This one had high reviews when I bought it ~ 2 years ago. I was fed up with my old Bissell, which had run out of suction and had battle scars from where I had thrown it out of frustration. Somehow we ended up with a flea infestation, for which the best remedy is constant vaccuuming. I was so thrilled with this vaccuum, it literally glided over my carpet, so it did not seem like such a chore to vaccuum the entire house twice a day. I also had to empty the thing after each job, to get rid of the fleas. I take the canister outside and empty it into a trash bag - not a problem. The fleas were gone within a week. Then I used the vaccuum on my van. I live at the coast, and I sucked up a beach full of sand with this thing, and my van looked so clean afterward. I have limited storage space, so I keep this in the corner of my living room with the handle folded down - it's not even noticable. The only drawback is that the handle that holds the extension attachment broke - due to my son snapping it off. Not a big deal, I just store that attachment separately. The only other vaccuum that I considered after my research was the Hoover Windtunnel, but I remembered hearing my sister complaining about hers when it was brand new. I called her to ask about it, and she said she was on her third one after returning the first two right out of the box, and that she hates it. I'm sorry, but I do not remember her specific complaints about the Windtunnel. I am very happy with the EmPower, and highly recommend it."

"I loved this vac when I first got it, light weight, powerful, easy to clean, nice machine. However it started breaking parts one at a time. Belt broke at 1 month, I replaced it, at 2 months the plastic ring that holds the extension pipe broke in half, now I store it separately. Now at 4 months one of the screws that holds the hood on over top of the brush snapped off the plastic piece that holds it in place. Not very mechanical but with this no longer screwed down tight, for some reason brush won't turn on carpets. I now have to replace the entire vac. I'm not a heavy user, I live in a house trailer and normally only vacuum the living room every day. Rest of house once a week. I'm sad to see it go but I won't be buying another one. "