Hoover 5507-900 Elite Auto-Rewind Bagless Upright Vacuum Cleaner
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Hoover 5507-900 Elite Auto-Rewind Bagless Upright Vacuum Cleaner
Customer Review: Beaware of the positive reviews
Summary: 1 Stars
When I got the vacuum I was really pleased with the purchase. It had powerful suction, and very convenient retractable wire. Trouble is it doesn't last. Maybe two months after buying it is stopped sucking in the dirt. Maybe all those positive reviews were left in the first few weeks after purchase. The one year warranty is worthless to me. I'm not going to drag down to some service center, who knows where to have it repaired.Customer Review: Belt Problems
Summary: 3 Stars
It works well but we've had the carpet agitator belt break twice now and that turning out to be very annoying. This is in a period of 1 month over cleaning my room 4 times.Customer Review: Belt broke twice in a row!!
Summary: 2 Stars
Purchased at a store not Amazon. We loved this vaccum at first, good suction, cool rewind feature, good looks, and pretty lightweight compared to our Riccar. You might actually say it sucks a little bit too good because the very first 2 times used, the belt broke because it sucked up things unintentionally and stinky smoke poured out of it which remained in the house for hours!! Once it was a shoe string, and another time a table cloth. At first I blamed myself for vaccuming too close to these items, but one big negative is where the on/off button is located: in the middle of the back of the vaccum so by the time you tilt it forward,(which is counter intuative in a situation like that) to find the button and step on it, it's too late...you're in for a belt repair. Also the agitator brush does not turn off on floor setting (major flaw imho), and you have to bend over or stoop down and push on it hard to turn it to switch to floors. Also noticed when you switch to hand tool and after turning off, stuff that didn't make it to canister pours out. Not very comforting when you go to turn on the vaccum and you find a pile of dirt under it!
This vaccum appears to have good suction but I don't think it has a very good deep into the roots kind of a suction, the power is more in the agitator brush than anything else. I can tell this because it does not leave as dark of a carpet path and fluff up my thick pile carpet compared to my 12 year old Riccar. It just beats the heck out of the top surface which I imagin can't be too good for your carpets.
Overall I don't hate it, but don't love it either. I'd say save your money and get a Riccar or a Sears vaccum which are repairable, and will last for years. This vaccum was just supposed to be a light weight, extra vaccum for the upstairs but turned out to be disappointing for these reasons in addition to the possiblity that it will probably not last more than a couple of years due to the fact that it's not worth repairing if and when it breaks.
Customer Review: Best Vacuum I Ever Owned
Summary: 5 Stars
This vacuum is amazing. I used to hate to vacuum and I have 3 cats. My vacuum before this one used bags and one day it started smoking and died, so I bought this one. I admit I was a little worried because the price was fairly cheap. So I thought it was too good to be true. I was wrong. I am now addicted to vacuuming and I have no problems with it. The suction is great it picks up a lot of animal hair, it is not heavy, and it is the best vacuum I ever purchased. I highly recommend this to anyone.Customer Review: Best Bang for your Buck
Summary: 4 Stars
I was looking for something to keep my mid-sized apartment cleaned, as I am a pretty big neat-freak. This was the perfect buy. The automatic cord-retractor is a great feature, although it wasn't the feature that made me choose to purchase this model, it is definitely something I'm glad it has. It's not too loud, nor too heavy. It's got a very easy to use bagless garbage collection bucket. Limits the amount of dust you put back onto your floor after cleaning it the first time. I love this product and am super happy I got it and at such a great price!