Hoover Tempo Widepath Upright Vacuum, Bagged
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Hoover Tempo Widepath Upright Vacuum, Bagged
Customer Review: A great vacuum--an annoying front panel
Summary: 4 Stars
I was amazed at the amount of suction this vacuum has! It does a fantastic job. Its lightweight, compared to my old vacuum. The onboard tools make it so easy to do detailed cleaning. My only complaint is that the the front panel (which covers the vacuum bag) seems to fall off easily, except during vacuuming; then there is enough suction to pull the front panel down tight. Several times as soon as I turned the vacuum off, the front panel popped off too. That was annoying. I was able to secure it with a little piece of black tape--it was enough to hold things in place. Other than that, I really like this vacuum.Customer Review: A great value !
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of the best values in a vacuum cleaner. I've absolutely HAD IT with the bagless varieties. I've burned out (and thrown away) so many of those just in the last 5 years.
This little jewel is perfect for my apartment, and it's not expensive.
Customer Review: A great value for my needs.
Summary: 4 Stars
As a property manager and an apartment dweller with wall to wall, I was excited at the revolution of bagless vacuums. My two purchases, one each from Sears and Costco both lead me to heavy, dusty, clogged up machines that both really dissapointed. The Hoover Tempo Widepath, in contrast has been lightweight, clean, and relatively 'fun' to use; and the price was super. The reasons for not giving it a five star review: The cord is a few feet shorter than my previous; the bag is physically akward to replace; I would have happily paid ten dollars more for a beater-brush shut-off switch, which I do wish for when working on furniture and other details. I would recommend this model to anyone who has mainly carpeted areas and doesn't mind moving the cord from one outlet to another.Customer Review: A little better engineering, please
Summary: 4 Stars
The vacuum appears to work well, but my initial impression was that the vacuum and the package it came in were hastily engineered.
The box arrived with a lot of things rattling around inside - like two bolts and one nut that were supposed to be in a small plastic bag taped to the bag door. The bag wasn't torn, so maybe the packer just threw them in the box. One of the nuts escaped in transit, the other was hiding under a flap in the bottom of the box.
Cord storage is poorly thought out. Very cumbersome and the clip on the plug is too small to fit over the electric cord. The manual talks about a feature called DirtFINDER which doesn't exist. My guess is that later versions of this model removed it to save a few pennies. Likely the cord was replaced with a thicker one and nobody re-engineered the plug clip.
As others have noted, the on/off switch is well out of reach down on the bag door. This was probably a compromise that allowed the handle to be detached for shipping, but a better solution would have been a foot switch.
But it works and has a bag. I've discarded two Kenmore bagless because they clogged up with dirt somewhere down in the motor housing and lost suction. The first one lasted a few months until Christmas tree needles destroyed it. The second one (a gift, needless to say) lasted about two years.
I hope this vacuum lasts me a long time, but if not, I'll buy another bagged vacuum in the future.
Customer Review: A little disappointed
Summary: 3 Stars
I had already purchased another Widepath, and was extremely happy with it. I own a motel, so I purchased a new one as the first one got so much use. This one had a part broken off when I opened the box and doesn't seem to be as good as the first one: it has great suction but blows a lot of the dirt back out onto my feet and I can't figure out why. Maybe I just got a dud as these are wonderful vacuums ordinarily. I still think it's better than the way-more expensive Oreck, however.