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Miss S "Miss S" (Tennessee)
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Dirt Devil Power Stick - M084100
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
 Not THAT loud!, January 20, 2009
When I read the reviews I was so confused. All the reviewers gave it one or five stars. A lot of people's main problem was the alleged loudness of the vacuum. I decided I could live with a little noise if the vacuum worked well. I just moved into a house and I plan to replace the carpet with bamboo hardwood. I don't want to have to buy another vacuum if I can avoid it. So needed something that will work on carpet and hardwood. When I got it home, I found it pretty easy to put together. I started it up pretty late at night, though I was a little bit worried that if it really did sound like a jet, as the reviewers had claimed, my neighbors would call the police. But that didn't happen. When I turned it on, guess what? It sounded EXACTLY like a vacuum cleaner! I don't know what people are talking about when they complain of the noise, but I can only think that they had a defective product, it was incorrectly assembled, or they were keeping it snapped in the upright position. It DOES make an ugly noise when upright. But who vacuums in that position anyway? Just turn it off before you put it upright and you won't have a problem.
I also did not have a problem with the fans blowing dirt around. Again for these complaints I suspect an improper assembly or manufacturing defect. Make sure your filter and cup are assembled correctly and pushed in ‘til it clicks.
There are two things that I didn’t like. One, the container is kind of small and fills up quickly, especially if you are cleaning up after a hairy dog. Two, if you have pet hair embedded into the carpet (for example, if said hairy dog loves to roll around on the carpet and it gets pushed down deep in the carpet) it can be hard to get up. What you do in that situation is roll over it slowly a few times. It will eventually come up. You can also get a carpet brush meant for pet hair to loosen it up, then vacuum. It just takes a little time and if you do that once, then keep up with it vacuuming regularly, you won’t have a problem. For hairy dog situations, you also need to check the openings for clogging every now and then. But you should probably do that anyway with any vacuum.
I’ve been using it over six months now and the embedded dog hair is the main problem. But this vacuum was not intended for such issues. It really is more of a sweeper and it works beautifully on tile.
I do recommend this vacuum, especially if you want a multipurpose sweeper for tile or hardwood surfaces. It is a little too light for heavy carpet use. But if you are willing to do a little extra work it should be okay.
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