Amazon Basics Upright Bagless Vacuum Cleaner for Carpet and Hard Floors, With Crevice and Upholstery Tools, Detachable Handle, Lightweight (8.4 lbs), 1.7L Dust Cup, 720W, 18ft Cord, Black/White

Best ever. 150/10.
Just buy this dumb thing. It’s cheap. It’s not cute. It’s also actually the best vacuum I’ve used. I THOUGHT my carpets weren’t too bad. See, I’m a rancher, in the middle of the dusty, windy plains of MT, on a gravel road, and we have a cattle. And four dogs. And a couple kitties. And humans who work outside in all weather. I used my expensive vacuum a lot. It died, this was cheap, figured it would be a good fill in temporarily. Uhhh no. The absolute horror show this thing pulls out of my carpets several times a week is terrifying. This thing is AWESOME. It’s light, it went together in like 2 minutes, I can’t seem to clog it and the attachments work wonderfully. It’s super easy to pull apart and clean. I’ve beat it up and it still likes me. It’s been four or five months now and it still works like a beast. I never thought I’d be on here singing praises for a stupid vacuum but just BUY it already.

Up and running (and terrorizing the cat) in no time!
After reading most of the reviews, I knew pretty much what to expect from this vacuum, and it doesn’t disappoint. It was easy to put together, and I was vacuuming just a few moments after I got it. I bought this vacuum because my much more expensive Miele canister vacuum — while it’s well engineered, handles bare floors beautifully and is super quiet — can’t even pick up lint from my wool area rug. So I was looking for an inexpensive, yet effective and lightweight upright vacuum solely for use on my living room area rug. So glad I came across this option, as I really didn’t want to invest a more considerable sum in a vacuum just for use on an area rug. Though it’s now three years old, the rug is still releasing a lot of minuscule wool fibers, and due to the wimpy carpet suction power of the Miele canister vacuum, I was sure the rug was harboring a lot of dust as well.So my requirements for a more powerful vacuum were pretty minimal. I just wanted something fairly compact, but powerful enough to get my area rug clean. The short cord isn’t an issue for me because my area rug isn’t huge, and I don’t intend to use it on my hardwood floors. I don’t mind that it doesn’t have a swivel head because it’s easy enough to maneuver. My area rug is just 9×12, but when I let this little vacuum loose on it, I was impressed to see that the dust cup was full almost immediately, no doubt sucking up three years of the dust and wool bits left behind by my Miele. The rug was noticeably brighter after running this vacuum over it. The dirt receptacle is easy to remove and empty, but I’d never do it indoors — having had a bagless upright vacuum in the past, I quickly realized that no matter how carefully it’s done, emptying it indoors releases dust into the air, so I empty it into a bag outdoors. I miss having an upright with a HEPA filter, but I knew this one didn’t have one, and wouldn’t have expected it at this price. But I’d forgotten what it was like to use a vacuum without a HEPA filter, and was reminded how handy they are because after using this vacuum the first time, I was coughing and the house smelled like dust. But the second time I used it — no doubt because it did such a good job cleaning the rug the first time — it wasn’t an issue.To sum up, I’m impressed at how effectively this well-priced vacuum cleans. I love the size and light weight, and the simplicity of the design, and it’s not as noisy as I expected, after reading other reviews. Having said that, I’ll still only use it when I know my neighbor is at work. Again, I don’t intend to use it on my hardwood floors (I have to get some kind of ROI from my expensive Miele canister, which does a great job on bare floors), so there’s no disappointment in that regard. I’m very happy with this purchase, and I feel so much better knowing that my area rug is now dust free. It will probably still be shedding for months to come, as that’s the nature of tufted wool rugs, but at least I now know that I have a much better tool to deal with it. Another plus is that this compact vacuum takes up very little space in the limited storage area in my flat. All in all, I’m very chuffed with this little powerhouse of a vacuum!