Hoover Whole House Rewind Bagless Upright Vacuum Cleaner, UH71250

There are many many reasons why I gave this 5 star review (other than weight)
This is now my 5th vacuum since we started trying to find a replacement for my old “Sears Canister” with a steel hose self propelling model, that was so blooming heavy my poor back required a day off after using. I am not joking that model weight 27lbs that had to be dragged behind. Not a good idea if you have serious back pain.What we tried:I tried battery powered vacuums that were great on weight, horrible on battery life that needed 18 hour charge to clean half of a 1250 square foot house (the charge only lasted 20 minutes). It went back.I tried small cup vacuums that boasted easy cleaning, but literally having to dump the cup, which would drop all over the place when trying to empty requiring YOU to lift it out, carry it over to the garbage, etc. You get it. Messy and cleaned ONE room per dump. That went back.We have laminate flooring which is difficult at best and close to impossible to keep clean. It can’t use beaters and even the wheels can cause floor scuffing. Don’t get on me about getting the floors actually “clean” since you can’t use water on them. If we had known, well hindsight is more 20/20 then prior. And when you have throw rugs down, even room size rugs are problematic because NO BEATERS can hit the flooring but required on the rugs to remove dirt, and my husband has severe eczema that runs in his family; he literally “snows” with skin.Outside of a Rainbow, I have yet had a found a vacuum that I truly Love. And if we could have gotten a Rainbow (again, problematic due to laminate flooring, any wet equals ruin) we would have even with the cost factor. However, weight again is a huge consideration and again, having to drag a canister behind, isn’t what was needed.This vacuum (The Wind Tunnel) has met our severe needs!Why it works:–It can clean up little piddly dust off of laminate flooring which is difficult to do. This floor creates static cling which makes everything stick. And it also can pick up bigger chunks without sending them across the floor (another vacuum flaw we encountered at a vacuum store). It cleans edges well which most uprights don’t do that well, but this one works well. And if you need your moulding clean, there’s an attachment that does it well.–It has an “off” beater switch that you can turn off /on with your foot.The attachments actually work and make sense for your needs. They aren’t cheaply built and the bristles on them also are strong enough to use on upholsteries to actually move and pick up hair and dust. And remember me saying about Moulding? It can “do an excellent job” on them as well.–The self winding cord is amazing. It’s so much better than the ratcheted wind which sometimes work, but mostly what it did is crazily wind the cord and hit your feet, your legs in the process. The cord is more than sufficient for its length at 25 feet. It has a cord holder at the top of the back of the machine. It’s a easy fix to a lifelong problem of having to wrap the cord around your neck or shoulders in the process of vacuuming! And not dragging, having to move the cord all over the place in order to vacuum helps when you have body pain and energy requirements.I emptied the barrel after 2 full vacuums. It was needed. It was one handed, after I removed the container. It was easy to do, and the no touch feature was okay. You still have to pull out any heavy pieces like hair, etc with your hands, but that’s okay when you don’t have to dump the whole thing trailing dust as you’re doing it.What is missing:It does NOT have a light. It would have been nice for Hoover to at least include a LED light on the machine for dark areas. It’s a personal pet peeve that many don’t include lights, because it is a weakness.Outside of that point (and it’s not that lightweight), it is less stress on the back and less hard to wrestle with the vacuum to use, making it ideal for us. I hope this review helps others making up their mind. The brands we have had tried included both Bissell, and Shark. The decision to buy this one wasn’t because of its great price (which it is), but because it could do what we needed it to do which is vacuum the floor with less hassle and pain.

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This is the 2nd best vacuum I have ever purchased and the other vacuum I had was also a Hoover but it was from the seventies or eighties and we all know how awesome those were made it was metal this is plasticIt’s very light weight easy to maneuver not totally happy with the suction power of the hand tools which I would expect to be a lot stronger considering it’s a brand new vacuum and the newest release from Hoover but it did the job well.It’s a bit confusing with all the tools having to be put certain places on the machine where it doesn’t seem it should goA problem I have with it is that the cord comes out of one side by pulling it and the button to retract it is on the opposit side of the machine.The newer features on this vacuum are amazing! There is a pedal to step on that will lift the roller up and stop it from moving when using the hand tools! This is nice as it keeps the band from getting hot and so on. Another nice feature is that it will vacuum flat surfaces without a carpet by turning off the roller! No more kicking little pebbles up on our bodies :)Another new feature although it’s the same size the container which collects the debris is smaller in capacity though it’s the same size as the other vacuums! I was surprised at how quickly the debris basket fills up and the 1st time I vacuumed my living Room upon buying this machine I had to empty it 3 or 4 times.One thing I do not like about the newer machines are the hep a filters. It must be cleaned once a month and I handy thing is it has a light that will turn red if it needs to be washed. However the hepa filters need to be replaced in some cases and those things in my environment are probably going to have to be replaced every 3 to 6 months unless though the washable onesIt was very easy to assemble there is one screw which is in the main part of the machine that you remove and you put the handle on and then insert the screw and that’s it! 1 screw and it’s already to play withBe careful with your new machine!The hose does not pull out from the machine to use the hand tools as it has in the past! If you pull on it you will break one of the most handy devices I have ever seen on a vacuum! There is a button or release that you must push to release the hose from the unit in order to use the hand tools! When you put the hose back you will hear it snap back into place unlike their last vacuum that had the hose constantly coming away from the machine on its own. This 1 has a button that you must push to release the hose if you pull it and break it it will not stay in place and you will need a new machineAll in all I find this to be a fantastic Purchase and it is the latest release vacuum Hoover had at the time I purchased it because I went to the Hoover website 1st and then I went to Amazon so I don’t have to pay for shipping. It ended up being the same price that Hoover had it for only I got the benefit of free shipping and it was next day I did not have to wait a week to 10 days like I would have had I purchased this from the Hoover website so kudos to Amazon …Worth every penny! If I were to recommend any vacuum it would be a Hoover always but now it would probably be this model since we can’t get the old one I had that again was made of metal and was like a tank! Be nice if they would update those older ones with the new technology maiden medal it would be worth its money and its the only 1 I could recommend above thisI hope this helps anyone who is looking to purchase a vacuum. Do not go with Bissell! It is a horrible brand and in my opinion it is not worth the money you pay for it like a Hoover is.

Arrived timely. Would definitely deal with again. The vacuum was very easy to put together. Suction power is very good. Can’t believe how much dog hair was in the carpet.

Arrived timely. The vacuum is very easy to put together. Suction power is very good. Does excellent work, really liked it…