Eureka Suctionseal Bagless Upright Vacuum, As1101a

I have owned a $300 Hoover self propelled vacuum as well as a below $60 Bissel vacuum. I have to say if I only was worried about vacuuming carpet, hands-down the $59 Bissell power force vacuum is a clear winner. In my previous home that was mostly carpet I could have one on all three floors and they performed spectacularly. Having moved into a home with hardwood floors the Bissell vacuum did little more than spit debris onto my legs as I was vacuuming the wood floors. After studying every option I ended up with this Eureka vacuum cleaner.The only irritation the vacuum has provided, thus far? There is no secondary stop on lowering the vacuum handle. Therefore if you are vacuuming the hardwood floor and want to push down on the handle to lift up the edge of the front of the vacuum cleaner to start vacuuming an area rug, you have to lower the handle nearly to the floor to get the front of the vacuum cleaner to come up. That is very small price to pay for a vacuum that does an amazing job on hardwood floors as well as area rugs. On short (Berber) carpet it does a spectacular job- no complaints at all. The hose is long enough and quite stretchy and allows me to reach just about everything I need to reach.

i can't believe i tried to use this first time it's defective!!!! even i'm not use it!!!! return!!!!!!

I bought this vac because the box stated, "Sucks Better Than Dyson". Well it sucks alright. Three months after I bought this vac, the brush roll spun out completely and had to be replaced. Eureka did good on finding a local store to replace the part for free under warranty. Two months after that, the brush roll drive assembly bearing spun out. Again, Eureka had it fixed locally for free. I should have just dont it myself. The part is not expensive, but a vac should last longer and not have continuous problems. First vac I ever owned that gave me multiple problems in such a short amount of time. I no longer own it.

I randomly ended up buying this vacuum cleaner when my Eureka Airspeed was acting like a failure. I have a cat and as most pet owners will tell you, pet hair wreaks havoc on vacuum cleaners.PROS: HEPA Filter! Automatic cord rewinder. Cleans carpet extremely well. The carpet height adjustor feels sturdy and turns smoothly. There are like 6 adjustment levels in addition to a bare floor setting which was really useful in getting very close to the carpet without getting too close or end up being too far. I think this function goes a long way in allowing this vacuum cleaner to clean carpets so well. I LOVE that there is a button, operable by foot, to turn the brush roll on/off. The knob to switch between floor and tool setting is within arms reach and turns super smoothly and clicks into place. I never liked using vacuum cleaners for hard floors because they cleaned them soo poorly. Standing behind those other vacuums, I could feel the dirt being kicked back at me instead of being sucked up. So my current method of cleaning for hard floors was the rubbermaid reveal. But out of curiosity, seeing how there was a knob to turn the brushroll off, I decided to try the hardfloor setting. It was PATHETIC. Larger pieces of debris that I could clearly see with my eyes were not even touched. I wanted to give it one last try before I chalked this vacuum up as another failure on hard floors. So I changed the height setting to the "low carpet", or lowest carpet setting, the one just before the hardfloor setting, turned the brushroll off, and voila! Immediately I saw the vacuum head drop and get super close to the floor. Now when I vacuumed my tile, everything was being sucked up. Thrilled!!! I decided to give it another test, use it on hardwood floors as this vacuum cleaner claims it is safe for them too. On my dark hardwood floors, every tiny speck of dirt and dust is noticeable. And here I could see even more plainly how well the vacuum picked up everything. In the corners, it would literally draw debris to it, amazing! It picked up all the cat hair very very well. Only a few strands were left behind. Since I have almost 3,000 sqft of hard floors alone, being able to use a vacuum to clean them is such a huge advantage over any other cleaning system. So my satisfaction with this vacuum has literally shot through the roof. To be realistic though, this is a new vacuum, and its performance is at its peak when its new, and will diminish over time. Another important thing I noted, this vacuum does not blow dust out all around me, and at the end of my vacuuming, the vacuum did not have a fine layer of dust on itself, so it seems to not only be removing the dust from the surroundings but keeping it in. Proof was in the debris container.CONS: The debris container fills up fast because this vacuum removes an incredible amount of dust. When I emptied out my other vacuum, I would get mostly balls of debris and little fine dust. With this, the fine dust packs a thick layer at the bottom of the container, underneath the balls of debris. I empty out the container once or twice per room. But emptying out the container this frequently also means I never have to dig stuck debris out by hands. Actually I am very happy it is picking up so much more so emptying container out more frequently, not really a con. Automatic cord rewind feature does not function well all the time. Over a short period of time I absolutely see this problem getting much worse. It is possibly the worst and most cheaply designed feature of this vacuum, but still this is no issue for me since it doesnt save any time or end up being more convenient over manually tying up the cord. With the automatic cord rewinders, you end up spending the time pulling the cord out all the way by hand and save time when winding them back up. When manually tying up cords, you spend the time manually tying them up, and no time unwinding them. So it evens out. Another con is the hose doesnt stretch out much at all so that feature has very limited functionality.

I admit I'm a vacuum snob. For the past two years I've had a HOOVER with all the bells and whistles, but I started looking for a new vacuum because I wanted to try a bag-less one. I bought and returned two HOOVER models, and this week picked up this EUREKA brand at Walmart. It out cleans any of the HOOVER models I tried by a mile, the collection cup is easy to empty (the hoover models were horrible to empty), it is very light weight but has excellent suction. A bonus is that this model also has a retractible cord, which I admit retracts sometimes with a bit of help.This may not mean a lot to most vacuum users, but even the EUREKA packaging was far superior. This EUREKA was packed with care and every piece was protected during shipment. NOT SO with the HOOVERS. They each arrived loose in a box; sections of plastic had severe rub marks on them because the HOOVERs had bounced around inside the box with no protection. To me, even this slight difference makes me confident that if someone took that much care to package the EUREKA, then it might be made with care, and be a well made product. Just my two cents worth.

I bought this vac about 8-10 months ago. The toothed drive belt on the beater bar broke. The belt is a R5M-265-6, accessable by removing 3 flat/phillips screws and a torx screw. I was unable to find the belt at Wal-Mart where the vac was purchased, so I called Eureka customer service at 800-282-2886. The woman at customer service was polite and understood the problem, but I was told the belt is not sold, it is a service center repair only and that I would have to take the vac to a serv ctr for repairs. ??? Drive 30 miles, leave the vac for what, 2-3 weeks, drive back to pick it up - for a belt. She even checked with a supervisor to see if she could sell me a belt, but was not allowed to do so. This is about as dumb as it gets. A simple 2 minute fix would take weeks and a total of 120 miles of driving. Forget it. This is the last Eureka I, or my family, will purchase. What a rip. Belt cost would be what, $3-5? Gas for 120 miles at 3.50/gal with 20mpg, $21, plus 4 hours of my time.