Eureka 169J 2-in-1 Quick-Up Bagless Stick Vacuum Cleaner for Bare Floors and Rugs, Red

In spite of this very reasonable price this is not a crappy stick vacuum like you would buy from dirt devil. This is a very serious light duty vacuum.This is the ONLY light duty vacuum cleaner you should ever buy if you have pets.It is lightweight picks up as much as many large vacuums. The powered brush roll is fantastic. The dust cup is red clear heavy duty semi flexible polycarbonate not cheap hard plexiglass.Meaning it will not shatter from age or a minor drop.The cord is maddening because it has no place on the handle to secure it so you have to hold it. The handle needs to have a spot of school glue in the threads during assembly or the screw will back out. My first quick up, the yellow model, lasted 10 years of daily use.Clean the dust cup every time, make sure the brush is cleaned of hair every time. Wash out the filter with warm soapy water and a sprinkle of baking soda to kill any odors, once a month and be sure it is dry before putting it back in and you are good to go. This one is really improved over the old clear quickups as it has a solid heavy black cover over the brushroll so you don't have to look at the ugly scratched plexiglass on it. t is also more balanced so it does not rattle when it runs.This is absolutely NOT a wet vacuum. As with all inline turbine motors running it across wet areas will burn out the motor. This is the traditional heavy duty Eureka inline turbine. Making sure it is dumped every time decreases the chances of it over heating and going out before it's time.Cleaning the brushroll also makes sure that your life time belt is not over taxed or the roller motor made to burn out. Rule of law in lower priced cleaners Eureka for vacuums, you pay a small amount more up front but it lasts 100 percent longer. And for anything wet like carpet deep cleaners buy only Bissel. NEVER buy ANYTHING cordless.

The media could not be loaded. I bought this from Walmart back in August 2016. Liked it so much I bought a 2nd one in November 2016. And a third from Amazon for my dad's beach house in March 2018 (He loves it!). One from 2016 broke from user error. Not sure what they did. I think the rubber came off. It's an important piece. Anywho my original one chugs on and it's taken on a lot of hard use. 3 kids. 3 cats. A bunny. My floors are constantly a nightmare. I had a Hoover pet. I guess technically I still do, but since I bought it last Black Friday it's literally caput on me like 3 times. It's had to be completely taken apart and hose unclogged, got frustrated and broke the handle off by accident where it dumps from. My Eureka has fantastic suction, even when the brush collects enough fluff and string to build a complete bird's nest the brush keeps spinning so when I do get around to picking the crap out it's pretty full up, I just don't notice right away because the performance is so flawless. It is a Quick* up so after one bad room you need to empty and keep on. Obviously if the container is full it won't be able to continue picking up. Also I rinse mine at the end of using, not each time I dump it, but when I've vaccumed everything I wanted I rinse the filter and container and let it sit out to dry. It's lasted me over 3 years now and the one with all the parts intact works just as good as the day I got it. Not bad for under $30.. Especially when I wasted over $100 on a stupid full size that couldn't even make it half way though one year! So give that some thought. You could have 3-4 of these or one sh*tty full size. One Eureka for each level of your house. Though one should probably be that new blaze since this one doesn't have a crevice tool and can't get the stuff between the carpet & wall. So since writing my original review my cousin had asked me recommendations for a small vaccuum and I immediately recommended this and her and her husband loved it so much it caught on with my mom and she just recently bought one too. It looks like this amazing little stick vaccuum has become a family affair!

I like to vacuum every day. Country house! I have a few area rugs, but otherwise it is all hardwood/linoleum. This is by far the best pick up vacuum I have EVER used on bare floors. Very nice on the edges too, which is an issue. I would give it a five stars across the board, except that the cord is too short, although the cord does appear to be high quality. I will use it with a high end extension cord. Very light and very functional, great for under bed/other furniture. Head goes flat so it's easy to get anywhere. Works quite well as a hand vac too.On these types of vacuums, you have to brush off the dust filter after each use. For some that might be an irritant, so be warned. Also, if you buy the vacuum you will want to buy extra filters for it. The filter can be washed (very gently), but inevitably will wear (but the filtration is excellent). For me, the extra daily minute spent brushing off the filter is nothing compared with the extra ten minutes spent re-vacuuming to pick up the stuff kicked around instead of picked up with my current Eureka. It's surprisingly hard to find a vacuum that is excellent on bare floors.