Refurbished Eureka Boss Upright Vacuum, R4870G
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Manufacturer: EurekaBrand: Eureka
Edition: Kitchen
Model: R4870G
Color: Red
Publisher: Eureka
Studio: Eureka
Music Label: Eureka
Product features:
- True HEPA Filtration
- Motorized Brushroll
- Air Selector Switch for Better Cleaning on Multiple Surfaces
- Deluxe Wide Cleaning path
- 30 Foot Cord
Description of Refurbished Eureka Boss Upright Vacuum, R4870G
Eureka vacuums are designed to clean and protect tile and sealed hardwood floors in your home. They have deluxe bare floor brushes designed to smoothly glide across your floor while picking up more dust and debris in corners and along baseboards than regular models.Let's face it. Most vacuums just don't cut it when it comes to really cleaning a home or office. Pesky pet hair embeds deeper in carpet than traditional vacuums go; bits and pieces of tracked-in dirt and debris hunker down under floor trim just out of reach of the latest brush innovations, rendering us to the silliness of handpicking behind that expensive vacuum, filling our pockets with lint, and wondering-who's really the boss? Troubles like these made the folks at Eureka get down and dirty and, ultimately, design the refurbished Boss Smart-Vac Upright Vacuum.
Offering powerful performance for everyday household cleaning, the Eureka Boss is the solution for people who insist on having a truly clean home. The Boss's Direct Air Control System features an air selector switch that lets you direct all suction either deep into the carpet or to the hose for easy above-the-floor cleaning. The Power Paw brush makes it easy to clean stairs and upholstery, and even claws up embedded pet hair, so Fido can spend more time inside. The motorized brush lets you go from carpet- to bare floor-cleaning with the flick of a switch. The Boss Smart-Vac is powered by a beefy, 12-amp motor that provides plenty of suction power for deep cleaning carpets, and leaves nothing behind on hard floors.
Pretty smart; right? Well, here's the really smart part. The Boss Smart-Vac isn't just the best household carpet- and floor-cleaning vacuum on the market; it's also equipped with a unique, sealed HEPA filtration system that captures 99.97 percent of dust, pollen, allergens, and bacteria. So, vacuuming the house doesn't mean you have to dust afterward, or sneeze while you're doing it. Cleaner carpets and cleaner indoor air at the same time!
Plus, the Boss is loaded with user-friendly features to take the frustration out of vacuuming. A wide cleaning path covers a lot of ground quickly before company comes. And, unlike inferior models, the Boss is designed with a brush-view window that shows you how hard it's working, letting you actually see the powerful brush roller remove dirt from carpets and floors. The exclusive dust trap system captures debris and dust in three stages. A handy stretch hose extends to five times its original length for reaching around furniture and sucking the cobwebs off the ceiling. And, a 30-foot cord won't leave you coming up short. The bare floor brush is designed to smoothly glide across wood and tile floors while picking up more dust and debris in corners and along baseboards than any other model. --Brian Olson
What's in the Box
Upright vacuum, dusting brush, upholstery nozzle, crevice tool, extension wand
Tools and Hardware Reviews of Refurbished Eureka Boss Upright Vacuum, R4870G
Customer Review: Very Nice
Summary: 5 Stars
I received this refurbished vacuum like new in its original box just a few days after ordering, Thanks Amazon.
It seems to work quite well and I am pleased enough with its performance, considerations taken.
Just a couple quirks mentioned in other reviews I though I might clear up.
1) The handle release works a bit different than most. You must push down AND OUT for it to release, and it does require some effort. Once you get used to it it is tolerable.
2) The brush roll switch works quite hard and requires alot of effort to engage however it will not break. Just keep pushing until you hear it click.
3) Make sure the front of the sweeper is lifted off the floor before using the carpet height adjuster.
Now for a few of my own con's:
1) It doesn't seem to vacuum bare floors as well as my Hoover and must be adjusted down very close to the floor.
2) On all floors the unit seems to have weaker suction on the left side, because the vacuum hose comes to the brush area on the right side.
3) When you tilt the front of the sweeper up it seems to lose suction power entirely. It needs to be close to the floor for the floor to seal the vacuum area. Again I beleive this is because the vacuum hose to the brush area is on the right side. And again my old Hoover didn't exhibit this behavior, perhaps from having the source of suction in the center.
4) The three above cons all seem to relate to keeping the front of the sweeper close to the floor surface you are sweeping. The sweeper is very dependant on using the "floor" as a the final part of the vacuum chamber so proper height adjustment and contact to the floor is critical for this sweeper. Why should a sweeper have vacuum when it's not on the floor? Well I am in the habit of lifting the front at the walls to "grab" those little mess' that are up the baseboard a little. My old Hoover grabs them right up. This vacuum doesn't even seem like it is turned on. Also at the transistion of carpet to hard floor there is that ridge at the edge of the carpet that gathers dirt. My Hoover would pick up all but the most stubborn (adhered) dirt there in any direction. This sweeper, as it rolls off the edge of the carpeting loses all suction and is useless here. You have to turn it around and approach these areas form the hard floor side. And then you must go to the hard floor routine with the height adjusted down very close to the floor for adeqaute suction.
5) The sweeper uses a wide brush roll belt which leaves a noticable streak, stripe or blank spot on your carpet to the left side. It seem to me it kind of narrows the "wide path" feature of this vacuum as I have to overlap the path on the next pass to "cover" this streak. And again my old Hoover used a narrower much less intrusive belt that I couldn't "see" in the carpet. And it never broke.
6) The extension hose assembly it difficult to figure out. I suppose time will help here.
7) As I started this review with, the brush roll switch and handle release are indeed to hard to operate.
8) The upolstery noozle does not store securely and has already fallen out of its holder a few times on me.
9) The bag is too small, probably less than half the size of my Hoover. Looks like frequent changes.
10) The HEPA filter discharge blows hair and other light debris "away" from the front of the sweeper before it has a chance to reach the vacuum chamber. There are times you have to "chase" these this type of debris.
Now for the pro's:
1) When the height adjuster is properly adjusted the sweeper does seem to brush my carpet much more vigorously than my Hoover. It does pick up more hair and other hard to pickup items on the carpet. This I think is this sweepers strongest attribute as I don't think the suction is any stonger, if as strong, than my Hoover. I would say that overall it does do a better job of cleaning. It does do a nice job of "grooming" (note con #5).
2) The floor/hose control and the power/on/off switch right up top where they are easy to reach.
3) You can use the hose without the sweeper having to be locked in the upright posisition.
4) You can "meter" the floor/hose control to reduce suction to either the floor or hose.
5) The hose is always attached in place and ready to vacuum, all you need to do is turn the floor/hose vacuum knob. I had to insert this hose into my Hoover.
6) HEPA filter my Hoover didn't have.
7) You can turn the brush off for delicate floors, my Hoover didn't have that option.
One thing I have found in looking at many, if not all, vacuum sweepers is that none are even close to adquate. All having many more con's than pro's, and yes including the likes of Dyson. All you can do is choose one that has the pro's most important to you and con's you can live with. I am really puzzled as to why in todays high tech world no one makes a much more user friendly vacuum. I understand trade-offs, comprimise and such but none of the user design flaws I have seen in vacuum sweepers are necessary. Just some common sense from the designer/s should have averted the vast majority of them. These people need to bring that engineering mind home with them and clean house!
To close, maybe the #1 pro of this sweeper is it's price which has to be considered. And to me at this price I consider this sweeper is a very good performing product that I can live with until someone comes up with that now absent user friendly sweeper.
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