Hoover U5269-900 EmPower Bagless Upright Vacuum
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Product Details
Manufacturer: HooverBrand: Hoover
Edition: Kitchen
Release Date: 2005-06-15
Model: U5269-900
Color: Calypso Green
Publisher: Hoover
Studio: Hoover
Music Label: Hoover
Product features:
- Bagless upright vacuum with 15-inch cleaning path from Hoover; hush mode available for quiet cleaning
- Teflon-coated HEPA filtration cartridge removes air impurities and allergens; debris collects in removable double-chamber dust cup
- 12-amp motor features push-button power surge for heavy-duty dirt extraction; 5 height settings available for various carpets and floors
- Onboard accessories include hand-held power tool for pet hair and vertical cleaning; with a 31-foot power cord and fold-down handle
- Vacuum weighs 21 pounds upon shipping; 1-year warranty
Description of Hoover U5269-900 EmPower Bagless Upright Vacuum
Hoover EmPower Bagless Upright that puts you in control. The EmPower is quiet when you want it to be and has extra power when you need it.With a custom power boost function for serious matting and soiling, Hoover offers their EmPower bagless vacuum for household cleaning needs. The upright 12-amp vacuum offers two power settings and five height levels to accommodate a wide variety of floor and carpet types, while eradicating both deeply embedded debris and light layers of dust. With a long-lasting HEPA cartridge filter, the vacuum also improves an environment's air quality, stripping away dust mites, ragweed, and most grass pollen. In removing and containing these allergens, the newly vacuumed room provides relief for sufferers of seasonal allergies like hay fever and helps minimize the discomfort for individuals with cat or dog allergies.
To ensure a clean carpet, the 15-inch wide vacuum head features a helpful headlight to illuminate soiled patches. The agitation from the vacuum's brush roll uproots dirt from even the plushest carpet, with the option of the push button power boost for heavy-duty cleaning. To accommodate households with sleeping babies, children at study, or other volume sensitive inhabitants, the EmPower model is endowed with a Hush mode, operating on lower power for quieter maintenance. Debris travels through a Teflon-coated HEPA cartridge filter into a sealed dual-chamber dust cup. The chambers are transparent to allow easy monitoring of the dust cup's fullness. The dust cup detaches from the vacuum body for easy emptying. Vacuum tools and accessories include a powered hand tool for pet hair and stair step cleaning, extension wand, upholstery nozzle, crevice wand, and an extra-reach hose. The vacuum handle folds down for compact storage. The power cord on this vacuum spans 31 feet in distance. For the best results, the HEPA filter should be replaced every three years and should never be washed. Hoover offers a one-year warranty for this item. The pre-assembled vacuum weighs 21 pounds upon shipping. --Jessica Reuling
Tools and Hardware Reviews of Hoover U5269-900 EmPower Bagless Upright Vacuum
Customer Review: Shockingly Good
Summary: 5 Stars
For the price, or for any price, this is a very usable, user friendly, effective vacuum. The suction is good, and is exponentially helped by a nasty vicious torrential spinning beater bar. That thing wacks the heck out of carpets like I've never seen. So much so, in fact, the vacuum pulls itself forward slightly almost as though it were self propelled. I didn't have any "rug burning" issue like one person described.
The unit itself is pretty light. Emptying the dirt bin is not too difficult or painful, but a thorough wet cleaning of the dirt bin (short of the filter) does take some time. I vacuumed my parents house with it after my mom ran her Oreck XL2 (less than 1 year old) and the dirt bin was entirely filled. She was shocked. A good mixture of fibers/fuzz and actual dirt dirt.
Partially because this unit gets under counter edges and under furniture much better than the Oreck. Additionally, the unit seemed more willing to comply and easier to direct where I wanted it to go compared to my mom's Oreck.
I am used to a 10 year old Hoover as the last Hoover I touched, so I was disappointed that the power cable didn't seem more heavy duty, that the wheels weren't a little heavier, and that the plastics weren't thicker. But this is by no means a flimsy vacuum. More light weight, just like cars and everything else these days.
The tools are intelligently placed on the unit. One drawback I found in the beginning was how the stair beater spinner attachment is on the left side of the unit. I kept hitting it with my knee and knocking it off. I learned not to hit it, or could have easily taken it off.
I did notice that when vacuuming someplace for the first time, once the dirt cup gets half full or so, the suction does decrease. As expected, I emptied, and it went right back to normal.
The attachment hose is actually clear when you stretch it out, so you can see if it has a clog in it. Very innovative.
I was not happy that the main unit beater bar does not stop when you convert it to hose mode for using attachments. Not only loud, but annoying. This may or may not be normal with other brands/models, I don't know.
The hush mode really does work, despite others comments here. As someone stated, if you "LOCK ON" the "EXTRA BOOST" then hush doesn't hush at all.
Overall, I am satisfied with this vacuum and would purchase it again. I looked at the walmarts, k marts, sears models, as well as the most highly rated ones on here. I would definitely call this thing a best buy in its price category and possibly a couple tiers above it according to cost.
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Almost 2 years later-- an update-- the unit still works very well but I've found that the bracket that holds the extension wand on the side has cracked from what I'd call not extreme use. Other than this failure, everything else from my review still stands!
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