Dirt Devil Featherlite Bagless/Featherlite Vision/Vision lite

[hoover300]

Wow, I can't believe these are almost able to be in the vintage section.
Below are my two Swivel glide Featherlites, one is called the "Bagless" and the other the "Vision". I have seen many colors of these, including the red and green ones. There is also a Vision Lite, which has a smaller bumper, but is otherwise identical to the Featherlite Vision. There are some small differences between the two below, but are pretty much the same.

What are yall's experiences with these? They seem pretty good to me, but the parts mostly being NLA is a pretty big downside.

Also, my apologies if the photo is sideways, not sure whats up with that.

 

[hooverman99]

From all the dirt devil bagless's they offered this is the only good one, they feel more robust then the original full size visions which I barley seen a good condition one. And they clean so much better then any of the other bagless dirt devils even the bagged swivel glide. The only bad part about them is that those paper filters are a pain to clean but that goes for any bagless with a filter in the dirt cup and these don't usually clog that quickly as others. In short I don't mind picking one or two of them.

 

[huskyvacs]

I always thought it was kind of quirky with the swivel caster wheels at the back in place of normal fixed wheels.

 

[lesinutah]

Stuck

There cheaply built vacuums. Its like the late 90's heavy plastic meet 2010 and newer bagless combined. They average vacuum it's just these models weren't engineered like the 1990s dirt devils.
I do like the brand but not impressed with these.
Les

 

[regularrett69]

Eh

These models are something I've been wanting to try. They aren't collectible enough for me to want to go and buy one. They are all over my local OfferUp. I'd say this is definetley not Dirt Devils best bagless though. That award goes to the Cruiser, which has multiple names which are: Power Streak, Platinum Force self propelled, Vision self propelled, Outlast, and just plain Cruiser. I just got a Platinum force self propelled version, and it's EXCELLENT. But I'd also have to try one of those Vision Lite's.

Thanks, Garrett

 

[panasonicvac]

These were definitely one of the better Dirt Devils'. Performance, quality, reliability, and even the filtration these were surprisingly good for the money. I'm also impressed that these even have a dial to switch the suction from either to carpets or the hose which I really do like. And not to mention that these were assembled in the states at the time.

I really do like my Vision which was one of Dirt Devil's top of the line bagless uprights at the time when they were sold along with the Featherlites and also one of the best bagless uprights that I've ever used. But if I were to go back and choose whatever bagless vacuum I'd want from Dirt Devil, I'd go for one of these Featherlite models instead (Preferably the ones with the manual height adjuster).