The Hoover Platinum Lightweights will run away on you, too. Had one of those for a little while, and it was annoying if you had to stop vacuuming and move something out of the way.
I have let one of my Simplicity Freedom vacs and it ran away and crashed into the far wall at the end of the hall!Neither the wall or vacuum was damaged!My cordless ones the same but not as fast.At least you can grad it before it gets away!
Oh I need to try this with my Hoover Windtunnel! That thing must have enough torque to pull a trailer. The power drive handle is really on a hair trigger, just one slight push on it, and the vacuum will take off!