I bought this PowerMax upright brand new back at Costco shortly after we had just bought our first new house. I had secretly wanted one sooo bad (didn't want people to know I had a vacuum fetish) but they were quite expensive at the time considering. Anyways that one day in Costco there they were, somewhat less expensive so I caved in and bought it. I love it. It was my daily driver up until about 2 years ago when I started collecting all these other vacuums. It's arguably the best upright vacuum cleaner Hoover has ever made I think. Basically it's a Concept One without the cord retractor but has the added bonus of on board tools (metal wands) a sliding power switch, a fragance tab holder, and a "power surge" position on the on/off switch, plus an extra long power cord and an extra stretchy hose. An added plus is that the hose stays connected to the vac and activates when the handle is in the fully upright position. The one fault is it's a tad noisy on high so I use it mostly on low. Nothing cleans dog hair infested carpeting better than this, or a Concept One.
