Wow!
Let's all slam the small guy! Euro-Pro has made some pure garbage, for sure. However, the Lift Away is FAR from garbage!
I bought my first one over a year ago. Mike's cousin now has that machine, and it's still going strong. She LOVES that machine! How much? Well... her parents & one cousin now own one as well, and they ALL LOVE this machine! My one cousin bought one, and guess what... SHE LOVES IT! Mike & I bought another one and WE LOVE IT!
We did a test in the living room: NEW Dyson DC26 "City" vs. Kirby Ultimate G Diamond vs. Navigator Lift Away... Guess which one was STILL sucking up dirt at the end of the test. Hint: it wasn't the Dyson. Even after the Dyson appeared to do all it could, we still ran the Kirby over the area several passes. The Shark was STILL pulling up dirt.
We got a new Dyson DC28 - $400. We ran it over a spot in the living room, and NOTHING was in the dust bin. So, we pulled out the Lift Away, and ran it over the same area. The SHARK sucked up dirt, that the Dyson, apparently, couldn't get. The Dyson was boxed up and RETURNED immediately. It was a $400 JOKE!
If you want to bash a company for false promises, you need to start looking at Dyson. At $400 each, the DC26 and DC28 are the biggest jokes to hit the market - trying to get a free ride on the Dyson image.
Did I mention the DC28 had to go in for repair the first week we had it for a failed power nozzle? Yeah... 2 weeks later it was fixed. Dyson service isn't exactly great, either.
The proof is in the dust bin, folks. Considering we got our new Lift Away for under $150 (!!), we'll take the Shark ANY DAY for the money!