What is the WROST vacuum?

[briankirbyclass]

Hate to say it but, the worst vacuum i ever used was a Hoover Power Drive Dial a Matic. My parents bought it brand new from KMart in 1973,,it was the cream and tan colored one.
The power drive was jerky,and the little button on the handle to hold off the power drive only worked once in awhile.
The suction was terrible, even with a new bag,,and it did not groom the carpet well. It spewed dust like crazy from the exhaust. There was no "edge cleaning",,the suction was so poor it would barely pick up a thread. I kept telling my parents this vacuum was NO GOOD, but they didnt listen.
The little hose from the front to the back was always getting clogged, the bags would burst inside the machine, and when insered in the back, the hose suction was terrible,even on the "High" setting,,even with a new bag.
My mother was using the hose setting to vacuum the couch one day and the machine caught fire and burned a black hole in the carpet. The whole works went out to the curb the next day. Guess we got a lemon?

 

[defrankond]

The worst vacuum ive used

Well first I will say i have not tried nearly as many vacs as ya'll have but the worst one i've used has been a electrolux silverado. to under powered for a tank vac, and a miele white pearle. the vacuum was quiet and cleaned well. just after while it started spewing dust straight up into the air, even with fresh filters and cloth bags.

 

[suckolux]

Hmm, my Silverado has a big set of em, shocked.

 

[vintagecanister]

Electrolux Silverado.........

I have to agree, CJ. My grandmother had purchased a new Silverado.....mid 80's I think. And the matching floor polisher to boot! Grandpa's insurance money was burning holes in her pockets. =0/

I know there are lot of Electrolux fans here. Maybe that's the problem I had. I've had a not so good experience with one machine. Maybe the Silverado wasn't their best and I've set my whole outlook on just one.

I must admit I was comparring my mothers Hoover Dimension 1000 she owned at the time to the Silverado. The Dimension (r.i.p. a year and half ago) sucked the wallpaper right off the walls!

 

[suckolux]

I am flummoxed! Love mine.

 

[electroluxkirby]

EuroPro Shark. I had one about 4 or 5 years ago used it for two or three days, and took it back to Best Buy for a refund! It would overheat after a couple of minutes and shut off. The filter inside the dirt canister wouldn't stay in place.

 

[vintagecanister]

David.....

You are too funny, Mr. Flumoxxed.

CJ and I will be by in the moring to take your Silverado for a test drive. Maybe we did have lemons. =0)

 

[suckolux]

It really is a nice machine, lots of power, one of my favorites.

 

[kenkart]

Dyson..

Lots of power, but dosent have a brush roll worth 2 cents,a worn out Eureka from the 60s will clean rings around it, for a canister,any of the new plastic stuff, if it ain't metal, it ain't a vacuum to me!

 

[joe22]

Dyson..a worn out Eureka from the 60s will clean rings aroun

i could NOT have said it better......thank you

 

[beerad]

ummmmm well, the worst?

ok.. a dirt devil feather lite upright,,,,although it did clean the carpet with its aggressive brush roll....I have not heard such a LOUD and SCREEEEEEEEEAMING vacuum!

Garbage!

 

[jcste09]

most stick vacs in general

except the one I got at Lowe's from Electrolux. That was actually decent. The downright worst vac I have ever used was a red Dirt Devil Swivel Glide MVP. The casters kept coming off and if I recall correctly, the motor burned up within 2 months of my mom purchasing it from WalMart. They actually took it back and she got a maroon Hoover Convertible at Target (Elite hard cover but was maroon and said convertible).

 

[tolivac]

Dirt Devil Featherlights have been known to go up in flames and smoke-they have aluminum windings in their motors-saw several of these burnt up at the Vacuum Cleaner Hospital-in the dumpster.

 

[tolivac]

It seems the brushrolls in Dysons are useless or too aggressive-they pull out the carpet knap.-could this be used as a floor sander?The Dysons I have-a "Ball" and a DC07-the 07 beater bar is USELESS-nothing.the one in the Ball is better.

 

[sudsmaster]

A mid-80's red plastic Hoover bagged upright my brother bought our Mom. He said he paid a lot of money for it, but it's a POS in my opinion. Falls apart if you look at it wrong. I donated it to Goodwill last year.

 

[joe22]

brushrolls in Dysons are useless

i could not have said it BETTER, thank you

 

[sebox4]

brushrolls in Dysons are useless

Thats a bit of a sweeping statement...

To some extent I would agree with you, if you are reffering to the helix brush roll, I'm not overly keen on that one, but Dyson use more than one style of brush roll, and the helix one does seem to be the least effective of the bunch.

Matt

 

[tolivac]

Yes,its the helix one(07).The brushroll in my "Ball" model is diffrent.and its better.

 

[edgar]

a miele art

That would have to be a Miele art. I do like Miele a lot but this model is crap.

 

[jfalberti]

For me the worst is

This Kenmore bagless POS. Dirt container is too small and the filter plugs up after just a few minutes. This is a stock picture of it, but I have it and have only used it two or three times.