worst vacuum

[fantomfan]

hey guy's, i'm just wondering what you guys think is the worst vacuum you ever used. Mine is probably either the red kenmore quick clean, or the fantom thunderbolt.

 

[super-sweeper]

Dyson DC07

Likely,It fell apart,Carry handle snapped,Suction hose snapped,Blah blah blah

Another,Shark Vac&Steam,VERY loud to the point the vacuum function is useless.

 

[fantomfan]

yea

My dyson experience wasn't as bad, but I still am not a fan of them, shark products don't seem to do well with me either......

 

[director12]

I wish Shark went out of business.

 

[kirbyeureka95]

almost any of the...

under $100 bagless big-box vacs, whether it be a dirt devil, eureka, bissell, or otherwise.

 

[sbakerde]

Dyson

I received a DC07 as a christmas gift about 5 years ago. At first it was a nice vacuum. Then I noticed all the leaks due to the bagless design. And after moving from a home that was mostly wood floor to a home with almost all carpet i realized it really didn't pick up worth anything on carpeting. The suction was good and hose was nice and long but over all a $400 disappointment. I honestly have to say I found the cheapest hoover at wally world did a better job than the Dyson. Go Hoover!

I have also tried the Dyson Ball in my home and from what I saw that vacuum was an expensive toy. It didn't pick up half as much as the old DC07.

 

[blackheart]

The Maxima!

Also referred to on here as the Minima a few times, by who i do not recall. That filter clogs rapidly and the airflow drops to next to nothing.

 

[mr_mom]

for me

it was the Kenmore wispertone upright i bought this at sears it worked fine so i take it in to get looked at because something wasn't right so it was done so i go pick it up and it still wasn't right another trip back to sears and i go to pick it up and took it home it was working good. so the next day i had family coming over so i didn't have it on more then five minutes and the next thing i know its on fire so threw it out the door and got the hose out and put it out that was my first and last Kenmore upright i ever got the whole left side was melted

 

[kirbyvertibles]

I have to say the Fantom fury was the worst vacuum I ever used.

 

[vacuumfreak95]

Dirt Devil Feather Lite and Oreck.

The worst vacuum I ever used was a Clean air Dirt Devil Feather Lite Bagged. There was NO SUCTION AT ALL! I wouldn't even call it a vacuum cleaner more like a push sweeper..... I also don't care for Oreck's! All they are is a dust buster with a handle.

 

[tolivac]

My most hated vacuum was a Mastercraft vacuum bought from a janitor supply for a radio station.A salesman recommended it.Was made by Premier-plastic body upright with a weird stampted,welded steel fan.The fan in that thing broke a couple times picking up a small screw.And the fan blade broke the plastic body.Was able to get another base from a vacuum place--the person at the vac place says"Oh you have one of those things,too!"The machine was noisey,vibrated a lot,and was clunky.Ordered a Royal upright vacuum for the station from another supplier---MUCH BETTER!!!The Premier-Mastercarft vacuum met a pressing,crushing death in the back of a EZ-Pack RL trash truck-it was crushed to plastic schrapnel!!Didn't collect vacs at that time-but was glad to see the horrible Mastercraft go!I do have the bag from it somewhere--don't know why I saved it.black color.

 

[markus79]

Miele Art

I think Miele Art would be my worst vacuum=)
It is so difficult to vacuum with that.

Best Regards
Markus

 

[super-sweeper]

ToliVac,

Can you find the bag to take a picture?

Also,I would like to nominate the Dirt Devil featherlite bagless!The filter was right inside the bin!How horrible!I havn't got to try the new cyclonic ones,But i'm sure it's a HUGE improvement over their older design!
The 90's dirt devils aren't to bad at all,A little loud but O.K Performers,I really liked their broom vac,The old one of course,The newer "Broom with a fan" Models sucked in the bad way!
Fantoms are VERY good vacuums,Atleast in my view.Just don't go sucking up fine powders and clumps of crap,You'll see why.We had 2 fantoms burn up do to fine carpet freshener crap.

-Alex.

 

[director12]

The Miele Art is a horrible machine.

 

[sebo_fan]

My recently purchased Starlyf cyclonic upright - see the other thread just posted!

Before that, I'd probably say the worst upright I've had the displeasure of using is either the Hoover Purepower uprights and Morphy Richards' early bagless uprights, which the U.S may well have got under a different brand name - one of them I hated was the 73365 2000 watt Pets upright - naff plastic, useless filter design and the floor dial had to be taken off to get the hood open, eventually snapping off and made it worse to push than it already was!

 

[kirbylux77]

Ryan

That Starlyf upright vacuum you posted was also sold in Canada & America as the Shark Roadster upright vacuum. Total piece of GARBAGE! The filter is separated from the bin, which would SEEM like a good thing....except the filter is so pathetically small, it clogs with dust almost instantly! A classic example of "what were they thinking?!" when they designed this horrible cleaner.

Now, having said that, there was a bagged version of this upright vacuum with a HEPA filter on the front that wasn't too bad, but the bagless one is much more commonly seen.

Rob

 

[director12]

The Roadster is poor.

 

[sebo_fan]

Rob - interesting info there regarding the HEPA filter on the bagless Starlyf - but I must say it isn't any different to the ones that AEG/Electrolux fit on their Ergorapido stick vacuums - in so far as the design of a tiny paper pleated cone filter with a slide out mesh filter on the outside of it.

TBH if the bagged upright version of the Starlyf still has that silly, permanently opened air exhaust grill at the back, there wouldn't be much of a difference to either.

 

[gsheen]

Out of vacuums I have seen in my workshop any shark vacuum what junk. 


 


Out of vacuums that i have bought myself my worst vacuum was a Hoover shopvac , Its filter didn't fit on properly and it blew out more dust than is kept in , what a piece of junk 

 

[vacu-finder]

mr_mom

The Vac fire had to be something a Vacuum tech over looked ,never had that problem before. The whispertone is a very simple vac, easy to work on and service.
A very strange occurrence indeed..!
But nevertheless i would still buy one.

 

[mr_mom]

vacu-finder

i had it in nonstop when i fist took it in and after that it went all down hill and the only kenmore i bought after that was two years ago was the canister and the only kenmore i have is a heave duty twin fan and the canister and a quick reel and nice pic of the power center always wanted one im gonna keep on looking for one

 

[vacuumman206]

worst vacuum ever used

the worst vacuum I've ever used was a dirt devil swivel glide/vision. I have never had one of those actually do a decent job on any surface with anything being picked up. runner up on that list is the electrolux pronto stick vac. it was flimsy and bounced all over the place getting nothing done.

 

[tolivac]

Don't have a camera-and I would have to find what box the bag is still packed in after several moves from that time.This Mastercraft vac was from almost 35 years ago!Guess its similar to some of the GE designs that are seen-the plastic base ones.They have the two switches on the base-one for height-other for hose or floor.I think there was a hose insert opening somewhere on the back or side of the base.Never tried the hose-didn't have it.And I masy not be sure I have the bag-just remember it was black in color and Had "Mastercraft" on it-was a zipper bag-think it used paper bags sort of like F&G ones.-or a cloth bag that fit inside.

 

[sebo_fan]

Rob I'm a bit confused, the photo of the Starlyf I've supplied on the other thread is totally different to the Shark Roadster you speak of  - maybe you are referring to the Morphy Richards upright photo I added. I also had one of these Roadster models under the Morphy Richards name, the 73310 - MR made about three of them with either 1400, 1500 or 1600 watt motors. Noisy, heavy and again suffering from the naff height control dial liable to snap as other MR models.


 


I'm beginning to wonder if Shark are just a trader company - having looked at SA Google, it seems Shark are now producing Gtech cordless carpet sweepers too.


 


 

 

[durango159]

RUN for your lives its the dust blowing Eureka Power Plus!

Eureka Power Plus/ Maxima. Bagged or bagless versions, they're just awful. Never used one long enough to have it fully break or smoke, but from the experience I had, even replacing a belt would seem like a waste of money for these pieces of S***!!! Awful sounding, leaking all over, poor airflow, full of clogs. I think I hate the noise the most though. All of the bagged ones make this obnoxious hiss from leaking air and squeal from motor. I've used several, one practically brand new out of the box--just awful, awful!
The bagless is too messy with filter directly in the dirt cup, and it spews dirt all over the machine and in the air!!

Save your sanity!! Don't walk away from these machines but SPRINT!!!!

 

[director12]

Well the bagged versions are for those who have allergies. Instead of a Maxima, I have a Powerforce Turbo.

 

[eurekastar]

The worst vacuum I've ever owned is an Electrolux Oxygen canister.  The wands shorted out three different times during the warranty period.  I've heard of people having trouble getting them serviced.  But all I did was call Electrolux and they sent out new wands each time.  I suspect that was a big problem, because they did it without asking questions.  It would have been a great vacuum if it hadn't been for the weak wand connections. 

 

[tolivac]

Other Oxygen vacuum problems as observed at the vacuum shops near me---Besides the wands-blown circuit boards in both the canisters and upright.The large rear wheels on the uprights broke all of the time.and last but not least--the motors in the canisters fly apart like an airplane engine in a test stand.The place was also a warrantee station for these machines.Afterwhile-he quit working on the machines and trying to fix them-instead the vac shop told the customer to take the blown vacuum back to Lowes(where most came from) and get a refund-then use the refund money towards a better vacuum.and have seen these in the waiting to go to the dumpster piles.the vac shop operator no longer wanted to fix these machines becuase "Electrolux" didn't want to pay but so much for repairs-the machines were labor intensive to repair.Electrolux did supply the parts-lots of boards,wands,and motors.

 

[director12]

Well, you might say it's a throw-away machine.