Eureka 8802AVZ Capture Bagless Upright Vacuum Cleaner

• Bagless upright vacuum cleaner with 12 amps of power
• Dual-powered edge cleaners; cleaning brush with Riser Visor
• Electrostatically charged, high-tech, telescopic, self-cleaning duster
• EZ Roll wheels won't scratch floors; looped handle offers a comfortable grip
• Measures 15 by 13 by 43-1/2 inches; 1-year limited warranty

8802AVZ CAPTURE BAGLESS:
WORKED GREAT THE FIRST 4 MONTHS WITH AVERAGE USE. AFTER THAT, NOTICED A LOUDER THAN NORMAL NOISE TO WAKE THE DEAD. THE ADJUSTMENT FOR CARPET TO BARE FLOOR PLATE CAME OFF ALONG WITH THE SPRING. I NOTICED THAT IT WAS CLOGGED AT THE TOP OF THE HOSE AS WELL. THIS IS PROBABLY WHY IT IS SO DANG LOUD. WAS IT REALLY CLEANING FOR A MONTH OR TWO??? WHO KNOWS?? I WANT A DYSON BUT HAVE A WARRANTY FOR THIS P.O.S. I GUESS I WILL HAVE TO CHECK FOR CLOGGING ON A USE BY USE BASIS. GOOD LUCK OTHER OWNERS.

Worst Vacuum...EVER!:
Buyer Beware!! This vacuum will work great for a couple weeks, a month or two and then piece by piece it will self destruct! Hoses will clog, belt will break, plastic pieces break off and it will become so loud you will go deaf! Eureka will NOT help you and will refer you to a service center. They will not stand behind their product and will give you the run around. SOOOOOO bad, I cannot believe I wasted money on this horrible product. You might as well flush your money down the toilet because you will get screwed if you buy this vaccum!

LOUDER THAN ANYTHING I'VE EVER HEARD:
I purchaced one of these from Target. At first it worked ok and sounded like any other vacuum. With pets, you can expect any vacuum to clog, and belts will always break on any vacuum. After a few months this vacuum became EXTREMELY loud. I work on heavy construction sites, and to this day have NEVER HEARD ANYTHING THIS LOUD. I wear ear plugs while vacuuming and my ears STILL ring afterwords. I'm absolutely positive there is no clog or anything binding the motor because it still will suck a battleship up. My neighbors 100' probably wonder whats going on in my house when I run this thing. It's like putting your head in a jet engine. I would not be supprised to see a class action law suit come of this. People are going to suffer hearing loss due to this machine. MARK MY WORDS!

Great vacuum for the price:
I was comparing Eureka Capture against Hoover Windtunnel Cyclonic, Dyson DC17, and Dyson DC25. Eureka Capture is the better one of the three in my opinion: 1. Cost (cheapest of all). Especially compared to Dyson (yikes!) 2. Power, it compresses dirt in its cyclonic action. 3. Practical...quicker than others to draw the wand. You can leave the hand tool extension attached for quick draw and reach those spider webs in a second. 3. Edge cleaner... who has time to pull out the hand-tools? 4. Easy to clean dirt container -- unlike the other three, in Eureka it is just a dirt container. No filter and parts inside that take up space in place of the dirt so you don't have to empty it as often. 5. It has magic duster. Did I say "magic" duster? It is a self cleaning, self static charged duster. So handy to do a complete job of dusting. You can dust off your table tops, picture frames, top of your bed frames, etc. while vacuuming your floors. What a time saver! 6. EZ soft wheels (like those people use in roller skates) and bump guards all the way around so your floor and furnitures are protected. What I wished Eureka has addressed on this vacuum is you how can you turn off the aggitator and why it is so loud? You cannot turn off the aggitator, but if you put the vacuum upright, the agitator will not touch your carpet. The brush on the agitator is also softer than others, so it won't damage your carpet/floor. On the noise.. I don't mind flying a jet for a moment to capture all the dust in my room :) Yes the Dysons are quiter, more peaceful, but they come with a price. They do not have bumper guard to protect your furnitures. All of them take 3 steps to pull out your wand. They are harder and messy to clean the dirt container because they got parts inside the dirt containers. So are Hoover Windtunnel Cyclonic (at least Hoover has some bumper guards) I can't believe how messy it is to clean Hoover's dirt container since it got so many parts and slopes inside the container. So if you want a complete and cost effective cleaner that won't scratch your furnitures, my recommendation is Eureka Capture. http://rumba-room.blogspot.com/

Great vac. Alot of Aggravation:
I have the green eureka capture vac. It does pick up extremly well, but it comes with alot of aggravation. First off it got about 3 filter only 2 you replace (that's not really too bad). The most aggravating thing is getting the cover off to get to the roller brush and belt. You've got 4 screws to remove that are in some really odd spots (you need a long screwdriver). Also it is really aggravating to get the stupid screws back in the vac. The hose isn't realy long, plus the vac is top heavy. So, if your using your hose to get some cobwebs down it will probly fall over. It's hard to keep the power cord on the hooks they put on the vac(its too much cord for the hook). But the cord is really long so that is great. This vaccuum cleaner is very heavy so it's kinda hard to push. But all in all it picks up great. It does clog up sometimes but thats because I forgot to empty out the bucket.