Eureka Canister Vacuum, Pet Friendly Vacuum Cleaner for Home, Lightweight Powerful Vacuum for Carpets and Hardfloors, 3670G Ordinary, Yellow

Very light, great suction, long hose and tube. The lack of a hepa filter is no big deal for me. But it may be for some. I think a hepa attachment is available. This is an amazingly easy to use, effective, inexpensive vacuum. I have 3 cats and they shed. This baby makes short work of cat hair. My only niggle is I wish there was an attachment that was hand size and had hard plastic protrusion about 1/2 inch long all around so it could get close to a flexible surface without getting stuck due to the incredibly strong suction. It also makes for a great car vacuum with the crevice tool. This is an awesome deal.

I believe this is the most functional and flexible home vacuum that money can buy in the US.I've had one for 11 years. It still works like new on our wood floors, tile, medium-pile wool carpets, upholstered chairs, and fur-matted cat cushions. But I wanted a dedicated vacuum for the workshop, so I exhaustively researched new home vacuums at all prices...and still ended up buying this one again.All home vacuums sold in the US max out ~12 amps due to electrical safety constraints, so they all max out at 130-150 cfm airflow. Look at the manufacturer specs. A $600 Miele vacuum gives you the same performance as this $60 unit.What makes this 12-amp unit better than all the rest, is its super-light weight. The canister is less than 8 pounds, including cord & attachments. You can carry it in one hand while you vacuum, or you can put it on a shoulder strap. This makes it super easy and fast to move around furniture, walls, stairs, carseats, etc.The basic MM design has been the same for over 15 years. Eureka sells it under different brands, with two different motors (10A vs 12A), and various different attachments in the box. But all the parts are interchangeable across models. Hundreds of stores sell the parts. Bags cost less than $1 each online, less than $2 each in the local hardware store.Any standard 1.25" ID attachment works. I ordered a soft-bristle (horsehair) duster for shelves & electronics, and a half-width (5") nozzle for the stairs, from Amazon, for just $5 each. If you need to clean cobwebs from a 16-18 foot ceiling, I think the extra extension wands also run about $5.OK, the downsides:-- The 12 amp motor currently comes in yellow or purple only. I prefer red, but the red model (Sanitaire SC3683A) is 10 amps.-- It is louder than some of the super-expensive models. Though frankly all vacuum cleaners are noisy...and if you can vacuum your home 2x faster, the noise lasts only half as long. :)-- It looks and feels cheap. But this does not affect performance, usability, or durability. The only maintenance I've done on my 11-year old model was to add a few drops of oil to the motor shaft, about 4 years ago. After that it ran cooler and quieter.I know I'm gushing, but I've owned so many poorly-designed, failure-prone consumer products over the years, that I love to find a perfectly functional, durable product. And even better when it's super cheap. Nice one, Eureka.Hope this helps.

So two things I want to say. First, is that this is a first day/usage review. Second, if you buy this product and are disappointed with the performance, bang it around a little, check your connections, reset your bag etc...Okay, so I read the reviews, read some positives, negatives etc... I own a Kirby which I will not admit to how much I paid for it but it is a FANTASTIC machine. There are a few drawbacks however. It is HEAVY, it is bulky and in order to switch tools you must remove parts and attach the parts that you need. So, when there is a job that is too big for the dust buster and too small for the Kirby we still end up pulling out the Kirby. Now, we have mostly hardwood floors and area rugs. We also have two cats and a dog. The cats tend to drag a lot of litter out of the box with them because... well because they are ghetto ass cats I guess. Anyway, this means vacuuming around their box EVERYDAY. This is too big of a job for the dust buster so everyday I have been yanking out the big Kirby and I just got a bit tired of it. So, I looked for a small, corded canister vacuum cleaner that I could use just around the litter boxes behind the bar and out to the living room.So, after searching for a cheap vacuum with good suction that either had a HEPA filter or could have one added, I ended up ordering this thing. I got it today, immediately hooked it up, flipped it on and was less than amazed. Yeah, it picked up the litter and other things from the floor but not like I expected. Was it a keeper? Yeah, because it did what I wanted it to do but I was hardly impressed and really thought of it as a high two or low three so it got a three. Anyway, while dragging this thing around (it is REALLY lite) the machine bumped into one of my walls, the sound from the machine changed and the head stuck to the floor. HOLY CRAP!!! By that time I was on an area rug and when I lifted the head off of the rug, the rug came with it. I went ahead and vacuumed over where I had already vacuumed and this thing was pulling litter out of the corners and edges. NICE!! Before I switched it off I placed the head flat on the hardwood floor and lifted it. It actually took force to lift it off of floor.Now, some might say that is what it is supposed to do but for a cleaner that is this light and this inexpensive to have that kind of suction suction.... well... I think I got the bargain.I will admit that it doesn't seem to be the most sturdily made cleaner but it is meant to be dragged around the house, not withstand an ultimate fighter cage match. If it holds up and does not breakdown than my review ends here. If it does, there will be more to read. below.