Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Update: July 3rd, 2015 Little unit just keeps going and going and going. Works great. Still use it all the time. (And still use a larger, canister vac for full cleaning.) I finally decided to take apart the beater brush area and clean the hair and muck from the wheels, gears, brushes and pulleys. To be honest it was a bit trickier to get back together than I had anticipated. If you are good with your hands and little fiddly things you wont have any trouble. If not you will ruin the unit. But once I cleaned out the years of hair and debris everything is like new. It ran fine before I did this, but I was afraid that resistance might burn out the little motor for the beater brush. Works great. Just used it a couple of days ago. Update: June 17th, 2014: Still going strong. No changes. Great little vacuum. Used it a couple of days ago to vacuum my hardwood living room and area rug. Update, Jan 3rd, 2013: First off----YES---after 10 full years of use I would buy this unit again, without hesitation, no questions asked. I have used it LIGHT DUTY for the whole 10 years. On mostly hard floors and a couple of area rugs. It has been bullet-proof. I have a canister vac and a swiffer wet-jet for actual cleaning. This is important as the Eureka Easy Clean is a great little LIGHT DUTY, area, hair and crumb removal tool. That is what it is for and it excels at specifically that job. I should rate 5 stars...but it would need just a little bit more suction for that. If eureka increased the motor size (amperage) then it would get 5 stars. But I give it 4.9 for reliability and doing what it was designed to do. Response/rebuttal to a few 1 star reviews here: I am a school teacher. I am not affiliated with Amazon or Eureka(just to be clear). re: Weekly use, primary vacuum: This unit is clearly not designed to be the primary vacuum for a carpeted residence, to be used on a weekly basis. That is just plain crazy. This is nothing more than an modern dust-buster on a stick with a beater-brush. It is OBVIOUSLY only this. It even looks like a dust-buster on a stick. How is this confusing? re: children: If this unit is given to children to use they will suck up large items into the beater brush, causing it to not spin, which then burns out the belt. Then the belt wont stay on. This would happen to any vacuum. This is why we don't vacuum up pennies and nails into beater brushes. This is why we don't allow children to use vacuums without supervision. re: carpet: using this unit on carpet, especially deep pile carpet, for heavy use, is going to strain the beater-brush, clog the head with deep carpet, starve the motor, burn up the belt and generally kill the unit. It is OBVIOUSLY not designed for this type of use (abuse). re: low-suction: I think it works a bit better than I initially gave it credit for (as stated in my review and updates below). It often DOES pick up leaves, grass, and some small pebbles off of my hardwood, even though it clearly was not designed for such use. It works real well for picking up dog hair off of my low-pile area rugs in my living room. I have no complaints whatsoever about the suction. Larger, more expensive vacuums have "real suction." So does my shop vac. This unit has just enough suction to work as it was designed to work. For a quick vacuum of the kitchen, living room and laundry (cat box). It was made for hard floors and area rugs. NOT carpeted residences. (I find it somewhat shocking that these things have to be explained...but the one star reviewers are almost all guilty of at least one of the above assumptions/violations.) Older updates and original review below: *****UPDATE--2004**** I have used this machine for 2 years. The container fills up relatively fast. But--I really like this unit. I use it more than my high-suction, larger vac. For routine, spot cleaning and/or a quick run-through, this is really a good unit. Not the strongest suction--but come on--look at it--it is a small, budget unit. It says "lightweight" right in the title for gosh sake. I would buy it again. No questions asked. >>>>Update-2007<<<< I like this product. I still use it for a quick vacuum on my hardwood floors. Works better than I initially gave it credit for. It does fill up fast and require frequent emptying. (I have a dog and lots of hair gets on the floor). It holds all the hair and muck for one vacuuming. I empty before use every time I use it. This is a good little unit that has worked as well as I could have hoped for. I have used it for about 5 years now. Still running strong. I would buy another one. >>>>Update, 12/2012<<<<< {{Note: Jan. 3, 2013: Someone posted in the comments that this vacuum has a short cord. Yes it does! I have a small, 20 foot extension I keep in the closet with the vacuum. Without an extension cord you will be plugging into each outlet along the wall as you work. Thanks for pointing this out. I should have!}} I have had this unit for 10 years now. Wow! It still works GREAT. The re-usable, empty-able vacuum bag needs emptying after every use (dog hair...). I take the removable part outside, remove the bag, and knock it against the inside of the garbage can....then RUN. Dust puffs up everywhere. The suction really is not bad. Not strong enough for deep carpet, but absolutely ideal for hardwood, low pile, etc. My main vacuum died (switch) and this one works so well that I have not repaired the switch on the other on for about 6 months now. This is a really good unit for what it is. Get it now. Don't hesitate. If they still sell them....I may buy another just to have a backup for when the one I have dies. Get it now for your kitchen or living room. Easy. Awesome and does exactly what it should. Stop shopping. Get it. Disclaimer: this OBVIOUSLY is not a Dyson. You are OBVIOUSLY not spending $300. You get what you pay for. This is a GREAT small, light-duty vacuum.