Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

When I opened the box to this Eureka Lightweight Easy Clean Upright Vacuum yesterday, I briefly thought I had purchased a toy-- the vacuum is feather light, the yellow is that of Tonka truck and the size of this machine is comparable to a child's baseball bat. After an electrical current and igniting the power button, I was so very satisfied to discover that this was no Easy-Bake Oven and it could probably inhale a toddler if I tried. As soon as I unboxed the product I took to it to my living room floor and the two weeks build up of shedding dog, sloppy-eating residents (not myself, but my fiancé) and cat-tracked litter. After about one minute purifying a 5 foot square area, I took a peak into the machines dust cup/ filter compartment. This is where things got good (depending upon how you view the circumstance). Viewpoint 1: Both the filter and compartment space were full of filth, which was very rewarding and proved to me the vacuum suction was legitimate and could pull up the accumulated food crumbs, dirt, and dog hair. DISCLAIMER: My dog has short hair, I do not know if it could handle a long-haired dog's alopecia. Viewpoint 2: After cleaning this small area of carpet, dirt and hair heavily coated the filter. The area I was cleaning looked only slightly messy to the naked eye, so I'm lead to believe that frequent filtering and emptying will be necessary even on a daily cleansing basis. I will probably have to do this a few times per room, which is fine with me because it at least proves the grime is gone. -----Other Features to consider----- This was my first and only experience thus far, so I can't say much about longevity. But there are some other things to point out for those interested in this product: 1) The Floor suction tool is small It's about 6 inches in length and ½ inch in width. This means it may take a while to vacuum a large room. But it's also very convenient for storage. It also has no locking feature like many standing vacuums, so it's kind of tricky to get the machine to balance idly. This is slightly annoying, but not a big deal. 2) The cord is short I'm a college student in a smallish apartment and don't mind occasionally relocating the plug to another outlet. Eureka has made good cord storage notches on the back of the vacuum; it's easy to wrap and good for storage. 3) Crevice tool and Floor tool They are both interchangeable at the base. You can extract the stick for the Floor tool; retract it to use the Crevice tool as a hand vacuum. This makes it a really cool, easy to handle 2-in-1. 4) My carpet is very thin It seems to suck all light filth from my carpet, but I do not know how well it would do on thicker carpet. Note I said `light' filth. As I've stated, this vacuum is small and inexpensive. It would probably not fare well with really nasty floors. 5) The price It's [...] bucks. I work at a retail store, and when a customer came in and had me order a $150 vacuum for them. I had to dig deep and embrace the most evil, capitalistic components of my soul in order to keep from truthfuly advising them, "Leave this store at once, and go to Amazon.com. There you will find a vacuum for 1/5 the cost of this one. Also, this vacuum I'm about to sell you is probably a piece of doody. Go now. Leave at once. Buy from Amazon.com." *I hope this review will cleanse my soul and collection of karma gained from ^ this heartless transaction* Thus, I conclude. I don't have a problem with this vacuum. In fact, my initial thoughts are that of astonishment for such a price. I really like Eureka's design on this one and the satisfaction that comes with continually dumping the dust cup and cleaning the filter. I hope my opinion does not change. But if it does, I will post for you here.