Dyson V6 Animal vs Hoover Platinum LiNX BH50010

We wanted to know if the appliance would break if you accidentally vacuum over a bobby pin or a coin. The v6 wasn't able to complete the testing because the nuts kept jamming the roller brush. Of the 25 bobby pins in the total weight, this Dyson collected only three into its bin. That said, even with the brush jam, the vacuum didn't break

It'S, of course, not as well-built as a high-end, Dyson or anything, and it's not going to have the same sealed system and HEPA filtration as the more...

In short - cleaning up the cat fur is no longer a mental chore that I have to psych myself up for. Seriously..

This vac is a lot more convenient than my main vac and it does well for what I use it for, but it cannot compete for carpet cleaning.

All in all, we would sum up our experience as follows: 1) Dyson has done a splendid job of marketing their product as the perfect vacuum. 2) This product is almost totally unusable for day-to-day, real life vacuuming purposes. 3) For $350, we were sold a bill of goods that this item cannot deliver. Buyer beware! Unless you live a perfectly clean life, have ample time to vacuum your place 2-3 times a week, and only have a small pet, this vacuum is a waste of your hard earned $$

None of the other stick vacuum managed to do this, although the Gtech AirRam came pretty close. (It cleaned up 90 percent on hardwood, 97 percent on mid-pile carpet, and 98 percent on low-pile carpet.) If you want your stick vacuum to regularly collect cereal or other large particles, the Hoover Linx is up to the task. Pet hair is another tough category that some vacuums handle much better than others

I feel like it takes me 3 hours to resolve these each time and it is never easy. Suction drops and I basically have to use stop my cleaning and wash out the filter and wait for it to dry in two days . I feel like I'm at the point where I can't clean my house in a single session without cleaning my filter. I already dislike cleaning and I almost feel like I have PTSD with vacuuming because it never goes well so I put it off as long as possible and by then it's pretty bad which compounds everything

UPDATE 11/13/13 Well another piece has broken. We had been working harmoniously without the beater bar on our hardwood since Spring, but now a piece of the red plastic insert on the inside of the canister broke so it will not stay snuggly attached while I am vacuuming. Without that piece on, all the hair and big chunks get sucked into the filter area. The brush bar on our 11 year old Dyson also broke last week, so I am trying to decide whether to buy a new Dyson upright, or just keep the old Dyson for our hardwood floors and deep cleaning, and get a new Linx to use on our three rugs

This is tricky, as it means I may be halfway through a cleanup job when the vacuum dies and I must wait 40 minutes to recharge.

I don't like to have to charge the battery after about 15 minutes of use, and that's without using the brush attachment, which decreases battery life even more.

It's easy to remove the parts inside the vacuum head, but you'll have to find and snake a wire and bend it up into the neck to clear out gunk that gets trapped. It's just frustrating because every other area of the vacuum comes apart easily, but this neck area is where the blockages happen. Once cleared, it is always good as new though!

I took apart the head, which is very easy to do, unclogged it, and cleared the brush. I also washed out the sponge filter at the top of the canister with a bit of dish soap, rinsed it well, and let it dry. I then took apart the rest of the vacuum, also easy, and cleared the bottom of the motor of silty dirt. The vacuum functions like new

I would definitely recommend getting at least one extra filter, though - ideally two. They fill up quickly, long before the battery runs out, so I can just change filters and keep going easily.

When I noticed the suction wasn't as good, I just cleaned the removable filter and let it dry. It worked as good as new after that. Also, you will occasionally have to remove hair that has accumulated in the dust cup. The cyclonic action tends to make it wrap around the "dirt cup baffle" as Hoover calls it

The canister is tiny and would fill up in literally less than 2 minutes as I made my first couple of passes through my house. I have about 1000 sq feet of carpet and I had to empty the thing out multiple times per room. The design on the canister is also annoying, because hair doesn't just come out when you open it so you have to stick your fingers inside to knock things loose and there are a few spots that are just unreachable. Additionally, the battery died before I was able to finish the whole thing, and it cannot be used while plugged in

Can you believe it? Hoover is actually putting round pins into square holes. This is NUTS! No wonder there was a loose connection. A secure connection is impossible with this design. I received an email from an Amazon customer who stated, "I've lost control