Lightweight and compact
A light and compact vacuum, with a powerful 1400 watt motor.
Lightness definitely, but at the cost of the plastic feeling flimzy, brittle almost, and not robust (although I've only had it a couple of weeks), and so far it's happily stood up to a few knocks.
The retractable cord is also lightweight, and for that reason "whips" back into the housing when the button is pressed (I'm guessing this must have caused some complaints, as there are repeated warnings in the instructions).
The capacity of the dust container is pretty small at 2 litres, but this is the pay-off for the lightness.
Fairly noisy at 90 decibels, and although the lead is supposed to be a usable 5 metres long you soon realise this isn't quiet enough.
The 1400 watt motor is good, but not as effective as I'd been expecting following the reviews, struggling a bit to pick up some dust and gravel that isn't on the flat.
The Joint nozzle (what I have to call the crevice tool for want of a better word) is a very short nozzle which has a hinged brush to flip round for radiators, skirting etc.) I'd bought the vacuum particularly to clean my car and the crevice tool struggles to get into those gaps between the seats and down the sides of the cushions, as it's just too short, and the motor is not strong enough to compensate.
Emptying and cleaning the vacuum is really simple, and when you see what it's picked up you realise it's doing a pretty good job.
Value for money is excellent, and you are definitely getting more than you might expect from such a compact and budget option; a very capable machine.
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