Hoover S2220 Flair Bagless Upright Stick Vacuum with Power Nozzle

The Hoover S2220 "Flair" Bagless Powered Nozzle cleans your floors easily, comfortably and completely. The bagless design is easy to clean out, the large wheels make it easy to move and the power nozzle gets deep into cracks and carpeting for a cleaner floor. Easy storage hang-up slot Works on all floors

I love this little vacuum and I've had several different brands. It's lightweight and powerful and I love the little swivel head. I love the fact that it has a floor and carpet setting because I have a large laminate floor with rugs and I can go right onto the carpet off my kitchen. It would be the perfect vacuum if it had a detachable hose!

PROS: I've owned this vac for over a year. It is the best thing to use to pick up kitty litter, dirt on hard floors, christmas tree needles, throw rugs and bathroom floors. Unlike a broom, this vacuum picks up all the debris on hard surfaces. Doesn't leave any fine dirt or grit behind. It's also great for throw rugs. You can vacuum using the beater brush or not. There is enough suction using the beater brush to clean throw rugs without it getting all sucked up into the inside of the beater.

Will surface clean carpet or stairs but this vac is not really designed to deep clean carpet. This vacuum is for quick clean ups and hard surfaces. I use it daily to clean up kitty litter.

CONS: A longer cord would be nice. Be careful where you lean this against because it does slide off walls. Try to lean in a corner. I haven't broken the cord keeper yet as some have indicated. Also a quick cord release would be great. Because I use this almost daily I tend to not use the cord winder hooks. Too time consuming without a quick release. The other feature that would be helpful would be a light. But at this price I can understand the short cord, no quick cord release and no light.

ABSOLUTELY RECOMMEND. I WILL BUY ANOTHER ONE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THIS ONE.

This Hoover stick vac replaces a Dirt Devil that suffered a broken handle early in its life and then showered my wife with sparks as it gave up the ghost recently. It had seen about 2 years of service and was used about every three days supplementing swiffer jobs daily on tile.
By comparison this Hoover is quieter, edge cleans as well on hard flooring, the swivel action of the head is far superior,but it is slightly less effective on carpet with its less aggressive brush roll.
The build quality is decent. With a couple minutes of practice it will self-stand. The one that broke didn't stand well and punished the J shaped handle, finally cracking it, after about a half dozen falls. The cord is adequate in length to cover rooms individually. The dust cup is a little bit messy, but moving that operation to our garage over a garbage can makes it a non-issue. If you suffer through vacuuming stairs with a full size upright, treat yourself to one of these!
If it lasts a couple years, it will have been well worth the entry price.

The excellent suction drags unsuspected dirt and more cat fur than anticipated from Oriental carpets. Love being able to press a switch and turn on or off the brushes. Long cord. Easy to maneuver. Exactly what I wanted.

After 4 months, the suction motor stopped working on this Hoover vac. Maybe I ended up with a lemon, but there's several other commends on repair sites and other blogs complaining about this same problem. The brushes still run, but there's no suction at all coming from the vac. At most, I used it once a week for 10 or 15 minutes.

I loved it until now, but I don't think I'll be getting another one.