I am the first to admit that I hate to sweep, unfortunately, in this apartment with the hardwood floors, large linoleum kitchen flooring and sporadic area rugs, sweeping is a necessity.
The problem I have with sweeping is it simply rearranges the dirt. I can see it swirling in the beams of sunlight and resettling somewhere else. There is also the issue of hair, I shed a good deal, and it gets everywhere. Sweeping hair is not easy.
Finally, I talked to Gavin about getting a vacuum cleaner. I got his supportive response “Sure, whatever.” During the selection process, I would ask his opinion: “Whichever one you want.” So I got to debate, the big one, the small one, with or with out a cord, oh the questions.
Seeing as we have a small apartment with limited storage, I opted for a “stick vac” style vacuum cleaner, but none of them were reviewed by Consumer Reports so I had to trust the Amazon.com reviewers.
I decided on the Hoover S2220 Flair Bagless Upright Stick Vacuum with Power Nozzle. It got very good reviews, and was a snazzy red color.
Now, instead of taking 30 minutes to sweep the entire apartment (and follow up with another 15+ minutes to do the rugs with our little hand held dirt devil) it takes about 10-15 minutes to do the entire apartment (only because I have to plug and unplug it for each room).
I finally emptied it (after using it a 1/2 dozen or so times, mostly out of curiosity, it still sucked up dirt just fine). It was quite easy to empty, it is bagless so you just pop open the little container, dump it out and shake the filter a little. Very simple, fairly neat.
Over all, I am quite pleased with our little Flair Bagless Upright Stick Vacuum. I am especially fond of the color. I will give it 4 1/2 stars, mostly because I hate to plug and unplug it, but I suppose a longer cord would also be annoying.
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