Vax Vacuum Cleaners

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Used Price: £49.99
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Average Customer Rating: 3.0
Product Review

The Vax V-060C Turboforce Complete is a powerful 2000W bagless upright vacuum cleaner. With on-board accessory kit for varied cleaning tasks, Turbotool for pet hairs and upholstery, Treads and Risers tool and super stretch hose for stair cleaning, large dust capacity, wide cleaning path and carbon HEPA filter, the Vax V-060C Turboforce Complete is perfect for total home cleaning.

HEPA filtration: (High Efficient Particle Arrester) - a high level of filtration, which traps smaller dust and dirt particles, preventing contamination of the environment. This type of filtration is better for homes with allergy sufferers.

Carbon filter: Neutralises odours.

Stretch hose: Great for hard to reach areas and stair cleaning

No bags: The V-060C's bagless technology means that there is no need to buy bags - ever.

Brushbar height adjuster: Easily change the brushbar height for use on carpets and hard floors.

Large dirt bin capacity: For use in larger homes - no need to empty the bin as frequently.

Wide cleaning path: Ideal for use over larger areas

Customer Reviews

Rating: 1

Summary: Prone to failure.....and heavy

Comment: Bought this cleaner in Sept 07. In a few months it had been back to VAX twice. Appears to have serious design flaws: first the belt snaps when cleaner switched on after emptying the dust box for some reason. Belt is so firm that replacing it often causes you to break off the plastic end of the beater bar. (Costs £18 to replace.) Don't be tempted by robust appearance as that makes the machine very heavy. Going to dump this machine as its pants.

Rating: 4

Summary: Vax V-060C Turboforce Complete Bagless Vacuum Cleaner

Comment:

Firstly, it was straight forward to assemble which is a good thing in itself.

The cleaner is extremely powerful and picks up the slightest crumb. Its easy to manoeuvre and not too heavy. Its is a bit noisy, but then it drowns out my children, which is a good thing.

I love the Turbo Tool which picks up the dog hairs perfectly without too much effort.

Overall I thought the cleaner was pretty good, I did purchase the Vax Mach6 origionally, but had to return it as a knob was faulty, I found that the machine was not as powerful, as the Turbo, but again this may have been a further fault with that particular machine. The mache was a lot heavier and harder to manoeuvre, so out of the two I prefer the turboforce

Rating: 5

Summary: Superb!!!

Comment: I have had this Vax hoover for about 6 weeks and overall have been really impressed. I initially bought it because of the appearance; it looked like a machine which would be very powerful.

I wasn't disappointed, this is incredibly powerful. When I first used it, it was only the day before I had cleaned with my old Dyson and even so, there was so much dust collected in the bin that it looked as if my carpet had not been vacuumed in years!

This Vax also has an adjustable brush so you can use it on our kitchen lino and also wooden floors, without fear of it scratching - my old broom has gone in the dustbin! It is a little heavy, but no more so than my old Dyson (I think it is because the suction is so strong) and it doesn't really matter because there is a long hose (also a very long cable) which reaches to the top of the stairs, so you do not have to lift it up the stairs as you clean. I really liked the tools for cleaning the stairs, it was really useful.

I have a dog and one thing which initially put me off buying the V-060C, was that it did not specifically say it was for pet hair, however, when I opened it, it does have a `Turbo tool' this is a very powerful little brush, which rotates and therefore is fantastic for picking up dog hair, even when it is all tangled in my rug. It also has a filter which is supposed to get rid of pet smells, and so far so good - my wife has said there is no doggy smell from the hoover.

I would really recommend this; it performs extremely well on carpets, wooden floors and dog hair. I think it is great value for money.

Rating: 1

Summary: Powerful but....

Comment: Great suction but so noisy you need ear plugs! Also heavy and unwieldy - giving it to the children and buying a Dyson!