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cityeyes
Portage, IN

Problems aren't always the machine

4 star rating

a homeowner, picking up after pets, messy
Pros

    super on rugs, Cleans carpeting well

Cons
    Pet tools can fall off

DEC
19
2008

Dirt Devil Purpose for pets M140000 — 

The dirt devil purpose for pets vaccum was my first non-bag upright and I was excited to pick it up with my wife to clean up our new house. Cat hair had been a huge pain for a long time and I was ready to get a vaccum that I could just pick up, go, and empty instead of going on bag runs.

Well, it worked like a dream for the first month or two and then I noticed the suction dying out. Eventually, the motor started overheating. Now, if I were clueless, I would have left it at that and thought that it was a bad machine, HOWEVER, I like to find the problems with my machines and I figured if there was some sort of blockage, I could fix it.

I opened the dirt cup, cleaned out everything, but the problem still prevailed. Finally, I took a look at the HEPA filter - more accurately, the small piece of foam that sits on top of the hepa filter - it was covered almost an inch thick with dirt. Knowing that I had found the culprit, I shook it out and then ran it under my faucet for a while. I squeezed the water out, let it dry, replaced it, and the vaccum works just as good as it did the first day that I got it.

I've seen complaints scattered all across the internet about how their suction messed up and how they were having overheating problems .That small filter square being caked with dust is most definitely the problem. If anything, Dirt Devil should have noted more obviously the need to rinse the little thing out. It would have saved them from the majority of bad reviews.



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