Eureka Vacuum - Eureka Whirlwind Lite - 4388 Review

UNBELIEVABLE! I was offered this vacuum by the Appliance Manager at Lowe's for $69.99 after I brought back a Dirt Devil Platinum Force that was 4 times the price. PF was under a year old, so they took the return, after it caught on fire vacuuming. Dirt Devil told me I was to change the filer at $59 each. Get to Lowe's for one as they are selling like wildfire!

Why go broke with all the filters needed when Eureka charges $5 for a set, but the Lowe's Manager told me to goto WalMart furnace filter area & see a bag slim & foot long filled with white filters that are cut to size for the vacuum for $5 a bag. Enough in there for 2 years. So that works out to $.10 a filter & it uses 2 halves, one in the base the other on the back of the canister.

So I take home this lightweight, no-expensive-anything vacuum. With 2 parrots and all their mess, I need something that cleans easily & this does. Just put some dish liquid in hot water in the canister afer emptying & watch the dirt wash out. Dry everything in the sun or by a heater vent & ready to use again.

The attachments work great in the car, on furniture & in the cages. For under $70 this is just unbelievable. No $85 filters every 6 months, no $8 for 3 Hoover bags, etc.
The only additional money would be the HEPA filter every year, but I may try washing that also.

Great height adjustment to do bare floors up to very thick carpet as we have. Indian rugs are done great also.Never again will I pay $300 bags, filters, etc as I did with Hoover & Dirt Devil.

2/8/07 - We are still sucking up dirt in record time. The filters from WalMart are call VENT FILTERS for $4.99 a bag of 50. Each one you cut in half to use in the vacuum. No wasting money on cyclone filter at $50 each. I just love it. It is lightweight so I vacuum stairs using the vacuum not the attachments. A real money saver that is a work horse!

4/4/07: FIRE! Oh yes, I was sucking up some feathers from a ripped pillow & BOOM - FIRE! Vac melted to the engine. Out on the tree lawn for garbage pickup & even they remarked at the fowl smell.

REPLACED WITH A DYSON DC07 ANIMAL! (Read that review)