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Thread Number: 33743
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
Opinions on Windtunnels? |
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| Post# 366618 2/12/2017 at 13:48 (2,619 days old) by icee (Indiana) | ||
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Post# 366626 , Reply# 1 2/12/2017 at 15:56 (2,619 days old) by vacuumlad1650  (Wauponsee, IL) |
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| Post# 366638 , Reply# 2 2/12/2017 at 17:30 (2,619 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
The latest iteration (the bagged Self Propelled Anniversary edition) may not be as good as the original 2001 bagged version, but it still gets top scores in Consumer Reports tests. That's close to 15 years of offering "excellent" carpet cleaning performance when compared with other bagged uprights on the market. It's a little loud and heavy, but if you have acres of wall-to-wall carpeting in a single level ranch-style home, this upright is unbeatable!
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| Post# 366646 , Reply# 3 2/12/2017 at 18:26 (2,619 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 366650 , Reply# 4 2/12/2017 at 19:41 (2,619 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
My opinions
The Supreme models were my favorite, definitely one of the best cheapest bagged upright vacuums ever made.
Not a huge fan of the Self Propelled models but I still really like them, I'd definitely take those any day over a Eureka Smartvac. I never liked the bagless models but I don't hate them. I'd take those any day over a Hoover Tempo bagless or a Widepath bagless. Never used the canister models before. It's been a long time since I last used a V2 model and I can't remember the performance on those. I hear the bagged conversion models are way better. Never used a Windtunnel 2 before but I heard negative reviews about those. The last windtunnel I used was a T-Series, I think they are worse than the regular bagless windtunnels. | ||
| Post# 366668 , Reply# 5 2/13/2017 at 06:39 (2,618 days old) by icee (Indiana) | ||
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So they have their ups and downs | ||
| Post# 366673 , Reply# 6 2/13/2017 at 06:53 (2,618 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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In general, the patented WindTunnel brush roll chamber design works: segregating separate suction channels around the brush roll (especially one in front of the brushroll) actually helps suck up dirt kicked up by the brushroll. Any Hoover upright with real WindTunnel channels - real separate air paths in the brush roll chamber - will indeed minimize scattering of dirt and increase performance to clean carpets well. Whether it's a fancy Self Propelled WT Ultra, or a lightweight Bagged Platinum "Oreck Clone", or the budget Widepath Tempo - any of these Hoovers cleans deep carpet with excellence.
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Post# 366684 , Reply# 8 2/13/2017 at 11:18 (2,618 days old) by kloveland (Tulsa) |
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| Post# 367067 , Reply# 11 2/18/2017 at 09:36 (2,613 days old) by crazykirbydude (Lexington, KY) | ||
NO! NOT THE BAGLESS WINDTUNNEL!!!!!!!! | ||
| Post# 367071 , Reply# 12 2/18/2017 at 11:42 (2,613 days old) by Opelgtkarl (Puyallup, Washington) | ||
I agree with Hans
Hans I totally agree with you. They are about as good as any plasti vac that comes onto a Walmart shelf. However once they get old and because they were built with planned obsolescence incorporated, they will gradually fall apart. My neighbors had me fix theirs all the time. They had one that was only about 5 years old, but I had to replace the fan, fix the cord hoods, tried to fix the handle release, but couldn't, and it clogged all the time in the filters. My daily drivers are a Brandywine Eureka and a Kirby 514 and they'll never die
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