Considering how many people seem to have gotten one recently, I thought it would be fun to discuss this particular vac. For those of you who may not be familar with the powermite, It is a modern, cheep, canister vac that was sold at walmart for a few months that only cost around 20 bucks. After recieving a 20 dollar gift card for christmas, for which I had no real use, I decided to go ahead and get a powermite for the fun of it. So, here are the pros and cons.
Pros:
+Small and light, easy to store and maneuver.
+Great suction, especially for the size, pulls 70 inches through the hose and 80 inches at the machine. Or you could say, Lots of suck for the buck!
+The dual purpose floor tool works great for bare floors and small rugs
+The combo crevice brush tool, while cheep, does its job and is great for picture frames, drawers, corners, molding, and baseboards.
+NOT BAGLESS, It uses bags, and while small, they are still better then a filtered bagless system.
+The instruction book says it has a thermal shut off system, which is good to know.
Cons:
-NOISY, main complaint is how loud and high pitched it is
-Short cord
-Not the best build quality, but hey, its 20 bucks
-No other small tools, like an upolstery tool or dust brush ( but a little note, you can use an oreck sholder vac adapter on the wands to make it accept standard diameter tools.)
-Not the best filtration, but no visable dust comes out.
Overall, this for me, was a good buy. Its a lot more usefull then I thought it would be. Its great for cleaning up lint in the laundry room. And its great for small floor mats or rubber backed rugs, which we now have spread all over the house to help our dog walk on the tile, which I cant seem to clean with ANYTHING else, all of my other vacs are too strong and just eat the rugs. So the powermite is the only vac I can use on them.
Whats your take?
Scott