Great vacuum. My only complaint is that it uses the "Y" bags which are 1/2 the size of the "A" bags we used to use.

a very powerful machine and easy to use,but i need ear plugs to use.

This unit was purchased for my mother-in-law who lives in a small apartment. It is very lightweight so it is easy to maneuver. It also does an excellent job. Having had it for less than one month, to this point I would highly recommend it. Can't beat the quality for the price.

I bought mine at Sears several years ago on the strength of reviews at Amazon and in Consumer magazine. The latest issue (March 2012) continues to give it a rave, which reminds me that mine sits in a cupboard barely used. I got sick of squeezing out the kinks in the hose, it's heavy as hell (and I'm a strong 40-year-old dude), noisy (I need ear plugs), the bag monitor got stuck on full, it's unwieldy on stairs (as warned), and it never really sucked anything. I had to go over every patch of carpet several times, and we don't even have pets or messy kids. I would dump it, but I stupidly bought dozens of bags, so I need to buy a replacement on the basis of the bags it uses.

I am unable to rate the performance of my new Hoover Widepath vacuum due to the fact that there was a MAIN part missing. The main hose, which goes on the back of the vacuum, was NOT in the box when I received it. I have had this vacuum for OVER a month now, & STILL have not received the hose. When I called Hoover, they told me the part was backordered from the manufacturer & I should receive it in 2-3 wks. I called them 10 days ago & they informed me that the part was due in on Nov. 19th. I have not received it. I became suspicious when I tried to order it from their website & one of the options was "missing parts". Does this mean that this happens frequently??? They could at least send me some free bags for the inconvenience!! I hope to receive the hose this week......if I do, I will let you know if it was worth the wait & how it cleaned my filthy carpets!

I just bought this vaccume cleaner and delivered yesterday from Amazon. I ordered new one but it looked like used item which was returned from customer.This vaccume cleaner leaves little hairballs and fuzzballs in its path so I tried to clean them using a hose but hose is way too short! When I turned it off, I see little stuff like cat litter and dust on the floor dropped from Vaccume cleaner.This is useless so I just returned to Amazon today.