BLACK+DECKER dustbuster Flexi 18V Handheld Vacuum Cleaner, PD1820L-GB

I'm absolutely blown away by how good this is - so much so that my mum asked me to order one for her as well. My view of dustbusters was a fairly low suction thing with a wide nozzle which would only run for a few minutes before needing to charge for hours on end. Not so this beast: it's tackled everything I've thrown at it and I'm yet to run it flat. I got this because I've got a cat who tracks his wooden cat litter from the kitchen into the living room, and to a lesser extent the rest of the house. The vac is great for getting that off the carpet and furniture, as well as doing a quick zoom around the kitchen to clear up anything he's spilled in there. It's also good for when you spot a cobweb on the ceiling and would ignore it if you had to get the Dyson out of the cupboard. I've used it for doing a quick clean up of dust/hair/fur on my small bathroom floor (lino) and it's coped easily with that. The flip-out brush is useful for dusting furniture or a quick clean of my laptop and computer keyboards. I mainly keep the wider attachment with the flip-out brush on it attached to the vac. It's handy for quick clean ups. If you need to change a tool, they easily unclip. The crevice tool is fine - not much you can say about it. It's comparable to the ones on a standard hoover. The 'animal' attachment, though, is absolutely brilliant. It makes cleaning fur off furniture a very easy task. It also works on rugs and curtains, without sucking the fabric into the hole. Now, instead of taking my living room curtain down to wash it (because the black cat pushes past it to go on the windowsil and it gets a big black streak of fur) I can quickly hold the curtain taut with one hand and the animal attachment removes everything within seconds. It's really good. The machine is fairly easy to empty once you get the hang of holding the door so it doesn't flap about as you try to shake all the bits out. To clean the filter is also easy as you just press a button and twist the body of the unit to remove the motor and hold the grey plastic bit in your other hand. you open the filter compartment and the filter itself can be easily lifted out by a little metal handle, which folds flat against the top of it. I clean the filter every couple of times I use the machine as I notice there's a drop in suction when that needs doing. You clean the filter by removing it and then you can shake it into a bin or brush it with a stiff brush. If you're worried about creating dust clouds in your bin as you do this, you can just use your normal vacuum cleaner to suck all the dust off. Apparently you can wash the filters periodically tp clean them but I've not yet done this because of how long it'll take to dry. Replacement filters cost under £8 from what I've seen. Although the filter seems to be made of concertinaed cardboard, the original one I'm using is not showing any signs of wear or deterioration, even with brushing the dust out of it. Some people have said that the machine is noisy when in use, but I don't find it to be so and it doesn't make the cat run away as he would if I got the proper hoover out. It sits neatly on the charging base provided and charges up within an hour or so after a 10 minute cleaning session. I've run it for half an hour and still not got it to go flat. To be honest, if I needed to clean constantly for that length of time I'd use the actual hoover instead. But this copes brilliantly with everything - I even took it up in the loft to clean up a load of dead wasps after we had a nest cleared. Weight-wise, I do find the unit a little heavy to hold for too long, but with the flexi tube it's not often that I have to as I hold that and have the base down on a solid surface. The hose then neatly coils round the unit to be stored. I can't recommend this highly enough - I find it invaluable and it's a very powerful little vac with lots of good features. Hopefully it'll last for a few years.

I've now purchased three of these over the last 14 years three exactly the same my last one lasted for eight years and I've just purchased one a few days ago. Now I'll start with the negatives the negative is probably the fact that it's not fantastic at picking up debris especially hairs from carpets. However the positives are many for instance around the kitchen this little handheld hoover is absolutely perfect for everything you could possibly want and if you have heart floor throughout your living space this is great for picking up all their brief from a hard floor instantly but me personally I use it for my car and I found that in conjunction with my hand brush I use in my car this handheld is excellent and does exactly what I need so therefore in short I am completely happy I've got no Grimes and grumbles and I would very happily purchase one again this is 50% cheaper than it's rivals that might only give a marginal increase in suction so 50% discount for what the rivals charge is money very well spent.

I'm finding this vacuum useful for jobs such as cleaning the car where starting to faff around with extension leads etc can make things more complicated than they need to be. Moving on to the vacuum itself, in use the suction is reasonably good, but I wouldn’t call it impressive – rated at 1700 watts I was expecting it to lift anything that wasn’t nailed to the floor; in reality it has nowhere near the suction power of a mains powered vacuum. The supplied tools seem up to the job, however, as another reviewer mentioned the ‘bristles’ on the flip out brush won't stand up to extended use as several are deformed and facing the wrong way after only a few uses. I haven’t timed the endurance from first switching on until the battery is exhausted, but it has been more than good enough to cover a mucky car interior with lots of dog hairs thrown in without any sign that the battery was running down. One thing to note is that it’s very noisy, so e.g. starting on the car at 8am on a Saturday morning may leave you in the doghouse with the neighbours. Lastly, the price – I got this model for £70; I have noticed the price bouncing around, sometimes as high as £129. I’d suggest that £70 is a reasonable asking price; I wouldn’t be prepared to pay much more for an item which is adequate, but not particularly special.

Simply Brilliant. I had the older 12v (Non-Lithium) model from 3 or 4 years ago. I t was great but the battery finally died & wouldnt hold charge. This basically the same design but is a lot more powerfull due to new 18v Lithium Battery, and a full charge lasts for a lot longer (around 15 minute). I wanted to buy this for ages, but put it off as I could really justify spending £100 which I though was a bit steep for a small hand-held vacuumm. Anyway, after a few weeks of procrastination, I DID buy it & Im glad I did. I might be expensive, but is really is very good. - The unit is lightweight, so very portable & using it is a breeze. - The flexible tube has about a 1.3m reach at full extension enabling you to get into alls kinds of nooks & crannies. - The suction is pretty powerfull & hasnt failed to suck up anything. - Very quick & easy to empty - 15 minute run time is great - I hardly ever have to charge the unit. 1 minor niggle - the previous model a had a seperate motorised brush attachement which was really usefull & used often, but they no longer make one. To sum up, A bit expensive, but works brilliantly & Highly recommended.

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Bought this for the cat , he doesn't like it , but I do it does the job of keeping his sleeping places Free from Fur /hairs

Ich benutze den Sauger in unserem Wohnmobil.Bisher der mit größtem Abstand beste Akkusauger. -mega handlich -leise -tolle Saugkraft -kommt in jede kleinste Ecke -Akkuleistung trage ich nach,weil noch nicht leer Leide erstmal nicht zu gebrauchen da kein Eurostecker,musste ersteinmal ein Adapter kaufen.......ganz kleines Manko jedoch kein Drama.Das Teil überzeugt zu 100%,ganz klare Kaufempfehlung.

Ottimo prodotto, fate attenzione che se lo comprate su Amazon UK la presa non è quella italiana e poi dovete comprare un adattatore a vostre spese! perchè Amazon Ita ti dice che l'hai comprato in UK...avranno anche ragione, ma tu come ti accorgi che che sei su Amazon UK se il sito è sempre lo stesso???