Best Rated Vacuum

You may have seen him on The Ellen Degeneres Show, the four-year-old who was the vacuum cleaner expert.  He showed the audience how a new vacuum and rug shampooer works, and he aced a flash card quiz which Ellen had created by using the logos of the top-selling or most popular vacuums.

Between the boy (I can’t recall his name—sorry) and Ellen, who was a vacuum saleswoman in her pre-stand-up fame days, maybe we could get a review or two of the best rated vacuum?  Then again, Ellen might be busy and have other things on her mind besides Hoovers, so let’s go to the next best sources—vacuum cleaner reviews by people like you and me, consumers who will tell the truth about the product you are interested in.

Since the vacuum can be an in item in which we make a healthy investment (the better ones aint cheap), let’s consider individual brands, what the consumers say about them, and how they rate with users—whether or not people make the model a best rated vacuum:

SHORT LIST of BEST RATED VACUUMS

Electrolux – The Electrolux EL1000A2 Pronto Bagless Stick Cyclonic Vacuum reviews are excellent at epinion.com, with this model earning 4 ½ stars from reviewers who said their new purchases were “excellent on hard floors,” “great on carpeted stairs,” and is versatile, looks great, and is always easy and convenient to use.

Hoover – While the Hoover H3030 FloorMate SpinScrub 500 Upright Wet/Dry Vacuum gets only 3 ½ stars from 15 epinions.com users—who say everything from “It’s worthy of the Jetsons!” to “It’s mediocre at best”, the ever traditional and modern Hoover S3765-040 Wind Tunnel Electric Bagless Canister Vacuum gets better overall reviews at amazon.com.  There, users gave an average of four stars,  with individuals ranking the model with 5 stars saying that although it “…looks a tad like an offshoot of Artoo-Detoo, it gets the job done in a jiffy,” and “This vacuum is absolutely wonderful!”  It got kudos, for example, for its versatility (goes in small areas, does linoleum and carpets, etc.), affordability, and powerful suction and beater bar action.

Miele – The Miele S514 Solaris Bagged Canister Vacuum gets five stars for ease of use, ease of cleaning, durability, and style, by users at epinions.com.  According to vacuum cleaner reviewers (who bought and use the model), the Miele is quiet, lightweight, has adjustable suction power, and is pretty impressive on the whole. 
These are only a few of the many reviews of many models, but the vacuum cleaner review as written by a real consumer seems, overall, to be a wiser source than the producer, distributor, or maker who says they/it are/is the most popular in the world or the best product on the market or blah blah yada yada.  Such reviews of which is which and which is the best rated vacuum in each category (of usability, ease of cleaning, affordability, and looks) might likely also be better than those of the four-year-old, whom we will have to wait for for his truly expert opinions?