I have always considered Hoover products to be reliable and of excellent quality and this vacuum cleaner lived up to these expectations, making this experiment really fun and enjoyable.
I use a Henry vacuum cleaner every day and have not used an upright cleaner for many years so it took me a little while to get used to the Globe and the tools that came with it.
First of all, I cleaned the bedrooms, which are carpeted. I was amazed and horrified by the amount of fluff, dust, hairs that the cleaner picked up - the suction is fantastic, better than the Henry, but the bin filled up fast. I found that the electric lead got in the way and I didn't know what to do with it. Could it be retractable? Also the lead wasn't long enough to do more than one bedroom at a time, so I was unplugging and plugging quite a lot.
It was quite easy to clean the stairs and the attachment was especially good for swivelling and cleaning both faces of the treads and in and out of the rails.The Globe was much lighter than the Henry to lift and carry up the stairs.
Downstairs,it was easy to manoeuvre the cleaner under the tables and chairs and round the dog and was not physically demanding because it 'twists and steers' with one hand.The dog wasn't fazed by it at all but my grandson was frightened because I think he found it quite noisy.
I particularly liked the attachment for cleaning pet hairs from the furniture. I found the 3 in 1 tools a bit fiddly to put together but they were really useful to clean the top of the dresser and the bookcases. I cleaned the picture rails and also discovered lots of dust and cobwebs in many odd corners and crevices that I had missed before.
I live in a Victorian farmhouse with different floor surfaces:flagstones, quarry tiles, stripped wood as well as carpets and it's always dusty. The Hoover cleaned the carpets really well but the Henry copes much better with the other surfaces and all the odd bits and pieces that seem to appear on them.
The Globe is an excellent cleaner but is suitable for a modern, contemporary house with carpets rather than a large, muddy house in the country - the pictures on the box bear no resemblance to my house, whatsoever! I was very conscious that I was using a beautiful, state of the art machine when what I need is a robust workhorse that I can bash about and replace as cheaply as possible. For this reason I would not buy a Hoover in the future.
However, I would recommend it to my friends and I know that my daughter would love to borrow it as soon as possible!
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