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This is a very efficient vacuum that has a lot of suction. It does a very good job at cleaning in most situations, and it does really well on pet hair. This isn’t the end-all vacuum. It doesn’t have quite the versatility for comprehensive or heavy duty cleaning–for tool use, the hose is too short and inflexible and the tools are small and cheap. However, for overall carpet vacuuming and minor tool use, it does just fine. Historically, we have not had really good luck with Hoover vacuums hanging in their for extended periods. Our main vacuum these days is a Kenmore canister vac. This new Hoover is serving as a back up to our primary unit and also for when we need really strong suction (e.g., when the dogs track mud into the house, the pet hair is excessive, or we have sand in our RV after camping at the beach).
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The first unit I received had an issue with the brushes not spinning. I checked everything out the manual said to (verified strong suction, clean filters, etc.) but no dice. Fortunately, Amazon makes exchanges painless and doesn’t stick you with the return shipping charge which would have been hefty on this item.

The replacement unit arrived a few days later. I put it together, turned it on, and hooray this time the brushes were spinning! Then we tried actually using it and found barely any cleaning solution was coming out. If I took off the handle and pushed the lever on the main unit in manually, fluid came out just fine so there seemed to be something wrong with the button on the handle. The rod that operates the lever to release the cleaning fluid worked fine when I operated the button, but as soon as I put any pressure onto the rod it would push back up into the handle. Since it takes a fair amount of pressure to get fluid flowing, this was the problem. Fortunately, this was a pretty easy DIY fix by opening up the handle and shoring up the other end of the rod with some duct tape.

At this point, I finally had a fully functioning unit. It does a great job picking up old stains and the carpet felt nice and soft afterward. The brushes do a good job and make plenty of contact with the carpet. The method suggested in the manual of doing a wet stroke back, a wet stroke forward, and then two dry stores back and forwards works well but chews up the fluid quickly. I found just keeping it simple and doing a wet stroke back and then a dry stroke forward worked equally well in most cases and lets your fluid last twice as long.

All in all, this unit works fine but I’m a little frustrated that I had to deal with two units with very basic defects. If Hoover did any kind of QA on these units they wouldn’t have made it out of the factory, so I really wonder if they actually do any QA. Fortunately, Amazon is on board to help makes things right, as always.
4 5X Proffessional HD

I have purchase 4 of these cards all 8Gb they seem to be bullet proof to me. Will buy more in the future.
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This story is a must read. I was amazed how it had me thinking of it days after.
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I’ve used this SD card for several weeks now and it’s worked as advertised. The card has been used primarily in an HD video camera recording in 1080p, so it was important for it to have a fast transfer rate. I haven’t had any issues with the card. It’s been very reliable!
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Best mp3 player ever and does everything a iphone does except talking on it. Will buy from again real soon and came in less than 3 days, super fast shipping.
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Sara Gruen spins a fascinating tale of murder, love, obsession, and life in Water for Elephants. The characters were interesting and well developed. Her portrayal of the elderly was spot-on without being stereotypical. That’s a very difficult thing to do; not many authors are capable of unraveling the story of an elderly character.

Her portrayal of circus life is intriguing, and the characters never failed to invoke strong feelings of endearment, horror, amusement, or pity. I wouldn’t call this a “must read,” but it is definitely an interesting story that was well written and well researched.
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This is a great book. I couldn’t put it down. I’ve passed it on. Read in two days and wanted more. What a wonderful first novel.
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The Hoover F5914-900 did a wonderful job cleaning my cream-colored carpet. I usually use a professional service, but decided that this could save me some money, so I tried it. It cleaned up pet stains and everything else!
Kenko 1 5X Telephoto

Only had this for < a month.
The product arrived on time and without problems.
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