Fabulous on carpets and hard floors The FX9 is a good build quality and is brilliant at keeping carpets and floors clean with no need to change heads or adjust the settings. Yes, I agree to receive personalised marketing communications from Electrolux Group through e-mail, phone, SMS and post. With the unique Flex Slide system, you have the versatility to clean every inch of your home - from underneath low furniture to the high corners of your ceiling. Using the tools on the hose is a bit of a grapple as well - you have to manage holding the main device, manipulating the tools to where you want, and keeping tension on the hose to keep the pretty short hose extended (it wants to recoil back).

Heavier than normal stick vacs, so perhaps I spoke too soon about being good for people with disabilities. The motor housing/dust chamber can be moved up and down the extending handle thus allowing you to extend the reach of the brush bar/head under sofas etc (see product photos). Optimal filtration reducing pollen, dust and allergens in your home, while increasing your cleaners lifetime.Large range of movement, can change length of handle and position of main body of the vacuum for centre of gravity. One of the other things I really like about this vac is it’s very smaller footprint (which is great if you haven’t a lot of storage space) The supplied floor-standing charging cradle is better than previous vacs I’ve tried of this design (far better in fact: and requires little if any positioning for the unit to marry with the charging points).

My mum, who's in her late 60's, did mention the heavier weight but it wasn't enough to deter her from using it, although she still prefers to use the Dyson V8 (as that is very lightweight). It stops itself if you manage to suck up half a newspaper or the long fringes on a rug, so won’t burn out like the belt models do. When that hose clogs you better have a coathanger ready because otherwise you're dismantling the whole machine.Mini Turbo Nozzle - Powerful mini turbo nozzle for highly effective removal of pet hair and fibers from upholstery, and for effortless cleaing of car interiors. Still love the weight/battery/power compromise, it can't do anything better than a true bagged corded but it does well enough for some. Of course there was no such issue on hard flooring (which it breezed over) but even then I found the weighting of the vac somewhat uneven (with a steady grip needed to compensate for its lack of positive direction at times – as the ‘head’ is much lighter than the main body of the unit).

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So, great suction, easy to charge, versatile too (the brush bar/head is easily removed enabling it to become a hand held unit with extendable hose: this works well for edges and doing stair carpeting for example).Not all 18650s are equal so make sure to read the black lettering on the surface of the green batteries to make sure you're getting exactly the same ones. Potential product overheating can only be initiated when the product is being used, not during recharging or standby.