Eureka Canister Vacuum, Pet Friendly Vacuum Cleaner for Home, Lightweight Powerful Vacuum for Carpets and Hardfloors, 3670G Ordinary, Yellow

this vaccum last forever. i replaced it for one that stands up but not nearly as powerful. it would be great to pick up saw dust, glitter and window seal where good suction is needed

I'll preface this by saying I've enjoyed really nice Electrolux vacs over the years - back before they got assimilated - real Electrolux units - the type you'd refurb and hand down to your kids. I've also owned my fair share of Eurekas, Hoovers, Panasonics, Sears, Dirt Devils, etc in both uprights and canisters. Not one of them was perfect nor "did it all", despite their claims. No one really wants to do bare floors with an upright. So keep in mind, this review is within the scope of the typically defined tasks for canisters with non powered heads.This is my second Mighty Mite (I purchased it for my daughter) and I can't say enough about these. If you have mostly uncarpeted areas to clean (in our case it's ceramic tile) this thing is really great.The good: Incredible suction. I've had one for 18 months of brutal usage, and as long as you change the filter and bag - it just works incredibly well. It's light - the lightest canister I've ever seen. It's durable - its taken many a spill, and not one bit has chipped or cracked and it still works like new. And it's cheap. So cheap. Same may say it feels cheap, and it doesn't feel like a $1000 vac, but did I mention how nothing has broken or chipped on it despite hitting the hard tile numerous times?It has some flaws, it's designed to a price point, but it has incredible suction, is super reliable, light enough to carry all the time, and parts and accessories are cheap. To that point - things you might want:1) HEPA filter. The same HEPA filter that fits on the "Pet" version of this vac fits this one. They're the same basic unit. It snaps over the exhaust. Bingo - you have a HEPA filter.2) A bigger hard surface floor brush. I bought a nice one for about $10 or so that is wider, has a nice bristle pattern, and now there is little chance of scratching the floor and zero nice from the head.3) The shoulder strap - Eureka makes the strap, mostly for it's Sanitaire version of this vac, but it fits this one just fine. You'll find the part number in the accessories catalog with the vac, but oddly, good luck finding it online. The vac is so light that with the strap you have both hands free to move a chair and still control the vacuum hose. And with no canister on the ground, you will be surprised how fast you can vacuum.The bad: if you have carpet, this is not ideal - you need a powered head. And as I mentioned earlier, it's designed to a price point - certain parts feel flimsy - the hose is small and thin (but mine has NEVER broken or collapsed) and the attachments don't have much...bristle. But if you read above - you can fix almost any of that. Some people don't like the friction only connectors for the hose and wand and attachments. Mine fall apart fairly regularly, but usually when I pick it up when it's been stored - and it's not tragic - they just slip back on, and if I remember to make sure each is tight before I start to vacuum, they probably won't fall apart while I vacuum.So, you can complain about this super inexpensive vac not having a brush, wand, or feature, but if you look, you might just find that you can add it for a few dollars.This is an inexpensive vacuum, very narrow in focus (hard surfaces), so it's not for everyone. On the other hand, I always had a canister (usually an expensive one with a motorized carpet head) and an upright anyway, and the uprights are generally excellent carpet cleaners, so I didn't miss much by losing carpet capable cleaning from a canister. If that sounds like you, you might want to think about this little vac.

I bought this vacuum in 2013 when we started a home addition. I wanted something cheap and used bags and that I could throw away if the vacuum broke after using it to vacuum up drywall dust and wood debris from our addition. We were doing the work ourselves, and I’m rather stringent about keeping my work site clean. This little vacuum is still going strong! We use it for more everyday uses now, instead of construction. My only advice: It doesn’t do well on carpets at all. But does great on floors. The electrical cord is rather short and the vacuum pole is awkwardly long to store, but it’s a powerful little canister vacuum.

I bought the Eureka Mighty Mite on August 4th 2014 so I have had quite some time to use it. I just acquired the Bissell Hard Floor Expert Multi-Cyclonic Bagless Canister Vacuum, 1547 and wanted to share this with you. I love it. It’s my little fuelie dragster. That is what the shape reminds me of. What better design to instill a feeling of power and performance. I also love the color combination. Click on the bottom picture in the listing which is the close up shot and see it full screen. It looks every bit as good, and even better in person.How does this compare to the Eureka 370G Mighty Mite Canister Vacuum, the one I had purchased earlier and is the number one seller here at Amazon? No comparison. This Bissel Hard Floor Expert Multi-Cyclonic Bagless Canister Vacuum, 1547 hereinafter referred to as the “BMC” has just that, a cyclonic dirt collector whereas the Eureka has on the other hand an ongoing bag replacement requirement. You can easily see when the BMC is filling up with its transparent removable canister, but the Eureka you have to guess; as in when it stops picking up dirt you have to disassemble the filter portion and give it a poke in order to see if it is full.The fact that you don’t need to replace filters although they are available, you can simply hand wash them and use them again, and again, and again. With the Eureka Mighty Mite you have to buy new bags, and with the cost of them being a dollar a bag, how many 9 packs do you have to buy before you wind up spending the same amount of money as purchasing the BMC in the first place, and there are sooooo many advantages to the BMC.Next item up for bid, the wand. On the Eureka you have this long, fixed plastic tube that does allow you to pull the sections apart and store them on the couch for those times when you need a longer reach. The BMC has this beautiful stainless steel telescoping wand/tube that has no such problems. It retracts and extends anywhere along its reach with the locking dots all along the shaft. So there is no having to take anything apart, and place sections around the room that you have to go and find when you want to extend the Eureka. This also is a huge advantage for storage. My one complaint about the Eureka is that it takes up a lot of closet space with the long fixed plastic tube plus the long flexible tube. This BMC with the push of the collar collapses the stainless steel tube into a length that is about half of the space of the Eureka.I also like the substantially larger diameter hose on the BMC and the way it is configured makes for a much more easily maneuverable device that is not always banging into walls and marring up your trim when going from room to room. The Eureka has a smaller diameter hose that is stiff and comes straight out the front so it has more of a mind of its own when tagging along.Now let’s talk about a really big feature with me and that is the filtration system. The Eureka has a joke of a small plastic post-filter that is designed to let everything through except maybe large chunks. My main complaint with that one is when my brother is vacuuming and the exhaust is blowing out the back it enters my room and has quite an odor to it. I go and close my door and turn on the air filtration unit to clean the air. The BMC has a very fine filter on it that is thick and looks like something someone would use with a hazmat suit to filter out serious allergens. It is white and instantly looks like something you would trust your lungs to. It is good to note that the ultra-fine stuff is what causes the problems because your lungs don’t have such an easy time getting it out.The wheels are configured the same but that is about where that ends. The BMC have softer wheels either made out of rubber, or more likely a rubbery plastics grade material that is guaranteed not to scratch itself across your nicely finished hardwood floors and tile. The Eureka wheels are hard black plastic.Unlike the breakdown of the different BMC models the check sheet on this listing page only has the one foot tool that comes with this BMC 1547 but in reality it has both right in the box. You have one that is made for rugs that is vacuum only, and a second one that is made for hard floors such as tile and hardwoods and that one contains a beater brush to pick up the stuff that may be minimally attached to the floor. The bristles are very fine, almost silk like so as to not scratch your polished/shiny floor surfaces. They interchange very simply. The Eureka has two heads as well; one they call the bare floor nozzle and the other that they call the deluxe floor brush is really an open rectangle at the bottom with a brush material around the circumference that does not act like a beater spinning head like the BMC has.As far as convenience the crevice tool and brush tool for blinds etc. stores right underneath the handle area for easy access. The Eureka has a storage area for the crevice tool that is a hollow insertion area on top of the motor itself requiring that you bend over to the floor every time you want to access it.Power and performance. The Eureka is listed as a 12 amp motor and there isn’t any listing I can find that states the size/amperage of the Bissell. Another line that Bissell has especially designed for pet hair lists them between 9 and 12 amps depending on model. The noise level of both units has the Eureka putting out about twice the noise level of the BMC. The BMC is so quiet that if someone was sleeping in the next room it would not awaken them. I have to relate the sound to a pleasing purr instead of noise. When you shut it off as it slows down it sounds like an extremely quiet 747 with its whistling sound as it de-accelerates.Now here is a super biggie for me; the auto rewind cord. This is where the two really are on a separate planet. The BMC has a cord that is spring wound to wind up IN the housing instead of wrapped around it. So at any time you can extend the cord to as much as you need, and when you are done, and this is huge you simply step on the large silver auto-retract knob and the BMC automatically sucks the cord up into its body. I have found from experience with the Eureka that has one of those two paddles on the bottom that you have to manually wind the cord up with it. Most often I find it with the cord wrapped around the body, or not wrapped at all strewn all over the closet. Did I mention that the BMC not only has a retractable wand but the cord storage is a lot better?Look do I hate the Eureka Mighty Mite? Not really, but it is a good example of you get what you pay for. There is no way they can make something as integrally well built with the features of the BMC for less than half of the price. So for the money it is a bargain, but like I mentioned in the long run you are going to eat up the difference having to replace the filters all of the time on the Eureka as well as having to replace the bags. So in the long run you are going to spend the same amount of money and have an inferior unit in the Eureka. All of the filters in the BMC can be hand washed in cold water with a mild detergent, and then thoroughly dried before returning them to the vacuum. I am sure after a while it would be a good idea to replace them, but that is a supposition on my part. I have the Hoover Wind Tunnel Bagless Upright and emptying out the dirt has to be the easiest job going. It is the same as this Bissell. All you do it push one button and the completely enclosed canister lifts right out. I go outside to my plastic trash can, release the lid on the bottom, give it a few light taps on the side of the can, snap the lid back on and I am ready to go. Comparing that to replacing bags at a cost and having to get them of the closet, install them after expanding them, and making sure the collar is properly inserted etc, not to mention the risk of breaking or even getting a little tear in the bag and then the entire inside of the vac is a mess; there is no comparison. I have both and I will take the bagless every time.Swiveling head on the BMC is also a mind blower in comparison to the Eureka. The BMC is created much like a gyroscope in that it swivels on two different axes. You are able to stand it up perfectly upright while still having the vacuum head square on the floor. The Eureka has no such flexibility only allowing a single knee operation. So how does this compute into its actual use? The BMC made it effortless to get into the tiny area alongside my bathroom sink where I park the trash can and almost always needs cleaning because of the near misses. The distance between the wall and vanity is only 9 inches, and with the installed towel rack taking up that space it is only 5 inches. I was able to drop it in and do one side of that area, and then simply drop it in again to do the other side. It got everything in there. I tried to access the same way with the Eureka but from straight down from the top it is not flexible enough to have the shoe sit squarely on the floor rendering it useless for such task. Overall the gyroscope like flexibility of the BMC both with its coplanar flexible dual plane intuitive ability makes it a breeze to use even when vacuuming the regular wide open floor. I am sure you have seen a commercial with a vacuum head swiveling and going in any direction you may want it. Well this one does exactly that. The Eureka does have a single flexible knee that has a limited range of movement. So for moving the head side by side you are more or less scraping it across the floor instead of gliding it in the direction of movement. You can see the spinning brush through the clear plastic upper area of the foot brush giving you convenient feedback if anything is stuck or jammed in the brush area. The brush does not spin until you make complete contact with the floor.The Mighty Mite may have the same size, or even a little more powerful motor than the BMC, I have no way of knowing since the BMC does not publicize the amp rating at this time, but I do know that when I am cleaning my hardwood floors or tile something that is an inch away from the floor tool is sucked into the unit before it even gets to it. I am sure some heavier, more solid items would need to have the floor tool run directly over it such as is the standard case with many vacuums.I think I may move the Eureka out to the garage for using it to clean the car so the smell from the poorly filtered air has a chance to escape instead of being blown into the inside air of my bedroom etc. Have I tried every vacuum out there? Of course not, but I do have the Miele Compact C2 Quartz Canister Vacuum in Lotus white that is over 2.6 times the price of this Bessell with all of the same exact features except it is not a bagless. That is why I jumped at the opportunity to have a go with this one.Understand this Bissell is a “hard” floor expert so if someone tries to bash it because it does not have a beater brush for carpeting understand why. This brush head depends on the vacuuming air pressure to make the brush head spin. On a non-resistant slick shiny floor it works great, but it would get snagged on plush carpet. So a separate vacuum cleaner designed for that purpose is advisable if you want to beat/brush the deep dirt out of carpeting. The carpet head on the BMC is a passive vacuum head only.It is common that people prefer to have an upright with such capabilities as well as a canister that can get into places and upright can’t even dream of accessing; like tight spaces, doing your blinds, getting the cobwebs up on the ceiling, although some uprights do have the add on tube vacuum option.Did I tell you that I am in love with this Bissel? You betcha. The Eureka Mighty Mite served its purpose, but my new pet is the Bissell Multi-cyclonic. Highly recommended.