Hoover Cordless Vacuum

Hello World!

I felt compelled to start my new blog this day, seeing that I received my first real gadget to test today. I recently joined the "Canadian Tire tested for life in Canada" program and when I came home from my afternoon errands, I was very excited to see a giant package labeled from Canadian Tire. 

The fact that the package they sent me was just left on my front door was a little alarming, but luckily it was not snatched up by any sneaky neighbours. I waited until the kids were asleep before opening my new package. The anticipation was overwhelming. Not knowing what the product could be tore at me. When I had originally signed up for the Canadian Tire testing program, I answered most things on the survey, never expecting something to come my way. I remembered saying that I needed something for my garage, which can be a disaster at times. After convincing myself it must be some kind of storage shelf, I opened it in the garage. To my surprise it was a vacuum cleaner!

A Hoover Air Cordless vacuum was inside the box, pretty much fully assembled. There were no instructions provided, but really, who reads them anyways? Putting the product together was simple. 

Everything came already assembled. 

Couldn't find any instructions.

The batteries ever had some life left in them.

Battery clips in nicely

After doing some initial filming and pictures, I got right to work. Well, not actually cleaning, but just testing it so far. I plugged one of the batteries into the charger and the other into the vacuum cleaner and went to town on my hardwood. I quickly realized that there was a setting for hard floors and one for carpet. Good thing I checked, however, it is not clear which setting the cleaner is on until you start pushing it around. It would be a big improvement if they put a light on saying which settings it is set to.

I am surprised at how light this vacuum cleaner is. I could easily carry it up and down the stairs with one hand. It is just as loud as other cleaners, but not having to drag around a cord, that is priceless. 

All in all, it was a short test tonight. I will charge it overnight, and then let my cousin and wife do the real testing over the course of this week. After which, I will post their feedback and my recommendations for this cleaner.

Warm Regards,

Jason Klatt