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hi I'm Megan Willerton frissina and this is Hoover's $179 Platinum Collection links cordless stick vacuum now stick vacuums are really designed as a supplement to a regular upright or canister vacuum they kind of do that midweek maintenance if you just have a little dirt and grime and want to kind of get in there quickly and part of the beauty of their design is that most of them are cordless which I love and while this Hoover doesn't have that quirky futuristic design of the dyson dc50 9 it is a fantastic performer it doesn't have a bunch of attachments or other fancy features it doesn't have a two and one where it can be a dust buster and an upright stick vacuum but it performed great on all of our tests on the cereal and pet hair tests it picked up 100% of all the fruity Cheerios and pet hair that we flung around the floor that's on hardwood low pile and mid pile carpet I think that's absolutely amazing on the sand and sawdust test it came in third behind the dyson dc50 9 and the Electrolux agro rapido but it still did very well it picked up 98% of the sand and sawdust on hardwood so I'd say if you don't want to spend 499 dollars for a dyson dc50 9 and you don't need all of those other attachments that this is a fantastic option I do kind of wish it had a two-in-one detachable handheld vacuum like the $229 Electrolux or go rapido but this is $179 you really can't beat that price so if you're looking for a straightforward stick vacuum with no fuss this is a great option for CNET I'm Megan Willerton