Gadgetory

hi I'm Katie poking 10-4 CNET and I'm standing next to the hoover windtunnel 3 performance bagless upright vacuum this vacuum surprised me a lot it's a hundred and seventy nine dollars and I expected it to perform on par with other 179 dollar vacuums that we had in this test set like the Bissell power glide deluxe Pat vacuum which retails for the same price the Hoover did perform really well with fine particulate on carpet on low pile it performed the best and it was a close second place on mid pile carpet it didn't do very well with pet hair or large particles so this vacuum is definitely not for pet owners or people with small children always dropping cereal all over the floor but if you just want something that can manage dust and fine particle that gets in your carpet this would be a decent option one of the things I really like about it is how customizable it is and I know I keep talking about this in vacuums like the Electrolux precision brush roll clean or the Eureka but I really like when manufacturers give you options recognizing the fact that you will probably have more than one type of flooring in your home no one has carpet wall-to-wall everywhere you'll probably have some tiled areas or some hardwood and Hoover recognizes that and give you this dial that allows you to adjust different settings on the height of the vacuum and the brushroll based on what kind of flooring you have in your home the tools work really well it's got this awesome pet tool that powers through it's got rubber plastic type blades that scrape pet hair off of your upholstery or carpet and the crevice tool is shaped really really interestingly so that it'll get not only against the crevice between your baseboard and your carpet but also really get down into that crack so again it's a great vacuum for fine particulate and being in the sub $200 category it's also a little bit friendlier for your wallet if you do have pets or you're looking for something that's in the same price range that performs a bit more consistently across different categories I would look at the hundred and $79 Bissell Powerglide deluxe pet vacuum but if you like Hoover and you is the brand before and you just need something to help you with day-to-day maintenance and aren't going to put your carpet or floors pet hair or large debris the Hoover would be a decent choice for CNET I'm Katy Pilkington