Hoover Freedom 2in1 Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, FD22L, Handheld, Above Floor Cleaning, Lightweight - Blue

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But, as we discussed earlier, it’s more than enough time to quickly vacuum a few rooms, or a light spill, to help you stay on top of your chores. The main body offers up the same angular design of the Vax, so it’s no surprise to discover it’s seriously uncomfortable in the hand. Using the upholstery tools on the stairs produced a much better result, albeit taking a while longer than with the larger floor-head. There was a fair-sized band close to the skirting that remained untouched, and the cleaner didn’t do a great job of picking up the heavier granules of carpet freshening powder. Since the floor-head appears to have some stick-down when the tube is more vertical at the end of the backstroke, pushing forward to overcome that creates some alarming flex.

Using the cleaner above floor level, the angular design causes various edges of plastic to dig into your hand. But her small grip and fingers did make it easier to get to the switch when she held the cleaner in the left. The action of agitating the tool against the carpet shifts a fair bit of debris – but again, you need some arm strength to do it. Lifting it up to clean anything above the floor, or even moving from room to room, does require quite a feat of wrist strength.An affordable cordless cleaner, but difficult to handle and delivers poor cleaning results across the board. Clean all over your home with the freedom of portability and the power of cyclonic cleaning thanks to the Freedom 2in1 Cordless Stick from Hoover. This is a good few minutes shy of the similar Vax SlimVac or, indeed, Hoover’s own claimed run-time. Today, we have millions of users a month from around the world, and assess more than 1,000 products a year. Smart charging also means that you can leave it on charge permanently to ensure it’s always ready for cleaning duties.

It took about a nano-second after getting the Hoover Freedom out of the box to realise that the main cleaner is all but identical to arch-rival Vax’s SlimVac Total Home. The main cleaner is almost identical to the woeful Vax SlimVac we tested in December, so the Freedom suffers similar issues with handling, pet hairs and low-quality build. The low suction power and lethargic brush bar didn’t really stand much of a chance with pet hair embedded into a nylon test carpet.And is great at tackling lightweight jobs for times when you don’t want to wheel out and unpack your heavy-duty vacuum. The floor-head has more bite and pulls dust and debris from the carpet better, although our carpet test still showed it wasn’t great. One assumes that after a few months of stuffing the charging cable into the wrong hole and nothing happening, you’ll get used to that. From a completely flat battery, it turned blue to indicate it was fully charged some five-and-a-half hours to six later.

Unfortunately, the combination of limited cleaning ability and our coarse stair carpet with embedded pet hair was a challenge too far for the Freedom, and its struggled to clean efficiently. Glide effortlessly around your home and enjoy the benefits of a powerful cyclonic clean for up to 25 minutes at once. Conversely, our small and dainty octogenarian tester – with hands slightly smaller than a Barbie doll – said she couldn’t reach the trigger if she held the cleaner in her right hand. A couple of different mouldings and slightly different colour, but essentially the same item straight out of the same Far East factory.The upholstery tool features a basic but functional design, with cut-outs to stop it sticking to your sofa. It’s a lithium battery pack, so putting it on charge even if it’s only half depleted won’t affect the long-term performance of the battery.