Freedom FD22G

First the downside, I paid £114.99 and took delivery on Tuesday, the following day I saw the same Hoover in my local B&M store for £99.99.That said this is a really good little Hoover, It's the first cordless, handheld Hoover that we have owned and it's so much easier not having to unwind cables then twist your back finding plug sockets that are usually behind furniture or out of the way. It's light and easy to handle, it has good suction and the tools that come with it do a good job.We have laminate floors, tiled floors and shaggy rugs downstairs. I found it easy to Hoover underneath our sofas which stand on 4 inch legs allowing room to access underneath. We have a coal fire in our living room which can cause a mess on our shaggy rug but the power nozzle picks up small debris that falls off the hearth into the pile of the rug. Upstairs we have short pile carpets in the bedrooms and lino in the bathroom,this little Hoover does a good job on all these surfaces. I found it perfect for the stairs using the crevice tool for the corners then the 2 in dusting tool for the treads and risers. The battery lasts long enough to Hoover through the whole house so no problems there. All in all a good product at a fair price, I much prefer it to our G Tech K9 which was far more expensive , comes with no tools and is no good on stairs or under furniture. However, my advice is to shop around.

So let's get the bad stuff out the way!1. They must have battery issues as there is a big sticker on the front of the box regarding not sending back to shop and contacting hoover. Battery would not charge on my first one or last for more than a few minutes.2. The emptying of the canister is frustrating, it's designed that stuff should simply fall out but it never does! Always have to get you finger in there and help gravity do its job!3. I have just asked for a refund as the inner red lock/latch that holds the main outer canister to the grey body snapped mid use! Just before a viewing of our house!Now some slightly better points!1. It's light and easy to use!2. I was impressed with what it does collect in the process of hoovering although anything larger than a pea and it struggles.3. Battery on the second one is better last 15mins.In a nut shell I'm buying a Dyson!

I did so much looking around and reading reviews for all the cordless vacuum cleaners before I took the plunge. We did not want a Dyson v6 or V8 as this is for our static caravan which we currently use a full upright for, but it is just too big so wanted something lighter and easier for this type of environment. This is perfect and so far pick up has been really good. So easy to use especially if you just want to clean up as you go. charge time was around 5 hours before light showed as charged.very easy to empty and pull out all filters for cleaning. Changing tools is simple, you get a powered brush head with the stick, a crevice tool and a brush which you can remove the brush on to reveal a had for furniture etc. There is also a wall mount so you can hang all up. The battery has to be charges whilst attached to the hoover.To sum up very light, easy to use and so far does an excellent job.

You get what you pay for, and it does the job. Downside it is does not take much to stop it working, we have taken ours apart 4 times in 2 weeks to clean parts, brush not turning, contacts dusty, etc. It seems to be a cleaner that does not like dirt. Blue light on top of the brush drives me mad too, much too bright in my eyes. Suction is reasonable, and we have had worse for 3 times the price. It's OK. 6.5 / 10.

Used this for several months now.Very happy with the Hoover, convenient and light to use. I have a two bedroomed flat, kitchen and lounge. The battery always does at least two hooverings. Very handy for doing the wall/ceiling areas and cobweb corner.Easy to empty and the cut out warning to alert you to empty the container is a boon (I thought it was the battery running down initially)The desigers could have done better on the ergonomics of the handle, it does get a little uncomfortable after a few minutes and I have to change grip frequently. There is a 'lock on feature' also which is useful.I haven't used it as a mini-handheld yet.The hanger is effective, an improvement would be to incorporate somewhere to put the charging lead.Going round the carpets with a full sized Dyson after using the Hoover demonstrates that there is still dirt to be removed. Before doing this I was intending on doing away with the full sized model, but it is still required for a more thorough job.

Reading the reviews I didn't really expect much from this Hoover but as it was cheap enough from Amazon Warehouse I thought I would give it a go. So far I haven't had any issues with it, hoovers wooden and tiled floors well but struggles going forward on a carpet with a bit of a pile but on the back pull it works fine. Stair cleaning has become alot easier and it works well on a flat (no pile) carpet. The brushes in the head need regular cleaning as alot of fur seems to get stuck in it but that's easy enough as the brush comes out easily. I can manage to hoover the house (6 rooms, 2 halls and the stairs) easily on a single charge. It is never going to replace a mains hoover but for running over the house daily it works well but I will still use the main hoover on the rugs and carpets once a week. A lot of complaints seem to be about it cutting out but from what I gather it's down to poor maintenance, because the brush head is powered it shuts down when it too full of hair/fur. Most of the people who have complained have said it works no bother with the other attachments when they do have a problem so I assume that's the issue. All the filters can been cleaned out and are reusable. So far I'm happy with it.