Hoover BH52210PC Cruise Cordless 22V Lithium Ion Lightweight Stick Vacuum Cleaner
- Lightweight – at only 4.7 lbs. It’s easier than ever to clean up, down and all around
- Reach anywhere cleaning – long slim pole reaches up high for cleaning shelves and ceiling fans
- 2 in 1- Removable hand vac is great for cleaning small messes and tight spaces
- Multi floor capabilities – transition from hard flooring to area rugs and low pile carpeting with just the push of a button
- Includes a battery charger, crevice tool, dusting brush, upholstery tool and a wall mount for easy storage
The Hoover Cruise cordless ultra-light vacuum offers the power you need to keep your home clean, without the hassle of a cord. At less than five pounds, the Hoover Cruise makes it easier than ever to clean up, down and all-around. With multi-floor cleaning performance, you can move from room to room, cleaning both hard floors and carpet.
List Price: $ 179.99
Price: $ 134.62
Cordless Vacuum Handheld
A super-lightweight, versatile vac that picks up as much fine dirt / dander as the Roomba without the high cost ….,
A friend recently commented that I practically had one vacuum for every room I had. Well, each room in my house seems to hold a special challenge for me. I do have a mix of hardwood floors, both oak and wide pine, one laminate, ceramic tile, and a couple of oriental rugs. Add to that mix a couple of dogs and plenty of dirt and there you have the challenges. Throw in a mud pit of a dog pen and this old house can be a mess at times.
If you have plush pile rugs and think the Hoover Cruise will do the job, think again and take a pass. I do have all kinds of vacs (the friend wasnât far off the mark) and will tell you right now that the Cruise has got to be the best cordless vac on the market. I have the Anker and the Monster, both excellent dust ân dirt chompers, but the power and the versatility of the Cruise has them beat hands down.
I even have a Roomba 800 series, but have retired him, Liam Neeson (Roomba wants us to name them), after a tumble down the stairs. The reason I even mention the Roomba is because the Hoover has one very interesting quality it has. When I was vacuuming, I noticed that the Cruise was picking up that very fine dander and dust that so plagues me. The allergies kick in big time if Iâm not right up on it. Now, I vacuum, but now that I took my fans out of the window, figured a good fall cleaning was in order.
There wasnât much in the line of âvisibleâ dirt in the room Iâd targeted to house the Cruise, but when I vacuumed I was shocked (and pleased) at the amount of fine dust it sucked up. It has that Roomba-like capability of drawing in that very fine dust and dander. For such a lightweight vac, the Cruise has the power of much more expensive vacs. Of course Iâm getting ahead of myself, but I was so impressed with how much dust and dander the Cruise pulled and how rapidly I could fill that canister.
Assembly was quite intuitive and I only read the book after I did a thorough vacuuming in the bedrooms, which I need to really keep clean. The Hoover Cruise is a super-lightweight vac that is perfect for seniors or those who canât push a lot of weight. I have a Miele and an Electrolux Silverado, but both of them are super heavy. And then thereâs my Bissell Trilogy, the vac thatâs touted as lightweight, but canât even compare to the Cruise. AND all of these are attached to a cord. The Anker is cordless and I love it, but the Cruise even beats that by a mile.
The Cruise has an easy-to-empty canister and I can remove the whole thing to clean around the filter. I had to take it apart a couple of times because it was picking up so much fine dander. Lotâs of pollen and dust came through those window fans, settling on the entire room. It didnât help that the road next to use was graded, sending up even more dirt. Another feature I really liked was the fact that it has an On / Off trigger or I could flip a âcontinuous power latchâ for extended vacuuming. I do know my vacs, including Roombas, but of all the cordless ones Iâve tried, the Hoover Cruise is top of the line.
⺠CHARGING:
The Hoover Cruise has an onboard Li-on battery pack, a pack that clicked into the body of the back quite easily. Conversely, I was able to pull it back out easily so I could check out the specks. Itâs a 21.6V 42.2Wh 2.0Ah battery pack. This brick is replaceable so not all is lost if it dies in a few years. Now, one of my Dirt Devil vacs was discontinued and I have to special order bags. This is one of the nice things about the canister style vacs I do love. No fuss, no muss, no bags.
Charging the vac itself is easy. Thereâs an AC charger (included) that is plugged into the charger inlet right on the body of the vac. It took no time at all to spot it. I was thinking that Iâd prefer direct access to the Li-on brick so I could charge it on the counter, but everything comes apart and itâs not that difficult to charge. The Anker has to be placed in its base, a bit of a pain at times.
⺠CLEANING THE CRUISE PARTS:
The dust bar can be pulled for cleaning with the flip of a switch. If I get threads or hair get hung up in the brush, they can be pulled or clipped. One interesting thing about the Cruise is the fact that everything is very well-designed and quite well thought out, making use almost intuitive. The Roombaâs brush bar needs much more tending to and in comparison Iâm finding that the Cruise is much easier to work with.
The cup of the dust collector opens right up over the waste bit. If I want (and I did) I can remove the dirt cup entirely. It has a âRemove Dirt Cupâ button thatâs easy to spot. When I removed it, the filter was exposed and I could clean it off easily. That filter should be kept clean because with the finer dust and dander it can get quite clogged and the suction will go down.
Thereâs one additional post-motor filter that should be washed…
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|Comparing Hoover Cruise to Dyson DC44 Animal,
3 and a half stars for the Cruise, really, because money matters.
This review is based on vacuuming hardwood floors with a few scatter rugs. While we still shudder at the price of the Dyson V6, (we bought it refurbished and it was STILL expensive) we prefer it over the Hoover. The Hoover Cruise is less expensive than the Dyson, and is pretty good, but on close inspection we opt for the Dyson. It was fascinating to compare the two devices and see how the Hoover engineers had come in with a… let us call it “homage” to the Dyson concept. They came up with their own solutions and delivered a vacuum with just as much power that cost much less. However…
Comparing the two devices:
Battery: I like the way the Hoover Cruise lets you simply click a button to pull the battery and presumably replace it in the future. This is much tougher with the Dyson, where you have to look on YouTube to figure out how to disassemble, then find the hidden serial #, then search the internet for an aftermarket replacement, which are available.
Noise: Dyson.
While the two are within 2 dB of each other (88-90 at 3â above the handle for the Dyson, 90-92 for the Hoover), the Dyson is subjectively quieter. The Hoover has a high, whiny pitch. However, neither is bad.
Maneuverability: The Dyson is smoother. The Hoover swivels just as much, if not more, but it swivels unexpectedly, when you are trying to go straight, for instance; steering is touchy.
On/Off switch: Hoover.
The Hoover has a lever that can be pushed to hold the on button in the on position. Which is good, because there is a hard edge that hurts the top of my hand when I hold down the on button, so using the lever allows me to move my hand away from that edge.
One has to hold down the on button for the Dyson all the time, but that actually hasnât ever bothered me.
Dust bin: This one is a tie.
The Dyson has a smaller bin, and the hinge for the âlidâ for it is set back from the edge of the opening (sorry, hard to describe), but suffice it to say the issue comes in with fine dust accumulating in the hinge area. I use a toothbrush to brush that area out, which is about 1/4â deep.
The Hoover seems to have a slightly larger dust bin, and its lid and hinge are better designed and have a nicer, firmer snap when closing. However, when popping open the base of the dust bin, the filter doesnât release cat hair or dust bunnies. One then has to disassemble the entire dust bin in order to pull off the lighter debris. That reattachment is a finicky task.
Powered beater brush: Dyson wins.
The Hoover has an on/off switch, so the beater brush can be turned off on wood floors. It is very easy to remove to clean by simply pulling back on an arrowed section of the base (no instructions needed) and popping the brush out. This is superior to Dysonâs design. The Hoover Cruise beater single brush has soft blue tufts that appear to be spaced just slightly apart, so the tufts may not cover 100% of the floor or rug. But if youâre thinking that youâre protecting your floors, take a look at the close-up photo of the beater brushes to compare, and see the scratches (after just one use!) on the bottom piece of plastic that slides on the floor. I think adhesive-backed felt would be an easy fix that is not even necessary if you are just vacuuming tile. Hoover could fix this easily with a piece of padding.
By contrast, the Dyson designers have gone to much more effort. There are little rollers front and back and padding all around. There are two sets of brushes, one set of black, very soft, slightly longer brushes that are spread quite uniformly (instead of in tufts) across the width of the tube. Then there are some red, very stiff tufts, that would seem to be far more effective at beating a rug or carpet. See the Photo. The stiff tufts would hit the surface of a wood floor, but very lightly. In the 4 months of using the Dyson, we have not yet noticed any wear on the floor. The Dyson beater brush is on all the time. It is slightly less easy to clean, requiring a coin to insert into a slot to rotate, then the brush has to be pulled out of the resulting hole; it takes some time. On the Hoover Cruise, you slide a piece and pull out the brush- easy.
In examining the lower area of the machines, we noticed that the Hoover had, after just one use, accumulated quite a bit of softer, fuzzier debris along its corrugated tubing that is closest to the floor. The Dyson protects that area with some rounded plastic, and did not appear to have any accumulation, after 4-5 months of use.
Weight: a tie.
Suction: Close! The Hoover cleans well but the Dyson sucks harder.
Instructions and Intuitive Operation is a Hoover Win: Hoover Cruise wins by far. Unlike those pretentious and puzzling pictographs Dyson is fond of, there are actual English…
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