Carpet-Pro CPU-75T Household Upright Vacuum Cleaner Review

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(More customer reviews)My husband bought this at a repair shop where he'd taken our 20-year-old Eureka Boss, which had just bitten the dust. The repair guy offered a $60 credit toward this Carpet Pro for having come to the store with a vacuum that couldn't be repaired. He didn't know the model number, so from home I checked Amazon reviews and found only 4s and 5s for CPU-1, so I said it looked like a good machine. What a mistake! Not only is this model a piece of crap, but the store has an All Sales Final policy!
Here are the problems:
1. Useless foot pedal: Immediately, I found that the foot pedal for adjusting the handle angle is only a piece of molded plastic, not a pedal that actually depresses when you step on it. It looks like part of a kids' toy vacuum! 19 out of 20 times that we stepped on it, it would not work. We took it back to the store, and the repair guy loosened the screw. Now the handle flops and doesn't stay upright, but at least we can vacuum with it.
2. Blows up dust! When you use it, the vacuum blows outward a bit, so that dust blows up into the air!
3. How the attachment hose actually attaches to the machine is a mystery that we have not cleared up yet by consulting the instructions. The hose comes apart in one place, so that part of it is still attached to the machine, and if you attach it to the hole where you're supposed to attach it, according to the instructions, there's another hole left open where dust could fly out of the bag. If anyone knows how to attach the hose on this model, please let me know by leaving a comment.
Pros:
- there's a light in front, which helps you to see the dust that's blowing around (see #2 above).
- It's not as heavy as the Eureka.
- It does suck up cat hair and crumbs pretty well, although in a couple of swoops whereas the Eureka only took one roll-over to get it all up.
If you're looking for a cheap vacuum cleaner, this is it. But buy it at a place that allows for returns!

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