Product Description

The most powerful cordless hand vacuum available! With up to 400% more suction power, this 14.4 volt handvac provides industrial strength suction and run time for fast cleanups. Cleans up faster and stronger than ordinary cordless hand vacs! When you have the worlds most powerful hand-held vacuum cleaner, you can handle almost any clean-up job. More importantly for allergy and asthma sufferers, this is one of the only two cordless vacuum cleaners with HEPA filtration available (the DirtTamer Deluxe is the only other one). That means your symptoms wont flare up as you clean up! Because spills arent always dry, the DirtTamer Deluxe picks up wet spills as easily as dry ones. Comes complete with 3 handy cleaning tools an extended crevice tool, a squeegee and an upholstery brush. Features also include a dirt-finding headlight, easy-to-empty 9-oz. bowl, charge and low battery indicator, extra long run time, and a full-length charging and tool storage case.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17761 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Color: White
• Brand: Dirt Tamer
• Model: V2510
• Dimensions: 6.38" h x 5.63" w x 19.09" l, 4.70 pounds

Features

• An ergonomically designed loop handle, a balanced center of gravity and an on/off switch that locks reduces thumb fatigue
• Clean, filtered air is exhausted directly out of the vacuum's back end and away from the spill with the managed airflow system
• Includes a certified HEPA filter and a washable/reusable foam filter
• Features an attractive design that complements any decor or room
• The V2510 is the gold medal winner of the prestigious National Post industrial design contest

Customer Reviews

Super hand-held vac
DirtTamer Ultima 14.4V...V2510 Model. While looking for a replacement filter after using our vac for 3 years, I was surprised to see the poor reviews. Perhaps they were not the Ultima model. This has been an excellent vac for quick vaccuuming of bathroom and kitchen floors and especially our carpeted stairs. Compared to our previous Black and Decker DustBuster hand-held vacs, this is a dream. I am able to run it for a good 10 minutes without losing power. I have not tried it on wet surfaces. When this one goes, I will definitely purchase another.

Very nice except for the HEPA filtration
I bought this vac after reading all the reviews I could find on it.. they all sounded very positive. One big reason for buying this model was that it has a HEPA filter, which is very important to us since we live in the dusty desert and have to deal with allergies as well.

The basic vac is pretty darn nice... it has a nice comfortable, balanced feel and pretty good suction. It has not run the battery down any time I have used it so far... seems pretty strong.

I immediately noticed two problems with the basic unit though, and did some 'engineering changes' to improve it:

(1) The on-off switch was almost impossible to operate using just one hand. It is a smooth, dished button that you have to slide with the thumb of the hand holding the handle. Good idea, except that it was so smooth that my thumg couldn't get a grip on it, especially to turn it off, so I would use my other hand to work the switch. I cured that problem by 'dimpling' the button with dots of super-glue, then using super-glue to make a strong ridge across the middle (side-to-side) that my thumb could get in front or back of to turn it on and off.

(2) The 'headlight' shines back into your eyes making it hard to see what you are doing in dark areas. I solved that one by putting a small piece of aluminum duct tape across the top part of the lens. It not only keeps the light out of your eyes but also reflects more light toward the area you want to see... works much better.

The one problem I have yet to solve involves the HEPA filter. You remove the foam filter that comes installed in the vac, then install the HEPA filter in its place. Problem is, HEPA filters are usually used as a FINAL filter, after the air has passed through the normal filters. Also, the HEPA filter for this vac is pretty darn small in area. Using it as the main filter as they do with this vac, it plugs up almost immediately since it has to catch ALL the dust-type of contamination coming through the vac (the larger debris is caught in the large basket-type prefilter that you remove to empty). I have to clean the HEPA filter after just a few minutes of operation or the suction really decreases... very inconvenient! I have temporarily installed the original foam filter in front of the HEPA filter to see if that helps. Trouble is, they didn't design it to work that way and there is really not very much room for the foam filter. I have not used it enough to know if this is going to solve the problem. If not, guess it's time to try the Dyson DC16 hand vac and sell this one.

Great Product
This is the best rechargeable hand vac I have ever used. I have one on each floor of my home and in the garage. Great for a family of five and the best for quickly picking up spilt cereal off the floor. Strong motor last long enough to vac out my car.