Product Description

The U8371-900 Windtunnel 2 Complete cleans carpet better than any other leading brand. The patented Windtunnel 2 Technology located in the floor nozzle forces the rotating brushes and and airflow to work in harmony. It lifts and traps the dirt, so it won't scatter back in your carpet. dirt ends up in the cleaner, not on your floor. The Surface Command Electronic Carpet Height Adjustment and Brush Shutoff for hard surfaces are done by simply turning the dial for the desired setting.Has a adjustable handle for people of all heights to use comfortably. The Self-Cleaning Hepa filter cleans itself every 6 seconds to maintain cleaning power. You never have to touch or replace the filter. It traps 100% of dust mites, ragweed and common grass pollens.The automatic brush shutoff stops the brush when the unit is in the upright position. All the power is focused in the hose. The Real-Time Tool System with Tag-Along makes tool use easy with handle that instantly converts to telescopic wand and Tag-Along grip to guide the cleaner. The telescoping Quick-Release Wand and Super Strerch Hose combine for 12' of cleaning reach. And if you use the bonus Extra Reach hose, you get 20" of cleaning reach. By using the Pet Hair Tool, you have powerful suction and rotating brushes to easily clean stairs and upholstry. With the Bottom Release Dirt Cup, no bags to replace. Simply remove the cup and empty contents into the trash. The brillant headlight illuminates your cleaning path.The edge cleaners remove dirt up to the baseboards and the lifetime belt means you never have to replace a belt. Has a 1 year full warranty.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #229470 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Brand: Hoover
• Model: U8371-900

Features

• 12 amp bagless upright vacuum cleaner with WindTunnel 2 technology
• Embedded DirtFinder; edge cleaning; electronic carpet-height adjustment
• Real-time tool system for thorough cleaning; Tag-Along grip; pet-hair tool
• Self-cleaning HEPA filter; headlight; bottom-release dirt cup; lifetime belt
• Measures 11 by 15 by 44 inches; 1-year parts-and-labor warranty

Amazon.com Product Description
Ideal for cleaning carpets, this 12 amp bagless upright vacuum cleaner features patented WindTunnel 2 technology, located in the floor nozzle, which forces the rotating brushes and airflow to work in harmony. It lifts and traps the dirt, preventing it from scattering, so dirt ends up in the cleaner, not on the floor. The unit's Embedded DirtFinder display alerts users to areas of the carpet that may need more cleaning attention, while its edge-cleaning abilities help remove dust, dirt, and lint that collect along baseboards. Even more, moving from carpets to hard-floor surfaces becomes effortless thanks to the unit's Surface Command electronic carpet-height adjustment. Simply turn the dial for the desired setting.

When in the upright position, the vacuum automatically shuts off the brush, focusing all the power into the hose. Its Real-Time tool system makes tool use easy with a handle that instantly converts to a telescopic wand and a Tag-Along grip to guide the cleaner. The telescoping quick-release wand and super-stretch hose combine for 12 feet of cleaning reach. On-board tools include a hard-floor brush to safely clean hard surfaces and a pet-hair tool with powerful suction and rotating brushes for stairs and upholstery. For added convenience, the unit's self-cleaning HEPA filter traps 100-percent of dust mites, ragweed, and common grass pollens, plus it cleans itself every six seconds to maintain cleaning power--no need to ever touch or replace the filter. Other highlights include soft wheels, a 14-inch cleaning path, a brilliant headlight to illuminate dark corners, adjustable handle height, a 31-foot power cord, a bottom-release dirt cup, and a lifetime belt. The vacuum cleaner measures 11 by 15 by 44 inches and carries a one-year parts-and-labor warranty.

Customer Reviews

Worst Vacuum Ever!
If your living environment is in the country with exposure to dirt, mud, animal hair & normal household dirt or dust, this vacuum is not for you! This machine is poorly designed & does not perform as advertised. Suction is so great it pulls dirt, debris & hair up through the collar cone filter & directly into the sealed HEPA chamber. Once the chamber plugs full of debris, the vacuum looses all suction & ability to clean. There are only two options for cleaning the chamber, once obstructed - take it to an authorized shop or dismantel the machine yourself. No one wants a vacuum that must be 'repaired' after minimal use, or one that must be repaired after every use. It clogged up before I could complete two rooms & although the initial obstruction was cleared, the unit now plugs up before finishing one room. Hoover appears to have no desire to fix the design flaw or make it right with anyone who foolishly spent money buying this product - Hoover will not accept a return, or provide an exchange to another vacuum in their product line. A word of advice I received from the authorized service shop that repaired (cleaned) the vacuum - this type of problem seems common with Hoover bagless models, especially the new windtunnel 2; don't buy anything but a bagged Hoover product.

SUCKS but Sucks
I read the other reviews here but thought I could handle the problem they described and bought it anyway. I mean how bad could it be? It's half the price of the Dyson.
It's bad. When we took it out of the box - we couldn't get the canister to latch. After fussing with it for a while and mashing a rubber seal down, we were able to get it to latch - however - the parts feel cheap and when you put it in - you're not sure that it is latched. The latch feels and looks like it will easily break.
Physically - it's lighter (21.5lbs without attachments)than the old Kirby we replaced (25.5lbs), however it feels three times heavier when you push it. Actually pulls down on your shoulder. It's 5 times harder to push.
Beater bar isn't strong enough. Would stop on our carpet till we raised it all the way to high. Finally, after running it for 10 minutes, it started making a whirring noise and we smelled smoke (burning rubber.) We couldn't see a belt anywhere and I have no idea how the beater bar turns.
It did get up a lot of dirt, but like the others, when my daughter went to empty the canister - it fell apart and dumped all over the place. (I didn't tell her the problems the other reviewers had. It was sort of funny having the prophecy come true.)
One other observation was that the rotating HEPA filter thing sounded like a poorly constructed wind up toy with a smooth place in the gears. It makes a grinding noise, a little lighter grinding noise, and then back to the grinding noise.
Nice try by Hoover, but a failure. Taking it back tomorrow.

HEPA filter transmission is DOA
The "Lifetime" "Self Cleaning" HEPA filter does not clean itself and can't be replace by the consumer. Once the filter is plugged, this poorly sealed beast blows dust all over the room when you turn it on.

As others noted, it sounds like the gears are stripped when the filter cleaning mechanism is engaged. The filter jerks and moves irregularly or not at all. The transmission is made of plastic and flexes when engaged. What an idiotic, cheap design.

Took it in to be repaired and the shop was full of Windtunnels with repair tags.

A poorly engineered product. Clearly a Lemon.

Purchased based upon Hoover's reputation for quality but they won't make it right. Boy did we get Burned.

Anybody interested in a class action law suit?

If I'd known Hoover is owned by Maytag, I never would have bought their product - given what they did to their employees in Iowa when they moved operations south of the border.

One star because I couldn't give it ZERO.

Welcome to the internet, Maytag / Hoover. You're no longer going to get away with treating people like the dirt your products are supposed to clean up.