EZ Kleen Cordless Lightweight Stick Vacuum Cleaner, Bagless, Wall-Mount

I just got this vac yesterday so it is too soon to tell what I think. It will be replacing one like it from Oreck that I’ve had for about 5 years (the battery on that one finally gave out, and a replacement battery did not help the situation, it just wouldn’t hold a charge…it was down to about 3 minutes).

So first off, I’m angry about the advertising. Eureka makes, (based on consumer reviews I researched first), two similar style vacs. One is the Eureka EZ Kleen, and one is the Eureka Quick-Up. They both seem to rate pretty good but the EZ Kleen rated higher in terms of overall “oomph”. So that’s the one I went for. Notice that the picture AND the name above show the EZ Kleen. But guess what? The model number and what actually arrives are the Quick-UP. So it really makes me mad that this is advertised wrong. Unless they have discontinued one and are calling all of them the EZ Kleen now. After I got the shipping notification for my “Quick-UP”, (and I had three such notifications), I “quick-up” let them know that I had ordered the EZ Kleen NOT the Quick-UP. NO response.

That is not to say that this won’t be a great little vac. One thing I can tell already that I do not like (and the consumer ratings stated this as well), is that the Quick-Up, will not Stand Up on it’s own. It is made to be hung in it’s charger which is fine and dandy, but if you are doing cleaning, most people stop during the process to move things or to answer the phone or whatever…this machine will fall over. It is not built to stand up which is so retarded I can’t begin to tell you! Sort of like a bike without a kick-stand.

Another thing I don’t like (or don’t think I will) is that they say it converts to a handheld which is true, but it still leaves the beater head attached. My husband used our old one (which detached to look just like the original dustbusters) to do quick clean-up around the sink after beard trimming. You can’t exactly do this with the whole beater head attached.

I am charging it the required 16 hours prior to first use, which will happen today. I’m happy it comes with two batteries, happy it is bagless, happy it has an on/off switch so you can have the beater on for carpets, and off for bare floors (a feature the oreck did not have). Happy it’s cordless. And I’m happy that it’s OK to leave it in the charger all the time without hurting the battery life (or so they say) I’ll have to let you know on the rest.

I REALLY WANTED the EZ KLEEN! I noticed however, that this seems to be a common issue. I looked around at many sites and they would describe and name the EZ Kleen with a photo and model number of the Quick-UP…with Quick UP clearly printed on the model they were advertising as the EZ Kleen. What gives Eureka? Or[...]M ??? The only reason I decided to keep it is because I’m in the middle of my fall cleaning and the other one just would not longer work. I hope the performance of the unit is better than the advertising.
Rating: 3 / 5