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- Motorized brush
- Useful accessories
- Good cleaning
- Durability complaints
- A bit heavy
- Corded
Tied for top spot among handheld vacuums on both Amazon.com and Epinions, the Eureka 71A gets perfect scores in the large majority of owner-written reviews. The Eureka hand vac isn't cordless, so you'll be tethered to a cord, but you don't have to worry about charging batteries, and you won't run out of juice in the middle of a job. If you prefer a cordless model, an alternative is the highly rated Black & Decker: the PHV1800 Pivot Vac (*est. $70). Among other corded hand vacs, the Black & Decker HV9010P Retriever Pet-Series (*est. $30) comes in a close second to the Eureka.
Amazon.com is the best source of information on the corded Eureka 71A handheld vacuum. Well over 250 owner-written reviews provide a balanced perspective and detailed descriptions of this model's pros and cons. Epinions has only a handful of posts, but the useful format makes these reviews worth a glance. Consumer Reports, Good Housekeeping and other magazines have not yet tested the Eureka 71A hand vac.
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1. Amazon.com
With well over 250 individual user reviews of this model, Amazon.com has the most complete and balanced coverage of the Eureka 71A. Scores for the Eureka hand vaccum are nearly perfect, with particularly enthusiastic recommendations from pet owners who use it for daily removal of cat and dog hair.
Review: Eureka 71A Hand-Held Vacuum Reviews, Contributors to Amazon.com
2. Epinions.com
Although it includes only a handful of posts on the Eureka 71AV, Epinions has an especially useful review format. Users here give the Eureka a perfect score, but they don't gloss over features they think could be improved.
Review: Eureka 71AV Bagless Handheld Vacuum Reviews, Contributors to Epinions
Although this article is more a description than a review, it does go into some useful detail about the Eureka 71A's features. While the tone is overwhelmingly positive, there's at least some mention of negatives. A summary of ratings on Amazon.com and Epinions boosts this article's credibility somewhat.
Review: Eureka 71A Hand Held Vacuum, Editors of Vacuum Cleaner Advisor, Feb. 22, 2008
This detailed post in praise of the Eureka 71A is written from the owner's personal experience with a refurbished model. Besides reflecting only one anonymous person's experience, it's also suspiciously positive, comparing the Eureka handheld vacuum to a full-size Dyson.
Review: Eureka 71A Hand Held Vacuum, Anonymous
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