Hoover S3670 Windtunnel Power Nozzle Canister Vacuum Cleaner

I owned one before of the same model and the older one needed replacement. I got the same model as I knew what to expect. Great suction but less than desirable mobility (wheels are just too small for the body). I wish they would review the body design and put in bigger and better wheels. Otherwise it is a great machine.

I have not owned this vaccum very long, but I feel that it is a good vacuum so far. The things I like about it are the really long cord. I can vacuum almost all of my house (6 out of 9 areas) with one plug. I have mostly hard wood floors and both the floor attachment and the carpet attachment (brushes turned off of course) work great at getting the dust and hair from the floors. I also like the way it stands upright and the hose can "hook" into the back to make a compact way of storing the vacuum. So far it is doing it's job. I would recommend it.

I don't get jazzed by vacuum cleaners. Home appliances aren't really "my thing." I couldn't care less how pretty it is, or how special it is, or whether some consumer magazine tells me I should want it. All I want is a design that someone thought about, construction that the maker would buy personally, and for the thing to be reliable. Having said that, this vacuum cleaner has some very nice features. It came with two secondary filters and several extra HEPA bags. The telescoping wand is a neat, although questionable idea. It's quiet. It rolls easily. It seems to suck as hard as the Windtunnel it replaces. It's losing stars mainly because of two things: 1) the hose is awful; 2) it can't store (or carry) the bare floor attachment. It's of small consequence that the canister rolls easily across the floor if the hose is going to bend in two and choke-off flow (like crimping a garden hose) rather than swivel the intake joint. So, here you are pulling the canister around furniture by the hose (Oh, right, you always go get the canister, lift it into a new position and continue vacuuming?) and it crimps-off. So you untwist the hose and only to repeat the same thing a few seconds later. And who wants to go back to the closet to get the bare floor attachment (or the power head) when you change surfaces? Other negatives that aren't enough to really complain loudly about are the power cord which is shorter than my old vacuum's power cord and the fact that the wand leaks at the handle, at the joint, at the attachment with no "positive" latching mechanism on anything but the power head. The adjustable power is a nice feature. It really is remarkably quiet. The extra wind-powered beater attachment's a nice touch, too. I hope you vacuum in a robe with really big pockets because there's nowhere to put that attachment, either. All in all I would suggest you look elsewhere. If parts were more reasonably priced for my ten year old Windtunnel canister I would STILL repair it and try to dump this one on eBay. I haven't been this disappointed in an appliance in more than 26 years. And it's not that its terrible, but like the guy who fixes your transmission and lets you pay for it , but when you drive it out of the shop it won't shift into third gear, you just have to shake your head and wonder "Didn't anyone think to test this before I got it?" I'm willing to bet this model doesn't stay on the market very long and mostly because of the hose. Interestingly, I paid LESS for my ten year old Windtunnel which seems superior to this one in every possible way. I hope that helps.

We purchased our Hoover S3670 Canister last year in December. The power to the power wand just stopped working last week. It worked fine until then. We took it to a Hoover repair shop locally, they told us that it would take them a week to look at it. They also warned us that Hoover is terrible with getting them the parts. They told us it could take up to 4 weeks to get the parts they needed to repair it. A family with 2 cats can't go 5 weeks without vacuuming! Useless warranty if I have to buy another vacuum while this one is being repaired. I don't recommend buying a Hoover. Consumers Reports had this vacuum as it's best buy. I say avoid it!