I've had this sweeper less than a year and this morning it totally died after emitting a burning motor smell. It will not turn on. This is the end of a long line of problems with this sweeper. It weighs too much and is top heavy, always tipping over. The hose developed a tear at the junction and has had a series of duct tape repairs for months. The on/off switch broke when it was only a few months old and I've been forced to plug/unplug since then to use it. Very annoying. (I did take the handle apart and 'fix' the switch a few times but it didn't last. I'm no engineer but it looks like a ridiculous design in there - basically like a light switch that toggles off and on as the outer switch is moved up and down. The plastic 'finger' doing the toggling just wears out.) I've had a series of Hoover self propelled vacuums and the quality of this one was noticably poorer than that of its ancestors. The only positive thing I can say is it had good suction. I'm going to try a different brand this time around. And Hoover, if you're listening...stop the slide into cheap crap. Too many companies wrongly think that's the route to survival these days.
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