Hoover Upright Vacuum Cleaner, HU500GHM, HEPA, Long Reach, Multi-cyclonic, H-UPRIGHT 500 Reach

Product Information

The rotating brush bar can be switched off easily so the vacuum can glide more gently over deep pile rugs. We found out the hard way that you must switch off the auto sensor and brush bar buttons when vacuuming delicate surfaces - when we attempted to vacuum over a Persian carpet with the auto sensor button and brush bar on the machine went into overdrive and tried to chew up the tassles. We tried again with both buttons off and it then glided over the carpet and tassles without fault. The foot of this vacuum has been engineered with a flexible joint, helping you to navigate around your home and furniture with ease. I found this cleaner easy to push around and it’s pretty flexible, too. However, the H-Upright 500 Plus’ large body means that it may be difficult to get it under all furniture. Shark solves this problem with its Lift-Away range of cleaners, which let you remove the cylinder to push the floor head around on the wand alone.

Hoover Upright How to Fix Loss of Suction in a Vacuum - Hoover Upright

If you're experiencing a loss of suction in your Hoover upright vacuum cleaner, then it'll be due to one of five reasons: Now take the cyclonic unit out and remove any debris collected. The dust box and cyclone can be washed in warm water but again ensure that they are dry before re assembly.

Maintenance and general care

We test each corded vacuum multiple times on carpet, laminate and floorboards. To assess performance, we cover each surface with dust and calculate the percentage the vacuum removes. We repeat this with an assortment of debris, including biscuit crumbs and pet hair. All the tests are repeated in handheld mode. We test both modes in a variety of other cleaning scenarios, such as on stairs or in a car, and consider how easy it is to use. Take the dust box off and empty it out over your dustbin, press the latch to release the flap at the bottom of the container. Twist the top of the container to remove it and get to the pre motor filter. There’s a large 1.5-litre bin that easily unclips from the body. Push the eject button at the bottom and a flap flips open so you can tip out the contents. If you’ve collected a fair bit of fluff and hair then you may need to open the top flap, pull out the cone and give it all a good shake.

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The Hoover H-Upright 500 Sensor Plus has a 11m cord, which means you can travel quite a way around your home before you need to stop and re-plug. A 4.5m hose also allows it the stretch it needs to clean up to 13 stairs at a time - this means you can leave the vacuum at the bottom of the stairs rather than having to balance the cleaner on each step. You need a powerful vacuum: With floor sensor technology as well as manual suction control, this vacuum gives you flexibility. Finally, you can install the wiper blade at the rear to increase suction to the floor, although this does make the cleaner much harder to push around, particularly on carpet. Unless you’re experiencing problems with dust collection, I recommend that you leave this out. Thanks to a hose that stretches to 4.5m, you can clean a full flight of 13 stairs without having to balance or move the vacuum from the bottom step. When the brush bar is on it will agitate the carpet fibres so you easily lift out dirt and debris and when you switch it off it will leave your delicate surfaces scratch free.Advanced multiple cyclones are highly effective at separating dust from the air within the machine, with the result that your vacuum requires less filter maintenance.