Eureka Boss Smartvac 4870 Bagged Upright Vacuum

Pros: Good price, HEPA filter Useful features, Good pick up, Looks great
Cons: Heavy, Perfunctory headlight, Troublesome brush roll control, Doesn't vacuum snow outdoors

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Pros: Strong suction. Brush turns off when handle is upright. True HEPA filtering.
Cons: Brush lever hard to move. Upholstery tool hard to snap into storing clips.

The Eureka 4870 has proven to be an excellent choice. It does all its cleaning chores easily and effectively and costs half as much as some competing cleaners with similar features or capability. There are a few gripes, but they are minor.

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Pros: Very quiet, good suction and cheap.
Cons: Heavy and questionable quality.

My review might sound quite off the wall because of what ended the relationship, but it was a great week of vacuuming.

I spent at least a month reading reviews here and looking at the vacuum ratings on Consumer Reports. The Eureka 4870...

Pros: Suction (wah-POW!); Super Long Cord; Attachments Galore; Iron-Armor Filters; Price Can't Be Beat
Cons: Nothing Substantial

Around March last year, our home was disgustingly infested by fleas. Not willing to outright poison our home, our pets and ourselves, or to expose ourselves to obviously dangerous toxins, we desperately researched alternatives online and decided to try ...

Pros: works great on carpets, quiet, affordable, versatile, replaces upright AND canister vacs
Cons: filters/belts/accessories not yet readily available

I didn't know just how badly my old vaccum worked until I steam-cleaned my hall carpet. The steam cl ...

Pros: Suction is great and the switching between floor and hose is easy
Cons: Heavy and possibly damages longer carpet threads

After my last vacuum bit the dust...I bought this on a whim and from a recommendation from my mom, and also Consumer Reports...(when my usually thorough-research-happy husband was out of town). Did I make the right choice? Floor option Very ...

Pros: Great Price, Quiet and Strong suction.
Cons: none

This model has the capability of vacuuming a wide area of carpeting ,tile and vinyl. The HEPA filter and disposable dust bags are perfect for me due to my allergies.

After consulting with the leading consumer reporting magazine, I bought the...

Pros: Great price, strong motor, top-rated performance
Cons: Pain to assemble, worthelss instruction manual, heavy

I bought the Eureka because it comes with a fine pedigree - I think. One of the Eureka "The Boss" models has been a Consumer Reports "Best Buy" the last two times the magazine reviewed upright vacs, but I'm not sure it was this exact model. The vac has ...

Pros: Quiet, powerful, brushroll switch, suction control knob, allergy friendly, great on hard floors!
Cons: Stiff switches & knobs, hard to pop back into upright position.

I purchased the red Eureka Boss Smartvac 4870GZ bagged upright about a month ago to replace a piece-of-junk Bissel bagless vacuum. We recently installed laminate wood and ceramic tile throughout our entire house, so we have no carpet. My 1-yr old ...

Pros: Suction, suction, suction! Easy to plug in hose, long cord.
Cons: A bit heavy and bulky, need a screwdriver to change the belt, superfluous features.

Today I finally reached the breaking point with my other vacuum cleaner and searched through the reviews here for a new candidate. After reading quite a few, I decided to buy this one; I called up Best Buy, they had it in stock, I ran out and bought it, ...

Pros: Performance Extraordinaire!! Great price, too!
Cons: None

My old Kirby Dual Sanitronic petered out a few months ago and I was in the market for a new vacuum cleaner. Because I had the Kirby for approximately ten years and a horrid Hoover Dial-A-Matic for five years prior to that, I knew which features I didn't...

Pros: 12-amp professional-grade cleaning power, tools store on the cleaner, quiet.
Cons: Handle release pedal hard to press. Assembling the tool extension wand requires some practice.

[Following is a review of the Eureka SmartVac Limited Edition Model 4874 Upright Vacuum Cleaner. It is mechanically identical to the Eureka SmartVac Ultra 4870 Vacuum but is sold with a washable HEPA filter. That was not part of the criteria for...

Pros: powerful. dog hair sucker-upper. price is right.
Cons: belt durability. build quality.

In the last couple of years I've become obsessed with vacuum cleaners. Not something that I gave a passing thought to in the past, but after getting a dog, things changed. Always was a hand-me-down vacuum user but no more. The first vacuum that I ...

Pros: Looks nice, easy to manuever,brings things to the surface.
Cons: May not suck up what it brings to the surface. Heavy if carrying.

I bought the Eureka Boss Smartvac 4870J just yesterday. I was excited about getting it because I've read so many good things about it and the price was right. ($138.00) Assembly: You would think sliding a handle on and twisting a couple of screws ...

Pros: Good vacuum power, brush works OK, HEPA filter, brush auto shutoff in upright/locked position.
Cons: Heavy, cumbersome, hand-held hose plugs easily, marginal rotating brush power.

There are other reviews with the features of this vacuum. We bought ir mostly on a Consumer Reports recommendation. We've been absolutely underwhelmed ever since we started using it. I can't find a single thing that it does extremely well, but in most ...