I’ll never not be amused by my own excitement at opening up a new cleaning gadget, and I couldn’t wait to tear into this box when it arrived on my doorstep. Setting it up was so self-explanatory, I don’t even think I looked at the instruction manual. You simply click everything together. After plugging the (removable) battery in for a few hours to get its initial charge, I got to work tackling my living room and dining room straight away (both of which feature painted hardwood floors and area rugs).
The floor head swivels in both directions, a huge point for maneuverability, and gets right up against walls and under most furniture (alas, my sofas are a bit too low, but it slides under my side tables easily). The power button is conveniently located right on the handle, as is the cleaning mode button, which allows you to rev up (or down) the intensity level from eco to medium to turbo and back again.
The headlights, another huge plus, are super bright, and fully illuminate my path of cleaning. This feature has been so helpful in bringing particularly fine layers of dust into focus, which I never would have seen otherwise.
Turning it into a handheld and connecting the two other attachments is just as simple; all you have to do is unclick the top portion from the rod and plug in each one, respectively. The FurFinder upholstery brush roll also features headlights (so fun!), and has been perfect for use on my sofas and carpeted stairs. As for the skinny combination crevice tool? It comes with a brush top that you can use to dust furniture and blinds, but you can also push it back to use the small mouth on its own—something I’ve been doing to get into the tight corners of my stairs, ceilings and even the lint trap in my dryer (game-changer).
Now for the question on everyone’s mind: How well does it pick up hair? Well, as you may have guessed from all the raving I’ve been doing thus far, it lives up to its promise of not just finding “fur,” but banishing it—yes, even that which is not fur at all but someone’s thick, wavy, very much human hair. I’ve been amazed at how well all three of its cleaner heads are able to gobble up locks, from single strands to thick knots hiding in the corner of my carpets. Occasionally, some super long pieces will wrap up in the brush roll (though it doesn’t affect its performance), but since the roll is fully removable, I just click it out and slide them off. Easy peasy.
