Handheld it's fantastic, I find myself using it at least two or three times a day to pick up everything from crumbs to mud and it seems to work well on both carpet and laminate. Use as a handheld for cleaning inside your car or upholstery, or vacuum floors throughout your home with the pole and wide nozzle attached. Thanks to the rotation of the separation system, an additional air flow pushes debris and hair to the bottom of the bin. 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. Featuring a Pets turbo brush, this model is ideal for pet owners as it picks up more hair and dirt than your standard vacuum.

You do have to take care when standing it up because it’s top heavy and you are aware of some weight when cleaning high up areas. The LED nozzle lights ensure that you are able to see in those dark nooks and crannies so you will never miss a spec of dirt or dust. Initially I thought I had made a mistake as it had feeble suction and despite showing half charged cut out after 5 seconds or so. The power button has two modes: Temporary mode– where it stops and starts the vacuum cleaner as you press and release it and Continuous Mode which involves a switch that locks the ON button in place.Either use the release button to undo the bottom of the container (but make sure you do this over the bin! The Hspin-Core technology ensures that all dust and debris large or small is picked up, leaving your house much cleaner after every use. The Hoover Easy Driving System lets you glide smoothly around obstacles, with a pivoting floor nozzle axis and a low profile foot.

This allows to clean the bin with greater ease and without having to come into contact with the dust. The vacuum cleaner has a little charge in when you unbox it but not enough to be of any value so make sure you put it on charge straight away as it takes quite a few hours (5 hrs) to fully charge. Powered by lithium-ion batteries, Discovery allows you to vacuum without cables forup to 35 minutes: plenty of time to clean a typical sized home from topto bottom. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.It features a crevice tool integrated onto the handle to ensure you never miss the dirt and dust in those hard to reach areas. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. The fact it's cordless just makes it so easy to get around the house and up and down the stairs and I can vacuum the whole house without needing to recharge it. The LED display panel keeps you in full control, with battery status indicator, on/off brushbar and turbo boost mode all at your fingertips.

Finally, it’s pretty light and easy to use which makes it perfect for cleaning up those little jobs that are often left or swept to one side for later because you don’t have time to get the main vacuum cleaner out.If I lived on my own or had a smaller house I think I could manage with just this as my main cleaner but for now, it’s a much-loved 2nd in command. Seems to compare very favourably to the Shark and the Dyson both owned by my late mother, which both cost significantly more. Discovery has been designed with a pivoting floor nozzle that allows you to navigate around your home with ease. Use as a handheld for cleaning inside your car or for upholstery, or vacuum floors throughout your home with the pole and wide nozzle attached.

It lasts about 35 minutes from fully charged, which is plenty of time to do a quick light clean depending on the size of your house. It’s noticeably heavier than Hoover Freedom FD22L but the benefits of extra power and all of the above outweigh this.If an installation is selected on a domestic appliance this is for connection to adjacent and available services and will not include hard wiring or any plumbing work. Discovery is the latest cordless vacuum cleaner from Hoover, featuring our innovative new HSpin-Core technology for the ultimate dust separation and easy bin-emptying. It’s not going to suck a cork out of a bottle, but not is it going to leave every bit of dirt behind. This vacuum from Hoover will allow you to effortlessly clean your home throughout as it can run for up to 35 minutes all from a single charge meaning you can give your home a thorough clean and its 700ml dust bin means you won't have to keep emptying it. Admittedly I kept the battery discharged for 1-2-3 weeks which reduces the life but also the charger might have been the problem.