Hoover U5140-900 Tempo Widepath Bagged Upright Vacuum Get it now!

When my expensive three year old Kenmore (made by Panasonic) upright tossed its second belt in two weeks, I "went postal" (no offense to actual USPO workers), salvaged its power cord, and threw the rest of the thing in the trash. Why? because another trip to the vacuum repair shop was guaranteed to cost more (and take longer) than Amazon's price (and delivery) for this unassuming little blue Hoover Tempo Widepath.

The Hoover took five minutes to assemble. When I fired it up, it set to work digging dirt and cat hair out of my carpet that the Panasonic had apparently been in some sort of denial about. Like most uprights, the Hoover doesn't work well on bare floors...but it excels on carpet.

Will it stand the test of time? Bluntly, it only needs to endure for six months to beat the Kenmore's performance/price record. I'll update this review if it doesn't, but I'm betting it will. Meanwhile, the Tempo Widepath represents the "trickle down" of Hoover's best technology to a remarkable price point. Bravo!

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