Hoover Freedom 2in1 Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, FD22L, Handheld, Above Floor Cleaning, Lightweight - Blue

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Since the charger plugs into the cleaner handle, having a removable battery is all but pointless, as you can’t charge a “spare” battery while using the machine anyway. A couple of different mouldings and slightly different colour, but essentially the same item straight out of the same Far East factory. Freedom is the popular range of cordless vacuum cleaners from Hoover, designed to help make housework less of a hassle.

With the floor-head attached directly to the body, it is possible to leap up the stairs gazelle-like without fear of coming a cropper on a trailing cable. Hoover is the latest brand to join the pistol-grip cordless vacuum cleaner revolution with the affordable Freedom FD22G. The main body offers up the same angular design of the Vax, so it’s no surprise to discover it’s seriously uncomfortable in the hand. We and our partners use cookies and similar tech to improve your site experience, show you personalised ads, and learn from your behaviour so we can, for example, recommend products you'll love! It has the same lock-on trigger that’s all but inaccessible, depending on the hand in which you’re holding the cleaner.Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). Hearst UK is the trading name of the National Magazine Company Ltd, 30 Panton Street, Leicester Square, London, SW1Y 4AJ. It took about a nano-second after getting the Hoover Freedom out of the box to realise that the main cleaner is all but identical to arch-rival Vax’s SlimVac Total Home.

There was a fair-sized band close to the skirting that remained untouched, and the cleaner didn’t do a great job of picking up the heavier granules of carpet freshening powder. Editorial independence means being able to give an unbiased verdict about a product or company, with the avoidance of conflicts of interest. It's fast - pick up and use and get to things like spider's webs and crumbs in seconds say if someone's coming round and you have 2 mins - God send!Suction appears to be a little better than the SlimVac, but when spread across the larger floor-head it’s still rather asthmatic. The upholstery tool features a basic but functional design, with cut-outs to stop it sticking to your sofa. With its fairly low air-flow and limited suction power, the brush bar simply jettisoned most of the spilled oats on our standard test backwards across the floor. The low suction power and lethargic brush bar didn’t really stand much of a chance with pet hair embedded into a nylon test carpet.

A motorised rotating brush bar offers superb edge-to-edge cleaning, pulling up dirt and debris right up to your wall. Using the upholstery tools on the stairs produced a much better result, albeit taking a while longer than with the larger floor-head. The brush tool was a real favourite, being large enough to clean a good-sized area and with bristles soft enough for a variety of tasks. We aim to maintain transparency in our pricing structure while providing you with the best possible service. That said, the tool clips are positioned on the cleaner body rather than on the tools, which makes dismantling awkward.

Since the floor-head appears to have some stick-down when the tube is more vertical at the end of the backstroke, pushing forward to overcome that creates some alarming flex. If you have the wrist strength and energy to manoeuvre the Hoover Freedom, it’s actually quite handy for stairs.

The main cleaner is almost identical to the woeful Vax SlimVac we tested in December, so the Freedom suffers similar issues with handling, pet hairs and low-quality build. Smart charging also means that you can leave it on charge permanently to ensure it’s always ready for cleaning duties. The rotating brush bar works wonders on your carpets, whilst the removable handheld helps you to clean tricky spots such as inside the car. And the advanced cyclonic technology means this 2-in-1 cordless vacuum delivers great results every time, everywhere. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.The floor nozzle with a rotating brush bar clean deep into the fibres of your carpets and it comes with a 2-in-1 dusting brush and upholstery tool that’s perfect for your delicate fabrics.