The cleaning performance of this cyclone hoover varies greatly - depending on the floor material: While it is impressive when cleaning flat floors made of wood, stone, etc., the model has more significant problems with carpets, at least if the carpet nozzle is not used. Operation is extremely smooth, making the hoover comfortable to use...

Vacuum cleaner with dust box and with many good results. It can even vacuum coarse material very well, but only sufficiently in corners and edges as well as breadcrumbs from the carpet. Quite loud for a corded vacuum cleaner on hard floors and with over 900 watts a high power consumption compared to today's vacuums. For a good vacuum cleaner with a box, the price is reasonable.

The winner of our comparison test was the PowerPro Expert FC9741/09 model from Philips with almost flawless functionality, very user-friendly handling and a wide range of functions owed to the accessories. The suction performance on different surfaces was accompanied by the very flexible guidance of the hoover and underlined by a low power consumption and an average volume.

With the PowerPro Expert FC9741/09, Philips now offers an easy-to-use bagless hoover that impresses above all with modern, high suction power technology. Thanks to the many different nozzles that come with the model from the factory, every type of hard floor and carpet can be cleaned optimally...