It Sucks

Boating with a vacuum cleaner is a necessity for us, especially since our dog Merlin learned to swim ashore and back to go potty.

At home we have a battery vac with a beater bar...Shark - 18 volts.

Sometimes we forget to recharge it, but that doesn't matter because we have 2 other battery vacs we can pick from...well 3 others if you count the stand up Dirt Devil Quick.

Why so many? Because you can't always count on your battery vac to get the job done.

The battery vacs boast about their volts - with the assumption that more volts is better. So for the boat we only use those with 120 volts -- that's right, the plug in kind, and we have 2. The smallest wet/dry vac we could find. Great for sucking up water/sand that dogs and other swimmers bring aboard.

And a small unit that doubles as a hand held and stand up vac with beater bar that always works when you plug it in, and works without compromise.

The little Eureka takes up almost no room when not in use, is used as a stand up vac for the carpeted floors and as a hand held for upholstery, and is of course bagless.

Merlin doesn't shed, but our daughter's dog Kasey does...really does. The Eureka makes quick work of his lost fur in both configurations.