(NEW!) Levoit IQ40 Cordless Vacuum Cleaner

EDIT: (original review below) I see there's a new version of this, which perhaps has resolved the design flaw (no idea.) But this vacuum has two filters, a "pre-filter" on top (pull the round cover off) and a regular "post-filter" on the back. The pre-filter will almost completely clog over time, and when that complete clog occurs, the vacuum basically stops working. (In a world where things have filters, this is an outlier; it's one thing to not work as well, not be as efficient, etc. with a dirty filter. This vacuum barely works when the filter gets so dirty it clogs.) (Putting your hand over the air exhaust tells you almost no air is blowing. the vacuum also has variable speeds, and the motor will automatically also go into high-speed mode when it is struggling, which (a) makes it extremely loud, and (b) makes it overheat after a minute or two at full speed. Two solutions: Buy a new filter, but I still feel it's unreasonable to have a filter that clogs like this. Solution 2, faced with an unusual situation like this, find some household object, (not steel though), go outside, and clean the folds of the filter. (I used a piece of cardboard (has to be thin) cut to shape to dig the clog out of the grooves of the filter. it takes a while, maybe ten minutes because you have to go around and dig out each groove from the inside, being careful not to poke holes. I will also give the company credit; I diagnosed the problem after the fact, but before that, they did replace my first vacuum when I complained about it not working. HOWEVER, they do have a design flaw. Bad filters are supposed to perhaps cause some diminished performance, not stop the thing from working at all. ORIGINAL REVIEW: Overall, this is a very good battery powered vacuum. The battery lasts long enough to vacuum an entire house of substantial size (4 bedrooms, stairway, etc.) It's replacing an older but still good Eureka stick vacuum. One of the reasons I say it's an excellent vacuum, is we also have a dog that sheds. After years of my older vacuum, and developing a feel for exactly how much dog hair ends up in the vacuum after a few days, there's lots more hair in this vacuum, after the same amount of time. Since overall it's good, I will pick at a few nits: - Not so good for one-handed changing the head out. You HAVE to bend over, use two hands. (For comparison, the older Eureka you aim, align the shaft with the brush, and can do with one hand.) That sounds petty, but still, one handed operation beats two. - Harder, in fact just about impossible to empty the dust bin without a small bit of spillage, that ends up sticking to the OUTSIDE of the dust bin. (The inner shroud pushes dust outward.) So, after emptying the dust out of this shiny new vacuum, I often end up using my old vacuum, to vacuum dust off of the outside of this new vacuum's dust bin. Still, it's a very good vacuum, seems well built.