Hoover BH50015 Platinum Collection LINX Cordless Handheld Vacuum Cleaner
Hoover BH50015 Platinum Collection LINX Cordless Handheld Vacuum Cleaner
It’s all about being able to do a quick pick-up that follows through. LiNX cordless products from the Hoover Platinum Collection are the first cordless cleaning tools that utilize 18 volt, interchangeable Lithium-Ion batteries. The Platinum Collection Stick Vacuum uses Hoover’s Patented WindTunnel Technology combined with bagless, cyclonic filtration to provide the performance of an upright on hard floors with cordless convenience. The Platinum Collection Hand Vacuum enjoys a 2X longer runtime. Lithium Ion technology provides fade-free power and a battery fuel gauge shows remaining battery life. With a quick, three hour charge time and an environmentally-friendly Energy Star rating, the LiNX Cordless System is truly the future of cordless cleaning! For quick, efficient pick-ups of dust and dirt. The Hoover Platinum-Series Linx Hand-Vac is a pick-up artist that gets down and dirty to help keep your home clean. Clean and detail small spaces with integrated 2-in-1 dust brush and crevice tool. Battery level indicator shows remaining battery life. Great for picking up sudden messes in children’s rooms
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars Powerful and convenient
I have both the hand-vac and stick-vac of the beautiful Hoover Platinum LINX series. I’ve used them for weeks now, and I find the stick-vac to be about perfect in every way – it’s wonderful not having to drag around a cord everywhere, and it’s light, quiet, and actually fun to use. The hand-vac is not perfect, but it’s still an excellent cleaning tool – it’s powerful, stylish, and runs for a relatively long time.
The hand-vac’s one “con”, as others have mentioned, concerns the nozzle with its extendable crevice tool and brush. Even when the crevice tool is extended, it is still not long enough to get into the spaces beside the seats in my car, and the brush extension will not stay in place if any pressure is applied. (But I appreciate the tip about using a rubber band – great idea.)
To empty, these two vacs are the easiest and neatest bagless types I’ve ever had (and I have three cats!). These vacs don’t need the messy brushing or knocking the dirt out, repeated washings, and endless dryings that the pleated paper filters in other vacs do. (Both my Optima floor-vac and my old DustBuster hand-vac were quite messy and inconvenient to empty and clean up.)
I have a battery and charger for each of my LINX vacs, and that works out great. If I ever run out of power using one (which is rare because these batteries are relatively long-lasting), the other one is ready to go with plenty of power to spare. And the battery and charger sets look like futuristic art! They’re beautiful!
5 Stars Hoover BH50015 Cordless Hand Vacuum
This vacuum has good suction and battery running time for the jobs it was designed to do. Best hand vac I’ve had to date. The Lithium battery holds charge better than the NiCad or NiHidride types.
On the down side, the dust cup is a bit awkward to empty, but the design of the air path avoids pulling dirt through the fan or motor. They also could have provided a wall mount backet, given the high price of the machine.
This is a well built machine. The battery comes out for charging in a stand alone charger, so if the battery goes dead in a few years it can readily be replaced
5 Stars No other hand vac can touch this sucker!
Repeat after me: 18 volt lithium ion battery.
Yes, the cyclonic action of the cup on this vac has a lot to do with how well it works. But you need power to make that happen, and you need a manly battery to get that kind of power.
There is NO cordless hand vac, anywhere, that can do what this thing does.
I’ve used a corded hand vac in the garage for years. It has the power to do what vacs are supposed to do. Dust Busters have never been anything but cheap garbage until this thing came along.
Now, it still won’t keep up with my monster garage vac. But in the kitchen, on the basement stairs, every place where there are little messes that need to be sucked up, this little wonder will do the job right.
If you can afford it, get this thing. It beats hauling out the big vac and attaching the hose every time.
4 Stars Waiting for the ‘optional power brush’ for this
I think this is over-priced, essentially paid $59 for the vac and $70 for the battery which I mostly use with the Stick vac in this Platinum line. The Owner’s Manual states that the battery must be removed before attaching or removing the ‘optional power brushroll’. Hoover currently does not have the power brushroll in production but its addition to the handvac will be a real plus. I will go for it as soon as it’s available. As it is, it’s suction is very good but the nozzle is not very effective on furniture with cat hair with or without the swing-up brush assembly. With the addition of the PBR, this may end up being priced similarly to the stickvac and much more effective in cleaning upholstered furniture.
2 Stars Overpriced/OK features
This hand vac runs for about 15 minutes on the battery and has decent suction for crumbs and dirt on hard surfaces. Doesn’t do too well on my carpeted stairs. The dirt cup is ANNOYING and difficult to open. No grip handle, slippery plastic, and not user friendly. Poor design for such an expensive vac. Buy other brands that function just as well at a fraction of the cost of this one. I would not recommend this hand vac.
