Bosch Rechargeable Vacuum Cleaner Unlimited Serie 8 BBS1224AU

I found the design of this product to be quite poor.
Firstly, the machine loses suction after a few uses, despite cleaning the filter and ensuring nothing is stuck in the metal tube.
Secondly, the machine doesn't work very well on hard floor, it pushes dirt and debris around instead of actually sucking them.
Lastly, this expensive machine cannot be leaned against a wall, it can slip easily then broke and stopped working after one fall.
Now I need to spend more money on a new vacuum cleaner.

I have the red Bosch animal hair vacuum which I love to bits, best ever. It lived downstairs and performs perfectly, especially picking up kitty litter. Upstairs we had a Dyson stick vacuum which is nowhere near as good and surges constantly so I went to get another Bosch to replace it. I got the white one with the 2 batteries. I used it today after a night charging up and was very disappointed. Its clunky, heavy and hard to manoeuvre. After just doing downstairs, my face was bright red and sweating badly. I took it back and replaced it with the Bosch Zoo red one. Can not say enough good things about the red one, its brilliant but the white one ? Nuh, hated it.

I paid $450 for this vaccum cleaner at harvey norman 15/8/2019, RPP $799. Extremely happy by its performance + 2 batterys. I vacuumed 200 sq meters of carpet in 40 minutes 1/2 of that was on turbo and it kept going strong. But one huge problem is the price for a filter is between $103.00 -$250.00 just for a filter made of paper & plastic. You can purchase a filter for a dyson v10 for $13.00.( BOSCH !!! cut your prices on spare parts and mainly on filters ) 2 stars for expensive parts.

I bought the Bosch Athlet 75 min runtime Turbo and love it. I have a German Shepherd and cat that constantly lose hair, it has brilliant suction and with the large capacity dust container easily does my whole house. Very easy to maneuver,with a user friendly handle that doesn't cramp up your hand. It doesn't need a docking station so can be easily charged at any powerpoint and self standing. I bought an extended warranty so when the battery slowly dies over 2+ years it's covered. This is a brilliant machine

Use it on wooden flooring it great on the dust and cleaning up after the kids mess thank you Bosch for a wonderful vacuum cleaner would highly recommend it to others and the two Batteries are wonderful

I bought the Bosch Athlete Runtime Plus stick vacuum cleaner. I have previously owned the equivalent Dyson stick vac. In my experience, the Bosch is a superior performer on three grounds:
1. It has superior dust/dirt pickup on rugs/carpet/hard surfaces, even without using the turbo function; it performs almost as well as my powerful corded Dyson vacuum;
2. It has a larger and more easily removed dust container; and
3. When not in use, it stands up by itself.
The disadvantage, along with all rechargeable stick vacs, is the limited battery life

I am not surprised that you get two batteries with this product, you need it as the suction from this machine works best on turbo. I don't think its worth the money.