As with the other reviewers, I bought the vac about a year ago. The battery won't hold a charge anymore. I should have stuck with my gut and not bought the one pushed by the Godfrey's salesman. Now I need to find a replacement battery or buy a new one.

After years of searching for a mini hand vacuum cleaner with a very thin crevice tool to clean out my extremely narrow sliding door tracks Godfreys at Firle Plaza actually used a hot torch to custom narrow the existing crevice tool to fit. Black & Decker stopped making the existing one I used & no other hand vacuums existed anywhere. When the salesman at Godfreys saw my frustration, he worked out a way to make it fit. Using a hot blow torch he melted the tool (slightly) & squeezed it to narrow it. I am so happy with the service I will be recommending them to everyone I know. It now fits beautifully with more suction than ever before with the old B&D one. Service like this just doesn't exist anymore!

This is an extremely useful product especially for minor spills and children's scraps after meals and snack times. It handles broken glass, crumbs, window grooves and for quick clean ups. Additional attachments improve its effectiveness especially cleaning up wet spills and the small brush attachment for hard surfaces.

It is light and easy to use, but feel that the suction is not as strong as it claimed.
it is noisy for its size and the battery life is too short, so recharging often is required.
The price matched what I had paid for and would recommend it for quick short clean ups.

Worked fine for about two months, with limited use, and then over the next month the battery slowly died until it wouldn't even start at all. Total waste of money, can't get a replacement battery, and Godfreys Noosaville where I bought it didn't want to know about it. I see from the other reviews that the battery was the main problem, Hoover needs to do something about it!

Bought this item a couple of years ago and within 18 months the battery was showing signs of deterioration to the point now where I have to leave it and the charger switched on all the time. When I go to use it, the battery lasts for about 1 minute. My previous hand held vac lasted for at least 10 years and was discontinued when I went to replace it, so ended up with the Hoover - big mistake. Wish I had looked up Product Review before purchasing.

My Battery Died within a year as well. I read about a trick on the internet where you can spark a NiMH Battery with a Car Battery Charger. positive to positive, neg to neg. I took the battery out of the HandiVac. Sparked the leads a few times with the battery charger. Doing this has made the battery charge again.

This vac worked ok as a hand vac at the start, although it was not good enough to do the car floor satisfactorily. The battery performance over time is terrible and a real disappointment. Mine does not even turn on anymore. A waste of money in many ways. Avoid it!

Had no issues with its performance for 2-3 years. Now battery wont hold a charge which is a bit disappointing but found a replacement battery for around $40. Will install myself as Godfreys quoted $70 and had to be sent away. Does what it was made for and will have to watch the recharging in the future. Just another add. Sourced a new battery in Granville NSW. $46 installed myself. Works like new.

Good for the first six months then the battery life drops from 15 minutes to 5 minutes. We used to use it for a quick clean of two bedrooms with tile floor but now it can't even finish one. We understand the battery life will be shorten after a period of time but 6 months is just not reasonable.

Not recommended. Thanks.

Extremely disappointed with this product. Right from day 1 the battery struggled to last more than 5 minutes. Performance is reasonable for what it is designed to do but it is very frustrating that you can't complete even very small jobs without long breaks to recharge. I have found it much quicker to get out your normal Vac and do the job in one hit. Cost of a replacement battery is half the price of the machine with no guarantee that it will preform any better. I would class this as a waste of $99.

The battery started to give out after maybe a month. Worked ok up until then. Now, won't even hold a charge for a minute. On the bright side, it looks like new. Nice Design. Atrocious Battery. The one person who seemed to like this product either works for Hoover, Godfreys or is thinking about a different product.

the item runs out of battery before I have even had a breath. I am lucky if I actually pick up anything. I replaced an old one for the same reason and this is still no better. Would never buy another one and very unhappy. A waste of money and I'm not happy Jan.

I am happy with the performance of the unit, but not with the running life of the battery. Being ni-Cd, I know they need to be fully discharged and cycled periodically to prolong their useful life, but unfortunately this battery pack has been disappointing from the start. it is more economical to buy another vacuum than replace the battery pack.

People here are saying it does what its meant to do blahh blahh. HOWEVER that's not completely true. Yes it sucks fairly well, yes its portable, yes it's easy to use... HOWEVER I have tried for months to get the 15 minutes of working suction I was promised by the shop that sold me it. I get 7 mins max and the batteries are flat. For a quick clean up after your kid has spilt their crumbs on the floor or to quickly vacuum the stairs... Ok. For cleaning inside the car, which is minimum a 10 min job, it does not fit the bill. The battery lasts half the time claimed by Hoover, therefore I feel it does not do what Hoover promises.... Very annoying. Given the chance again I would not buy this product.

Can't fault the vacuum for what it is, a hand vacuum for spot cleanup. The window attachment is really good and I was pleasantly surprised how well it worked. Powerful unit for a hand held, excellent power. Great range of attachments and the filtration is good. Holds a great charge.

November 11th 2014 Update:
Tip- Remove the first stage small filter. It is not needed as dust etc will be caught by the larger 2nd stage filter. The larger filter has a greater surface area and does not reduce the suction of the unit. Makes a big difference.
Great power, long lasting charge, great range of attachments