Hoover 18V Pets Plus Handivac CH965

Disappointing – Bought this vac to use on couches for cat hair but found it bot very good on picking it up. Went away for 2 months and switched it off and when we returned it would not charge up so absolutely dead in the water. Would not buy another Show details

Sucked us in – What a waste of money this was. We bought it as a little cordless vac for just our little caravan. It was hopeless at that. As for being good for pets. Well that is just a blatant lie. This thing is noisy and would be lucky to suck up dry rice bubbles off a clean tile floor. Show details

Wouldn't buy again – Battery lasted exactly 12 months. Wouldn't ever buy another one. Did everything by the instructions, but didn't help. Suction is good and tools adequate, but not worth buying becayyse of the battery. Show details

Great handivac ...hold it's charge well ...very powerful and the powerhead picks up pet hair ..very happy – Works well on carpet, mats and all hard surfaces. Very handy for using the powerhead on arm chairs and couches. The attachments can be connected together so you're not bending as much. Show details

The worst battery in any device I've ever owned – While the suction is good, the battery is the worst thing ever, even worse than my first cell phone in the 90s with a thin NiCad battery. I am not talking about how long it run, but how the battery losing its juice just a day after it is charged. I did the long charging when I first got it, but apparently it's pointless. The accesories are limited and not that useful. One of them broken just weeks after I bought it.  Show details

Worked well on pet hair but pet hair brush failed after 6 months – The pet hair brush attachment works well for lifting cat hair off furniture and carpet. The outside looks on feels like good quality but the inside dust collection system is not very well designed and feels a bit cheap. Six months on and the pet hair attachment no longer works. Zero customer service from Godfrey’s. Entire unit has been sent back… Read more

for repair. They can’t even give me a reasonable timeframe for when I will get it back.

I won’t purchase Hoover products or shop at Godfrey’s again.

So much more than I expected! – I bought this just to use in emergency, and for cleaning the car, etc, however, it offers so much more! It has great attachments which turn it into a stick vac which is great for skirting boards, cornices, sliding door tracks, etc. It is actually very powerful, and the power head makes picking up pet hair a breeze! I love the little charging stand which houses all the accessories as well. I'm very happy with it.  Show details

does the job – It sucks ok, its easy to use, for cleaning the car, gets into all the knocks and has a brush that helps move more stubborn hard dirt. . its not that noisy, and has enough charge for a reasonably quick car clean. that's why I got it. You can keep it in the car but charge it first. Good if you have messy kids.  Show details

Powerful Little Vac – This thing is surprisingly potent for a little dustbuster. It's a little bit on the flimsy side but once you hit the 'on' switch, it screams. It is true to its name and good for getting up dog hair - even off our corduroy couch which is a magnet for hair of any kind. My only complaint is the running time has noticeably dropped in the year or so we have had it. Other than that it's good if slightly pricey machine.  Show details

Perfect! – Light weight, easy to handle. Strong suction. Comes with power head and extension tools. Great for stairs, window sills, cars. Accesses difficult areas that cumbersome vacuum cleaners can’t access. Bag less and easy to clean. My children use it to pick up their spilt popcorn. Perfect for collecting dog hair!  Show details

Does the job - but design is little to be desired and pricey for its limitations – For the most part, the suction seems quite powerful. I think the battery life was stated by the Godfrey salesman to be around 15-18mins which is ok. But it runs on NiCd (Nickel Cadmium) batteries which is really old technology and infamous for having a "memory effect" if not completely drained. Furthermore, for a household name like Hoover, we… Read more

were a little surprised and disappointed not just with the battery, but also the design on the throat/intake passage. Don't know the engineering explanation behind it, but the intake nozzle turns 90° to the side. That means if you vacuum up a furball, it will easily get stuck between the intake passage and the side wall of the dustbin, blocking everything else you try to vacuum after that.

The smooth plastic is a bit prone to scratches (comparing with our previous Breville BHV9 which had a more scratch-resistant matt plastic. The Breville was also capable of wet or dry vacuuming, but weighed a lot due to its heavy lead acid battery. It was also half the price of the Hoover)

The caddy / charging station seems more of an afterthought, with the extra extension tubes hanging off an extra piece of plastic which screws onto the base. Using the extension tubes together does give you good reach, and kind of turns it into a stick vac if you like the convenience of that.

The base gives off a blue glow when on charge, a nice touch but the light failed on us after a few weeks so Godfreys had to replace the charging stand.

The most noteworthy thing about it is the practical Powerhead attachment which has a powered spinning brush. The drawback is that there is no easy way to dismantle it to clean out and remove hair which is prone to get wrapped around the brush and must be cut and pulled out with fingertips!

Otherwise, it seems to be a powerful unit. Seems a bit pricey with the flaws in the design, but the Powerhead attachment is probably adding to the cost and helps make it a more practical handvac.

Not too bad – Does the job. Sucks up dust, and dirt. But probably not fine particles like dried soil type of dust. It's got a longer flat pipe for hard tor each places. But it's also got a roller brush which helps pick up more stuffs than the old school ones. Pretty strong for a hand vac already imo. But of course, can't compare it to a real vacuum cleaner. i use it for my car only.  Show details

Little Vac for my car – Bought this for my car. Easy to recharge and put in the boot ready for cleaning. The suction isn't so so good but it does the job if the car is vacuumed properly once with a stronger suction vacuum cleaner then just top it up with this little one. Perfect for those little messes, not so good for pet hair though.  Show details

Great for little clean ups – We purchased this because I was pregnant and it was dangerous for me to stand on a chair to clean cobwebs etc The Hoover has an extension that I used to clean the ceiling and it meant I also didn’t need to bend down after I swept. I was surprised as it is actually quite a powerful vacuum. It did the job it was purchased for.  Show details

Awesome suction – Great vacuum,great suction very happy with the purchase.I went to see Wendy at Dandenong and got 20 dollars off retail price,really powerful for such a small little machine,eats up dog hair ,fantastic for the car,the add ons a great for doing the hard bits in the car BUY IT you won't be sorry  Show details

HandiVac is Handi by Name & Nature! – Since purchasing the Hoover 18V Pets Plus Handivac at the end of 2016, I've been impressed by its excellent suction (glad to have taken the advice of the sales assistant and upsized from the 12V model) and portability when vacuuming difficult-to-access spots such as our carpeted internal winding staircase. The Handivac is very light to use when… Read more

moving down the staircase, making it much easier than a conventional vacuum cleaner to reach into the fiddly nooks and crannies on each step. The charging unit is conveniently placed in a central location in the house so that the Handivac is always ready, willing and able to jump into action!

Great suction, decent battery life – Used this a few times now for quick messy like my daughter dropping crumbs on the floor, or shoes filled with sand being dumped on the floor. This weekend I also took it down to clean the car, it had 2 months of crumbs built up on the floor and seats since our last handheld vacuum died, and this handivac did a great job picking up all the crumbs… Read more

and the rotating head attachment helped get the crushed crumbs out of the upholstery. Did backseat, car seat, 4 floor mats, under the floor mats and the front seats too and it didn't seem like it was running out of battery or sucking any less.

The stand it comes with it great to set up on the floor and simply stand it in, much better than many others which needed to be mounted somewhere for you to get the vacuum in and out of.

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Still going strong 7 months on, used daily. Recently moved house, was off charge for 4 days, used it a bunch of times, maybe 35-45 minutes all up, worked well.