Hoover Vacuum Cleaner GUV ProGrade Garage Wall Mounted Utility Vacuum L2310

I ordered this Vacuum as part of my garage refurbishment project this summer. I’m just now getting around to writing reviews of all the items I ordered. This by far is one of my favorite additions to my garage. The suction power of this Vacuum is robust. It is easily on par with the vacuums at the car washes and the like. The hose is a bit thinner, I don’t think you want a car wash vacuum hose at your house, where you going to Reel it? I refurbished my garage with all the Gladiator GarageWorks stuff, and this fits in so nicely with the rest of my garage that I built. Aesthetically, I couldn't be happier, and performance wise I’m pleased. It’s hard for me to decide if it’s loud or quiet. The garage has nothing to absorb sound like a house’s carpet, so it’s not a low loud noise, but it’s a bit higher pitch than I expected. Overall, the noise doesn't bother me but I wouldn't consider it quiet. Anyways, you attach the 30 foot hose, and it can easily reach pretty much everywhere in my 2 car garage, which is good because spiders seems to enjoy rocking out the corners of my garage. Now however, they meet the vacuum! I use it weekly or bi-weekly, depending on how rotten my cars get. Right now it gets a bit of extra work out because my cars are bringing in a bit of dirt and salt, so when it dries up, I vacuum up the floor to keep my epoxy looking good. The wall mount it comes with works very well. For Full disclosure, I used my own mounting screws. I didn't like the shorter screws they shipped with the product, so I used more robust 2” Steel screws that I used to mount my Gladiator Wall rails and made sure it was secured to the studs. I didn't want to risk this falling down. Especially since it gets heavier as stuff is vacuumed in. It comes with an accessories holder that can be put on the wall, and it comes with a wire hook thing to reel the hose around. The accessories holder is great, that hose hook, not so much. I ended up using the Gladiator Deep Hook, and it holds the hose MUCH better. Overall I’m quite happy and give this 5 stars, I thought about lowering the rating to 4 stars because of the mounting screws / hose reel, but the product itself works really good and I suspect they sell it with those screws expecting they’ll hold just fine. It was just a trust issue with me. The hook, well, that was personal preference for me and if you had to, it would work. That being said the product itself still gets a good score.

I can't say enough good things about this vacuum. It is very similar to a commercial vacuum you would find outside a car wash. It offers very strong suction with a 30' hose. Very easy to mount. To empty you simply move 2 clips at the bottom of the unit and the bottom (with picked up items in it) drops out for easy dumping. We have owned this unit for 6 months. Recently we started to notice sparks coming out of the switch when it was flipped on. The unit still worked but the intermittent sparks bothered me. I was pleasantly surprised to find that Hoover offers a 3 year warranty (find that anywhere else). The manual referred me to Hoover's website which showed me what places I could take the vacuum to for the warranty work. There were several Hoover approved vacuum businesses in my area so I took it to one and they put on an upgraded switch in the vacuum. I got my vacuum back the next day-free of charge. The vacuum once again works great and if I have any more issues I still have 2.5 years left on the warranty. Highly recommend this product. update July 16,2010-I noticed some other reviews with the same issue with the switch failing/giving off sparks. One reviewer stated that Hoover wouldn't fix this. I would respectfully say that had she done this properly (go to the website and contact the local company that does Hoover warranty work) that it would have been 100% covered as was mine. I wouldn't let the switch issue keep me from buying this vacuum. If it comes up you have 3 years in which to get it taken care of. I am giving this 4 stars even though it performs as a 5 star product because of the problem with the switch. Update July 19, 2012-this Hoover vacuum is still going strong. Because it has proven itself over time, I have to finally bump it up to 5 stars. A great product and I'm glad I bought it.

I was searching for while for a compact wall mounted vacuum for my garage and came across the Hoover. When the vac was received the 30 ft hose was missing. I called amazon and they had another on the way the next day. I am very happy with the service from amazon. I like the vac because it is easily wall mounted, it's not a heavy unit maybe a little on the tinny side but that is probably what would be desired if you have to empty the bucket from shoulder height. Mine is mounted close to the garage door so the hose can reach out to my driveway. The vac has good suction at the end of the 30 ft hose, it sucks up pine needles off auto carpet with ease. it is also pretty quiet for the suction it produces. For the price this is a good value and is am pretty satisfied with it. Update-- 7/29/13 I have had this vacuum for while now and found that the suction really dininishes when the filter gets a slight bit of dirt in it. It is reall a pia to keep cleaning to keep the suction up. Right out of the box it was good but after a while using it I wish I had bought something else. Update--- 6/17/15 Would not buy this again, suction is not that great. There are better garage vacs out there. Don't waste your money with this one. I am considering giving this one away and purchasing another brand. Poorly designed filter, clogs too quickly for a home garage environment. Not worth the effort to install. I hope this helps.

Two thumbs up!!!!

We have had one for years and now this is the third one we have purchased, for our daughters... It has great sucking power even with damp floor maps or muddy garage floor....love it