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The Samsung Jet 70 is lightest stick vacuum I have owned. This is very important to my wife because she does most of the vacuuming in our home. Before you hit that hate mail button please note that my wife loves vacuums and vacuuming – of her own accord. An indication of a good vacuum, for her, is a combination of weight, maneuverability, versatility, and ease of maintenance. The Samsung Jet 70 wins all these categories.
Cleaning experience:
After cleaning the first floor, which is a combination of hard surfaces and rugs, my wife reported that she loved the weight and the maneuverability more than our previous vacuums. She also loved the freedom that came from being cordless. Swapping out most of the attachments was a snap. Unfortunately, removing the pet cleaning head takes a bit of strength and coordination. It is difficult to depress the latch, hold the motor unit, and pull on the pet cleaner accessory all at the same time. Emptying the dust bin was also a easy. Press the button on the dust trap, pull straight down, remove the filter, and dump over the trash barrel. Over-all, she likes this better than previous stick vacuums we have owned.
I tackled the basement. The basement has a combination of tile, concrete, and rugs of various sizes and thicknesses. The basement builds up with the same kind of dirt as the first floor with the bonus of arts and crafts debris. I put the vacuum on medium power and tore through all the surfaces in my basement in about 10 minutes. I noticed two things. First, the Samsung Jet 70 had a harder time maneuvering on rugs than on a hard surface. I believe this is because the brush roller does not double as a drive mechanism like similar vacuums. The thicker the carpet the more difficult it was to control. It was not bad. I could still vacuum the carpet and reach the whole floor. I just had to put more force behind my strokes than other vacuum cleaners in its class.
Second, depending on the dirt I was trying to capture, I would have to make multiple passes before the vacuum would capture it. This was most noticeable with the bits of paper left over from craft. In these instances, I had to turn the vacuum up to full power and make another pass. Lesson her is to use the right amount of power for the right job. I included a before and after photo of my rug.
Controls:
Controls are digital, simple, and conveniently placed on the handle. It takes zero effort to quickly fly through the power settings with my thumb. I do not have to stop vacuuming to adjust power. Press the center button to turn the Samsung Jet 70 On and Off. The buttons to the bottom left and right of the power button will turn the power up and down between Low, Medium, High.
Pet hair remove:
I am impressed with the pet hair clean-up accessory. I enlisted my rabbit, a jersey wooly, to assist me a test. I placed him on the chair, encouraged him to run around, and then brushed him with my open hand. The chair looked awful when we were done. I then applied the hair removal tool to the chair and started cleaning. The chair was clean in seconds without any leftovers. Please see my before and after photo.
Dirt Cup and air filtration:
The Samsung Jet 70 contains dirt to the dirt cup. I have owned a few stick vacuums over the years that had superior air filtration systems but the seals around the dust cup were poor; allowing dust to re-enter the room. I do not see the Samsung Jet 70 suffering from this issue. The seal for the Jet 70’s dirt cup is tighter fitting and has overlapping air seal rings. There are two seals behind the filter. This is the part of the dust cup that clicks into the drive unit. The third seal ring is between the dust cup container and the filter. The sub-assembly also overlaps each other which allows for the Jet 70 to have a tighter seal than I have seen on any other vacuum I have ever owned. Samsung is serious when they say their vacuum will remove 99.9999% of particles from the air. This starts with containment. And Samsung did a great job with containment. There were no strange smells in the room after vacuuming.
Wall installation/Charging unit:
I recommend hanging the charging unit near a power outlet. The charging cord is a few feet long. This will allow you to hang it near an outlet if you do not have room directly next to an outlet. Be sure to attach the power cord to the back of the charging unit before screwing it into the wall. There is no way to plug in the charging until once it is mounted. You could charge the vacuum on the floor. My wife did this directly after unpacking the Jet 70. I do not recommend that you do the same. The Jet 70 is incapable of free standing let alone free stand with a multi-pound charging until attached to the battery.
The charging unit has two mounts that securely store two of the three attachments that come with the Samsung Jet 70. The pet hair removal tool does not attach to the charging base. The other two attachments clip into the charging unit using the same snap and secure method used on the vacuum body and stick. They will never fall off. Remove them from the charging unit is equally simple.
Noise:
The vacuum is quieter than any vacuum I have ever owned. This includes operation at full power. It is quite impressive considering how much air is moving through the vacuum.
No lights:
Finally, you are probably wondering why I did not give this vacuum five stars. I am disappointed in Samsung for not incorporating lights. One of my tests was to clean the cobwebs from the corners of my home theater. I used the Extension Crevice Tool for this. The lighting in the room is poor by design. Which immediately brought to my attention how useful a light would be in this type of situation. My previous stick vacuums have lights. I did not realize how useful this was for cleaning hard to reach places, and even some surfaces, without lights. Samsung, why did you not include lights to this entire product line!? This is the only reason why I am giving this a four-star review. This is a design miss and I encourage Samsung to revisit lights on next year’s models.
Conclusion:
This is a quality vacuum cleaner. It is light weight, quality components, and smartly designed (less the lights). My wife loves it. Setup and installation are easy. It does take a bit more effort to move over carpet than other vacuums I have owned. It captures a lot of dirt. Please see included photo for my fifteen-minute cleaning session. It looks and feels like a premium device. And there are no ugly cords to pick up, keep straight, or trip over. If the lights are not an issue for you then I say give the Samsung Jet 70 a try.
Thank you for reading my review.
