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.

This is a pretty decent garage vac . It has plenty of suction and it runs quietly . The attachments look kind of crummy , but they actually work very well . The thirty foot hose is a real plus . It too looks chincy , but it it's really pretty nice . Too small in diameter for a workshop maybe , but it's fine for the garage . The canister is easy to empty and replace , as is the filter . The mounting is simple but a person would be crazy to use the hardware that came with it . You'll pull it right off the wall and maybe into your car's paint or something . Two lag bolts into a stud are the way to go . Then the unit just lifts off the mount without tools , making it easy to service or use elsewhere . My only complaint is the power cord . It's five foot , but it comes out near the top , so over half of it's length is used up just getting the plug down below the unit . Then in the manual , they say never use an extension cord with this unit . If they mean that , it should have an eight to ten foot cord from the factory . I have a short , heavy extension cord on mine . It'll be fine . All in all , I'm very happy with this purchase .

Despite owning a 5 gal wet/dry shop vac and a portable small car vac, I still need to buy a dependable powerful vac. Also I need to wear an ear mop (to minimize the noise level) every time I used the shop vac but it's even more frustrating because it has very little suction power. The small portable vac is a joke too - the sucking power is misirable. I tried to give away those vacs and no takers so far.The 5 gal Hoover GUV is powered by 10 amps. Compare that to the competetions from 5 gals to as much as 20 which is powered by 5 amps only. Big difference of suction power. Believe it or not, the Hoover GUV is 500% quieter than my shop vac. The Guv is very efficient, productive, powerful, dependable, and time-saver. Not only I used it to clean my garage, car, I also use it to clean the insides of my house such as the laminated floors, rest room, kitchen, etc. The top part of the GUV (where the motor resides)is hot but it is very manageable as I touched it. I think the reasoning for it, is the tightening effect or tight contaction of the hose against its housing unit to maintain its powerful sucking power.It is made in Canada. It is not available in any Sears Stores that I visited (Hoover is a Sears brand). It is very light, rigid construction, nothing to assemble and ready to work. Installation is easy, stick a nail near the electrical outlet and it will make your suction tasks easier and comfortable. For sure, you will not be disappointed.

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-- 7/29/13I 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--- 6/17/15Would 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.