Sanitaire Heavy-Duty Upright Commercial Vacuum Cleaner SC5845D

Monica Pedersen: Purchased this vacuum for household use of about 1600 square feet, family of 4, 2 medium, short-haired dogs. We have a mix of hardwood and carpet. Dangerous, maybe defective product, beware! Under normal use, this vacuum began smoking, and smelled like it caught on fire internally. It has done this twice after vacuumin a couple rooms. We live in a high fire risk area so can no longer use the vacuum. We tried cleaning it out more throughly to see if that would solve the problem, but it did not. Long cord was nice and suction power on the carpet was good. However, on solid surfaces, this vacuum just shot little crumbs and whatever around the floor instead of sucking them up. I had high hopes for this vacuum and am really disappointed that not only did it become useless in a year, but it is actually dangerous.

United States on Sep 27, 2023

Jonesenfortunesthatactuallywork: Tons of suction. Easy to use. Bagless. Made to work along side the professional. Great for pre vac. I don't think you're going to find a better performing vacuum for the price point.

United States on Sep 10, 2023

MJM TX: Truly an outstanding vacuum. Has great power. Was very surprised, and pleased, with the amount of dirt in the canister after only two uses of cleaning about 1700 sq ft. Cord length, width path, and quiet operation made it very easy to use.

Have to disagree with those who say it is hard to empty, at least by my experience. Red button on top removes the canister, one push of a button on top of the canister and a ccw twist and the top comes right off. Lots of dirt, but that is what you want. Easy to clean the dust cup filter, which you will want to do often. I just take it outside, make sure I am upwind, and use a 1' disposable paint brush to clean the filter elements.

Have to put it together, not hard but did have an issue. Two screws attach the handle to the body into plastic predrilled holes. One went in easy, the other was a challenge since the hole had not been opened. It was filled with solid plastic. Rather than deal with the aggravation and box it back up I just took a portable screwdriver drill and drilled a pilot hole, then the screw went in.

I kept my last Hoover for 25 years before it gave up the ghost. We will see how long this one lasts. That is the...

United States on Apr 06, 2023

Jacque: This is a very good vacuum as far as suction and ease of using. On the highest (?) setting it actually moves like a self propelled vacuum! On board tools work as expected. The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is it’s EXTREMELY hard to unscrew the top to empty the canister-very hard! If you have nails-forget it. Once you get the top off it’s easy to empty, but then you have to find a place where you can “bang” the filter against to clean it out AND it definitely needs cleaned almost every time-lots of dirt gets trapped in it-guess it’s doing its job, but hard to clean w/o getting dirt all over yourself. I probably won’t purchase this again only bc it’s so hard to empty canister.

United States on Feb 03, 2023

JoJoJoJo: I got this vacuum to use for the commercial cleaning that I do. It is extremely sturdy and has some heft to it. Definitely a quality product with great suction. The company had super fast shipping. It is a bit heavy, which I don't mind, but if you need a lighter vacuum, this may not be the one for you. But if weight isn't an issue and you want a quality machine, you can't go wrong with this vacuum.

United States on May 27, 2022