Gtech SW02 Cordless Lithium Carpet and Hardwood Floor Sweeper - Silver/Purple - Up to 60 Minutes of Runtime - Rechargeable 7.2v Li-ion Battery - Lightweight (3.5 lbs.)

I ordered this for my mum to use (she'd been finding lugging a traditional vacuum up and down stairs a bit challenging). I had initially been tempted by the Gtech Air Ram - on the strength of the product description, Press and customer reviews - but my dad objected to the price. This seemed like the ideal compromise. My initial impressions of this weren't entirely favourable. The sweeper arrives partially assembled in a box smaller than that of many a netbook: which was a little disconcerting. In addition, the Gtech Sweeper (in particular the three-part handle) is somewhat flimsy feeling. It's so very light and easy to put together that I found myself questioning whether this would work/last at all. I needn't have worried. Once I (and then my parents) got past our initial preconceptions of what to expect in a rechargeable carpet sweeper, we discovered that this is certainly sufficiently robust for everyday home use AND surprisingly powerful. The GTech Sweeper does a great job of cleaning up pet hair: my parents' Black and Tan dachshund and cream carpet are not an enviable combination, but it's so easy to whip round with this that the dog hair situation is kept under reasonable control! An unexpected positive was that this arrived with some initial charge, so the sweeper could be tested straight away. It's not all plain sailing: because this has a rotating sweeper brush at the front long hair and other lengthier threads if caught tend to wrap around the rotating brush section and get stuck (ultimately requiring liberation via scissors). The collection drawer is quite small and requires frequent emptying. However, these are minor issues when taken against how nice, light, easy to use and effective this is at the price point. Would I buy it again? Possibly not, but only because this has proven to be such a nice, neat simple device to use. Instead, I'd give serious consideration to buying its enhanced-feature sibling, the GTech Air Ram. And my dad, who wasn't prepared to consider buying the Air Ram... has since had me buy him a GTech cordless strimmer, having gained so much respect for the brand!

This is the second of these little G-tech carpet sweepers that I have purchased on behalf of my elderly mum. The first lasted 7 years which is amazing considering she uses it everyday! Small, lightweight yet upright. I bought her another brand of stick hoover where the dust collector was just below handle, but it was way to heavy and cumbersome for an 88yr old frail person. The only issue I had was on its arrival and on unpacking I discovered that the charger was missing from components. The box was sealed (perforated strip) and all plastic tags in place, so O soon realised this was a G-Tech assembly line issue and called thwm directly. Customer service excellent and replacement in post as I type this long winded review....apologies! Basically - 5* for the Gtech and customer service and 5* for Amazon for quick delivery!

Bought as a straight replacement for my elderly Aunt. Lightweight and easy to use. Cleans well for its size. Only negative is that there was no charger included. Fortunately I had the one from my Aunts old machine. Good product

Our Kitchen and Hall are tiled and we normally use a dust pan and brush to clear up bits dropped on the floor and use our Dyson once a week. We saw the Gtech and thought this would be a good replacement for the dust pan and brush so ordered it. We are really pleased so far. It picks up most things with ease. The only thing it has difficulty with is very light fluff which you have to go over a couple of times. When it arrived we charged it up the full 16 hours and since then it has been used to sweep the tiled floors 5 times and we even tried it on the carpets all over the house and the battery is still going strong. Note that it picked up on carpet just as well. We have door mats at the front and back doors which were a pain to clean using the Dyson as the suction is so strong it just lifted up the mats and we had to keep pulling them of the end of the pipe so they did not get done as often as they should. The Gtech is great for these as they there is no suction it just brushes up the bits off the mats so they get done regularly now. The front of the Gtech comes off to make it easy to do the stairs. This is a great idea as it is not easy to do the vertical parts of the steps with a normal vacuum so we will now be using the Gtech for the stairs all the time and as it is so light there is no danger of the weight of the vacuum making you fall. Also the fact that you can take off the extending handle means it is easily manoeuvre on the stairs. One point worth noting is when you get it charge the base up and make sure it works and you are happy with it before putting together the extending handle. Once you have put the handle together I do not think it can be taken apart again and you would not get it back in the box to return it. The handle attaches and detaches from the base with no problem it is the extending handle itself that won't come apart again once connected. The battery is replicable and is easily available when it eventually goes, as all rechargeable batteries do. Overall we are very pleased with it and would recommend it to anyone.

Very nice floor/ carpet cleaner ,does a great job even got up all the dogs hairs I would recommend this item the only problem that I had was there wasn't a charger plug in the box I went onto Amazon to see if I could complain and get a charger sent to me,but it only gave me option to return item stating missing part,so I went onto Gtech to order a plug it states free delivery on website but when you go to check out it charges you for delivery £12.99 + £3.99;delivery total £16.99 in all and that was the cheapest delivery price,so be aware this item might come with no charger, but like I said GREAT LITTLE ITEM.

it is very very noisy sounds broken !!! however it has great suction and it is very light but i have to go out of the way when he uses it

We've only been using this for 7 weeks and in that time, it's had multiple faults. - The plastic handle at the top keeps coming off, even when taped down, because the plastic piece that is supposed to hold it to the metal rod has broken off - I believe this is a commonly reported fault, so not specific to my particular sweeper. - The handle also keeps coming out of the attachment to the sweeper body. It's designed supposedly to lever back and forth to make the sweeper easy to maneouevre, but poor design and quality results in the mechanism allowing the handle to fall out constantly - There is a small side brush mechanism - this has now started to fall off consistently, again because the mechanism to clip this into the sweeper body is poorly designed and constructed - The sweeper seems to emit air as the brushes turn, so if there is a piece of rubbish which is light (e.g. onion skin or flower petal), instead of picking up the piece, the sweeper simply blows it ahead of it This was bought to replace a basic Bissell sweeper, which doesn't seem to be available any more. The latter was significantly cheaper, but worked much better to pick up rubbish, was lighter and easier to maneoeuvre and didn't keep falling apart. I only had to replace it after four years. I've only given two stars because the battery life is good and it charges quickly.

Great little gadget would recomend

It's a Shark. What more could be said? The Shark that I am replacing was 13 years old. My big Shark Rotator is also 13 years old. Still doing a great job. It's quiet, heavy enough that it doesn't bounce across the Berber carpet It picks up my Westies hair and crunchies from his treats. It's a dandy little quick pick-up machine. I highly recommend it

Lightweight turns on does a really good job I would buy again

This vacuum is not working for my needs. It makes too much noise, and it doesn’t pick up the way I expected. I mainly have dog hair, and instead of sucking it up properly, the hair just flies around when I use it. It feels like it’s blowing debris more than collecting it.

Works well and was a great deal. Only down side is it’s loud when you use it.

It works as a cordless vacuum and is easy to use but for the price it is not worth it. The suction is not as good as the other vacuums I've bought. It seems to be cheaply made, and the battery does not last long at all. Don't waste your money on this product. If it was about 30 dollars it would be good.