Eureka PowerPlush Review

The soft brush roll of this product is different from the standard bristles that are found on other vacuums.

Convenience

This cordless model has an impressive battery life, lasting for 19 minutes before failing. However, we did notice a definite loss of suction around the 17 minute mark. It also charges quite quickly, taking just under three hours to completely charge a totally dead battery.

Unfortunately, this vacuum can't stand up on its own and either has to be stored propped up against something or in its wall mount cradle. It's also about average in terms of weight for these products.

The Eureka is also excellent in handheld mode, effectively cleaning non-floor areas of your home — like shelves, window sills, and cabinets — with a handful of different attachments.

These are super easy to swap out, relying on a push-button locking mechanism.

Hard Surface Cleaning

This vacuum got off to a fantastic start in our flour test, getting the vast majority of the flour with only two passes. It even got some of the flour up from the cracks in between the different boards.

It also did amazing when it came to collecting Cheerios and pet hair, delivering excellent results in both of these tests. It did a little worse with the oatmeal, tending to fling a bit of it around if you went too quickly.

However, the PowerPlush did struggle a bit when tasked with collecting rice, delivering an overall mediocre result. It picks up the rice fine, but does tend to throw a significant amount of it around the room — about the same amount that it picks up — unless you go very, very slowly.

Ease of Use

This product got off to a bit of a rough start, only having a single cleaning mode and doing terribly at cleaning along a wall or in a corner of a room using the standard floor attachment. You can swap to the crevice attachment to effectively clean, but this does take quite a bit longer.

However, it did redeem itself a bit by being one of the quieter models. It is also a great option for cleaning under furniture, as it can reach all the way under our simulated sofa, tying with the top products.

Finally, it is fairly maneuverable on hard floors. We found that the fabric pads that make it glide on hard floors tend to bind on carpet, making it an absolute pain to push around.

Carpet Cleaning

Starting with rice, the PowerPlush did fairly well. It picked up a decent amount from the low-pile carpet, though it still flung a bit around. It struggled with the fluffier carpet, failing to get into the piles at all.

It did impress us in our flour test, doing exceptionally well and matching the results of the top products overall. The Eureka also did very well with the Cheerios, getting them all from both types of carpet.

Unfortunately, its performance plummeted in our last two tests: pet hair and oatmeal. It barely got any pet hair up from the carpet, lacking a bristled brush to pull the hairs up from the carpet fibers.

It also left a ton of oats behind on the low-pile carpet and even more on the medium-pile carpet.

Value

If you are only looking at cleaning hard floors, then the PowerPlush is a decent value, though there are better options if you are shopping on a super tight budget.

Conclusion