This article appeared in December 2009 Consumer Reports Magazine. Eureka Whirlwind + Pet Lover 3276 Many vacuum cleaners are aimed at pet owners and have words like "Animal" and "Pet" in their monikers. But vacs that are good at pet-hair pickup should still show prowess at other tasks. We judged the Eureka Whirlwind+ Pet Lover 3276[ ] and Bissell Lift-Off Multi-Cyclonic Pet 89Q9 excellent and very good, respectively, at picking up pet hair using the main power head on a medium-pile carpet. But we can't recommend them. The Eureka, $120, was very good at cleaning carpets and had very good airflow with tools. It was also excellent at keeping emissions low, a plus for allergy sufferers. But it was only so-so on bare floors. The Bissell, $180, excelled at cleaning bare floors but was middling on carpets. It was very good at limiting emissions. other models blend impressive pet-hair pickup with better performance in all other areas, including carpet cleaning, a more

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Moving on rubber treads, the Looj "blasts through debris, clogs and sludge and brushesYou can clean a 60-foot section in "10 minutes." The remote works from "up to 75 feet" away. We loaded a 60-foot section of K-style 5-inch gutter with dry and wet oak leaves, inserted the Looj, and ordered it to getWe also tested the Looj at a staffer's house. This robot is not so hot. It flipped many leaves back into the gutter or toward the roof instead of the yard. dense leaves or debris only by working the Looj back and forth repeatedly. And the Looj sometimes became stuck and had to Cleaning can be s-l-o-w. Although the device took 15 minutes to remove dry leaves from 60 feet of gutter, it took almost an hour to clear heavy spring debris from 50 feet at a staffer's home. (He usually does that job in 10 to 15 minutes.) control's range varied from about 10 feet to 50. It did best when held in contact with an aluminum gutter. If you can't reach large stretches of your gutters, the Looj might make sense, but other cleaning methods are apt to be more effective.