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If you’re renting a flat and you’ve got limited storage, you’ll appreciate how the Hoover folds up to a small size, although there’s also a wall mount if you’re inclined to store it that way. The HF500 Anti-Twist comes with an optional wall mount that can be attached to the wall for storing the appliance.

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Hoover was once such a big name in the vacuum cleaner world that here in the UK the brand basically supplanted ‘vacuum’ in the lexicon. But as much as we all talk about our hoovers, these days you’re probably more likely to think of Henry or Dyson when it comes to buying your next vacuum. Over a couple of weeks, it became the vacuum cleaner of choice in our flat, working over carpet, tiles and floorboards. The name Hoover might be synonymous with vacuum cleaners, but it's fair to wonder how well the brand competes with its rivals.On a single six-hour charge, the Hoover H-Free 500 is rated to last for up to 40 minutes on standard mode. This drops down to 25 minutes if you use the motorised floor brush. In Turbo mode, this drops down to just eight minutes. Given that I had to switch on Turbo mode regularly to clean up bigger spills, this isn’t a vacuum cleaner I could use for my entire house. Instead, I see it as a tool for smaller properties or as an addition to a plug-in vacuum cleaner.

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It’s got a special boost mode for carpets which starts the dust roller at the end of the head whirring round, and we found it worked well. While the power isn’t a deal-breaker for us, if you’ve got a lot of carpets that need deep cleaning in your house, you might want to opt for a Dyson. The brushbar has a mix of soft and hard bristles to clean all types of hard floors and carpets effectively.Tech Advisor's Deputy Editor, Dom covers everything that runs on electricity, from phones and laptops to wearables, audio, gaming, smart home, and streaming - plus he's a regular fixture on the Tech Advisor YouTube channel. For tough cleaning tasks, press the TURBO button for up to eight minutes of extra powerful suction. One area where the H-Free does better is in weight – at 2.2kg it’s noticeably lighter than Dyson and Philips equivalents, bested only by the 1.5kg

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It can simply be slid into action or retracted away from the nozzle in one motion and saves you from having to root around for the correct attachment and wasting time fitting it to the end of the vacuum. Switch the brush bar on by pressing the CARPET button to agitate the carpet fibres to loosen dirt and debris.In the case of the H-Free 500, we found Hoover offered a budget alternative to the top-end vacuum cleaners.