Hoover S3341 Constellation Bagged Canister Vacuum Cleaner

Hoover S3341 Constellation Bagged Canister Vacuum Cleaner
The Hoover S3341 Constellation Bagged canister floats on air, which allows it to safely glide along on all types of floors. The canister is of all steel construction. The powerful 12-amp motor gives you the suction power necessary for all cleaning needs but is also very quiet. The Turbo Power Nozzle allows you to get hard to reach dirt in your carpet. The Breathe Easy system with Hepa filtration bag traps 99.9%of all particles down to .3 microns. This deluxe tool set gives you everything you need to clean. The tools feature coarse hair bristles that are tough on dirt but gentle on floors. The tools include a 12-inch hard floor nozzle that can be used on hard wood, slate, tile, marble and linoleum floors. A 6-inch upholstery brush can be used with or without brushes and a crevice tool. The tools all fit at the end of a 12 feet stretch hose and a telescoping wand that adjusts from 23 to 39 inch which gives you a full 15 feet of cleaning reach.

Cool in theory, but dumb in real life
Like others, we had one of these when I was a kid. It was fun to play with but miserable for vacuuming.
Its suction is not impressive--too much of that 12 amps go into keeping the thing aloft (and scattering dust).
Worse, the hovercraft action only works well on a perfectly flat (and preferably hard) floor. Too easily, the base gets hung up on any change of level--tile-to-carpet, wood-to-rug, its own cord--and, as often as not, the machine tips over. You either have to go back and free or right the thing, or--out of exasperation--drag it across the floor on its side. It isn't especially good about moving around furniture and gets hung up or tips over, which is especially annoying in small rooms.
There's a good reason this design never took off.