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A New Generation of Household Cleaning

Did you know that you can communicate with your vacuum cleaner on your smartphone? True story. Technology has advanced to the point where we, as homeowners, can actually use an app to review our vacuum cleaner’s recent performance in the household including a maintenance notification and a how-to guide right at our fingertips. I love the world we live in!

The appliance I’m gushing over, with this bluetooth enabled technology, is the Hoover React Upright Vacuum! Currently positioned on the landing off my kitchen and living room, I even showed off this beauty and it’s kid-sister, the Hoover React Cordless at a recent holiday gathering with friends when a glass unexpectedly broke and a clean-up was in order.

Hoover REACT Upright from Tenille Lafontaine on Vimeo.

 

Featuring intelligent FloorSense technology, the Hoover REACT instinctively senses a change in floor type, automatically adjusting brush roll speed to optimize performance from carpet to hard floors and back again. You do nothing but vacuum as normal, no adjustments to make or the need to stop and change anything. Hoover REACT technology senses your floor type and the brushes adapt as a result!

I can use the Hoover REACT Upright on my main floor which is predominently hardwood along with a few area rugs and linoleum, with ease. I love how the vaccum will sense when I move from hardwood to an area rug and the brushes will adjust. Sure, a hard-floor vacuum can be used on your area rugs but we know you’re not getting them as deep-down clean as a ‘regular’ vacuum cleaner would and the proof is there when you lug your carpet-vacuum cleaner to the area rug and see what it pulls out of it! With this appliance it’s all built in. Two products in one, in a sense. Smart thinking!

Off to our stairway I went, and that’s where I realized that it had been a very long time since I had cleaned inbetween the spindles on my railing. Thanks to the hose and on-board tools, I got all up in there and cleaned the carpet around the railing spindles with ease. I don’t even want to think about how long it’s been since I did that, yikes! The Hoover REACT was easy to carry up and down the stairs and the 25ft cord gave me ample leeway to vacuum the stairway without stopping.

The dog is wondering why a person would ever want to clean up dog hair. It’s “confetti” no?

Also worth noting, the Hoover REACT Upright has been Hoover Tested for Paws & Claws to meet their high standards for optimal hair removal, no loss of suction and includes a sealed allergen system.

Emptying the canister is easy so you can get right back to your super-fun cleaning (does it sound more fun when you call it that?) in no time. Also worth noting, this product is ready to go out of the box. I typically delegate my husband to unpack our new products but tackled this one on my own and discovered it was good to go (I didn’t tell him that though.)

You can learn more about the Hoover REACT product line at Hoover.ca! When shopping, look for the Hoover REACT right now at Canadian Tire ($349.99). Other retailers like Best Buy, Lowes, Home Depot and Walmart carry other vacuums in the Hoover REACT line too!

One of our readers is going to win a Hoover REACT Upright (ARV $349.99) – this will certainly help you in the new year! To enter to win, fill in your name and email address in the form below and click BEGIN! Then leave a comment below sharing why you think the Hoover REACT would be useful in your household. Don’t forget there are bonus entries available for things like following @HooverCA on Twitter and Hoover Canada on Facebook!

Disclosure: This is a post in partnership with Hoover Canada. All opinions and witty commentary as always are my own.

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  • Why I’d like to win this:
    My trusty 7year old vacuum just over heated yesterday and I cried. Never has it done that 😢 Of course it would die soon, it’s Christmas time 🙄😂

  • 2 cats that love to share their “confetti” fur everywhere, 2 floor, including stairs, me with a bad knee and hubby with a bad back. Having a new, lighter more powerful vacuum would be amazing. Our old one is about the size of a small car!

  • love the no lost suction. I have 2 cats and a dog that mean lots of hair in this house hold also I need a new vacuum mine is 33 years old now time for a new one

  • My kiddies want two kittens as we have been catless for a few months now – one reason I am hesitating is the fur balls which drive me nuts. Maybe the kids could use this and earn the kitties. Alternatively there is part of me which would love to gift this to my sister as she needs a good vacuum (and she lives on an acreage so her house if feathered and wooled).

  • I always see the commercial for this vacuum and just love that it can go from carpet to floor and back and its so smart it knows to reset . This is my dream vacuum!

  • It would be great not to have to constantly switch from one floor type to another with my old vacuum, so this would be great.

  • I too would like to show off a Hoover REACT! It would be useful in that I wouldn’t have to get the behemoth out that we currently own that doesn’t even get deep enough into the carpet pile.

  • We have central Vac in out house, and it’s such a hassle to use, would love something portable that i could use on both the carpet and floors

  • The floor sense technology would be super helpful. I have so many different types of flooring and area rugs in most rooms. It’s a hassle to change settings all the time.

  • With two little kids and a great big black cat, this would be incredibly useful in our house! Love the sealed allergen system! Thank you so very much for this chance! 🙂

  • This would be super useful in our house, because we have a child who seems to track in dirt from outside and drops stuff at the table, very often!

  • I am going to love this vacuum if it will pick up all the dog hair, and will not tip over on me every time I use the hose

  • Wow what a fancy vacuum! It puts my old one to shame! This is why I need this vacuum in my life! So I can clean my house better and well its just so nice! I love the Floor Sense technology!

  • Automatic sensing change from hardwood to carpet??? Yessss! And ummm all the cat hairs are everywhere in this house!

  • I’d love this. Our old vacuum weighs a ton and since it’s a canister type my 1 year old just follows me around trying to ride it like a horse…it’s cute but not exactly helpful 😉

  • The Hoover REACT would be useful in my household to suck up all that dirt my old one leaves behind. I love the t FloorSense technology.

  • I woud love to gift this to my sister and brother in law who have two large hairy pups – they could use this for keeping up with the hair!

  • My mom recently dropped her vacuum down a flight of stairs so I would love to surprise her with a new one. A light one like this would be great for hauling up and down the stairs. Without dropping it. Lol!

  • I love the Hoover REACT because it has FloorSense technology, which will allow me to move from carpet to hardwood easily.

  • The Hoover would be useful as I could just quickly grab it to clean messes instead of hauling out my central vac hose etc.

  • I think the Hoover REACT would be useful in my house as my vacuum is dieing fast and it has to be better than what I have now.

  • This vacuum would make my life so much easier. I have two cats and a nephew who terrorize my floors with everything. My current vacuum is older than I am and it desperately needs to be replaced.

  • With 2 boys and my husband, our house is always in need of a good vacuum and I am sure this would be a great help in keeping my home clean!

  • Wow, a hoover with blue tooth, amazing. I love that Hoover REACT technology senses your floor type and the brushes adapt as a result. I have cork flooring, carpet, tiles and area rugs so this would be heaven for me 🙂

  • Oh my cats ! they leave hair everywhere ! One of them feels the need to groom until there is piles of hair around

  • The Hoover React would be very useful in my home because my vacuum is about 17 years old and has very little suction and is so heavy too. The Hoover React would make cleaning so much easier for me.

  • This would be very useful as the vac I have really sucks, ok it doesn’t suck that is the problem, I am tired of hair on area rugs and this vacuum sounds like it has a lot of power, and being an upright it would be easier to use and its bagless

  • ahhhhhh i would love this!! and hubby would too. He only has one job….vacuuming lol. The one we have is heavy, you have to plug it in, the suction is horrible, it smells…..we need an upgrade

  • I think it would be useful because it will clean up the dirt powerfully and will not hit my feet. lol

  • I live in a house with others. It needs the occasional cleaning. The Hoover REACT would be useful in our household.

  • We have different floorings around the house – carpet, hardwood and tiles. Hoover REACT’s smart Floor Sense Technology will make it easy to clean through different floorings around the house.

  • We just got a puppy and we already have a dog and a cat! Why did i agree to this? So much dog hair, this would totally help.

  • It would be AWESOME in my house because I have a tiny dog that sheds three times his weight in hair nearly every day!!!

  • I think this vacuum will do wonders for our floors and will not make me lose my mind. Our current vacuum lacks suction so vacuum takes so long. This vacuum will make it easier with great suction.

  • OMG, I need this – this would work wonders on all the different textures of flooring in my house, from hardwood floors to sculptured carpeting to (dare I say it) 70’s shag carpeting.

  • I like all the great features on the Hoover React but I especially appreciate the Sealed Allergen System. We need help picking up the pet dander and hair to remove allergens from the carpet and floors.

  • This would be useful to my home as I have 4 cats, 3 being long haired ragdolls. I have to vacuum daily to keep on top of the hair.

  • This would be very useful for the wood floors, carpets, nooks and crannies of my home…especially because we have 8 cats. The fur certainly travels.

  • this would make my life so much easier as we have hardwood and rugs on the main floor so at the moment I am having to constantly drop the beater as I move from the wood to the rugs!

  • I have a very messy new puppy . He’s a fan of shedding and ripping up any sort of paper or napkins … SEND HELP ;). Also the bluetooth feature is amazing . THE FUTURE IS NOW !

  • Love that it adjusts to different flooring types. It would be very useful in this house since we have 4 pets so lots of hair, litter etc to clean up and anything that makes that easier would be great!

  • I love that it has the Sealed Allergen System for the dog hair.. I really need this as my hubby has allergies to the dog and this will help vacuum days better for him since the hair is not stirred up.

  • with a free range bunny and 2 roommates, i feel like the vacuuming is never done. this prize would make it so much more fun!

  • We have carpet and hardwood floor. It would be great that I don’t have to switch mode in order to finish vacuuming

  • We have carpet and hard floors… plus two boys seven and under, two very furry golden retrievers, a black cat, DIY husband and a I’m a klutzy mom. We need a good vacuum and we haven’t been thrilled with a vacuum in an long time!

  • I have hard to reach areas that this would work well with ; plus it looks like my kids would be able to handle this vacuum too!

  • We recently adopted a rescue dog, and pulled out our area rug around the same time. It needs helllllp lol.

  • I would actually love it for the group home where I work as they have an old built in vac that is loud and has long clunky hoses. It would be amazing to just nimbly get around the house when I vacuum there!

  • For one, my kid is super messy with crumbs & I’d love the Hoover to be the machine to pick those up! Second, the FloorSense technology is great as I have flooring & area rugs and it’s a pain the switch the setting on the vacuum constantly. And third, my vacuum is really lacking in power so I could use a new one!

  • This would be great – there’s always long hair all over the condo and going between carpet and hardwood would be great.

  • This would be very useful in my house because of the cat (and goes without saying, the kids!!), and because of all the different floor types we have – from carpets to rugs, tile to hardwood. I love that this vacuum can sense different floor types and adjust accordingly!!

  • FYI, the Hoover Canada twitter entry field leads to a page that does not exist. The correct twitter page is @HooverCA ‏(which I followed) not @HooverCanada.

  • I have a big dog who likes to shed and new hardwood floors so the React would be great for keeping on top of the fur.

  • The beater brush on our current vacuum just died so this would be perfect timing. The Hoover React would be perfect for the messes our kids make and the cat hair we are constantly vacuuming up.

  • Seeing that my husband never comes online and will never see this I have to say this would be so useful for me because he is constantly dropping something on the floor. I am always picking something up after him. This would be so much easier for me. lol

  • The Hoover REACT would be useful in my house because we have pets that make a lot of mess at times. This looks like it would be perfect.

  • with my 6 kids & my granddaughter plus a cat it can get quite dusty,crumby,furry so this would be a big help around my house , right now all I’m using is broom and would love a vacuum

  • My place is fairly small and the vacuum I own is large and bulky and a pain to use. The Hoover REACT would be easy to use.

  • With a cat a very large dog, two boys, a husband and I run a daycare from my home-How could this not be useful! I would use it daily and be very grateful!

  • Between me, our new plush carpet and our cat’s fur, our robot vacuum and walmart special vacuum just isn’t cutting it!

  • It would be extremely useful. When I moved, I either lost or someone stole my light vacuum. I still have a heavy one that’s useless, blowing dirt everywhere. So for now, I either sweep or use my dust buster to vacuum the carpet until I can afford a new one…or win it.

  • With me being sick this would help a lot we have a dog and the dust in my place is unreal this would be so nice

  • My current vacuum doesn’t sense the difference between hardwood, low pile carpet and thick carpet. This sounds wonderful.

  • With two cats at home, we end up with A LOT of fur around the house – this vacuum sounds like it would be great at dealing with that! Thanks for the chance to win 🙂

  • I love that this can go from floor to carpet so easily! the one I currently have involves a number of steps attaching and removing nozzles to make those changes.

  • My son and I both have dust and pet dander allergies so I really like that this vacuum has a sealed allergen system.

  • My husband is always bringing in sawdust and shavings from his work and his workshop. This would help out a lot.

  • Old Man Winter has arrived in the form of freezing rain weekly. Sidewalks are laden down with sand to prevent neighbors and family from slipping and potentially breaking bones. Between animal fur, popcorn kernels and sand granules throughout – this Vacuum could save a lot of grief.

  • The Hoover REACT would be really useful in your household because I’m very allergic to dust and the FloorSense technology automatically adjusting brush roll from carpet to hard floors & back again would ensure that our home is dust free.

  • I think Hoover React would be useful in my house because we have 3 kids under 5 who love to craft, spill and make a big mess on a regular basis.

  • Between the pets and holiday entertaining and everything in between (crafting with glitter fir example), this would be a welcome addition. Every action should have a REACTion!

  • Wow this would be most helpful since it’s lightweight for me as I have a lot of stairs.. with 2 toddlers and an 8 month old puppy I do a lot of vacuuming in my home but I find myself exhausted and drained from lugging my current one around

  • The Hoover REACT is the only thing on my Christmas list. I love the FloorSense Technology because we have tile and carpet in our house and it would be wonderful to not have to switch floor settings. Happy Holidays!

  • The floorsense would come in handy going from room to room in my home. A bonus would be it looks a lot lighter than the old vacuum I currently own.

  • Oh the thought of a Bluetooth vacuum alone!! We have puppy fur, dust allergies and daughters with hair everywhere!! 🙂

  • Considering my current vacuum is old and heavy… this vacuum would be a great help to me. I would definitely vacuum more often if I had one that worked well!

  • oh my talk about handy, blue tooth and all this would be the perfect vacuum for me. thank you so much for the giveaway

  • I’m probably one of the few people left with actual carpet in my house (I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to afford to put hardwood in the whole house)

  • As I recently lost everything this would be amazing. I’ll need a new vacuum once I’m out of the shelter. Thanks for the chance it looks like a lifesaver!

  • With three cats, a 7 year old and running a home daycare, my carpeted house takes a beating, this would be awesome!

  • Since our vacuum is 14 years old and being held together with tape, I’ve started looking around. The features on this vacuum sound so useful.

  • I have four cats and I think it would be great for picking up fur. I also have a mix of hard floors and carpet and I love that it will adjust as I move from the different areas.

  • this would be a great size vacuum for my condo and it would clean the three different types of floor i have

  • The Hoover React would be useful in my house because I have 2 dogs and 2 cats who shed like crazy. With all that fur and dust in my house, I really like how it is meant for allergens. Nevermind the Bluetooth part, that is just cool

  • I have 2 German Shepherds a kitten and 6 children so this would definitely come in handy for dog hair and messes.

  • It’s size and ability to do either hardwood or vinyl floor and carpet options make it perfect to vacuum daily to help with allergies, especially when all the windows are closed during the winter. Size means easy storage and portability.

  • The Hoover REACT would be so handy here at my house because there is a lot of cat hair and we have all kinds of different types of flooring

  • I live near the highway so I’m always fighting that layer of dirt and dust that travels into my home. The Hoover React would also help me fight against the many dust bunnies that live under my furniture.

  • With two dogs and fur tumbleweeds i really could use this in my life , sweeping don’t cut it 🙂 i haven;t got a vacuum and this would help with all the dog fur and messes the grand kids make 🙂

  • My vacuum cleaner is busted and my floors are suffering for it. Really need a world class vacuum cleaner like Hoover for the holidays

  • This would be so helpful in keeping my floors and carpets clean. It would be so much easier doing so with the smooth transition from hardwood to carpet.

  • This would be so useful for my house…I have laminate and carpet and I really can only sweep the hard surfaces cause mr vacuum only works on carpet well.

  • I like most about the Hoover REACT Upright is that it automatically adjusts to the floor type, my current vacuum has this cumbersom dial you push with your foot and have to use your hands 1/2 the time. This is convenient.
    I would love to win the Hoover REACT Upright because, my vacuum is getting old and this .

  • It would be sooo useful for us! We only have an old vacuum that smells like cheese when it runs… thanks for the chance!

  • This would be great because our floor switches between lino and carpet.. nice not to have to stop and hit a button to switch floor types!

  • This would help soooo much with keeping up with my LONG HAIRED cat!! Constanly picking up after her.. hair and litter!!

  • The Hoover React would be perfect for my multi-surface floors! The Floorsense technology sounds perfect for my needs!

  • with the addition of a second cat in the household, the fur is piling up.. This would sure come in handy cleaning up after them!

  • ohh,this would be awesome,. I am in need of a new vacuum,and reeently acquired 2 new pets,,making it 2 cats and a dog now,,plus 2 men..haha.,lots of mess to clean up,,thanks for the chance!

  • My mom just broke her wrist because she was vacuuming and tripped over the vacuum cord so a cordless vacuum would be ideal! Don’t want her falling again! Also, our vacuum is an old Electrolux from the 80s so we desperately need an upgrade! Lol And I love all the features on this vacuum, especially the react floor sensor and the attachments.