Sound levels weren’t too bad: I measured the Hoover H-Free 500 at 78.8dB maximum on regular mode and 84.3dB on Turbo mode. This compares well with the competition. Should you buy the Hoover H-Free 500? The next step for us was to look at all of the products that fall within the Cordless vacuum cleaners category, of which we found 34 products at Argos. So we pulled together all of the prices of these products to analyse the average prices as well as finding the cheapest and most expensive options.

H-FREE 500 is equipped with an on-board 2-in-1 dusting and furniture tool and integrated crevice tool. The 2in1 accessory is ideal for hard surfaces and fabrics, whilst the integrated crevice tool is ready to use for spot cleaning tasks.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.

H-FREE 500 makes light work of cleaning your floors, with a rotating brush bar that can be activated to deep clean carpets, plus a turbo mode for when you need an extra boost of power. Front LED lights on H-FREE 500's floor nozzle illuminate dark corners or under furniture for improved cleaning visibility, so that no dust gets missed.

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More information on quality can be found in this old but still very helpful article from Harvard Business Review.