Honorable Mentions
We haven't tried a vacuum yet that we perfectly hate. These ones beneath are coagulated vacuums, and successful immoderate cases are overmuch cheaper than our apical picks, but we didn't for illustration them arsenic much.
Bissell IconPet Turbo Edge for $200: Bissell's OG instrumentality vacuum is simply a celebrated exemplary that's been astir for a while. It does a bully occupation picking up hairsbreadth and feline litter, and easy turns into a handheld vac too. The artillery lasts a small longer, but erstwhile WIRED reviewer Medea Giordano wasn't impressed by its Cheerio-gathering skills, and it can't guidelines up connected its own.
Dirt Devil Power Swerve Pet Cordless Stick Vacuum for $93: We antecedently recommended this arsenic a fund pick. It's a bully vacuum for nan money, but location are mixed results connected really agelong nan artillery will past and nan build quality.
Dyson V12 Detect for $580: The V12 Detect (8/10, WIRED Recommends) is 1 to see if you want thing moreover somewhat cheaper and lighter than nan V15 (though it's not arsenic powerful and has a smaller bin).
Eufy Robot Vacuum 3-In-1 E20 for $400: WIRED reviewer Adrienne So was stoked to effort Eufy's E20 (8/10, WIRED Reviews), which is simply a instrumentality vacuum, handheld vacuum, and robot vacuum each successful one. It's a handy, well-designed device, but it's only bully for ray cleaning.
Eureka Innova Cordless Stick Multi-Surface Vacuum for $207: This is simply a bully instrumentality vacuum astatine a reasonable price. It cleaned up a litter mat particularly well, and location are circumstantial carpet and hardwood settings. However, to suck up larger pieces for illustration Cheerios, I had to assistance nan vacuum up and spot it straight connected apical of them.
Greenworks Powerall 24V Cordless Stick Vacuum for $288: I liked this instrumentality vac's LED surface to fto maine cognize what powerfulness level I was connected and really overmuch artillery powerfulness I had near based connected nan powerfulness level I was using. It comes pinch a bully array of attachments, and has a artillery for illustration a powerfulness instrumentality which makes it top-heavy.
Hoover OnePwr Emerge Pet for $153: Our tester said that this wasn't a bad vacuum successful regular mode, but nan attachments felt flimsy pinch anemic suction power. Otherwise, it sewage nan occupation done.
Mova S1 Detect Cordless Vacuum for $299: This is simply a bully instrumentality vacuum that comes pinch a bully group of attachments, and it worked good successful my home. Our apical prime tin do a akin occupation for cheaper, though, and it takes a sizeable effort to spot nan canister backmost into spot erstwhile you quiet it.
Proscenic P13 Cordless Vacuum for $130: Our tester was amazed really good nan greenish ray connected this vacuum illuminated particulate and dirt. It was almost gross to spot really overmuch goes unnoticed successful regular lighting. However, it required galore passes to really cleanable astir of that debris. For nan price, it's not bad arsenic an untethered day-to-day vacuum, but you'll decidedly request a much powerful upright vacuum for deeper cleans.
Tineco Go Pet Cordless Vacuum for $300: WIRED reviewer Molly Higgins tested this vacuum for pet hair, and she was near underwhelmed pinch nan experience. It's a coagulated vac, but we urge amended options.
Worx 20V Cordless Stick Vacuum for $160: This is simply a good capable vacuum, but nan dustbin was difficult to cleanable retired compared to others I tested.
How We Tested
The champion measurement to trial a vacuum is to usage it for illustration you usually would. So, for a fewer months, we lived pinch these cordless vacuums, rotating done them to grip day-to-day messes and play heavy cleans connected hardwood floors, area rugs, and carpets. We charged them, asked our partners to usage them, and moreover took immoderate to a unit shop to cleanable up aft ancient furnishings and dense ft traffic.
We besides performed head-to-head testing, comparing really each picked up piles of Cheerios and feline litter, seeing if they blew debris astir aliases needed respective passes. We besides took heaps of already matted particulate and ungraded from wrong nan vacuum bins to spot really easy nan vacuums could suck them backmost up successful their thickened state.
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