These models offer the convenience of a cord-free design with plenty of suction power to keep your floors clean. Most stick vacuums aren’t great to look at when left out of the closet—but Shark’s Wandvac System is the exception to the rule. In addition to its sleek design (available in several colors) and light weight (at 5.8 pounds), this model functions as a stick vacuum or hand vac and has more power than other lightweight models. Plus, we love that it comes with a boost mode to help you power through tougher messes and is equipped with a low-profile charging dock. To curb the pet hair chaos, ya gotta invest in a cordless vacuum that helps target pet hair specifically.
Anyone with long hair or substantial levels of pet hair understands the struggle that comes from a tangled brush roll. It uses silicone fins to grab hair from the bristles as you clean. Our best stick pick, the Shark WANDVAC with Self-Empty Base, has a self-cleaning brush roll that’s also detachable so the vacuum can easily convert into a compact handheld tool.
If you have thick carpets like those in your home, it’s definitely worth a look. The 15 cordless vacuums we’ve tested in recent years range in price from $105 to $899. The Tineco Pure One S11 sits right in the middle of that pack with a retail price of $ but it performed as if it costs a lot more, with outstanding results in each of our main cleaning tests.
We then started through the same rotation a second time and noted when each vacuum died. For both Sharks and the Dyson v10, we ran them on the low setting on the hardwoods and low pile carpet and the next highest setting on the medium pile carpet. The Dyson v11 has an auto sense feature that detects the type of surface dyson robot vacuum it cleans and increases or decreases the suction accordingly so no toggling to different settings was needed. In our tests, which consisted of carpets, hard wooden floors and some high piled rugs you were able to clean the whole house on a single charge, but there wasn’t much battery left after a single pass.
Its ultra-lightweight design and removable handheld vacuum add to its cordless convenience for floor-to-ceiling cleaning. With 40 minutes of runtime, you can take on your whole home, and an XL dust cup makes sure you can tackle the biggest messes. Remove the dust cup in seconds, and never touch the mess with a CleanTouch Dirt Ejector. The ultra-light design and swivel steering makes this cordless perfect for cleaning those hard-to-reach bissell crosswave cordless areas, and LED headlights on the nozzle illuminate hidden debris around your home. Whether you’re cleaning your floors and carpets, hard-to-reach spots above the floor, or even your car, this cordless powerhouse is ready for anything in its path. Conveniently store the vacuum by detaching the hand vac and clipping it at the base of the wand for free standing storage anywhere in your home, even small spaces like closets.
While plenty of people have embraced the power of robot vacuums, others prefer to get the job done themselves. If you’re still hoovering your house, Shark’s Cordless Pro with Clean Sense IQ and odor neutralizer technology is now $150 off. The Dyson v11 Complete is also a fabulous vacuum but the price difference between the v11 and the newer v15 Detect is only $50.
For all these vacuums, decreased battery life can occur when using the boost mode. The Shark has a hinge half way up the neck to allow it to be folded up for storage. This may not seem like much but there are very few cordless vacuums that can be stored in this way. Take Dysons as an example, they all come with a bracket as they’re designed to be hung on a wall. That’s all well and good, but most people don’t have somewhere to hang their vacuum, nor do they particularly want to fasten them to a wall. She’s an experienced product researcher with years of experience in covering large and small appliances.