Stick vacuums are an excellent choice for those with limited storage space or who want something light enough to haul up and down stairs and from room to room. In honor of the upcoming sales event, brands like Samsung, Dyson, and Shark slashed prices on some of their best-selling models. This Samsung stick vacuum is nearly $70 off and has superior suction power that picks up dirt, pet hair, and other debris.
But that’s not the case – when looking at cost, the Dysons are priced significantly higher than Sharks. While the Dysons may have more features than the Sharks, the Sharks are great vacuums for the price and their dyson robot vacuum multiflex feature is awesome. When weighing all four of them as a handheld with the standard crevice tool attached, both Sharks and the Dyson v10 all weigh within two ounces of each other (3 pounds, ounces).
We’ve reviewed the majority of the vacs in this guide, from Shark, Dyson, Black & Decker, Roidmi, Proscenic, and Karcher. You’ll see all of our pros and cons, and discover why these tools are so handy to have on hand to supplement your pick of the best vacuums. In our experience, even the best vacuum cleaners often develop an unusual dusty smell.
They’re compact to store and lighter than upright and cylinder vacuums, making them generally more comfortable to use. In our tests, we found it lightweight and comfortable to hold. The controls are easy to use and the dirt cup, though small, flips open at the press of a button and the dirt drops neatly out. It has impressive pickup on bare floors and rugs and even has a button to boost the power for deeper cleaning when you need it. The WandVac could just put your broom and dustpan out of business!
The Shark Navigator Lift-Away Professional upright vacuum comes with a few modes you might find useful. First among them, of course, is the upright mode that lets you clean both carpets and hardwood floors. If you want to clean your stairs, however, you can detach the canister and use it as a handheld vacuum with one of several attachments. The Shark Navigator also comes with an extender so you can vacuum high or hard-to-reach areas to tackle dust and cobwebs. Shark’s vacuum also has an anti-allergen seal to reduce chances of infectious debris from entering your home and it offers a high-capacity canister to house more dirt than most other upright vacuums.
We do like a Shark vacuum cleaner, especially when it’s so well priced at just £59 . And this one is cordless, and a handheld, which can help to tackle pet hair (since it’s designed to rival some of the best vacuums for pet hair) and keep biscuit crumbs under control. Stick vacuums are handy devices that place the dust canister at the top of the stick, where it’s easily accessible. Stick vacuums also benefit from a variety of attachments that allow them to be used both as upright vacuums and handhelds. Be aware, however, that they’re usually not as powerful as upright alternatives. The Dyson V12 Detect Slim has been available in other countries since 2021, but it will be launched in the US for the first time in early June 2022.
If you’re willing to throw down the cash for a machine that cleans better than any cordless (and many plug-in) vacuums from any other brand we’ve tested, upgrade to a higher-end Dyson model. These vacuums, including the V15 Detect, are fantastic cleaners. They work well on bare floors, too, and the V15 is especially great when equipped with its soft-roller, laser-lit cleaning head. The battery life is ample, thanks in part to an automatic suction-adjustment feature. And some variants have extras that are also useful, such as a real-time countdown of the remaining battery life. The S11’s best feature is its comfy handling, which is lighter and smoother than most—and doesn’t force you to keep squeezing a trigger to make it run, like a Dyson.
But the X’s advertised suction is significantly weaker than the S11’s . The Pure One X Tango variant does come with a second cleaning head that’s better suited for bare floors, thanks to a brush covered in microfiber. But you can find cheaper vacuums that work well on bare floors, so we don’t think the X Tango is a great value. The brand’s first cordless stick vacuum can be used in three different configurations, as an upright, stick and handheld vacuum. It aced every challenge we threw at it, attaining perfect scores in almost every one of our pick-up tests, although when using it as a stick vacuum, the dust pick-up worked better on short pile carpets than long. Its pick-up is excellent on both carpets and hard floors, with the rotating brush grabbing all pet hairs in one quick sweep, but we found it a bit bulky as a handheld.
But if your home is mostly hardwood with scattered low-pile rugs or carpets, it’s an excellent option. Weighing in at just 7.7 pounds, this powerful cleaner punches well above its weight class. The all-floor suction removes pet hair and debris from both hard floors and carpets and a detachable handle captures dirt in vents and other hard-to-reach places. And because the filter can be washed and reused, there’s no need to buy endless replacements. The vacuum’s compact size lends to its portability, allowing you to move effortlessly from room to room and then easily stores away until you need it next.