Additionally, our fibre removal from upholstery test involves timing how long it takes to clean fluff and lint from a cushion using the upholstery tool. Both of Dyson’s best floor heads come included; the De-tangling Motorbar for all floor types, and the fluffy illuminated head that’s so good at cleaning hard floors.

com Limited, registered in England and Wales with number 03934849, 27 Old Gloucester Street, London, WC1N 3AX, United Kingdom.Bush Stick to Handheld Bagless Corded Vacuum CleanerItem Condition: NewBrand: Bush StickProduct InformationAbout This Item Detailed Product Information Colour white Height 111. On the flip side, however, keep in mind that even a seemingly miserable eight-minute battery life will be enough to deal with a car interior or unexpected kitchen spillage. The first is a regular vacuum head with a soft brush bar that’s best for cleaning hard floors (although it does have lines of bristles for agitating short-pile carpet). Even if a model has a small bin, however, it’s not a deal-breaker as long as the bin is quick and easy to empty. Accessories: Keep an eye out for detachable hoses or pivoting nozzles for awkward spaces; crevice tools for sofa cushions and tight spots; and powered vacuum heads for stubborn carpets.

Unlike most cordless vacuums, it can also stand up by itself, so you don’t have to keep finding somewhere to lay it down or prop it up. These fill rapidly, and the battery only lasts around 20 mins, so it’s best for cleaning smaller properties.This means you don’t have to switch floor heads when you move from carpet to hard floor, which saves both time and hassle. This amount includes seller specified domestic postage charges as well as applicable international postage, dispatch, and other fees. The Dyson Cyclone V10 was once the king of cordless vacuum cleaners and was a noteworthy improvement over the V8 in almost every way, but it’s still worth a recommendation today. There are a handful of specifications to look at before you begin, of which the most crucial are weight, bin capacity and battery life. The most important thing is the cleaning ability of the device, though, and the Dyson V15 Detect Absolute happily powered through our tests with ease.

The IZ300 range uses its new PowerFins technology on the brush bar: these stiff fabric fins work alongside the usual brushes to agitate your carpet more vigorously. These include an anti-tangle floor head, so you won’t have to cut off long hair that’s become wrapped around the brush roll. With a cordless unit, this starts with a battery rundown test, to see how long the battery lasts at each of its power settings on short-pile carpet with the floor head attached. Anyone with a furry friend in their lives will understand how important it is to have a vacuum cleaner that isn’t just good at extracting hair off carpet, but can tackle hard floor, furniture and car interiors, too.With a vacuum this small, you can’t expect the kind of power we find on larger models, but it still performed surprisingly well in our cleaning benchmarks, collecting 85% of the tricky spillages we tested it with. Charging: Most of the models on this list will come with either a charging dock – many of which can be mounted to a wall – or a standard DC mains plug and cable. For those with hard floors, the Slim Fluffy motorised head now comes with a laser that shines out at the front, illuminating tiny dust particles. Plenty of robot vacuum cleaners come with a mop attachment but it’s much less common to see them on cordless sticks.

Only let down by Evri the courier who had managed to rip open the packing during transit and when I pointed it out to the driver the response was "not my problem that's how it arrived". In this way we can see exactly how good the device is at collecting these tricky materials from both types of surface. To test each vacuum’s cleaning ability, we weigh out measured quantities of flour and Cheerios, and spill each one onto both carpet and hard floor. Anyone looking for something with a bit more power than a cordless stick should seriously consider the Shark ICZ300UKT.

These are kept dampened with a small reservoir you can fill with tap water, and they do a good job of lifting light stains and other problems that vacuuming alone can’t tackle.