In addition to sucking up pet hair quickly, we love this vacuum’s large dust bin because you won’t have to worry about emptying it mid-clean. When it is time to empty the dust shark cordless bin, keep in mind that it’s a little tricky to pull apart. We found that if we didn’t properly place the two pieces together, the vacuum lost suction power once restarted.
We use four swipes to remove the cereal and rice and two to pick up the sand. We weigh the vacuum before and after to calculate how much debris was removed. Here is how we conduct our revamped stick vacuum tests of brands including Bissell, Dyson, Hoover, Kenmore, LG, Samsung, Shark, and Tineco.
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.
However, the 10-pound weight does get heavy, and emptying the filter is a chore—we had to manually remove it and shake the pieces out, which proved to be an endeavor on its own. You don’t have to spend a lot to get a good handheld vacuum, as evidenced by this Black+Decker Dustbuster. That’s not surprising; few companies have more experience making cordless handheld vacuums, since they pioneered the product back in 1979. While not a main selling point, it’s nice to know that Bissell donates $5 from each Pet Hair Eraser to the Bissell Pet Foundation.
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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 dyson robot vacuum 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.