My wife wants to buy a cordless stick vacuum.

Here is what we are dealing with:
- Mainly hardwood floors and furniture (no carpets)
- Lots of dog hair and dust
- Ladies with long hair (tends to get wound around the rollers)
- A dog that attacks our current vacuum (quieter is better)
- A small home (battery life probably isn't a huge issue)

I don't really want to drop a grand on a vacuum (the Dyson with lasers and such).

What are your suggestions?

I picked this up not long ago, and it's been great. Very powerful (so unfortunately on the loud side, but no worse than a full-size corded model). Battery won't do a big house, but for a small place is fine. Early models apparently had battery issues, but I've never had trouble. The only criticism I have is the recharging cord- it's ridiculously cumbersome stuffing it back into its little storage compartment (I circumvent the problem by coiling it around the handle instead).



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I can’t give a review because I haven’t received it yet, but I just ordered this Dyson V8 Absolute for $279 with free shipping directly from Dyson. They did charge me tax, so $307 net to me, which is a big discount from the $519 retail price. It looks good for hard floors and hair.

https://www.dyson.com/vacuum-c...AvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

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https://youtu.be/RTkUNwBo9Ao?si=UPYc4ooOjdk_gPt3

I chose LG. Very pleased.

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Hope you have better luck with your Dyson. The battery in mine only lasted about a year before it started to go down hill

I like the performance of my Dyson V10, but the motor failed after a little over 2 years. Just out of warranty, of course. Had to shell out $130, about a quarter of the original cost, for a replacement motor. We'll see how long this lasts. That seems to be the general consensus: Dysons work well, but their reliability/longevity isn't great.

When I was researching to decide whether to fix it or replace it with something new, the various Shark brand stick vacs seemed to represent the best bang for the buck.

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I've been using a Shark Vertex for some time now and have been very satisfied with it. It's quite modular, rather like an older corded Dyson I had awhile back, but without the bulkiness. It comes with two batteries so you can keep the spare charged and ready to go.

I use it on bare wood floors, carpets, and tile. It has a switch to go from bare floors to carpet setting which is easily accessible right on the handle so there's no need to reach down and switch it at the motorized brushroll. That's a very welcome design feature. Similarly, there's a momentary switch affording higher suction on the handle which is readily reached with your index finger.

The suction container pulls right off when it's time to empty it so you needn't roll the whole machine to the trash container. Filters are easily accessible. It comes with standard accessories like a brush, crevice tool, and upholstery tool.

I’ve had several Dyson sticks over the past 10 years. We love them and have given them to our daughters. Not one has failed in any way. We have two Bernese Mountain dogs and these handle tons of fur. Expensive but worth it IMO.

Now if you really want to impress the woman in your life, get her a Dyson hair dryer. I think I got a BJ out of the deal after she used it the first time

Try to find one with user-swappable batteries if you can. That is the one saving grace of the Craftsman stick vacuum I bought for daily cleanups around the litter boxes downstairs.

Other than that: I do not recommend the Craftsman battery-powered stick vacuum.

We've had one of these for about 4 years. Works really well. Pricey but it works.

https://www.makitatools.com/cleaning/compactvacuums

I chose the Shark WV201, which is currently priced on Amazon for 77.99, which is 5.00 less than I paid for it in July. The price has been substantially higher at times- close to the list price of 130.00. If you want a good stick vacuum, you should jump on this.

https://sigforum.com/eve/forum...935/m/5640069105/p/1

The only problem I had was that a piece was missing from the box when I got it. It's a little cup which fits in the stand to hold the attachments.

I called Shark, spoke with a nice young lady in England who told me she could send me the part if I would kindly register the vacuum while on the phone with her. I gave her the serial number of the unit, she did the rest. Three days later, I had the part, which shipped from the United States.

Great vacuum. It does what it's supposed to. These small vacuums are for short-term use only. The battery is good for about 15 minutes of use and that's it. Then, it's a two or three hour recharge. If you understand this limitation and you use it per the manual and clean its parts per the manual, you'll be happy.

The funny part is why I was looking for one in the first place. I asked the wife what she wanted for her birthday and she said a handheld vacuum. I said "You're actually asking me to buy you a household appliance for your birthday?? I'm not supposed to do that, right?"

We have hardwood and a Basset that sheds, and I've found a two prog approach works best.

1) Roomba or similar auto vac, these pick up tons of dog hair and dust, get under furniture and does most of the heavy lifting twice a week or as much as you like, since you set the schedule.

2) Stick Vac - Dyson or similar to clean up areas such as when the grandkids leave and we need a quick vac, hit the rugs, etc.

The combo of the two has left the big Dyson in the closet for the past several years, we just don't use it, ever since implementing this method.

Think I have done one battery replacement in 4 or 5 years but we use it daily, car, sofa, hardwood floors and rugs, with a short hair basset there's lots to vac up but again the Roomba gets the lions share done.

Batteries are available on Amazon from multiple vendors outside of Dyson for much less money.

There are deals on them on Woot, nothing Dyson there now, but there are a ton of Shark Stick options available, its where I go to find deals.

You can also find Roomba, Shark and other brands of robot vac's.
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1st floor is all hardwood with 2 area rugs and where our lab spends most of her time.

I bought this not expecting much but here we are 3 years later and still use is every other day.

Roomie Dylon Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, Self-Standing, Up to 25min, Advanced Filtration System https://a.co/d/eYQPBRl

Take is outside and use the air compressor to Clean out the filters every couple of months and it works just fine.