Best cordless vacuum

A cordless vacuum will save you the trouble of hunting for the nearest electrical socket and trailing cable behind you as you work round rooms and up stairs. The latest designs have good battery life and are efficient cleaners no matter how much mess you, your family, and your pets make. Find the design to suit your home and your budget in our round-up of the best. 

This stick vacuum doubles as a handheld, and it’s easy to convert from one form to another. With a four-stage fully sealed HEPA filtration system, it could be a good choice for allergy sufferers. There are three suction modes, including a continuous version which avoids the need to pull the trigger as you work. The dust bin has a capacity of 0.6 litres. 

If the feline and canine members of your household are proving hard work to clean up after, this vacuum could come to the rescue. It’s effective at picking up pet hair with a special tool included to use on areas like upholstery, curtains, and staircases. The anti-hair wrap feature is designed to remove hair from the brush roll as you go to avoid the chore of untangling it later. The floor head works on both hard floors and carpets with no time wasted swapping.

This cordless vacuum can help you work fast as you don’t need to change settings or the floor head when you move from carpet to hard flooring and back again, and lights on the front help you spot all the specks of dirt as you go. The dust bin has a generous 0.8-litre capacity to avoid frequent trips to empty it as well. The handle leans right back to make vacuuming under furniture simple, and it pushes down out of the way when the vacuum isn’t in use.

Unusually for a cordless stick vacuum, this low priced model has a dusting brush and crevice tool on board. Its battery can be charged on the vacuum or separately, so you don’t need to leave the cleaner near an electrical socket to power it up. It’s ideal if you don’t like carrying a heavy machine around since it weighs just 2.4 kilograms. A generous 0.9-litre dust bin cuts down emptying trips for convenience.

If yours is a larger home or there’s always plenty to clean up, this cordless vacuum is worth your attention. It comes with two batteries that can each run for up to 45 minutes so you can carry on cleaning with only a speedy battery exchange. The pet tool is motorised for efficient vacuuming of your four-legged companions’ beds, and upholstery. Use the wand to reach high shelves and clear cobwebs.

Collect more dirt with each pass with the larger width floor head of this cordless vacuum. It adapts to different floor types with no swapping necessary. This cleaner has a maintenance-free HEPA filter that retains 99.999 per cent of fine dust, making it a good option if someone in the household has allergies. There’s a special handheld brush to make picking up pet hair a breeze.

Bottom line

Opt for a cordless vacuum, and you can move around your home with no restrictions or worries about running over the cable of your appliance. The Tineco A11 Hero Cordless Vacuum Cleaner is our top pick. It won’t weigh you down, keeps going for up to 40 minutes on a single battery charge, and it comes with a handy set of attachments.

To save time removing animal or human hair from your vacuum’s brush roll, choose the Shark Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner IZ251UKT, which is designed to stop it getting wrapped around there. But if maximum running time is the most important feature of a cordless vacuum for you, the Vax ONEPWR Blade 4 Pet Dual Battery Cordless Vacuum Cleaner provides up to 90 minutes of cleaning in one go with its two batteries.