DREAME H12 Pro Wet Dry Vacuum Cleaner Wireless with Edge Cleaning Brush, Self-Cleaning Function, Dirt Detection, LED Display, Running Time up to 35 min, 900 ml Water Tank for Hard Floors, Pet Hair

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Then there are the small handheld ones that are only meant to handle small cleanups that you wouldn’t want to use your traditional vacuum for. Filters If there’s one problem with cylinder vacuum cleaners, it’s that they’re often bulky and messy to store. The Miele Boost CX1 is different. First, it’s very small (280 x 400 x 400) and it weighs 7.8kg, which makes it more compact than the competition. Secondly, there’s room on board for all of the tools (dusting brush, crevice tool and upholstery brush), and there’s a clip for stowing the floor head. All-in, we found this the neatest and most compact cylinder we have tested. In fact, it’s so powerful that we found the suction makes the bog-standard floor head hard to push on some surfaces, such as carpet: we needed a huge amount of force at times to get the head to move at times. It should be no surprise that this vacuum cleaner scored perfectly in our carpet, edge, pet hair and hard floor tests. We also spread wet Weetabix onto the floor: no problem for the SE 33 at all. This model weighs 5kg, which is pretty good as far as plug-in cleaners go. Besides, as the vacuum is on wheels, we rarely had to lift it.

Though much louder than the Charles, it is still useful for your everyday household needs. It can do triple duty in the workshop, garden or dining room.

The cannister capacity is 15 litres, which should be enough for most jobs. It’s not the biggest capacity but it’s not the smallest either! It comes with a few handy accessories that are of a decent quality plastic. They all stow away in their own place on the vacuum system as well, which is nice. The Vacmaster Respira has a single suction mode, although the button on the side lets you switch the floor roller speed between Hard Floor (labelled as “I”) and carpet (labelled as “II”). It’s a little cheap-looking, but that’s a minor complaint. If there’s too much suction to move the vacuum cleaner – as I found on short-pile carpet – then there’s an air vent that can be opened to reduce suction pressure. Real-world tests showed that this cleaner was excellent: perfect cleaning to the edges, clean sweeps on carpet and hard floors and pet hair removed with no issue. With the 360 Vis Nav, Dyson is promising that the new robot vacuum cleaner has six times the suction of other robots, using a Hyperdium motor that spins at up to 110,000rpm. Raw power is one thing, but robot vacuum cleaners also need to be smart.

It’s even quieter than most vacuums. You won’t feel like you are in a workshop with a roaring vacuum since it is only a 72dB vacuum. Buyers should know that we did notice a slight high-pitched whirring noise when it was running, and we found that our testing process depleted nearly half the battery, which was higher than most that we tested. Still, all in all, this vacuum/mop combo compares very well to the big brand names in both effectiveness and ease of use. Additional features like a self-cleaning mode and a HEPA filter, which captures and traps ultra-tiny dust particles (0.3 microns to be exact), are the icing on the cake. In the box, you get the standard set of accessories, including a floor head that can switch between carpets and hard floors, plus a crevice tool, dusting brush, upholstery brush and extension tube. It helps that this vacuum cleaner is so powerful: 270AW on hard floor mode (more than most cordless cleaners in their short-lived boost modes), and 254AW on carpet mode (here, the brush roll spins faster to agitate dirt). There’s also a Deep Pile mode, which cuts suction to 159AW and reduces the roller speed: this prevents clogging and tangling.

How I tested mop vacs

Its large size means it can be awkward to maneuver, but that's to be expected for the capacity. On a similar note, it is a noisy machine, but we thought the noise level was reasonable given its power. We think the 16-gallon size is perfect for households with regular indoor and outdoor clean-up needs, and it's also available in 12- and 20-gallon models, too. We report on all our specs and test data at the bottom of this list. This is to supplement our advice and to help you make an informed decision. Here are some key points to consider: