Other than a slightly more powerful battery, what distinguishes the V11 from its predecessors is that it comes with a display. This has two clear advantages: one is that it drives the vacuum cleaner forward when you don't hold it back, and the other is that it mops really well when you do hold it back.

liter dustbin looked small, it was surprisingly roomy and still managed to collect the mess her three kids and dog left behind across all flooring types. Sign up to our newsletter for style and decor inspiration, house makeovers, project advice and more. Every model that you can browse below has been tested extensively by a member of the Ideal Home team either at our test facility or at home, to replicate the environment that they'll be up against once you purchase them. You want a full suite of tools: It comes with a huge range of different heads and accessories to use high and low.It performed excellently in our at-home tests, and the new detection features go a long way to improve day-to-day vacuuming sessions. It's consistently powerful too, though it is, as you might have guessed still quite the financial investment.

Testing took place in a pet-packed house (two dogs, one cat) and included a pet bed test to see how efficiently a vacuum cleared the densest collections of hair, as well as the larger pieces of debris that pets are responsible for, like chewed-up dog toy bits, cat litter and balls of fluff. And the cleaner’s large fabric filter has a built-in MicroFresh activated charcoal layer designed to tackle pet odours. When changing the angle, the nozzle rotates within a very limited range, making it difficult to get a good control of the cleaning result in corners and next to furniture. after testing the HL4, which is sturdy, reliable and tailor-made for properly cleaning a family home.It would have been useful to be able to lock it in the upright position so it wouldn’t slide away over the floor. I've been using this vacuum to clean my home ever since it was released, and my pug has given this Shark vacuum a run for its money. The unit is made of plastic and features a tinted transparent plastic dust cup so you can see how much debris you’re collecting.

The tornado-like power of the v15 animal was really impressive and it lifted hair on both carpet and hard floors with one sweep, without having to continually go over the same area and waste battery. Linda tested the iRobot Roomba S9+ in her busy home in Devon to find out how well they perform across various floor types and how well they cope with busy family life and her three super-fluffy, world-class-molting dogs.Jaclyn commended the range of attachments it came with, and the fact it weighs under seven pounds made it so much easier to lug up her stairs. It’s weak on small grains of dirt in pile carpets, and also leaves some dog hair on the short pile stair carpets we test it on. On hard floors, it was much easier to use and she claimed it outperformed any other vacuum she has tested. However, it doesn’t have a stick, and its battery life is 5 minutes shorter than the Aspiron Cordless Vacuum. The crevice nozzle proved to be excellent for sucking up cobwebs from hard-to-reach corners, and the duster brush was small enough to be effective at removing dust from skirting boards, window sills, and bookshelves.