Vacuum Cleaners - Cordless or Corded?

Fire_Fox

Slinky wrote: »

Yes please. We may need to buy another vac soon and want to know if something is better than the GTECH's we already have.

No problem!

So filtering the cordless category by brand, Which? have tested five GTech models. Four of these score poorly, 47% - 56% overall, but the AirRam MKII scores 65%. For reference 70% is usually needed to achieve Best Buy status (BB).

As I said in my last post, most of the BBs in the cordless vacuum category are Dyson and Bosch. Sorting by price, the BB models listed at <£250 are

- Bosch Athlet BCH625KTGB/01 (72% overall score)

- Dyson V7 Motorhead (75%)

- Bosch Athlet BCH6PETGB (73%)

- Vax Blade 2 Max VBT3ASV1 (77%)

- Hoover Synthesis Activ STC18LI (74%)

- Dyson V7 Animal (75%).

Some of these score noticably better or noticeably worse in specific categories, eg. hard floors, large debris, pet hair removal, allergen retention. If you let me know I can post the summary review of any of these.

HTH as a starting point!

RoxyRocky

Thank you for this information.
I'm interested in a cordless Shark. Any information on that?

Fire_Fox

RoxyRocky wrote: »

Thank you for this information.
I'm interested in a cordless Shark. Any information on that?

Which? have six Shark models listed in the cordless vacuum cleaner category. Four scored 55% overall, two scored 63% overall (DuoClean Powered Lift Away TruePet IC160UKT & DuoClean Powered Lift Away IC160UK). Looks like they are virtually the same vacuum cleaner.

HTH!

[Deleted User]

I have had 2 Dysons,and also have a hand held dyson. I am still very impressed with my corded Dyson although it can be a bit heavy to use. It never fails to impress me with the amount of dust it manages to suck up. I would really like a lighter one but have a feeling that the suction will not be as good.

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

I don't care, they both suck!