Cordless Vacuums: worth it?

Fosterdog

We have a Dyson v7, bought it cheaper as end of line when either the v11 or v12 was coming out. It will never fully replace a corded vacuum but it's perfect for an everyday once around (even with two moulting dogs) the suction is okay but not great on low power and the battery lasts well, or the suction is great on full power but battery only lasts 5-10 minutes. We only get the corded vacuum out once a fortnight to do a deeper clean but use the cordless every day and it is more convenient to carry upstairs and to do the cars

Carrot007

TELLIT01 said:

Cordless are worth considering if you have somewhere you can leave it on charge all the time.

ARRGGGHHHHHH!

Such a bad idea.

Modern batteries nedd to be kept around 40-80% charged. Anything else will kill the barrery quickly. Which is often more than a new machine for the cost.

Now for vac's I admit it is harder but please at least turn it off once charged.

This is money saving after all.

Edit: The hoover stick I got in the sale a bit vback (was it new years , who knows! like I can remember!). Is damn good. Got if for cheapre than they do a new battery for. But that may be the additional staff 10%. Anyway Dyson is terrible these days and has been for ages. (and the hoover is quite frankly probably a Dyson only cheaper). But there are decent manufacturers about . Shark are one. But with the prices of the cheap and decent is is worth it? I say no.

pinkshoes

Having watched the Gtech advert where he says “are you tethered by the cord...”, I decided that actually, no, the cord really isn’t that bad compared to the hassle of the battery running out.

Cordless are great for houses without much mess, but we have carpets and two dogs, so not suitable for us. I bought a Shark about a year ago to replace my ageing Dyson, and my parents even thought I’d had the carpets professionally cleaned!! It is VERY good! 

woodwormme

Shark is fab! 

So is Vac.

doraspenlow

We've had a V7 for a while now and, honestly, the corded vacuum hasn't come out since we got it. We just keep it on the wall in the utility room. 

To get the most out of them you have to change the way you vacuum. Instead of doing the whole floor or the whole house once or twice a week, you're popping out the cordless once once or twice a day. Just taking a couple of minutes to run it around the kitchen, or to freshen up the living room after the kids have gone to bed or whatever. And talking of kids, ours are often found to be grabbing the Dyson to whip it round their bedroom (something they wouldn't have bothered with with the heavy old corded one). Even my little one can carry it upstairs himself. Oh, and also, it's much much quieter than our upright was.

We've used ours on the car picking up gritty bits and it was fine. The only thing they don't tend to like is powdery muck, like flour or something.

I wouldn't go back to a plug in vacuum. 

maisie_cat

We have 2 cordless vacuums, a cordless henry with 2 batteries for the main clean. We also have a dustbuster flex hand vac for small spills and cleaning round the coffee machine. Having had a vax cordless and dyson cordless I prefer this setup, the henry has a larger dustbag than the daft little ones of the dyson & vax, they seem to need emptying every 3 minutes!

cranford

I bought a V10 just over a year ago and soon gave away the 2kw corded vacuum. Its a different way of cleaning. The V10 hangs on the kitchen wall and I use it to do a different room every few days which takes no more than 10 mins. In between I use it to clean small areas which takes about a min from taking the cleaner off the wall and putting it back. Just as well its so easy  has we are both elderly with mobility problems and would need to get somebody in to clean for us. I read that the V11 is even better.
I bought mine on the Dyson site with 12 months interest free.

neilmcl

Depends how you like to keep on top of the vacuuming. If you just like to run around for 10 mins or so every couple of days on the odd room then a cordless is ideal, if you're like most of us and only do a big hoover every week or more then you can't beat a decent corded machine.

savemoney

I have v11 and its brilliant even on eco mode. On normal mode I couldn't believe how much more dirt it picked up that even a corded Dyson missed. my large rug never looked so clean I have even washed it many times with a vacuum washer cleaner. I got mine for £500 less staff discount at Argos when it was on offer before xmas. I seen it on offer since then too and other places so maybe wait until they have the £500 offer

I also found that because it is so easy to pick up and do a few minutes i don't spend as much time vacuuming it literately takes me a few minutes tops to do a room and stairs is a lot quicker

Slinky

Adamc said:

Slinky said:

We bought a gtech as a second cleaner as I was fed up of dragging the dyson up the stairs. In a short period of time, the gtech became the cleaner of choice, and the dyson was relegated to the garage for OH to vac the car.  When the garage dyson died, we replaced it with a second-hand one for a few quid.  Would never go back to wired cleaner again.

Which G-tech please?

We have an early Air ram.  I don't know how big people's houses are who appear to think that the battery will run out before you finish, but I can do our 4-bedder easily at least twice on a charged battery.  Ours doesn't have to be hung up in a charging unit, it has a little charger unit about the size of an old mobile phone charger. If there isn't a convenient socket near where you store the machine, the battery is very easily removable so you can charge it anywhere.

The advantage of the Gtech is it's lightweight, so I can drag it out and run round with it easily, which means I do it more often than I used to so it's far less of a chore and the house is cleaner as a result.

ETA, OP I have no experience of other types of cordless vac, they could be better. I suggest you see if any of your friends have one you can have a look at before making your choice.