cordless stick vacs vs uprights

casper_gutman

We had a Vax cordless and didn't get on with it to be honest. The battery always seemed to run out at the worst possible moment, and eventually stopped charging completely, given an error code when placed on the charger. The machine as a whole had a decent warranty but the battery wasn't included and a replacement cost a significant chunk of the price of a new unit. We liked the machine so much we bought a replacement battery - and a spare to use when the first one ran out part way through cleaning - but the same issue reoccurred with the replacement battery.

Maybe we were unlucky, but either way we gave up and bought a corded Shark upright which we much prefer. It's always ready to use and the cord is a minor inconvenience in comparison with the battery troubles we had.

moneysaver1978

My parents had a corded Vax and it was too cumbersome and heavy to use. Switched to a corded Shark and it worked a treat for them and the long cord helped for both floors and up the stairs.

I don't like cords though so have a cordless Shark (according to my Amazon order, it is a basic IZ300UK model). It is nowhere near the power of a proper corded version but it works for us.

We also have a Deebot N8 robovac which we still love and used for upstairs. Could a robovac (along with your current vac) be an option for you?

Albermarle

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The long cord of the Shark, means we can plug it in centrally, and just about do all the downstairs in one go.

Had it 4? years without an issue. Previous corded Dyson needed a couple of replacement parts after that time.

Only small negative is that it does not seem to work very well on a hard floor with the hard floor setting. So just leave it on the carpet setting all the time.

seatbeltnoob

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i am a diyer, i do it too. But over time loads of things deteriorate. On the dyson v10, a silicone gasket assembly seperated in the tank. I bought a replacement, and then the suction improved a lot.

The point is there is so many parts on the hoover which might be airtight from factor but the gaps increase due to deteorating parts and because the suction is never great on them to begin with, every little crevice on the assemble causes loss of suction from the end of the stick.

A corded mains powered has plenty of surplus suction so those opening crevices dont matter as much.

No matter how much cleaning and maintenance you do on the corded stick vac, it will never perform like brand new.

And on the dyson v10, 90% of the original suction power causes big performance losses. 90% suction loss on a mains powered hoover barely has any noticable loss in performance.

seatbeltnoob

I have bought a corded upright, from shark ebay refurb store (customer open and return I presume because it was almost new).

Shark liftaway, brand new for £150 best price, but I got the refurb for £107.

We've hard cordless for the last 4 years and I have forgotton how nice it is to have a good powerful vac with strong suction. I can finally hoover everywhere and anywhere again, the corded 700w vac has no issues picking up medium size rubbish, sweet wrappers and lollipop sticks.

It sucks it all in.

Little cut up bits of paper from the little ones doing their arts and crafts is impossible with a cordless. But the mains powered sucks it all up without problems.

The cordless is a nice convenient feature as you can take it out and hoover anywhere and everywhere. But the weaker power means that you have to pre-clean the floor first, picking up anything larger than a 2p coin by hand before you can use the stick vac.

A corded upright is a little bit of a nuisance plugging in- but it doesnt need any preclean. You can sweep around all over the big clutter and clean it all up.

JosephK

Bought Uninell lightweight cordless last year; so far, so good and lot less expensive than Dyson/Shark. Still occasionally use old heavy-duty Henry but it has become a bit heavy and awkward for us old codgers