Vacuum cleaners: Compare features & prices

Best Buys
The Which? Best Buy award is given to products with high total test scores that perform consistently well in our rigorous lab tests and excel in all key areas.

Energy Savers
We award the Energy Saver logo to products that our testing shows are very energy efficient, meaning they'll cost you less to run.

Don't Buys
The Which? Don't Buy logo alerts you to the products that performed extremely poorly in one or more key areas of our tests.

Carpet
How well the cleaner picks up dust from carpet.

Floorboards
How well the vacuum cleaner picks up dust from hard floors with crevices.

Laminate floors
How well the vacuum cleaner picks up dust from laminate floors.

Allergen retention
How well the vacuum cleaner keeps in small particles it has sucked up.

Pet hair
How well the vacuum cleaner picks up pet hair from carpet.

Brand reliability
We research the reliability of vacuum cleaners and give them excellent, good, satisfactory, poor or very poor ratings.

Vacuum type
Which? tests cylinder and upright vacuuums. Cordless vacs are First Look reviews and do not have a score or star ratings.

Weight (kg)
Vacs weighing 4-6kg are quite light, 6-8kg is around the average, 8-10kg is getting heavy, 10+ are the heaviest vacs on the market.

Bagless
Bagless vacs do not require replacement bags, but can be more unhygenic to empty.

Capacity
This is the lab tested capacity, not the capacity stated by the manufacturer.

Price
Typical prices are the most common online price we found & are updated monthly. Retailers you see on the 'Compare Prices' links are from a 3rd party. We cannot guarantee stock availability at these retailers and don't endorse them in any way. We are not responsible for any loss or damage for 3rd party websites and have no control over their content.

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