The Ultimate Vacuum Buying Guide for 2024 - Watch This Before You Buy!

welcome to vacuum Wars if you're looking to buy  a new vacuum but you don't know if you want an   upright corded vacuum a cordless stick vacuum a  robot vacuum or even a vacuum mop combo and you   want to know the pros and cons of each of those  types of vacuums and you want to make sure that   it will work for your floor type or your pet  situation you are in exactly the right place   at vacuum Wars we've bought and reviewed a lot of  vacuums over the years and in this video I'll go   over some of the things we've learned about  them including the most important things to   consider when shopping for a new vacuum since  this video will be longer than normal check out   the timestamps or chapters if you want to skip to  the parts that are most relevant to you the links   in the description to our recommended vacuums on  Amazon are constantly updated by our team so no   matter when you're viewing this video those links  should be our current favorite picks in multiple   categories and multiple price ranges we also have  much more detailed top five lists at our website   which I will also link below let's start off with  upright corded vacuums because that's probably the   most common type of vacuum at least in America  upright vacuums can vary from extremely cheap to   moderately expensive but even the most expensive  upright vacuums are typically much cheaper than   the most expensive cordless or the most expensive  robot vacuums so uprights are a good vacuum type   for Value even at the higher price points the  biggest reason to choose an upright corded   vacuum in my opinion is power because they plug  into a wall they have a lot more power available   to use than any battery powerered vacuum does so  they can have much bigger Motors as well all of   that means they're just more powerful for example  in our tests corded uprights have almost doubled   the air flow at the head on average and about  133% more sealed suction than cordless vacuums   on average power is mostly useful for carpet  deep cleaning you can see from our test that   the average carpet deep clean scores are much  higher for upright vacuums than with others so   if you have wall-to-wall carpets for example  in your house you might consider getting an   upright vacuum but that doesn't mean uprights  aren't any good for hard floors in fact some of   our favorite vacuums for hard floors are upright  corded vacuums I particularly like the ones with   soft rollers in the front and regular rollers in  the back like the shark Duo clean lineup which   basically dusts hard floors but also works great  for picking up pet hair and extra- llarge debris   you might notice that most of our picks in the  best upright for hard floor category will have   this feature but if you have hard floors beware  that many upright vacuums especially the really   cheap ones simply will not work for hard floors  to make a long story short most really cheap   upright vacuums don't have either a squeegee  or the ability to shut off their brush rolls   and you need at least one of those features  in order to vacuum hard floors otherwise the   spinning brush will scatter the debris you're  trying to pick up behind the vacuum instead   of picking it up which entirely defeats the the  purpose of vacuuming another Pro for uprights is   that they're typically better with filtration than  similarly priced cordless vacuums upright vacuums   have more space for larger filters and more and  more you're seeing entirely sealed systems on even   budget upright vacuums and you would need to spend  a lot more money in the cordless vacuum world to   get that same level of filtration basically if  your vacuum makes the house smell bad when you   use it you need to realize it's because it has a  bad filtration system and that there is a better   way all of the uprights we recommend in our links  even our budget pick have a sealed HEPA filtration   system if you have a lot of pets that shed upright  corded vacuums are great in that case too because   of the filtration and because of their larger  bin capacity let's move on to cordless vacuums   and here I'm mostly talking about cordless  stick vacuums these have become very popular   in the last decade or so mostly driven by Dyson  who still Mak some of the best cordless vacuums   out there at least in the premium price range  cordless vacuums are all about convenience and   ease of use convenience because you can just grab  it and go you don't have to worry about plugging   and unplugging it every time you go to a new room  they also tend to be a little more maneuverable   than upright corded vacuums they're also able to  get under more furniture some of them even having   pivoting wands to make this easier they're also  obviously smaller and much lighter than upright   vacuums making them easier to use for things like  stairs and upholstery cleaning cordless vacuums   can be good for vacuuming either hard floors  or carpets if you have mostly hard floors in   your house you'll love a cordless vacuum with a  dedicated soft Roller Head like Dyson's fluffy   roller the latest version of the Dyson soft  roller has a super bright green laser pointed   at the ground at a specific angle that makes dust  and small hair show up in a way that's truly eye   openening the downside of dedicated soft rollers  for cordless vacuums is that they're not good for   carpets so you need to switch out the soft roller  for the other head when you want to vacuum carpets   or rugs the other head is typically a combo roller  to be used for carpets or rugs though there are   a lot of cordless vacuum manufacturers these days  that are offering a head with a soft roller and a   regular roller combined battery life is something  to consider when buying a cordless vacuum but you   need to be aware that when manufacturers list  battery life numbers they're always talking   about battery life on its lowest power setting  typically cordless vacuums have at least a low   and a high power setting and the battery life  numbers are drastically different depending on   which setting you're using and you get way less  run time on max power than low power if you can   find one with a medium power setting you get  the best of both worlds or better yet find   one that automatically adjust the suction up or  down depending on either how dirty the floor is   or if you're vacuuming carpets or hard floors I  find automatic suction adjustment to be a major   advantage in terms of battery efficiency because  you often won't need much power for hard floors   but you really do for carpets some other reasons  to upgrade to a more expensive cordless vacuum are   things like really good filtration which I've  already mentioned is something that I value   another reason to upgrade though is things like  digital battery life displays which show you in   real time how much run time you have left on  the really Advanced ones this number changes   depending on which power setting you're using  or which attachment you're using speaking of   attachments it's always great to be able to use  your vacuum for other things besides floors most   vacuums will come with a crevice tool or maybe  an upholstery tool but a more premium attachment   would be a motorized brush or if you have a  cordless vacuum I highly recommend getting one   with a hose attachment which makes above floor  cleaning jobs so much better you can often find   third-party versions of these hose attachments  even if the manufacturer doesn't offer one our   picks for the best cordless vacuums are separated  in a lot of different ways on our website such as   top five for carpets for hard floors top five for  pet hair allergies and of course best budget picks   moving on to robot vacuums robot vacuums have been  around for 20 years but they've recently gotten a   lot more useful with the addition of all kinds  of advanced new features the big Pro for robot   vacuums is Automation and not just automating your  vacuuming but also more recently even mopping can   be almost entirely automated with these new  premium robot vacuums not only can you create   a very detailed schedule for them to vacuum and  mop a certain number of times per week but many   of them can now empty their dust bins wash and  dry their mop pads and fill their water tanks   themselves one often overlooked Pro of robot  vacuums is that they can go places that other   vacuums can't under beds or furniture places which  haven't seen a vacuum in years there are basically   two main categories of robot Vacuums in my opinion  the first being budget robot vacuums which haven't   changed much in 20 years and the second is  Advanced robot vacuums where there is basically   an allout arms race with manufacturers adding new  features every week budget robot vacuums are very   simple in terms of their navigation they don't  make maps or anything they just bounce around   more or less randomly using their sensors to cover  the floor plan until their battery runs low and   they return to their base automatically to charge  often budget robot vacuums vacuum hard floors and   carpets as good as the more expensive ones but  they don't mop floors and they don't have hardly   any other features besides those basic things  in my opinion ioot dominates this budget robot   vacuum category for example whatever the current  Roomba 600 series is when you're watching this is   probably going to be our number one pick in the  budget Robot vacuum category but in the premium   and mid-level categories it changes almost daily  these will often have features like liar or vslam   which work to map your home and navigate in  very efficient patterns obstacle avoidance   sensors which can see objects and avoid them  mopping systems which not only do an excellent   job of picking up dried on stains but as I said  wash and dry their mop pads and refill their mop   tanks often new ones will lift up their mop pads  to avoid getting carpets wet as well there are   a host of app features on these premium models  like virtual barriers that you draw on the map   in the app to keep it from going where you don't  want it to go and much more the main downside to   robot vacuums is they're not very good with deep  cleaning carpets even the best of the best robot   vacuums as of making this video are just not up  to either cordless or upright standards when it   comes to deep cleaning carpets they're really good  with debris pickup on the surface of hard floors   and carpets sweeping you might say but it's that  deep carpet cleaning aspect where they struggle if   your house has a lot of pet hair whether you have  carpets or hard floors robot vacuums are a great   way to keep it under control but I have a few  tips here no matter if you get one with or without   an auto empty dust bin you should run the robot  multiple times a week for best results if you have   a lot of pet hair and don't be surprised if the  first time time you run it the bin gets full or   the auto empty bin gets clogged because the robot  will be finding pet hair in places you haven't   thought to look for in years but eventually you'll  find a schedule that works for the pace of pet   hair accumulation in your situation and it will be  a game changer for you just run it frequently our   picks for the best robot vacuum change frequently  as well so check the links either at the website   or in the description for more next up we have  hard floor cleaners or vacuum mop combos or dry   vacuums actually I'm not sure the industry has  decided on what to call these things yet but   they're typically upright style vacuums either  corded or cordless which can vacuum and mop hard   floors at the same time they were popularized  by Bissell with their crosswave line and have   become one of the fastest growing categories in  the vacuum World some manufacturers say these   can be used on carpets as well as hard floors  but unless you're just wanting to pick up some   surface debris on a few rugs I would not count  on them for any kind of carpet cleaning since   they don't actually agitate carpets they work by  filling their clean water tank with water and you   basically just vacuum as normal you can pick up  debris or hair while mopping at the same time   my personal opinion is that these are great if  you have mostly hard floors in your home and you   want to use it for pretty light duty vacuuming  and mopping jobs for that purpose it really is   revolutionary combining two jobs into one however  the manufacturers often show these being used to   clean up large wet messy spills and while they are  absolutely amazing at doing that I don't consider   that their highest and best use because it makes  cleaning them up a much more complicated task most   of these have a selfcleaning cycle and as long as  you're doing just light duty mopping jobs that's   probably all that you would ever need to keep it  clean but the second you start cleaning up messy   spills it really needs to be hand cleaned to keep  it sanitary and that means you have to spend more   time cleaning the vacuum than you did cleaning  the spill so who who really is the vacuum cleaner   in that situation seriously though these are great  tools for vacuuming and mopping hard floors at the   same time and it's no surprise that they have  become so popular our picks for these vacuum   mop combos are broken down into three categories  budget midrange and premium picks check the links   in the description on any vacuum ORS video for  our basic picks in each of these categories but   for much more in-depth list check out the website  links below all of which we will update regularly   as new vacuums come out be sure to subscribe  to vacuum Wars before you leave and thanks for [Music] watching

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Length: 12min 48sec (768 seconds)

Published: Fri Dec 29 2023