For occasional tidy-ups, the Black+Decker Dustbuster AdvancedClean CHV1410L, is a simpler and cheaper alternative to our main picks. All parts that you can clean with water should be left to dry for at least 24 hours before putting them back in the vacuum. How long, rounded to the nearest hour, it took to fully recharge a discharged battery. Among 6 choices, these shark handheld vacuums have the highest satisfaction ratings with Lowe’s customers.
The Dyson has fewer parts that require regular maintenance, is equipped with a larger dustbin, has a suction power adjustment feature, and comes with a motorized turbo brush. It also performs better on bare floors and high-pile carpet. Meanwhile, the Shark is a little lighter, feels better built, and does a better job clearing pet hair and fine debris like baking soda from low-pile carpet.
Meanwhile, the Xiaomi is lighter, more maneuverable, better built, and offers much better battery life. The Shark WANDVAC System has an amazing performance on high-pile carpets. It picks up pet hair with no issue and easily clears debris like sand. However, it struggles more with fine material like baking powder and may require a few passes to clear it all. Its tiny dirt compartment needs to be emptied often, but on the plus side, it incurs practically no recurring costs.
(Both filters are also washable.) Black+Decker’s customer service is excellent, often requiring no wait time, and you can order parts via eReplacementParts.com. Its three-year warranty is one of the strongest among the vacuums we tested. The Shark WANDVAC is a poor fit for workshop cleaning, though that’s a long way from its intended use case. It doesn’t have the necessary debris capacity to handle bulky workshop debris like wood or metal shavings, and it will be damaged if you use it for cleaning up liquid spills.
The Pure One S11’s black-and-white build is perhaps a bit bland, and we wish that it offered a bit more than 40 minutes of runtime under optimal conditions. Still, those are fair trade-offs at this price, especially considering how well it cleans. At $400 or less, it’s the first cordless vacuum we’d recommend for just shark stick vacuum about anyone in need of a new one. Shark has a more affordable baseline for intelligent suction power adjustment based on the debris level sensed, and offers an automatic emptying docking station with one of its smartest models for less than $500. You can only imagine how much a self-emptying Dyson would cost.
It feels sturdily built, too, and it does a good job of cleaning most kinds of debris on various surface types. You need to work quickly, as it has a very short battery life, even for a handheld vacuum. The Shark WANDVAC System and Xiaomi Mi Vacuum Cleaner Light each have their strengths. The Shark comes with an upholstery tool and a hard-bristle brush, making it a better option for dealing with messes on furniture, and delivers considerably better debris pickup performance on carpeted floors.
The Shark WANDVAC is a better handheld vacuum than the eufy HomeVac H11. The Shark is more effective on all surface types, has a larger dirt compartment, and recharges much faster. Unlike the eufy, it also has a charging station with an accessory rack and incurs virtually no recurring costs. The eufy has a slightly longer continuous runtime and is a little bit lighter.