Anyone bought a portable vacuum?

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The Air Ram one suits me because there is no weight on the stick. Both Shark and the Dyson have the motor on the stick, which I found made them awkwardly weighted. The G Tech one has that weight on the bottom, which makes it easier to push.

The picture of the G Tech includes the handheld gizmo, but it doesn't attach to the upright - it is totally separate.

I will be forever grateful for the day I spent a few $’s and bought my Dyson rechargeable, lightweight, “extra super suction for pet hair” stick vacuum.
It saved my life!

It was costly but one of the best purchases I’ve ever made. I no longer use my Hoover upright - too big and clumsy. The Dyson is nimble and can get in and under and around spaces a regular vac can’t do. You can go from carpet to hardwood floors like magic. One charge lasts about 20 mins, enough to do my whole space without breaking my back! Easy to clean out the receptacle too.

I also have a Shark - waste of money. Keeping the Hoover but I hate the bag replacement. It has the extender hose with attachments which are valuable.

Dyson stick vacuum will change your life! (Good for stairs too!!)

I love my cylinder Miele which I’ve had for 20 years at least. I have a Shark cordless upstairs, but the thing to remember with battery vaccs is that they have a limited lifespan and only really function well in the first couple of years, depending on usage of course. I think it’s wasteful having to discard after 4 or 5 years.

I have just noticed that on the money saving expert website there is a special deal for a hoover hand held vacuum. Might be worth a look.

Sazz1 thats the one i was going to reccomend!- got mine in Lakeland sale & with a voucher so much much cheaper.I'm very pleased with.And son uses it to vac car out too.

I bought a russell hobbs one last week £64 of amazon and find it amazing picks up everything.

G Tech all the way - an 'upright' for carpet/bathroomtiles/wood floors, and little one with lots of 'ends' for stairs and pokey places. Both keep a charge long enough (smallish 4 bed home) are easy to use and empty. I think we got them on a 'bundle' price from QVC.

I’ve got a Shark portable Vac too and it’s great for doing stairs.

Dyson & shark, prefer shark, better battery life, I find, plus 5yr warranty

sazz1

Thanks everyone I chose a shark pet hair hand held one from Argos

Sounds a good choice given the comments here. Hope you enjoy your new purchase.

Thanks everyone I chose a shark pet hair hand held one from Argos

Yes, I have a Shark and I find it very efficient - probably has more suction than my other vacuum cleaner which I can no longer manage.

If you have hard flooring I can also recommend Eufy, the robot vacuum! It doesn't take ALL my dog hair up, I have 2 dogs that shed a lot, but the bits it can't manage get mangled into a clump which I can then get with my hand held Shark.

My daughter in law's sister has two large dogs and two smaller boys and swears by the Henry cordless.

I have a Vax too - rechargeable and not too expensive

Dyson vacuums are efficient, good for pet hair.

I use a G Tech Air Ram stick vacuum, and got a hand held one for the stairs. It is so much easier than lugging a large one around, and as it is a separate item there is no need to convert one to the other. I've found the 'easy' conversions to be anything but . the charge lasts ages, and it has decent suction (although we don't currently have pets).

I don’t have a portable, but when we had both dog and cat I found that quickly wiping the carpeted stairs with a damp cloth before vacuuming, was a v good way to collect the hair into easily sucked-up clumps.

I have the GTech handheld one, it’s excellent. I bought it for the stairs but also use it for the car and spot cleaning spills etc

I have a reconditioned Dyson, my DD gave it to me when I was struggling with my heavy corded Dyson. I wouldn’t pay full price for one but it is so easy. Vacuuming is no longer an exhausting chore!

I've got a Hoover Cyclonic which looks like a coffee pot. It was recommended by several GNs at the start of the pandemic and I bought it then, so it's 4 years old. I've been very pleased with it.... excellent for the stairs or for a small spill and copes well with cat hair.

Started with a cheap one and then bought a Vax. I keep it and use it upstairs to stop hving to lug my bigger better traditional Bosch machine up and down.

For light use cleaning - like bedrooms/bathrooms it is excellent, but downstairs i find the traditional machine better.

The other advantage of the stick cleaner is that the working part can be detached from the column and use for car cleaning and similar. i would think that in 'hairdryer' mode, as we call it, it would be good on stairs, but our stairs ar uncarpetted and I just dust them down with a feather duster.

If I were to buy one today, I would buy the Halo Capsule for Pet hair. It seems to be the very best and they give you a 30-day try, I think.

I have a Dyson, too - the Animal one. It works great, is light weight, fun to use (yes, really!), is easy for me to vacuum the car or our RV since it has no cord, but is a bit fiddly, as someone mentioned. My DS bought a cheap copy and it works just as well. I guess you don't have to buy name brands since they are all being reverse-engineered and built by other countries for lower prices. Sharks are very good now, I have heard. I think the sucking power is the most important aspect of a vacuum. I do like Oreck a lot too.

I've had several Dyson and just replaced with Shark. I think that the Shark is better, but possibly a bit heavier. With the Dyson you have to wash and frequently wash and change the filter which ends up being expensive. The Shark has a metal filter which just needs washing monthly. Overall they are better than having to lug a heavy vacuum.

I have a Dyson but DH chose it and I don’t like it. It spits out any small pieces of grit it comes across and is not that good at picking up other stuff. It’s hopeless for the car. Better off with a brush and pan. DD has a Shark and is very pleased with it, and my niece has a G Tech and is equally pleased with it.