Which Vacuum Has the Most USABLE Suction? 46 Vacuums TESTED! - NERDS ONLY! 

Lupe Pure at Amazon: geni.us/YE4MCVV Dyson Multifloor 2 at Amazon: geni.us/yopZB Dyson V11 at Amazon: geni.us/at1cOQl Dyson V10 Absolute (with soft roller) at Amazon: geni.us/Ykc3Zvy Shark Vertex Corded at Amazon: geni.us/ippOA Shark Vertex Cordless at Amazon: geni.us/SIrV2n

It is because of videos like this that I haven't regretted canceling cable even once. Outstanding work. Please keep it up.

I wonder how this test would work if the hole was under a layer of med-pile carpet...

Wow, very detailed. That must have taken a lot of work to put together. Well done!

These super technical videos are the reason I watch this channel. You also got me into being somewhat of a vacuum nerd which I didn't think was possible lol thanks for your videos vacuumwars!

VERY well done review Chris. I can’t say how much of a great vacuum reviewer you are, I don’t know why but I love vacuums, and especially when I get to see one of your videos comparing all the specs and stuff.

Fantastic Video. You are the only RU-vidr i found who has standardized tests to compare suction, carpet cleaning performance,hepa filter, etc . I love that!

Just received my vertx it soaked up two months of hair and filling the bin twice! Super quiet and my first premium vacuum

Chris! This was outstanding work! Man you are crushing it with your videos. So interesting, and love that you are giving us vacuum nerds exactly want we crave! Thank you!!!

This really makes sense! Very good decision to alter / upgrade the testing procedure this way!

This is great. Always evolving and refining is the best way to ensure accurate and awesome test results. Thanks! Love the video!

This is great, thank you. I’m done with Shark. We’ve just had our third one die in under two years. Our previous model, the Apex, had the head die inexplicably one day, and we replaced it with the Vertex. We’ve had the Vertex for about three months now. We use our vacuum almost every day, granted, but this has gotten ridiculous. Gonna go with a Dyson V11 Outsize. This video really helped me make up my mind.

Maybe you should add a cost per point into the equation, since Lupe is massively more expensive.

I'm not a nerd and not particularly at math/science but u explained this really well!! It shows the so thought out and thorough, we very much appreciate it

Wow, this is really cool. I'd love to see a similar test on corded vacuums

Hey thanks for doing this test! It really shows the suction power at the head!

Good information. Thank you for sharing

I just wanna say this was by far the best review !!!!! Just purchased my Lupe

Appreciate your eye for the details. Awesome work 👍👍🙏

This looks good for suction on non-carpet. You can add carpet on top of this system to get low pile, medium pile and high pile carpet. Currently, this is really only usefull for suction on hardwood floor.

Wow , you are my hero , that is amazing scientific testing. Thank you for all that hard work

Love this channel. Another great video

Had the Lupe vacuum for a little over a month now (was sold on it from a previous video on this channel). The suction is very strong on normal mode and creates a noticeable amount of resistance when you try to push along on carpet. Build quality is amazing and the front "soft" roller is amazing at pulling in larger debris. Customer service is excellent as well. I had some weird issues with my battery and they sent me out a new one free of charge.

Love my Sebo Felix, fantastic vacuum.

I wonder where the best tradeoff between suction and airflow is? After all, suction is inverse to how much air you're actually moving and you do need air moving through your vacuum or heavy particles like sand just won't get lifted up the hose and there's even a chance the motor might overheat.

That is amazing testing method! I would like to see more vacuums tested with it👍

Holy crap that’s awesome! Now I want a Lupe even more but I’m still loving my Dyson v10

I watched so many videos on which cordless vac was the best for me and ended up with the Dyson v11. This literally changed EVERYTHING now 😂😂. If only this was available a year ago. 😂

This is why I love this channel, good testing like this. 1 thing to note too with this test is I think the size of the cleaner head will effect the results. For example the Sharks with Duo Cleans would be worse because they have a bigger head area. Its basically a bigger area to maintain suction in.

Watching this because I’m on the hunt for a new vac! I have Berber and laminate floors so I need a good multi surface unit.

Bought the Lupe through your link with the £200 discount. Many thanks for the very helpful info!

Great job! Thank you!

I was going to return my lupe but decided to keep it the other day, the way it cant vacuum under low-ish furniture kinda irritates me, so i break out the cordless vertex for that,lol, now im even more glad I kept the lupe, thanks!!!! keep up the good work!

I don’t know much about vacuums performance, but I feel like it’s a lot like car performance, simply put, big engine don’t mean fast car.

Damn it, who knew I’m a vacuum nerd!!!

Good job, some of the best performing vacuums on the deep clean test come up short. The Sanitaire traditional is the outlier but it has some advantages of simplicity and consistency by not having complications like wiper seals, flow passages, or variable area flow passages. To explain really what is going on, it appears the more than vacuum depression of atmospheric pressure is not likely that important to performance, in fact has very little to do with it by itself. It appears total airflow over and through the fibers of the carpet makes a larger difference. But vibration and agitation of the carpet fibers would likely be important, too. The challenge is to know whether flow over is more important than flow through the fibers. And, let's not forget maintaining a enough flow velocity after the cleaning chamber through the hoses to transport the dirt to the dirtbag or dirt chamber. Importantly, this test should be on a carpeted surface, possibly with replacement types of carpets to really get an idea. Probably to get a baseline the Sanitaire, besides being inexpensive, has some advantages in baselining the effect. In a beater bar vacuum like the Sanitaire one can remove the brushes strip(s) or get a bar without beaters and only brushes: this would give an idea as to the effect of vacuum vs. agitation at lifting dirt (or test media like sand or dust), and whether agitation by combing effect or by vibration effect things more. I think they use on the composite plastic bars a beater strip which might work in the metal bar instead of the brushes for beater only action. Further the Sanitaire having no holes, gaps or flexible partitions to airflow where it contacts the work surface probably gives the best baseline for these tests, by eliminating such complications for now, besides it is the only one with multiple beater heads available; brushes, brushes and beaters, or removing brushes and having only beaters. I suppose adapting a secondary vacuum in place of the bag inlet would allow adjustment of airflow and vacuum for a given height setting: either using a variac variable transformer to adjust speed or a leak orifice or an inline orifice to adjust vacuum depression and flow. My thoughts: Likely this stationary fixed oriface has little value to actual cleaning performance. But a pitot tube extending to the brush cleaning chamber area with a manometer mounted on the vacuum would have more value... actually this could be connected to a computer to give a read out as you vacuumed the test carpet. Likely: First, vacuum depression alone over the carpet would have little differential effect on effectivity of cleaning. Second, agitation would have less effect than vibrations on effectivity of cleaning. Third, increased airflow would have higher power consumption with less effectivity of cleaning; increased vacuum depression would have less power consumption but less effectivity of cleaning; agitation for a given air flow and vacuum depression would not be as efficient as vibration for having the least power consumption for a given effectivity of cleaning - at a similar airflow and vacuum depression.

Shark's anti hair brush thing is amazing though. It works really well, even on long hairs. I always hated cleaning the hair out of our old Dyson.

Wow I. Am ten and love ur vids they inspire me so much thank you for giving me hopes for my vacuuming company!

Absolutely addicted to this channel! Who would have ever thought that vacuums could be so entertaining. Great job! I absolutely love the Vertex upright for carpet, I want to get the Vertex ultralight but can't decide between corded or cordless, it will be mostly be used on hardwood. Any suggestions?

Got the Shark Vertex Zero M a couple weeks ago after sending back my Dyson V11 Animal and deciding stick vacuums aren’t worth it for my mostly-carpet 3000sqft house. Very very pleased with it. It’s heavier, but I also feel like they substantially improved the quality of their vacuums in the last several years. It’s leaps better than my parents’ new-ish Navigator they bought in 2017, after I recommended it because I liked my Navigator from probably 2009-2011 (hand-me-down from a relative so I’m not entirely sure of it’s age). It truly does not struggle with hair. My son ripping elastic out of his socks to use as makeshift spiderwebs for his Spider-Man action figures to swing on, however, are another story 🤣 those wrapped around the front brush head so badly I had to use a pointy knife to dig them out. But it only took a few minutes and I loved that I could pop that front roller out of the head to clean just the roller and not have the entire vacuum head in my lap, so I still love this thing very much. Thanks for nerding out to help people make informed decisions on expensive appliances.

This was really interesting. Thanks :)

Vacuum science man, this is good stuff! Suction is only one part of the equation though I would argue airflow is even MORE important when it comes to carpet deep cleaning performance that’s why direct air machines like Kirby and Riccar tout their deep cleaning ability, it’s a factor of finding the right balance of airflow, suction, and agitation. Too much of one thing is bad, too much suction and it just sucks itself to the floor impossible to push, too much agitation and you shred your carpet to bits. Proper design engineering is crucial for the best efficiency as you’ve already proven in cordless stick vacs.

I have a Bagged Hoover Wind Tunnel for over a decade now. I use it twice a month and could ask no more from it. They advertised it's loudness as a good thing for reasons of efficiency and cost. They advise to put on some headphones or ear pods and enjoy the best suction and they were right. I've had both deep carpet and now I have a very expensive hotel low cut but dense carpet that was one giant remnant from the Intercontinal Hotel when it went up a few years ago. People comment on it all the time. It inspired me to upgrade my kitchen. Back to my H. vac. Since my vac rides on top the carpet I keep it on it's lowest setting. It uses some kind of baffling that ensures equal airflow across the length of the brush instead of all of it going through the middle like my earlier Dirt Devil did. I was told that keep it at 100% efficiency I would have to change the bag when it's 1/3rd full. Last week, I asked myself, when did I look at that bag last. It had to be at least a year. So I opened it and it was about 80% full. Wow I thought to myself because it was working so well. Though it did seem to be warmer as did the power cord. However, I got my vac for $75 when Sears was going belly up and I would bet all my lucky stars that even the best vacuums out there could only be about 10 to 15% better than my Hoover. But senior Hoover cost 85% less than some of those other vacs.

Nice work

Nice test, would have like to have seen our Dyson V6 on the list but it's pretty old now!

Really appreciate your work! Very educated, must subscribe your Chanel! Really helps people to pick the right vacuum. even I am still debating, but your tests lead me from no idea to sort out couple options. Just realized the chart of “useable suction test” on 4:25, mid row there are two line of “Dyson V11 torque Open” results. Not trying to be picky and ugly, but just want get verified. Again! Thank you very much!

Love the great content you share with us all.Can i ask why there hasnt been a bosch review at all? I hear good things about the athlet unlimited. Thanks again.

Where are the Kirby numbers?

The Riccar cordless and Oreck are also direct air.

Thanks! Wish you could review vacuum brands like panasonic, sharp, sony and etc.

This makes a lot of sense to measure the overall efficacy of the vacuum cleaners! I have seen the Tineco A11 0:27 on the table, but not in the results. Have you not tested its usable suction or did you not put it on the list? Just curious, because that's the vacuum I bought a few months back (after watching your review) Great new test again, thanks!

The Lupe being the #1 Wasn't a surprise because of the great seal in the floor head.

Love your reviews! Can you tell us more about filter maintenance and replacement intervals? I'm specifically interested in the Lupe and the Shark Vertex. My Dyson V-14 Animal is fading after 15 years of abuse, including shop vac and dust collector duty. Hoping to get similar performance from my next machine.

I value the way you run the test so much. I’m curious where the Miele triflex sits in your test

THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING

I would love to see a 2023 video using this method !

Great job! Could you test more vacuums the same way you did here? At least those you reviewed before (ex. roidmi, Miele) and put numbers as a table on your website. This statistics would definitely help! Thanks)

Good job buddy

Love the video! Nerd here.

Please don’t stop the old suction test with hosed or handhelds! The water lift test is good for determining how good it can clean upholstery.

Could you do this for carpet cleaners as well as it would be interesting to see which one can extract the most water?

You are a godsend

Great video! I really want the shark vertex upright vacuum for pet hair in my house. But I’ve heard you say it’s not good for carpets? I have about 50/50 in my house. Would you still recommend! Thanks for being awesome

Any chance you'll review the "recent" cordless Miele vacuums? They make decent normal ones so wondering how their handheld ones compare.

This might be better than previous airflow numbers but... It still feels academical compared to RL testing. What matters to me as consumer is how good is cleaning, and that includes more factors than just suction. But by all means, keep improving your process!

You should make a suction rig with carpet on top of it instead of just bare wood. For the sake of discovery.

I'd love it if you tested the Rainbow cleaning system. It's supposed to be a vacuum cleaning and air purifier that uses water as its filtration system and I'm really curious how effective it would be.

Thanks for another great video! Will you maybe make a video on Shark vacuums for the EU market? Like the Shark IZ251EUT and the Shark ICZ260EUT. They are somewhat different from the vertex and Ion P50 as far as I know.

You could try using a raised area for the hole and have divets for the wheels if you want to test robot vacuums

Would you be able to add a suction/flow/ overall performance test on these vacuums, after they have picked up a measured amount of dirt/dust to see how quickly, and to what extent their performance degrades as the bags fill and thus clog the "filtering" of the bags, which decreases flow. Or in the case of bagless, as the filters begin to clog. I've noticed that my bagged vacuum's (pro team proforce 1500xp) performance degrades very quickly and significantly from when it has a fresh bag in it. (has a smaller bag) After vacuuming for 20 minutes, the pickup power is much less, almost to the point of not being able to pick up small pebbles on the carpet. I think this would be a nice factor to also consider when deciding on buying a vacuum. Thanks for the great reviews and your time!

Great effort and awesome reviews. You've got to review miele triflex!

Wow, your assessments are awesome!! Any chance you have any insights on Moosoo's K20 and K24? The company, like many overseas companies, seems more reliant on retailers to provide info on their products...struggling to find anything on finding out what the differences are between them. Looks like K24 is an upgraded version of K17, but have no idea why.

Great work! How come you didn’t review the Miele Triflex here?

Love this

Hello I love your reviews! Thank you so much! I have been looking for the best #1 Hepa filtration vacuum. The one that releases the least particles in the air.... i don't seem to find such video in your channel? Please let me know if you have a video or planning on making it?

Its interesting how low the shark vertex scored, definitely made me change my mind about the vacuum. I love your show by the way.

Thanks for the video! I’m trying to do my own testing for my OCD. I clean the several bag less vacuums every couple months. There’s always a fine dust all through the cyclone area. I blow out the filters with an air compressor most times and then replace them once in a while. Love to be able to test a new machine versus one before I clean it versus after I clean it to see how much of a drop there was after a month or two. Any thoughts on all the fine dust that doesn’t get cycloned? And have you done anything to teach about actual testing or selves? What tools to use, etc. You show clips of testing airflow and you can use a lot of duct tape but it looks like :-) Unavoidable I guess

We really need a review of the new Xiaomi Dreame D9 😍

More important for ease of use sake..... The Lupe DOES NOT keep hair off the roller like the Vertex. Tangled hair is bar-none the hardest thing to clean off your vacuum.

Does the Hoover windtunnel air steerable have a sealed hepa filter?

Thank you kind sir

can you do a review on the Bissell PowerLifter Swivel

This does need to be tested with one box with carpet installed and one with tile, or one with laminate floors. Makes a huge difference for suction power

I like Dyson a lot I think they should take the soft roller and the bristles and put it into one roller so that it is only one brush then it can have the same power with it also being good for the hard floors

Dyson V11 Torque OPEN is on the list twice with different numbers

is there a reason you didn't include the roborock h6 in this ranking? I'm really interested in seeing how that performs against the Dysons (even more now that the brush rollers for hard floors are available)

Can you look at electronic dusters/blowers? Was looking at Datavacs to supplement/replace all the canned air I’m going through, and was wondering if there were any alternatives. Also I blow off dust off objects and let the robot pick the stuff off the floor on its next pass

Any chance of testing out the Kobold VK200?? I'd love to see your opinion of this one vs others.

Can you do a review on hand-held ones?

Have you considered to test this kind of suction measurement at the wands?

As you note in the video, this new metric best measures the seal around the vacuum head. What still seems to be THE question of the hour is what metric of the ones we see really does the best at indicating cleaning power and I suspect the answer is "it depends". The act of cleaning a floor involves several things happening in concert with one another - air flow (both pressure AND volume), brushes "throwing" the debris into the airflow and some form of a seal to increase the speed of the airflow into which the debris is caught and ultimately vacuumed up. This is similar to things like a pressure washer or leaf blower where just having high speed or high pressure isn't enough to clean. You need volume of movement as well. It would be interesting to test the POST head air movement speed and volume of these devices to see how much movement is happening in the column of air that has debris in it...

I’d love to see the Miele vacuum as I have been hearing that it’s better than any other

Why do people spend all day time cleaning their house but wear shoes in the house?

Any idea what the best soft roller head vacuum is? I’ve got entirely wood floors

Will you do a review on the cordless Miele review? Looks very interesting

First time on this channel, and all I can say is holy crap this guy vacuums 0:22 Btw, how about a vacuum head which normally remains sealed, but detects through a proximity sensor whether there's a buildup of debris (snowpiling) every few seconds, and briefly opens the seal to let it in.

The Sanitaire isn't the only direct air vacuum you have, there's also that Oreck you have, and the Riccar tandem air, probably also some others.

Can you do a review of the Wyze Stick Vacuum please? 😎 Good job with all of your videos. I appreciate you doing the testing so we can make informed purchasing decisions!

Just a tip, MDF is extremely porous, it's used in vacuum bagging applications BECAUSE of its ability to pass air through it. I'd recommend you seal the top surface to mimic a timber floor. Great idea though.

After thinking for a while, I figure the biggest problem with adapting this test for robot vacuums is going to be figuring out how to convince a smart vacuum to roll over the same spot many times. A "dumb" bot can simply be told to run out its whole battery in a small pen, and you can come back later with confidence that the recorded max reading on your anemometer represents the best-case scenario since the vacuum will have gone back and forth many times from different angles. A "smart" robot vacuum only wants to do the same spot once or twice, so it could get tedious telling them to spot clean over and over again from slightly different starting points... Perhaps what you need for a repeatable test is to take advantage of the wall-following action that *all* robot vacuums employ, by using an adjustable rail to force them to go over that spot with different offsets (one run with the suction point 3in from the wall, next run with the suction point 3.25in from the wall, etc)?