What is the Russell Hobbs Turbo Cyclonic Plus?Looking like a homage to the singer Prince in all its glorious purpleness, the Russell Hobbs Turbo Cyclonic Plus is the brand’s compact-sized, fully featured bagless cylinder cleaner. It’s small, light and boasts an 800W motor, turbo brush tool and A-rated H
What is the Hoover Freedom FD22G?Hoover is the latest brand to join the pistol-grip cordless vacuum cleaner revolution with the affordable Freedom FD22G. This lightweight handheld combines extension tube and power brush-head for floors, and some neat tools for up-close detail cleaning.The main cleaner i
What is the Karcher VC5 Premium?Homes are getting smaller, space is tight and most current cleaners are just too big, according to Karcher. Enter the VC5 Premium, a mains-powered bagless cleaner that can be used as a hand-held or stick upright thanks to its telescopic tubes and multi-floor head.Those te
What is the Miele Blizzard CX1 Comfort PowerLine?The Blizzard CX1 is Miele’s first bagless cleaner range. Having been a staunch proponent of bagged cleaners for years – and it still is – Miele has now thrown down the gauntlet and lot of RD dollars to offer a bagless option. It’s a stunner, too.Enter the
What is the Miele Blizzard CX1 Excellence?We loved Miele’s flagship Blizzard CX1 Comfort Powerline bagless vacuum cleaner, but what if its near-£400 price is a bit too rich for your floors? Enter the Blizzard CX1 Excellence for a slightly more affordable £299.This model eschews the electronic handle con
What is the AEG Rapido Bagless AG6106?Do’h! You’ve knocked over the potpourri in the bathroom, what are you going to do? Reach for a small, light rechargeable handheld cleaner such as the AEG Rapido, of course. The AG6106 tested here is a dry vacuum boasting a long-life lithium battery, bagless convenie
What is the Russell Hobbs Turbo Lite RHCHS1001?Russell Hobbs is known for offering great value, and for less than £50, the Turbo Lite RHCHS1001 promises plenty: mains power, lightweight design, bagless cleaning and 2-in1 handheld and stick-vac convenience.It delivers, too! While its performance on carpe
What is the Neato Botvac Connected?Robot vacuum cleaners are cool, but not as cool as they used to be. After all, we now live in a world where almost everything has network connectivity and an accompanying app, so it's a lot harder to impress.That’s where the Neato Botvac Connected comes in. The company
What is the Karcher FC5 Hard Floor Cleaner?We've seen electric mops, powered polishers and even robot floor scrubbers, but Karcher’s innovative FC5 is the first hard-floor cleaner to our test bench that washes, scrubs, polishes and vacuums as it goes. With twin forward-rotating fleece rollers and powerf
What is the Dyson V7 Animal?Dyson’s V-series cleaners get a middle sibling in the form of the V7, tested here in its pet-hair-busting Animal guise. A whole lot quieter than the V6 and slightly more svelte than the V8, it has most of the flagship’s main features.Light, brilliantly balanced, great tools,
What is the Miele Blizzard CX1 Cat Dog PowerLine?Miele’s Blizzard CX1 bagless vacuum cleaners have impressed in both the basic CX1 Excellence and the flagship CX1 Comfort PowerLine models. The Blizzard CX1 Cat Dog PowerLine tested here is aimed at homes with furry friends, bringing a pet hair-busting fl
WHAT IS THE SHARK LIFT-AWAY NV340?Shark’s snappily titled Rotator Lift-Away Slim-Light Mobile NV340 upright vacuum cleaner is a feature-packed upright and lift-off mains-powered bagless cleaner. It’s bold, solidly built and comes with a plethora of tools – albeit with one howling omission. There's no up
What is the iRobot Scooba 450?It’s winter, we're on a farm, and we have two mucky dogs and a constant succession of couriers with muddy boots popping in. Mopping the kitchen floor is a daily task at this time of year. Enter the iRobot Scooba 450 floor-scrubbing robot – but how will it cope with our mult
WHAT IS THE VAX CORDLESS SLIMVAC TOTAL HOME?Vax’s flagship model in the cordless stick vacuum cleaner arms race is a lightweight, multipurpose bagless cleaner with pistol-grip body and powered brush in the floorhead. Boasting over 24 minutes run time and offering a host of tools, could this be a lower c
What is the VonHaus 1200W Multi-Cyclonic Bagless Upright?The VonHaus 1200W Cyclonic cylinder cleaner reviewed a few months back proved to be a bagless bargain, and its upright sibling here hopes to prove just as great value. It packs a potent motor, long cable, large dust bin and a host of hose tools in
What is the Karcher T10/1?Competing head-to-head with the evergreen (or red, blue) Numatic Henry for supremacy in commercial cylinder vacuum cleaners is Karcher’s T10/1. This bulletproof, bagged cylinder cleaner is built with an impact-resistant ABS plastic case, packs in a sizeable 1,250W motor, and of
