Are cordless vacuums overrated?

[mike811]

Hoover/Vax Air Cordless is what I know very well.
Simplicity Agogo and Lindhaus is new for me.

My main point was that everyone seems to be over excited about stick vacuums. I just don't see them to be very convenient at all to replace the mains powered vacuums.
Limit in the bin and battery size is the problem. Biggest problem is lack ow real power.
I personally would like to see more new cordless uprights/canisters with decent power = Bigger batteries and motors.
What we have now isn't clearly enough.

Cordless Numatic Henry canister is best what I have seen so far, but it still should be more powerful.

 

[mike811]

HUSHTONE CORDLESS UPRIGHT VACUUM


Okay I just saw the link about the Hoover Hushtone and it indeed looks very good!

 

[suckolux]

There is a cool look Ryobi shopvac cordless, its nearly $200 with the big battery, $90 with only the vac unit. I have their various powered tools and two chargers but the cordless yard blower only has a 4 amp battery, am told not enough run time to clean the car, the complete set has a 9. It looks very well designed, love that, but really needs a second battery option or ac possible too I think. Still crave it though.

 

[frankparker]

I need to buy a new vacuum

Hoover Cruise Ultra Light Cordless Vacuum is your future. I'm using this and it's working great.

https://petvacuumlab.com/hoover-bh52210pc-review/

 

[vexorgtr]

At this point in time, battery technology isn't to the point that cordless units can take the crown... and it may not be for quite some time.

Someone mentioned Tesla... and that's all hype and no delivery. Tesla's car's are a joke in a way. Their state of the art battery on their super high tech car weighs in at over 500lbs, and can only take the car 100miles on a good day with the wind blowing right before you have to wait a few HOURS to refuel.. Plus, if it's extremely cold, the battery has trouble producing the power.

A current gasoline powered engine can 300-400 miles on 15 gallons of fuel, and Re-fuel in 5 minutes.

In the vacuum world, directly powered units can provide significantly more power, as they are always plugged into their fuel source.

With a cordless vacuum, people are discarding performance for perceived convenience...

Where an electric car driver is exchanging distance and easy refueling for the ability to pretend you are better than anyone who drives a gas car.

 

[madman]

I think the issue is that these battery powered stick vacs are not even designed with the intention of replacing 'real' vacuums. They're made to be good stick vacs that are light weight. I think if a company made an actual full size upright that was powered by a battery like a big power tool battery (think of a battery powered lawn mower) it would probably be just as good as a mains-powered vac.

I think, though, that they probably don't want to make a product that would directly compete with their current products.