Vacuum Cleaners

Vacuum Cleaners

Most Irish homes end up with two machines rather than one, because no single vacuum does every job well. A cordless stick is the one that actually gets reached for, out in seconds for crumbs, stairs and the car, though run time on the high power setting is always far shorter than the headline figure and the dust cup is small enough to need emptying most uses. A corded upright or cylinder gives constant power with no battery to manage, which still counts on thick carpet and in a house where the machine most people still call a hoover has to work for an hour at a time. A robot handles the daily maintenance so nothing builds up, and the self emptying docks only want attention every few weeks. Bagged or bagless is the other real decision: a bag holds far more, seals the dust as you throw it out and suits anyone with allergies, while bagless costs nothing to run but needs the cup and filter cleaned by hand. After that, look at the floor rather than the wattage. Anti hair wrap brush bars matter more than raw power in a house with pets or long hair, HEPA filtration matters if anyone is asthmatic, and weight matters more than either if the machine has to go up and down stairs.

Shark carries the widest floorcare range here, spanning cordless sticks, robots, upright lift away models and carpet washers, with anti hair wrap brush bars across most of it. eufy and Dreame between them account for most of the robot range, from mid priced hybrids to self emptying and self washing docks. Dyson sits at the premium end of cordless and bagless cylinders, Miele covers bagged cylinders built for long service life, and Karcher handles the jobs a household vacuum should never be asked to do, including ash, wet pick up and window glass. Henry, Charles and Harry remain the default where a machine has to survive being thrown in and out of a van.

Robotic Vacuums

Robot vacuums have moved on from bumping around a room at random. The current generation maps the house, returns to a dock that empties itself, and on the hybrid models washes and dries its own mop pads, which is the difference between a machine you run weekly and one you forget about. Suction figures quoted in pascals matter far less than whether the unit can climb a door saddle and whether the app lets you exclude a room. Browse Robotic Vacuums.

Cordless Vacuums

Cordless sticks trade endurance for convenience and that trade is worth making for most people. Read the run time on the setting you will actually use rather than eco, check whether the battery is removable so a second one can take over, and look for a wand that detaches into a handheld for the stairs and the car. See Cordless Vacuums.

Carpet Cleaners

Carpet cleaners are a different job from vacuuming. These lift spills, pet accidents and ground in traffic marks by working water and solution into the pile and drawing it back out. The small portable spot machines get used most because they are light enough to carry to the mess, while full size upright washers earn their keep on stairs and whole rooms. The range is in Carpet Cleaners.

Steam Cleaners

Steam cleaners and steam mops sanitise with heat rather than chemicals, which suits homes with pets, crawling children or anyone who would rather not leave detergent residue on a floor. Check the pad is machine washable and that the unit reaches steam in under a minute, since a slow heat up is the reason most steam mops end up unused in a press. Browse Steam Cleaners.

Bagged Vacuums

Bagged vacuums remain the choice for allergy households, because the dust goes out with the bag instead of being tipped into a bin and back into the air. Capacity is far greater than any bagless cup, so emptying becomes a monthly job rather than a weekly one, and the ongoing cost of bags is the trade. See Bagged Vacuums.

Bagless Vacuums

Bagless cylinders and uprights have nothing to buy again, which is the whole appeal. The work moves to you instead: the cup needs emptying often, and the filters need washing and drying fully before they go back in, because a damp filter is the usual reason a bagless machine loses suction. The range is in Bagless Vacuums.

Wet & Dry Vacuums

Wet and dry vacuums handle what ordinary machines cannot, from a burst washing machine hose to a flooded utility, and they double as workshop and car vacuums. Tank capacity in litres is the figure to read, and a blower function is worth having for clearing a garage or gutters. Browse Wet & Dry Vacuums.

Window Vacuums

Window vacuums pull condensation and cleaning solution off glass instead of smearing it, which through an Irish winter is as much about managing damp on the inside of windows as it is about cleaning them. They work just as well on shower screens and tiles. See Window Vacuums.

Robotic Window Cleaning

Robotic window cleaners hold themselves to the glass by suction and work across it while you stay on the ground, which makes them worth considering for anything above the first floor or for large fixed panes that cannot be reached from inside. A safety cord and a battery backup that keeps the unit attached through a power cut are the two things to check. Browse Robotic Window Cleaning.

Vacuum Cleaners Sale

Everything currently reduced across the floorcare range is gathered in one place, covering robot vacuums and self emptying docks, cordless sticks, bagged and bagless cylinders, carpet washers and steam mops. Browse Vacuum Cleaners Sale.