Cleaning is so much easier with a cordless vacuum especially when you're chasing kids and pets. I will show you some of the best vacuums and the three things you need to know before you buy one because once you upgrade you'll never want a corded vacuum again. I know it's weird to talk about cordless vacuums as life-changing technology but when you ditch the cord you could do so much more with your vacuum. You just grab it, snap in a stick and you go anywhere that's so awkward today's cordless models are pretty powerful and also pretty light.

Best performers usually weigh somewhere between six to eight pounds. The design is such that you can get around furniture easily clean the stairs faster go up high with the help of attachments and even clean the car. What makes it great is also its biggest downside it's the battery you have to charge it and how you charge it's going to factor into how you will store the vacuum.

More on that in a minute. That battery life means you may not be able to clean a whole home in one charge if you have a big house with a lot of carpet but for the most part you can count on getting about 20 maybe 30 minutes of carpet cleaning with a good model. If you're shopping around for a cordless back there are three big factors you need to consider to find which type is right for your home.

Let's start with the biggest one cost in CNET's cordless vacuum tests the pricey Dysons always lead the pack these are sleek and powerful machines that have lots of high-tech features lots of accessories and they get great scores when cleaning up all sorts of debris. But all that vacuuming makes it a bit pricey but you can find good deals sometimes.

But maybe switching between cleaner heads is annoying for your situation that may have you leaning towards something like the design of Shark's Vertex it has both a soft roller and normal brush head in one base. The vertex also has another perk the stick can be bent the idea is that you can get under furniture without bending your back as much.

Put aside the little things like that and the best experience really comes down to getting a powerful machine that is light and has a battery that gets you at least 20 minutes on the carpet before needing a recharge. Going cordless makes cleaning your home so much easier you just better be good about charging it if you're interested in any of the cordless vacuums I've mentioned do check out the description below we have links to where to find the models and more details from our reviews on CNET

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: encleaning is so much easier with a cordless vacuum especially when you're chasing kids and pets i will show you some of the best vacuums and the three things you need to know before you buy one because once you upgrade you'll never want a corded vacuum again i know it's weird to talk about cordless vacuums as life-changing technology but when you ditch the cord you could do so much more with your vacuum you just grab it snap in a stick and you go anywhere that's so awkward today's cordless models are pretty powerful and also pretty light best performers usually weigh somewhere between six to eight pounds the design is such that you can get around furniture easily clean the stairs faster go up high with the help of attachments and even clean the car but what makes it great is also its biggest downside it's the battery you have to charge it and how you charge it's going to factor into how you will store the vacuum more on that in a minute and that battery life means you may not be able to clean a whole home in one charge if you have a big house with a lot of carpet but for the most part you can count on getting about 20 maybe 30 minutes of carpet cleaning with a good model if you're shopping around for a cordless back there are three big factors you need to consider to find which type is right for your home let's start with the biggest one cost in cnet's cordless vacuum tests the pricey dysons always lead the pack these are sleek and powerful machines that have lots of high-tech features lots of accessories and they get great scores when cleaning up all sorts of debris but all that vacuum glory comes at a premium price the v15 detect is listed for 700. but hey did i mention it has a laser beam to help you see dirt if you don't need lasers you can shave off a bit of the cost by going for an older dyson model the v11 torque drive is a slightly less powerful machine than the v15 but it is similar in design and it has its own cool sensors and power saving smarts now i like dyson but when you look at other cordless machines and put them to the test of how much dirt and debris they pick up they come in close behind dyson and they cost hundreds less some names you may not have heard of before like musu and tinko another brand that scored high marks is shark shark's rocket pet pro cordless model is going for about 300 as of this recording and from a quick glance it seems pretty similar in design to the dyson but there are other factors you need to weigh when you're picking a cordless vacuum besides price let's move on to charging and storage because that may determine the design that's right for you and the easiest thing is just to have your vacuum in a place that's plugged in and ready to go when you need it dysons come with a wall mount for recharging you just slip the main canister unit into a wall dock between cleans which connects to an outlet now i have an outlet in my closet so that works great for me but if you don't maybe you'll put it in a garage you may not want to hang it out in the open if you can help it dirty dust bins don't really make for good home decor shark cordless vacuums take a different approach to storage the rocket pet pro stands on its own when you shift around the parts but other models like the vertex have a flexible joint that can fold down for storage now both require you to plug in the cord so you'll still be looking to park it near a power outlet after every clean however there is another option for some models you can just pop out the battery and charge it separately and then slide the battery back in just like that it's really key when picking a cordless vacuum to make sure it has a replaceable battery over time you'll likely want to buy a new one if it becomes less effective and after three years with my dyson v10 i had to buy a new battery maybe this third point is obvious but think about what kind of cleaning you are doing to know what features will be helpful and which features will be annoying to you if you have pets or kids or a lot of carpet yes you will need something powerful with a big dust bin you'll be using it often so that's why charging becomes part of the storage routine i should note there are other types of designs out there with less powerful machines i think the shark wand vac has an interesting design it's a super lightweight stick about two pounds it has a little charging station it comes in a bunch of colors but it has this really small dustbin and it gets you about 15 minutes battery life things like this are more practical for small mostly hard floor apartments light jobs around the house so keep in mind what kind of power you want or need for your space now about that cleaning job dyson has a ton of attachments to get the job done and if you have both hard floors and carpet you're going to be switching out between different cleaner heads for different jobs and you probably need to get a bin to put all the accessories in one interesting perk about the dyson v15 is that the machine can detect how much dirt it's picking up and the size of the dust particles so then it displays it for you on this lcd screen and i honestly don't care what crud i just picked up that's just gross maybe a little tmi but thanks for the report the fun feature on the v15 is for hard floors there's a cleaner head that has a green laser light you can turn on to help you see dust particles that you may have left behind if it's dark in the room you really can feel gross about how much dust and weird grime is on your floor so yay for that so the v15s tech will confirm how clean or cruddy your floors are but overall dysons have great steering and can pivot anywhere i have no trouble getting under any tight spaces and under couches and from my experience they are durable now to power your dyson it's not a switch on it uses a finger trigger you have to hold it down to use it and i like it but folks with arthritis and their index finger may want a design more like the shark which uses a switch to stay on shark does have this trigger here but it has a different purpose the trigger is only pulled in short bursts we need an extra suction boost cleaning is easy for most models you're just gonna hover it over a trash can pull a lever and just dump it out simple as that and you will need to be washing out a filter but before you buy anything check if it's the kind of model where you could just wash out the filter or if you need to stock up on a few spare filters it can be a little confusing to know which models are best for you when they all have their own design quirks dyson has its cool gimmicks with fancy lcd screens some of the newest models tell you how much battery life is left so there's no guessing game dyson also has a ton of accessories but maybe switching between cleaner heads is annoying for your situation that may have you leaning towards something like the design of shark's vertex it has both a soft roller and normal brush head in one base and the vertex has another perk the stick can be bent the idea is that you can get under furniture without bending your back as much put aside the little things like that and the best experience really comes down to getting a powerful machine that is light and has a battery that gets you at least 20 minutes on the carpet before needing a recharge going cordless makes cleaning your home so much easier you just better be good about charging it if you're interested in any of the cordless vacuums i've mentioned do check out the description below we have links to where to find the models and more details from our reviews on cnet thanks for watching\n"