Best vacuum for carpets
Best vacuum for high pile carpet and long hair?
Best vacuum for carpet and hard wood ($150-200)
The best carpet cleaner of all of those is definitely the Kenmore 31140. The build quality of the 31140 is much better than the Hoovers and the bag design is far superior on the Kenmore uprights compared to the canisters. It also comes with a metal extension wand and long crevice tool which is nice because, like with all the budget uprights you listed, the hose is pretty short. You also get a lifetime belt and a separate brush roll motor that can be turned off at the handle for hard floors. Their average lifespan is also unusually high for a budget machine, with most of them lasting over five years.
The Hoover UH30650 and UH30651 do not have brush roll shutoffs for hard floors, so I would avoid them totally.
The UH30600 has a mechanical brush shutoff and a lot of people on here stand by them, but I usually only suggest it if somebody cannot afford anything better. Some positive things about them is that they are light and the bags are modern and quite nice. On the other hand, the build quality is lacking. Half of them that I find that have been used for a couple years or so have fatigued or cracked attachment clips, cracks forming in the base where the back wheels mount, the bag release mechanism popping out of place or missing, a massively chewed belt, and so forth.
The UH72625 is one that actually thoroughly disappointed me. The whole unit was so flimsy that I could hold it by the handle, twist it, and pop the dust bin off it without pressing the latch. It was only a year old and none of the clips would hold the attachments and the rubber on the handle was peeling. There are far better bagless options out there, even from Hoover.
If you like using attachments, the Kenmore canister may be better for you. I only suggest the upright because the upright designs are way more refined. The bag dock for the canisters has not been updated for a long time and the dated design leaks a tiny bit of fine dust, requiring that the user cleans the pre-motor filter every so often and perhaps even wipes the bag housing. They are a little more prone to little failures than the uprights as well, though they are not too bad especially considering they are about the only power nozzle canister that you can get for under $200 nowadays.
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Should I be looking for something with adjustable height or is strong suction more important? Are bagged models better for deep cleaning or just more of a hassle? Kinda tempted by the ones with brush rolls, but I’ve heard they can mess with soft carpets.
Also, is corded still the way to go for power, or are the newer cordless ones keeping up?
Appreciate any recs that don’t just look good on paper.
I have carpet everywhere except for the kitchen and bathrooms.. I also have 2 Labrador Retrievers who she’d like crazy and always bringing in dirt from their paws. I had a shark rotator for over a decade but then decided to upgrade to a shark stratos a little over a year ago. It has 2 rollers, of which, one is removable and it’s soft like a paint roller. I washed it and it was SOOOO dirty. Turned the water almost black! So now I’m like, are my carpets even clean or am I spreading out the dirt?! It does have great suction tho? Anyways, what vacuum would you recommend as the absolute BEST for carpets?