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r/Frugal on Reddit: Favorite/best affordable vacuum cleaner? Preferably something that handles cat hair.

June 23, 2025 -

Hey all

I live in a small apartment with 2 cats and I am trying to keep it clean, but my vacuum is terrible. This is my first apartment and when I moved in I bought the cheapest vacuum possible, I think it was like $25, and I have since regretted that as it just doesn’t get things clean. Like I’ll vacuum and it won’t pick up a lot of cat hair, and it also misses a ton a little things, to the point where my feet are constantly covered in little pieces of dirt/whatever.

I am looking for something, preferably under or around 100ish that will actually keep my carpets clean and preferably keep up with the cat hair.

Any suggestions?

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I have a Shark Navigator. We own a Golden Retriever, and a teen daughter with hair to her waist. It's above your price range, but we LOVE it - got it on sale at Amazon for $160. Our carpet had been vacuumed weekly. The first time I used the Shark on the carpet, I was horrified by what was sucked out. It's 4 years old, and still going strong. Despite the piles of hair it deals with. I know people can feel strongly on bagged versus non-bag vacuums, but it doesn't really matter that much to me.

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Here for the auper-frugal: clean your vacuum The biggest part of any vacuum is maintenance. If the beater bar is caked with hair, it won't work. Some times that's a consumable, but for almost every vacuum, you have to clean it after a couple uses. The other maintenance item is the air filter. That gets full, no suck. Also any long hoses can get bits stuck in there. The manual for your vacuum will be online if you need it. :-)

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