Miele S4212 Polaris Canister Vacuum Cleaner

The Miele all new Polaris canister vacuum cleaner includes stainless steel telescopic wand, combination tool for smooth flooror carpet, as well as a range of such as the upholstery tool, crevice tool and natural bristle dusting brush.

The Miele S4212 Polaris canister vacuum cleaner, includes a and uses large 3.7 quart dust bags. The Polaris vacuum can uses of 1200 W for text motor system created by Miele giving strong vortex suction. The vacuum cleaner is lightweight (14 pounds in weight) and probably includes all the attachments that most people would want.

The Miele for text motor system creates a strong suction that is controlled via a rotary dial on the canister. With careful noise insulation, the vacuum is very quiet. The super air clean filter removes almost 94% of particles down to 0.3 µ. An optional HEPA exhaust filter will make your vacuum cleaner even more efficient at removing small particles, allergens and pollen, making this a great vacuum for allergy sufferers and those who are asthmatic.

The electrical cord provides nearly 30 feet of operating radius and include automatic rewind.
The vacuum won’t overheat thanks to a thermal indicator with safety shut-off. Another indicator will tell you if the tubing has become blocked resulting in reduced airflow through the vacuum cleaner.
If you look at reviews of the Miele Polaris canister vacuum cleaner, a large number of customers praise this appliance.

Things customers liked:

• it’s quiet
• compact
• light
• good accessories
• built to a high standard
• manoeuvrable
• automatic rewind on the cord.

Things customers didn’t like…

• Power cord too short
• bags are expensive

Vacuum Cleaners

Vacuums By Brand

There are lot of manufacturers of vacuum cleaners. We will be adding the most popular ones to this site. At the moment, these are the Vacuum Brands that we cover:
Dyson – One of the more expensive brands of vacuum cleaner, but one of the best. With patented Cyclone technology, plus a lot of other innovations [...]

Miele

German company Miele, are well known for their robust electrical appliances. They produced a range of canister, stick and upright vacuum cleaners which should be a serious consideration for anyone looking for a reliable, sturdy, long-lasting vacuum cleaner.

Dyson DC25 Blueprint

The Dyson DC25 Blueprint is a limited edition DC25, with a Flat Out tool for cleaning under low furniture. Featuring the Dyson Ball plus powerful cyclonic suction, this is a serious vacuum.

What year was the vacuum cleaner invented?

Although not everyone seems to agree, it appears that Daniel Hess probably invented the vacuum cleaner in 1860.

Vacuum Cleaner Facts

We pretty much take vacuum cleaners for granted, but did you know….

Kirby G4 Vacuum Cleaner

Kirby G4 factory refurbished vacuum cleaners offer a fantastic opportunity to get a brilliant vacuum at a great price.

Types of Vacuum Cleaners

There are a number of different types of vacuum cleaners. On this site we have categorised all vacuums according the the type of vacuum cleaner.

Central Vacuum Cleaner Systems

Central Vacuum Cleaner Systems offer a lot of advantages over traditional vacuum cleaners, and with price falling, they are now a real possibility for a growing number of homes.

Original Kirby Allergen Control Carpet Shampoo – One Gallon

Choose the original Kirby Allergen Control carpet shampoo for better performance and allergy control.

Kirby Vacuum Cleaner Belts 301291-3 (3 pack)

Kirby vacuum belt replacements for all models of Kirby.

Kirby Allergen Reduction Filters

Kibry vacuum bags with HEPA filtering for a cleaner exhaust air and better filtration. Great for allergy suffers and asthmatics.

Eureka Maxima Bagless Vacuum Cleaner (4700D)

Lighweight, good suction and cheap. The Eureka Maxima 4700 is a great choice for those on a tight budget.

Dyson Air Muscle™ Technology

Dyson Airmuscle technology providing powerful deeper cleaning without loss of suction.

Daimer’s Powerful New Vacuum Steam Cleaner

New Daimer Steam Cleaners raise the bar in terms of pressure and performance.

Kids Breathe Better

Kids breathe better is an Australian initiative by the Asthma Foundations of Australia in partnership with Dyson to bring a better awareness of the asthma in the general public. 
In the last decade, Dyson and the Asthma Foundations of Australia have raised in excess of 2 million dollars to fund asthma awareness.
For many people asthma [...]

Asus Robotic Vacuum Cleaner

Asustek Computer Inc, better known for its computers has debuted the ECleaner – a robotic vacuum cleaner which has probably been released as you read this in Taiwan and China.
The robotic vacuum has a photo sensor to detect stairs and a pre-programming function to help it vacuum in the most effective pattern as it sweeps [...]

Electrolux EL1012A Stick Hand Vac 2 N 1 Ergorapido Cordless

If you are looking for a Stick vacuum for those times when a quick clean is in order, you should probably look at the Electrolux EL1012A Stick Hand Vac 2 N 1 Ergorapido Cordless vacuum cleaner. This 2-in-1 converts from a standard stick to a hand held vac.

Electrolux EL5020A Intensity Upright Vacuum Cleaner

The Electrolux EL5020A Intensity vacuum cleaner has an innovative design that lets you fold it away when its not in use. The suction is great and the features of this vacuum make it a firm favourite with those who reviewed it on Amazon.

Electrolux

Electrolux are Swedish giants of home appliances with their influence showing up in many homes around the world. They are well known for their vacuum cleaners, but also have a range of kitchen appliances.

Bissell Perfect Sweep Turbo Sweeper

The Bissell Perfect Sweep Turbo Sweeper is a lightweight sweeper for all floor types. It’s not going to deep clean your carpets, so don’t buy this if you have a lot of carpets in your home. This Sweeper is designed for lighter work, and works well on bare flooring.

Bissell Style 1 and 7 vacuum bags

A lot of Bissell upright vacuum cleaners use replacement bags that can be bought in packs of 3 or more.

Bissell 17G5 PROlite Multi-Cyclonic Vacuum Cleaner

The 17G5 Pro Lite from Bissell is a powerful vacuum with a lot of nice features. Bissell’s multi-cyclonic suction technology is a favourite with Bissell owners, and the powerful 12 amp motor will ensure lasting, powerful suction.

Bissell 3920 Pet Hair Eraser Dual-Cyclonic Upright Vacuum Cleaner

If you have pet’s the Bissell Pet Hair Eraser vacuum cleaner is a serious consideration. With powerful dual-cyclone suction and the various pet hair tools that come with this vacuum, pet owners now have a vacuum cleaner that can cope with your fur producing friends.

Bissell 5770 Healthy Home Bagless Upright Vacuum

The 5770 Healthy Home from Bissell is a bagless upright vacuum cleaner that has great suction thanks to its multi-cyclonic technology. It’s not as cheap as some other vacuums, but its feature list make it one well worth thinking about if you are looking for a powerful upright vacuum cleane

Bissell 3545-2 PowerGlide Platinum Upright Vacuum

The Bissell 3545-2 PowerGlide Platinum Upright Vacuum is a bagged vacuum cleaner at a low price. The features include a HEPA media filter which will be good news to asthma and allergy sufferers. Overall a positive set of reviews from popular shopping sites, so one to consider if you are on a budget.

Bissell 89Q9 Lift-Off MultiCyclonic Pet Vacuum Cleaner

The Bissell 89Q9 Lift-Off MultiCyclonic Pet cleaner is a bagless upright vacuum with an easy to empty, detachable canister. The combination of multicyclonic suction, a 12 amp motor and a 15 inch cleaning path mean this vacuum will get your home clean quickly and efficiently.

Dirt Devil M085590 Featherlite

The Dirt Devil M085590 Featherlite vacuum cleaner is a budget priced upright bagged vacuum cleaner that does the job. On the whole, the feedback on this vacuum has been good, with several people over at Amazon saying they will buy another one when their current one gives out – what better testimonial can you get?

Dirt Devil Vacuum Cleaners

Dirt Devil is one of the best known vacuum cleaner brand names, and the success of the Dirt Devil hand vac opened up the opportunity for the company to release a number of products under the brand name Dirt Devil.

Kirby Vacuum Cleaners

Kirby is one of the best known brand names in modern vacuum cleaners. the name comes from the inventor who created their early vacuum designs – Jim Kirby.

Bissell Featherweight Lightweight Vacuum

The Bissell Featherweight vacuum cleaner (3106A) is a small, extremely light vacuum cleaner for the small jobs around the house. Its ideal for bare floors, and because it converts to a hand held vacuum, its got extra versatility over a purely hand held vacuum or floor cleaner.

Bissell 33A1 Pet Hair Eraser

The Bissell Pet Hair Eraser is a lightweight, compact hand held vacuum cleaner designed to life pet hair from carpets and upholstery. At less than 4 lb, its comfortable to hold, and the HEPA filter is a bonus.

Hoover S3765-040 WindTunnel Vacuum Cleaner

The Hoover S3765-040 WindTunnel is a bagless canister vacuum cleaner that has powerful suction thanks to a 12 amp motor and patented WindTunnel technology. The classy design and high performance makes this a very popular vacuum.

Bissell Vacuum Cleaners

Bissell began life in the 1870s when Melville Bissell invented a floor sweeper to meet a problem they were having in their china shop. Since then, Bissell have become a major player in the vacuum and floor cleaning market. With a full range of products for any floor type and situation, Bissell are one manufacturer you should consider when choosing a new vacuum.

Bissell Cleanview Helix Bagless Upright Vacuum Cleaner (82H1 )

The Bissell Cleanview Helix is a top performer at a great price. This vacuum is an upright bagless cleaner that has a HEPA filter so its also good for those who suffer allergy and asthma. Highly recommended.

Steam Carpet Cleaners

Steam Cleaners are not vacuum cleaners.  You will need to vacuum your carpet as usual, but where carpet cleaners come in is to actually wash the carpet fibres in your carpet.  This can give your carpets a new look and feel, though that obviously depends on the state of your carpets in the first place.
Some [...]

Hoover Platinum Collection Linx Cordless Stick

The Hoover Platinum Collection Linx Stick Vac is a great little vacuum that is backed up by customer testimonials on popular shopping sites. Its a little more expensive that other sticks, but the fact that its cordless, bagless and has WindTunnel technology built in by Hoover, means this is a serious consideration for anyone looking to buy a Stick vacuum

Hoover S2200 Flair Bagless Stick Cleaner

The Hoover Flair is a stick vacuum that looks great and has decent performance for a stick. Early models had problems with housing, but that appears to have been fixed in later models, but do check with your retailer.

Hoover F5914-900 SteamVac with Clean Surge

The Hoover SteamVac with Clean Surge is not a vacuum cleaner but a floor cleaner that uses hot water and cleaning fluids. It is particularly popular and does a great job of cleaning carpets, upholstery and even bare floor boards.

Hoover U5140-900 Tempo Widepath

The Hoover Tempo Widepath (U5140-900) is a fantastic vacuum for the price. It may look a little old-fashioned, but the suction is great and many Amazon reviewers have stated that this is the best vacuum they have ever had.

Eureka 437AZ Optima Lightweight Upright Vacuum

The Eureka Optima Lightweight upright bagless vacuum cleaner is a good cheap alternative to an upright vacuum. Its small size but powerful motor means you get great suction and performance with the convenience of a stick.

Eureka Altima Bagless Upright Vacuum (2971BVZ)

The Eureka Altima bagless vacuum cleaner offers a lot, but according to Amazon reviewers, fails to deliver. This is probably a vacuum to avoid.

Hoover F7411-900 SteamVac Dual V Widepath Carpet Cleaner

The Hoover F7411-900 SteamVac is a widepath carpet cleaner that uses hot water and detergent (and hot air) to deep clean your carpets. You should vacuum your carpets before using a steam cleaner, but after steam cleaning, your carpets could look as good as new.

Hoover 5507-900 Elite Auto-Rewind Bagless Upright Vacuum Cleaner

The Hoover 5507-900 Elite Auto-Rewind Upright vacuum cleaner certainly looks the business, but does it live up to the Hoover reputation? Its packed with features and accessories tools to help you keep your house clean. Being bagless, and coming with a HEPA lifetime filter means no bags or filters to change, ever.

Hoover UH70035B WindTunnel Cyclonic Upright Vacuum

The UH70035B Windtunnel Upright vacuum has great suction, but the reviewers on Amazon were not very impressed with this vacuum on the whole.

Eureka 4870MZ Boss Smart-Vac Upright HEPA Vacuum Cleaner

The Eureka Boss Smart-Vac upright vacuum cleaner is great for those suffering allergy and/or asthma. In fact, one reviewer on Amazon said they were recommended the vacuum by their doctor, and while vacuuming, they no longer sneezed, despite suffering chronic allergy. This can be attributed to the strong suction power and the sealed HEPA filter that traps up to 99.97% of allergens that pass through the vacuum.

Eureka 71B Hand-Held Vacuum

Eureka 71B Hand held vacuum cleaner is great for getting into tight spaces. With a 20 foot power cable, strong suction and only 5 pounds in weight, this is a very popular handheld vacuum cleaner

Hoover U5269-900 EmPower Bagless Upright Vacuum

Hoover U5269-900 EmPower bagless upright vacuum cleaner is a powerful vacuum cleaner that gets mainly rave reviews on Amazon. Reviewers find it amazing quite how much this upright vacuum cleaner picks up. Its bagless though, so some people have found it messy to empty, while others actually liked it.

Hoover U6485900 Windtunnel Anniversary Self-Propelled Bagged Upright Vacuum Cleaner

Hoover U6485900 Windtunnel Anniversary vacuum cleaner is a self-propelled upright vacuum with patented WindTunnel technology. Although a little on the heavy side, this vacuum is almost effortless to move back and forwards with the self-propelling technology.

Eureka Vacuum Cleaners

Eureka vacuum cleaners were founded in 1909 by Fred Wardell and are today recognised as one of the leading vacuum cleaner companies encompassing Eureka, Electroluc, Sanitaire & Electroluxx Central Vacuum systems.

Hoover Vacuum Cleaners

Hoover vacuum cleaners came into being when an Inventor with asthma took on a job as a Janitor in a large department store. Years later, Hoover is a term that is often used in place of “vacuum cleaner”.

HEPA Vacuum Cleaners

HEPA is a filter that removes up to 99.9% of allergens from the air that passes through it.  Because of this, a growing range of top vacuum manufacturers now include HEPA filters in their vacuum cleaners.  When air is sucked into the vacuum cleaner, it passes through the filter on the way out of the [...]

Canister Vacuum Cleaners

Vacuums are often divided into two groups – upright vacuums and canister vacuums.  The canister vacuums look a little like pods that slide along the floor.  They are often more popular in homes with hard wood or tile flooring, as their suction is not usually as great as the traditional upright vacuum.  The advantages of [...]

Ball Vacuum Cleaners

Dyson have a number of patents for their vacuum cleaner technologies, and the Dyson Ball is one of the latest.  The Ball is surely going to find itself of a plethora of other brand vacuums because of the way it adds effortless turning to heavy vacuum cleaners.   The idea came originally from a wheelbarrow design [...]

Bagless Vacuum Cleaners

Old vacuum cleaners required bags, and these needed to be emptied and replaced, costing quite a bit over the lifetime of the vacuum cleaner.  More and more modern vacuums are bagless, meaning you don’t have paper bags to collect the dirt.  Instead, dirt and dust is sucked into a plastic bin that can be easily [...]

Handheld Vacuum Cleaners

Quite often you a large upright or canister vacuum cleaner is over-kill.  If you want to clean the car for example, a better solution is a smaller, handheld vacuum that perhaps doesn’t require an electrical outlet to operate.  This type of vacuum certainly has its advantages in terms of portability, but they also often suffer [...]

Upright Vacuum Cleaners

Upright vacuum cleaners are the traditional vacuum cleaners we all grew up with.  In recent times, canister vacuums have also become popular, but upright vacuum cleaners have a number of advantages over the canister vacuums.  Generally speakin upright vacuums have stronger suction and this is a major factor in choosing an upright over a canister [...]

Dyson Vacuum Cleaners

James Dyson is the inventor behind the now famous Dyson brand of vacuum cleaners. Dyson vacuums have become best-sellers around the world because of their innovative no-clog cyclonic technology but with so many models, our handy Dyson comparison chart will help you decide.

Dyson DC31 Animal

The Dyson DC31 Animal is a small but powerful hand held vacuum cleaner from Dyson. Its only meant for quick pick ups or spot cleaning, and so the battery will only work for 6 minutes on full suction, or 10 minutes on a reduced, yet still powerful suction level.

Dyson DC23 Turbinehead and Motorhead

The Dyson DC23 comes in two versions – the motorhead and the turbine head. The vacuum cleaner has powerful Level 3 Root Cyclone technology giving it the best suction yet from a Dyson. Reviewers on Amazon love this machine, and its futuristic design means you can admire this work of art as you clean.

Dyson DC14 Telescopic Reach All Floors

The Dyson DC14 Telescopic Wand All Floors vacuum is an upright vacuum with and extendable telescopic wand for vacuuming high to reach places as well as stairs without having to carry the entire vacuum with you.

Dyson DC15 Animal

The DC15 Animal is for pet owners with a hair problem. The incredible suction will pick up dirt and hair from seemingly clean surfaces. Its a very popular Dyson vacuum, that not only looks good, but excels at its job of cleaning your house and removing the tell tall signs of your pets – fur.

Dyson DC17 Animal & DC17 All Floors

The Dyson DC17 comes in two models – the Animal for those with pets and the All Floors for those who don’t need the specialist tools for picking up pet hair. The Level 3 Root Cyclone tecnology is the most powerful yet, and one reviewer on Amazon even claimed it was sucking the fibres out of his carpet. Yikes!

Dyson DC28 Animal

The Dyson DC28 Animal is a fixed wheel (not Dyson Ball) vacuum cleaner that may be just a little heacy for most people. However, there is no questioning its suction power and of course the quality you expect from Dyson. This “beast” is great for people who own pets, as the “AirMuscle” technology combines three tools in one to ensure your floor gets cleaned – no matter what flooring you have.

Dyson DC25 All Floors

The Dyson DC25 All Floors vacuum cleaner is a Dyson Ball meaning it can be turned with a simple, stress free turn of the wrist. The Cyclone technology and HEPA filters mean that not only will the vacuum not clog up, it won’t lose suction either and its perfect for those suffering from asthma as the super fine HEPA filters filter out more of the tiny spores and bacteria than conventional vacuum filters.

Dyson DC25 Animal

The Dyson DC25 Animal is specifically for those people who keep pets and have a hair problem. The DC25 animal is an upright Dyson Ball vacuum cleaner with the Cyclone technology to ensure that your vacuum does not get blocked or lose suction as it sucks up that pet hair.

DC24 All Floors

At just 11.65 lb (5.3 Kg), the Dyson DC24 All Floors is the lightest upright vacuum cleaner in the Dyson range, and its also ultra-compact so you can store it in a small place or cupboard. It uses the Dyson Ball technology so that it can be moved around corners with a turn of the wrist.