Hoover - DustChaser Handheld Vacuum Cleaner BH57010

A hepa filter is important. Most of the stick vacuums like the Bissell Featherweight have very basic fabric filters that let a lot of dust get blown back out. There aren't many options from the major vacuum brands. One alternative is the Vacmaster UB0302E $99. This is a small upright vacuum, it's a version of the Kenmore Intuition but without liftaway mode and it comes with less tools. It is very lightweight and it has swivel steering. Best of all it uses hepa bags and a hepa filter for very good filtration. It's very similar to a Shark Navigator so depending on the Shark model you have it might be the same weight. But if you have one of the bigger Sharks like the Apex, Vertex, or Stratos uprights the Vacmaster will be smaller and lighter. Most of the vacuums similar to the Bissell Featherweight have a filter in the middle of the bin with no cyclonic separation so the filter gets clogged up quickly. If you want a corded stick vacuum with a hepa filter I'd look for one that has at least a cyclonic bin so you don't have to clean the filter as often. It does mean most of the options have the motor at the top which can make the handle weight heavier. I like the design of this Intercleaner Corded Vacuum Cleaner, 17KPa Powerful Suction with 600W Motor $53 on amazon. It has a single cyclone design, metal screen before the filter, 2 hepa filters, and a extendable wand. If you want the best filtration I'd choose the Vacmaster for a hepa bag and hepa filter and the 25 ft cord is longer than most stick vacuums. Slightly over $100 I really like the Simplicity S60 Spiffy $124, it's a corded stick vacuum with a hepa filter. I've owned one and bought a 2nd one for my cousin. It has strong suction, a large bin, it's still lightweight, best feature is the 30 ft. cord. I could almost clean my whole 2 bedroom apartment from one plug. The Simplicity is simple and durable, I gave mine to a different cousin. What do you think?

If you are interested in the Simplicity S60 Spiffy you should know that the handheld mode is unusable. The upper handle only retracts a little, the crevice tool is hard to put on and take off, and it's too heavy to use as a handheld. But I would buy another if I didn't already have so many other vacuums. It's great as a hard floor and rug vacuum. Also emptying it from the top is easier and less messy than emptying it from the bottom. You take the motor off the top, pull out the cyclone, and tip it over. It's a lot easier than trying to hold the whole vacuum over a bin and use the door on the bottom. I'm not a fan of IonVac or any of the small cordless wand vacuums. To be ultra small and light they have small motors and tiny bins. I think the whole class of wand vacuums is too weak to be very useful. But if you try one keep the receipt for returns. If you are looking at the IonVac 3-in-1 corded stick vacuums I'm also not a fan of these. Although filter is better than the Bissell Featherweight it is still in the center of the bin with no cyclonic separation before it so it will clog up quickly. If you want a small cordless vacuum I do like the Hoover Onepwr DustChaser $72. It does have a small bin but it uses the removable and replaceable Onepwr batteries.

I like the Hoover ONEPWR vacs. Theycan be used on floors and carpets. When the battery dies, you can just replace it with another battery. All the ONEPWR vacs use the same batteries. The newer chargers charge pretty quick, too.

I had a Dyson "stick" type vacuum. It didn't last nearly as long as the price tag suggested it should. The out of warranty repair cost was 75% of what a new one would cost so I chucked it. I replaced it with a **Hoover ONE PWR** at half the price of the Dyson. I've had it longer than I had the Dyson and it's still working great. It comes with 2 batteries so one lives on the charger, the other on the vacuum. Means I've always got a full charge. The Dyson battery was internal so you can't swap out a battery if it dies on you. I would avoid anything that's not a brand name. Before the Dyson there was a generic Amazon no-name special vacuum that I used once, packed it back up in the box, and sent it back. Absolute junk. Bad suction. Just bad all around. Some of them may be fine but I don't trust the Amazon reviews on the no-name ones. They have a "Fieety" brand stick vacuum for $159 with nearly 1000 reviews averaging 4.6 stars. Is it good? You'd think so. But I still wouldn't take a chance on it. Ironically, the vacuum I bought and have had nothing but good luck with has a very low rating on Amazon (only 3 reviews though), but it doesn't matter as it's no longer available since it's such an old model.

I have a Hoover onepwr with a bag, wireless and it’s excellent