Makita - DCL283F 18V Brushless Stick Vacuum

Two cents for your pots, the 280 is dated model and weak, 283 and higher are the latest most powerful ones.

I have the stick one with hard floor and carpet heads as well as the cyclone and use it to clean my home office. Works great.

We have the small vacume on lxt with stick snd it great for small jobs. And we have the big robot one (fairly cheap a while ago) and it is great but fir full price a expensive one. It will upgrade soon to the workshop. But for normale vacuming better get a corded dyson. expensive but easy to repair and great value.

I've got a LXT stick vac, it's amazing! I take it with me when I go away on holiday, cleans the car and even the camper! I've got a mate that just bought a Makita to Dyson battery adaptor that he says helps the short battery life with his Dyson...

first time anyone here has recommended shark based on how easy it is to get spare parts. They are notorious for not being available or in stock. I'm partial to makita. Their 18v stick vac has been available for ages and you can get (easily) just about any part for it. Early models (don't) suck but the latest are reportedly a bit better.

The very latest 18v is much better than the earlier stuff. Almost up to the XGT but less runtime of course. XGT is great but pricey and less flexible as a system overall. . Just looking at suction: Old LXT: 54mbar New LXT: 180mbar XGT: 210mbar Looking at air flow: Old LXT: 1.4 cubic meters a minute New LXT: 1.0 cubic meters a minute XGT: 1.2 cubic meters a minue. So XGT is definitely best but might not be worth the premium or loosing the flexibility of the XGT system. Also if you need a brush roller for carpeting it's only available on the XGT CL004G. Also none of them are really great vs dyson etc.

I use their stick Vacuum, I don't have carpet so it does work great for us. We empty it pretty much each time we do the whole house, but it's also not an assel to grab it for small mess.

I got a simple Makita stick vacuum because of this, it uses makita batteries

The makita stick vac is for hard floors only just FYI it's pretty gutless tbh I still use it on my hard floors though

Not the most stylish vacuum, but I got a Makita 18v brushless vacuum, it works with any Makita 18v battery from their power tools. So far so good.

I tried the "New LXT" next to the XGT before buying. The XGT has a considerably less annoying sound profile... this is way more significant than it sounds, especially for wife/gf approval factor The LXT is kinda whiny and annoying sounding. According to your numbers, the XGT has 17% higher suction and 20% higher airflow. In practice I did find this extra power significant. u/trickster2, you say Dyson is better but I dont agree. (I DO have a Dyson v11), the power head fell apart after a year and if you are using it on high the battery lasts a pitiful \~6-8min then takes forever to charge. (and the battery & motor are unreliable POS, requried several replacements) With the Makita you can cycle batteries and clean continuously. In practice I have several batteries but only need to cycle 2 for vacuum use.