Henry Quick (HVB160)

The mieles have small capacity, you'll be emptying them absolutely constantly. Plus it'll need regular filter cleaning. Otherwise the duoflex is pretty good ive heard, of those issue aren't deal breakers. Any long hair in the house? The Henry quick brushbar wraps hair readily and will need regular cleaning. It's bagged which is good, no filters to clean. You should look at the pet model though if you want extra tools. More budget cordless models are not sufficient as someone's only cleaner, especially not with carpets and pets.

Henry Quick is a very well liked option. Uses disposable bags (or pods, as Numatic call them). Advantage being there are no cyclones or filters to block up and require cleaning. Every time you replace the pod, you are also replacing the filter. Much less hassle to maintain and less to go wrong. Only downside is the brush tends to wrap hair but it's easy enough to pop out and clean.

This is a generic fake brand drop shipped cleaner. It's performance will be mediocre, after sales and parts support nonexistent, and it won't last very long. Frankly 99% of these randomly branded things are the same. Go for a Henry quick, dyson v8, heck even a hoover or a shark over one of these.

Great under certain circumstances. Henry cordless isn't very powerful. Usable for hard floors and attachments but pretty ineffective for carpet, no motorized brushbar either. And very expensive for what it is in north america. A numatic NBV, very similar, has a vastly upgraded motor and battery. But still no rotating brush and even more expensive in north america. For these reasons, I can't really recommend them.

Just wanted to clarify those points for OP anyway. I have a Henry cordless and love it for what it is but due to the cost there's hardly anyone I'd recommend it to! Need to get an nbv at some point.

Henry quick (commercial one if possible)

If you want to swap batteries, go with the Numatic Quick. The batteries themselves last an hour so you may only need one. We charge ours like every 6 weeks.

I'm in Canada, have a dog that sheds and a wife that uses the Quick for far too much and it has done a good job. The Pods last longer than you'd think, every single one is packed full. We have one battery and it's tough to say how long it lasts because the vacuum runs in short bursts but it gets charged probably every 6-8 weeks.

I use my Quick for mostly small, hard floor cleanups. It's does a good job and the minimal carpet I do have isn't a problem, though it's not my primary. The pod is nice, it makes emptying clean because I'm not digging through the chamber. The battery lasts an hour so we charge it every 6 weeks or so.

If it helps at all they are only manufacturing more and a new dedicated factory is being built to handle the demand. I understand the reticence though. I do know with the pods they capture more dirt so that's less going back into the air + when you empty, the dirt is in the pod so it stays contained.

I absolutely love my Henry Quick. Pricey but worth every penny. Picks up pebbles no problem. Easy to use good design, quiet, uses bags so it’s easy to empty. Also my back doesn’t hurt like when I use conventional vacuum.

I love my Henry quick

+1 for Henry quick

Easy to clean and cheap, see if you can get a Henry Quick. Henry is a very old and well trusted vacuum cleaning brand in the UK used in commercial environments and at home. They’re cheap and reliable, they’re known for these big tubs on wheels that have a HEPPA filter bag that collects the dust and you replace, no filters or anything, and they’ve just released a new stick vacuum called Henry Quick, which again has a small bag that’s the filter too, so no filter washing and loss of suction. You can most likely get one shipped from the UK, and I imagine the bags can be found on Amazon anyways.