The best handheld vacuums are ideal for quick cleanups, whether it’s pet hair on the stairs, crumbs in the car or piled-up dirt by the front door. While they’re not meant to replace your full-size ...

To find the best handheld vacuum, I spent a week doing a bunch of loud, dirty, dusty, grimy testing with 13 vacuums. I measured debris, scattered it, vacuumed, and weighed it again to get accurate ...

Crumbs, sand and pet hair have a habit of appearing five minutes after you’ve finished vacuuming. Even with a good cordless or robot vacuum, it can be easy to miss a spot. On top of that, there are ...

As someone who tests and writes about home appliances for a living, I have a confession: I hate vacuuming. I can usually rely on my cheap robot vac, but a few months ago, when getting ready to sell my ...

However, it does have a major drawback ...

Any parent, pet owner, messy cook, dorm room inhabitant, or regular control freak can understand the necessity of locating the best handheld vacuums on the market. In a life where crushed goldfish ...

I tried upright, cordless, canister, and robot vacs to find models that deliver reliable performance.