Consumer Reports – September 2019

INSIDE

CR’S LABS

Our testers (Sue Booth shown here)

cover 16 miles of carpet and hard

flooring to identify the vacuums

that pick up messes—from

talc and sand to pet hair—best.

Product

Update

The latest ratings from our labs

Cleanup

Crew

Our thorough tests

uncover the best

upright, canister, and

stick vacuums for

carpet or hardwood

floors, and for special

needs, such as pet

hair and allergies.

How much dirt do uprights and

canisters pick up from carpets?

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100 g*

*Amount of dirt, in grams,

we apply to a carpet.

20 g

The

worst we

tested

60 g

The

best we

tested

0

0 !Dyson Ball

Animal 2

$

73 OVERALL SCORE

0 !Shark DuoClean

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Speed NV800 $

0

75 OVERALL SCORE

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