Product selection of Vacuum Cleaners Add to wishlist & comparison Canister vacuum cleaners  Stick vacuum cleaners Upright vacuum cleaners  Robot vacuum cleaner  Classic  Compact  Complete  Swing  Dynamic  Scout  Mainly carpetPredominantly hard floor  Various types of flooring  PowerLine - Highest cleaning performance No special demands  Ideal for allergy sufferers  Pet owners  For everyday use Comfort handle  Ergonomic double slide switch  Comfort cable rewind  Automatic height adjustment  Handle controls  +/- foot switches SwivelNeck Stainless steel telescopic wand  Integrated accessories  VarioClip DynamicDrive Electrobrush   Name ascending Name descending Price ascending Price descendingNerdWallet Shopping’s scoring of the best vacuums for hardwood floors are based on our analysis of the opinions of experts and shoppers like you. Selecting a vacuum that specializes in hardwood flooring is no easy choice, so we researched some of the most popular models on the market to make your decision less confusing.

Here are our top vacuums. The upright Oreck Insight is a lightweight dynamo, cleaning hard flooring quietly and efficiently using low speed but then transitioning to high speed with the push of a button for cleaning carpeting. No wonder it was our top-rated vacuum across the board. Overall score: 9.6How well it cleans hardwood: 10.0Ease of use: 9.6 The Miele S6270 Quartz is our top-rated canister vacuum, winning high marks for its powerful suction, quiet motor, ease-of-use and one-step cord retraction, but where it really shines is in its stellar performance on hard flooring and stairs. Overall score: 9.5How well it cleans hardwood: 10.0Ease of use: 9.5 The Dyson V6 Motorhead is a powerful cordless stick vacuum with a direct-drive motor in the brush bar that users praised for its cleaning prowess on stairs, carpeting and hardwoods. Overall score: 9.3How well it cleans hardwood: 10.0Ease of use: 9.0 The ultra-lightweight upright Oreck Commercial XL2100RHS features a low-profile head that allows it to squeeze into tight spots, while its powerful suction and high-speed deep-cleaning roller brush make quick work of dust and debris.

Overall score: 9.2How well it cleans hardwood: 10.0Ease of use: 9.3 The Dyson V6’s detachable wand makes it easy to reach difficult spaces, but this light, powerful stick vacuum also features mess-free push-button bin emptying and a max power mode that will clear your hardwoods of debris. Overall score: 9.0How well it cleans hardwood: 9.8Ease of use: 9.2 The easy-to-maneuver upright Miele Jazz S7280’s electrobrush automatically adjusts to different surfaces, and the four power settings mean you can customize its suction for every part of the job. Overall score: 8.8How well it cleans hardwood: 10.0Ease of use: 7.7 Read our full Miele Jazz S7280 review The Neato Botvac BV85 robot vacuum uses laser-guided technology as it scoots across the floor, sucking up all the dust, debris and pet hair in its path with its combo brush. And its extra-large dustbin means you don’t have to empty it between every sweep of the house. Overall score: 8.7How well it cleans hardwood: 10.0Ease of use: 8.0

Read our full Neato Botvac BV85 review The Miele S8590 Alize was our second-highest rated vacuum overall, with its bright headlight illuminating the way as it cleaned dust, debris and any and all pet hair off of hardwoods and stairs. Overall score: 9.4How well it cleans hardwood: 9.8Ease of use: 9.2 The fourth Miele to make this list, the Miele S2121 Olympus canister vac is a stealth powerhouse — quietly, but powerfully, wiping hardwoods clean and getting into those difficult places such as stairs, molding or the edge areas of floors.bosch vacuum cleaner instructions Overall score: 9.0How well it cleans hardwood: 9.8Ease of use: 8.6nutone vacuum cleaner parts Rounding out the list is our third Dyson — the upright Dyson DC65 Animal, with Dyson’s signature double-tier of cyclones for powerful suction; vacuum cleaners nigeria

a tangle-free turbine tool; and an active base plate that automatically readjusts as the machine transitions from hard flooring to carpeting. Overall score: 9.2How well it cleans hardwood: 9.7Ease of use: 8.7Classic C1 Delphi PowerLine - SBAN0with electrobrush for best cleaning of low-medium carpeting.High suction power – 1,200 WOptimum carpet care - electrobrush for intensive deep cleaningAdjustable working height – Stainless steel telescopic wandStainless steel telescopic wandEffortless vacuuming of large areas w/ 29.5 ft operating radius More product information    Online Shop Find a dealer Benefits Product details Specification Downloads Support & Service Accessories All product benefits at a glance - Classic C1 Delphi PowerLine - SBAN0 Highlights Cleanliness for comfortConvenienceDesignQualitySafetyNo matter how big or small, fancy or unfussy your apartment is, there will be dust—the sooty, filmy kind, especially, if you live on main streets and avenues. That's why a good vacuum is essential.

And by good, we mean one that's powerful enough to take on not only dust but the grit and grime we walk in with from our streets; light enough so you don't crack your back on chore days (especially if you live in a duplex or townhouse and have to ferry it up steps); and maneuverable enough that it can navigate the most "eccentric" of NYC layouts. Extra bonus points if it's flexible enough to use to clean more than floors (shades, drapes), and has a quiet motor that won't incur the wrath of neighbors if it needs to be deployed in an emergency (or after a particularly messy, late-night party).For guidance, we grilled salespeople at four key stores—Gracious Home, Bed, Bath & Beyond, Best Buy, and Lowe's—that stock vacuums and store-tested as many as we could. , or it truly is a miracle worker. Often, when someone asks for vacuum recommendations for New York apartments, one poster (or two) will invariably sing praises of their Navigator. "It kicks ass on hardwood," says one. "I like it so much I wrote a review for it on Amazon, and I never write reviews!"

It's a Best Buy top pick at their brick-and-mortar stores, which has a placard proclaiming it as such, and a salesperson told us it's well-reviewed and is "probably the most affordable for what you get." And what do you get? Though it's not the lightest option at 15 pounds, the 25-foot cord makes cleanup easy in outlet-challenged apartments—you can vacuum one room even if it's plugged in another—and an attachment hose lets you reach up the corners of high prewar ceilings and clean drapes and shades. And the 10-amp motor is plenty powerful for most apartments.There's a reason the Miele Swing H1 Quickstep Broom is dubbed a bestseller at Gracious Home and is a popular pick, we're told, at Bed, Bath & Beyond, too. (It runs $199 at either outlets as of this writing.) It's ultra-light at 9 pounds, which makes it easier to lug around the apartment, and has a sound-insulated motor, so if you spill coffee or sugar on your kitchen floor way early in the morning, a quick clean-up won't likely offend neighbors.

Even better, it quick-changes into a hand-vac, which makes hard-to-reach areas like under the bed or the crevice between the kitchen sink and the wall—thank you, layout gods—easier to clean. (And it transitions between hardwood and carpet at a push of a button.) It may not be enough as a standalone vacuum for a large classic-six, but for smaller apartments, it's probably the only vacuum you'll need.The Shark Rocket TruePet UltraLight Upright ($229.99 at Bed, Bath & Beyond) had a fan in one salesperson we spoke to, who has one at home. Easy handling on both hardwood floors and carpet—there are other models, but this one claims to work best for pet-friendly homes—and the ability to convert into a hand-vac make it an attractive, useful pick.It's hard to argue with a vacuum equipped with a "silence motor" that makes all-hours cleanup possible, especially one that's sealed, keeping allergenic particles out, and uses a HEPA filter—important if you're allergy-prone—and has a small, lightweight footprint.

Enter the Miele Compact C2 ($429), which received shout-outs nearly everywhere we went. (Both Miele and Dyson—see below—were name-checked in general by salespeople at all four stores we visited, actually.) It's great for both bare floors and low-pile rugs—the common combo for city apartments—and is easy to pull around at a little over 10 pounds. (Watch it get wheeled around with ease on this YouTube video from A Vacuum Warehouse.) And it comes with tools for crevices and upholstery cleaning.Linde's a big fan of Miele, which he says "filters [dust and dirt] the best." (He also prefers bagged vacuums to bagless models; he says bagged ones are better for trapping allergens.) Linde also recommends canister vacuums for households with mostly hardwood floors—even those with a 50-50 split. (Besides, not everyone follows the 80-20 carpet rule, which isn't really a law). "Canisters are designed for suction," he explains, while "uprights are designed for the revolving brush, the spinning brush, to do all the work [which is better for carpet and heavy rugs]."

(He says uprights still have to have great suction, but the brush is designed for cleaning rugs.) Canisters, he says, "give you the best of both worlds," able to clean hard surfaces such as wood floors, ceilings, windowsills, and crevices, but also often come with attachments like a power nozzle or brush that's motorized and "duplicates what an upright does." That said, some rugs, like high-end Persian rugs, aren't meant to be cleaned with a vacuum that uses a revolving brush and has too-strong suction because "it's going to pull up the fibers of the rug." (A turbo-brush attachment is okay, though.)Bar none, the Dyson V6 Animal Cordless Bagless Stick Vacuum ($399 at Lowe's) was the lightest model we tried at all the stores. Weighing less than 5 pounds, it's super-easy to maneuver and stow away—it's no bigger than a mop, really, and lighter than a pogo stick—while still boasting the strong suction for which Dyson is known. (One Lowe's salesperson told us Dysons sell well and "absolutely" get great word-of-mouth.)

Vacuum experts also gave props to the less expensive Dyson Ball Multi-Floor Bagless Upright ($399 at Best Buy) which, again, was recognized for being powerful. And it certainly was easy to use, as the "ball" at its center allows the user to angle the vacuum every which way, though heavier than the rest of the pack at 17.33 pounds.) Some Dyson ball love from a New Yorker on YoubeMom: "I was overwhelmed by the hardwood everywhere, thought I would have to mop it constantly, but the Dyson sucks up all the dirt and dust, I even use it in kitchen."AND A WORD ABOUT HANDHELDS:Given the aforementioned dust situation endemic to urban living, we're doubtful that a hand vac will do the cleaning trick for your home. That said, if you live in a small studio and prefer Swiffer-ing and mopping to vacuuming, you can probably get by with just owning a hand vac. Consider these two brands:Black and Decker's Cordless Pivot Vac ($69.99) should win awards for its design alone, its nozzle folding into the body so it's only slightly bigger than the base of a hand mixer—watch how it works on VacuumWizard's YouTube channel—and nearly as light