This potent bagless stick vac features a powered rotating brush bar, 36volt motor and a 30-minute battery run time. The Morphy Richards Supervac 2 in 1 732102 is an upright cordless vacuum cleaner that you can use in handheld mode, or as a standard floor cleaner. Even if your battery doesn't completely die, due to the nature of lithium-ion technology, it will still gradually lose charge and you'll notice that your product doesn't last for as long as it used to. We also reached out to Russell Hobbs and Morphy Richards for comment, but haven't had a response yet.

A five-star score here means that your hard flat floors will be left spotless of any large debris, one-star means much will be left behind or scattered around the floor.Some cordless vacuum cleaners have suction channels that do not extend right to the edges of the floorhead and so can leave large uncleaned margins around the edge of rooms. We use a test mix of oats and grains as debris for testing hard floors as our carpet based test mix of baking powder and floor freshening powder tends to stick to tiles, laminate and parquet in a fine film that cannot be removed by suction alone.

The Supervac 008’s diminutive weight – not too much over 3kg on our scales – makes it a nippy mover around the home. We risked placing a couple of small bits of gravel in the way over a softwood surface and, sure enough, the soft bristles lifted the debris without marking the floor too. If you want to compare how well this vacuum cleans when the vacuum is full, and empty, then compare the floorboard star rating, with this one.

Ventilation saws and smoke curtains control airflow into a structure, while select accessories create light, foam, mist and even heat to further control the environment and aid in crews’ rescue efforts. First we comb real cat and dog hair into a section of carpet to simulate how trodden in and engrained it can get in a real home. It’s very compact and the handle can be folded backwards to almost halve the height for easy cupboard storage. Ideal for quick clean-ups or for longer weekly cleans, it’s light enough to carry easily from place to place. Morphy Richard’s Supervac stick cleaner range spans a number of models with a variety of features and functions, each distinguished by a model number ending in a Bond-esque ‘00’ number.

battery gives up to 40 minutes of cleaning and an extra pick-me-up for the more stubborn dirt tracks. Lithium-Ion batteries for a longer-lasting charge, it cleans for up to 50 minutes on low power or up to 24 minutes on full power. According to our annual reliability survey, which asks owners about issues they experienced with products they bought, battery failure accounts for 52% of the reported faults with cordless hedge trimmers and 34% of the faults experienced with cordless vacuum cleaners. Vax's newest Blade 3 and 4 cordless models, which launched on 29 January 2020, do have replaceable batteries. A battery indicator light lets you know when it’s running out of juice and it comes with a plug-in charger so it can be fully charged in 5 hours or less.SUPERVAC, headquartered in Vienna, is one of the leading companies for vacuum packaging machines internationally.

We prefer proper docking stations, and the Supervac series has those too, but the 008 stands up on its own well when being charged so it’s not a major issue. Its removable 400ml dust canister means there are no bags to change, so when it’s full, simply empty the contents of the canister straight into the bin and carry on cleaning.The suction power is average for a cordless stick vac, which is fairly low, but the powered brush bar agitates and loosens dirt enough for the cleaner to suck it up. Drifting effortlessly from carpet to hard floors the Morphy Richards 732003 is great for the day to day.