Best cordless stick vacuum for pet hair in the UK (2024)?

Some manufacturers in the UK pay some extra attention to the performance of their vacuums in the fight against pet hair, because they all know that no matter whether it’s long or short, dog or cat hair, thick or thin, it always has and always will give vacuums a hard time to clean.

So if you are a pet owner and take this into account when buying your cordless vacuum cleaner, you can get some benefits for yourself.

You can save a lot of time on household chores and avoid stress.

The following advantages show why a cordless vacuum cleaner is particularly suitable for pet hair.

Effective removal of pet hair with the extra accessories

One of the biggest advantages is that some manufacturers in the UK come up with quite unusual, but effective accessories for the cordless vacuum.

There seems to be no limit to the spirit of innovation in this segment. There are lots of accessories here that help get rid of the pet hair that our little friends lose all the time. Let's take a mini electric brush, such as the one supplied by the manufacturer Dyson with certain devices. This one works great to vacuum your upholstery.

But be careful: Not every accessory is really useful, and sometimes they can cost extra.

The suction power of cordless vacuum cleaners

When the technology was new, the suction power of most cordless vacuums was too weak to cope with pet hair of any kind.

Today, this is no longer the case. In the premium sector, the suction power is now comparable to the suction power of conventional vacuums.

Converting a cordless upright vacuum into a cordless hand vacuum cleaner

A huge advantage of cordless vacuum cleaners is their 2-in-1 function. In no time at all, you can turn a cordless vacuum into a handheld cordless vacuum. This makes it a lot easier for you to remove cat hair from your upholstery and reach places that are inaccessible for a corded vacuum.

Cordless Vacuuming - No More Tangled Cables!

This one is pretty obvious and of course not only valid for removing dog hair. A cordless vacuum is much quicker to use and you can go from room to room much faster.

Cordless Vacuum Cleaners: Mostly Bagless

Normally, cordless vacuums today are not only cordless, but also bagless. This is profitable in the truest sense of the word when it comes to pet hair. Especially hairs can quickly fill up your vacuum bag.

If you have to change the bag often, the follow-up costs increase.

Not so nice!

You don't have to worry about this problem anymore with bagless devices.

Watch out: Not every cordless vacuum can be emptied easily. We explicitly test this with the devices!

Cordless Vacuum: Good for Allergy Sufferers?!

Our experience with cordless vacuums has shown that we vacuum much more often with a cordless vacuum cleaner. This is because the device is always within reach and is ready for use much faster.

You no longer have to unroll and reel in cables. You don't have to buy bags when they're used up and so on.

Since we started using cordless vacuum cleaners at home, the flat is cleaner.

Also the strong suction power of good devices ensures more cleanliness and less irritating pet hair.

HEPA Filter and Pet Hair

The Filter technology also plays a decisive role in modern cordless vacuum.

HEPA filters are basically able to separate tiny particles from the air. This helps neutralise odours from e.g. the upholstery.

Battery Vacuums are Super Flexible to Use

Cordless vacuum cleaners are not only good for cleaning furniture and floors. They are also very flexible in other ways.

You can take them pretty much everywhere, which would be kinda strange though ?.

Anyways, you can also use your cordless vacuum cleaner to clean your car, for example.

Brave new world! Isn't that what we've always dreamed of?

A robot takes care of the housekeeping.

Robots can't do everything for us yet, but these little helpers can vacuum pretty well.

Especially if you have pets, the robot vacuum cleaner will keep your home clean at all times.

For coarse dirt, for corners and upholstery, you have your cordless vacuum.

These two devices, the battery vacuum and the robot vacuum, complement each other perfectly.

If you want to learn more about robot vacuums in the fight against pet hair, you can find a detailed review on this subject on our page.

The cost of cordless vacuum cleaners is like that of most other technical products: the sky's the limit.

• 70 to £199: You can get cordless vacuums for as little as £80 on Amazon UK, but the devices in this price segment are hardly worth their name. Especially with stubborn dirt, such as dog hair, you will not get the desired result. Quality has its price.

• 200 - £399: The middle price segment is between 200 and £400 for a cordless vacuum. Here you can find one or two devices that can take on pet hair. You can also watch out for discounted models from the premium sector.

• 400 to ...: Of course, very few of us need a cordless vacuum studded with Swarovski stones. So for a cordless vacuum from the premium sector, we normally range between £400 and £1500.

Clean the cordless vacuum cleaner attachments regularly

You can’t really avoid that longer dog hairs, pet hairs and also human hairs wrap themselves around the brush from time to time. This can lead to a reduced cleaning performance.

Therefore, it’s a good idea to inspect the attachments regularly.

Don't worry if hair has wrapped itself around the brush. With good cordless vacuums, you can simply remove the brush and then cut off the hair with a sharp knife.

This is quick and easy (or rather quick and dirty, but the results are the same ? ).

Afterwards, you vacuum as if you had a brand new device.

Clean the filters regularly

The filters of pet owners' cordless vacuums clog up more quickly.

This is because pets simply carry more dirt into the home.

However, this is not a bad thing. Simply tap out the filters at regular intervals or you can even wash them sometimes (please follow the instructions). Then the cleaning performance won’t suffer.

Your advantage: The cordless household helpers usually come with long-lasting filters. This means that there are no follow-up costs for you.

In general, we have collected the following tips for you:

Brush dogs and cats daily.

Of course, this depends on the breed, but frequent brushing definitely can't hurt. What you brush out won’t end up in the flat.

You can use a handy undercoat brush for this. It's easy to get loose hairs with a brush like this.

Vacuum frequently

Frequent vacuuming ensures that there is little hair in the room and that no pet odours can spread in the house.

The more often you vacuum, the better. We recommend the combination of a vacuum robot and a cordless vacuum.

The cordless vacuum is for the rough dirt and thorough cleaning and the vacuum robot takes care of the daily work.