7 Best Cordless Vacuums for Your Whole House (2025)

A cordless vacuum might not change your life, but it absolutely makes housework easier. Not being tethered to the wall is freedom you didn't know you needed, letting you move from room to room without having to stop, unplug, and find your next outlet. They're especially handy for me, living in a home with three different stories—lugging a classic vacuum up and down the stairs leaves me unlikely to ever vacuum, and I never seem to remember to take my robot vacuum onto different floors to clean the whole house. But a stick vacuum is light and mobile, making it easy to traverse all three floors and two staircases with only a little bit of sweat. They aren't the perfect solution for every home. Instead of being limited by a cord, stick vacs are limited by battery life and a smaller canister. If you have a crazy-fluffy rug like I do that can shed as much as a living dog, you might find yourself emptying the stick vacuum more than once during a vacuuming session. Larger homes might also fin ... Read full article.