About
Quick answer
TestMyVacuum is a set of diagnostics you run against your own household vacuum, plus reference tables and gear research built on published manufacturer specifications. Most vacuums that get replaced are working machines with a blocked filter, a stretched belt, a worn brush roll or a tired battery.
Why this site exists
A very large number of the vacuums thrown away every year are working machines. What failed was a filter, a belt, a brush roll or a battery, and every one of those is a part the owner can change with a screwdriver for a small fraction of what a replacement costs. The reason it does not happen is that nothing tells the owner which one it is.
That is the gap this site fills. The diagnostics work through the causes in the order a service counter uses, cheapest and most likely first, and each step ends at a specific part rather than at a shrug.
What is here
- Five diagnostics you run against your own machine.
- A parts finder for filters, bags, brush rolls, belts, hoses, batteries and mop pads.
- 302 reference tables covering suction figures, filter schedules, floor matrices, runtime and repair economics.
- Gear roundups at three tiers, and comparisons that settle one decision each.
- Complete kits on two ladders, for carpeted homes and for hard floor homes.
Behind all of it sits a catalog of 359 verified listings. Every price and image on the site comes from there, and a listing with no price or no image is rejected rather than patched.
The standard we hold ourselves to
Every figure is labelled either a standard, meaning a published specification or a defined unit, or a convention, meaning a service rule of thumb. Where no documented figure exists, the page says so rather than estimating one. No page asserts what will happen to one particular machine, because nothing here can see it.
And nothing on TestMyVacuum has been tested by us. That is a limitation, and stating it plainly is more useful than the alternative.
Common questions
What does this site actually do?
It gives you the order a service technician checks things in, and the measurement you take at each step, so a machine that has stopped picking up ends at a specific part rather than at a new vacuum. It also researches gear, because sometimes the answer genuinely is a replacement and the choice should be made on what each machine is built for.
Do you test vacuums?
No. The name refers to testing your machine, not ours. Every recommendation comes from published manufacturer specifications, current listings and verified owner reports, and no page on this site claims hands-on testing. The tools are diagnostics you run yourself, and they report what you measured rather than what we did.
What is in scope and what is not?
In scope is household floor care: robot, cordless stick, upright, canister and handheld vacuums, home wet dry floor washers, carpet extractors, and the consumables all of them use. Out of scope, deliberately, are shop vacuums and workshop dust collection, which are a different tool for a different job with different safety requirements.
How do you make money?
Through affiliate links, which means we earn a commission when a reader buys through one at no extra cost to them. That is disclosed once in the footer of every page, and it is the reason the site can be free. It is also why product grids show the whole price range rather than only the cheap end, since a page that hides half a category is not doing its job.
Every figure here comes from published manufacturer specifications, owner reported measurements and repair documentation, and each is labelled as either a standard or a convention. This is researched general information to help you diagnose and plan, not professional advice, and it cannot tell you what is wrong with one particular machine. Your own manual and the part number printed on your machine are the final word.