The 5 Best Budget And Cheap Vacuums – Winter 2023 Reviews

The best cheap vacuum we’ve tested is the Eureka Mighty Mite. Despite its affordable price point, this compact canister vacuum delivers strong performance across a wide variety of surfaces. It easily clears away messes on bare floors and performs well on low and high-pile carpet, even with a basic straight suction floorhead. You can retract the floorhead’s bristles to generate a tighter seal against carpeted floors and improve debris pickup. Suction performance remains consistent as its dirtbag fills up, so you won’t need to swap in a new one too often. Its dirtbag traps most dust particles, though it still isn’t the best choice for allergy sufferers as far as bagged vacuums go, with some variants having vents behind the rear wheels that can bypass any post-motor filtration.

The vacuum itself feels reasonably sturdy, if a little cheap, and has a remarkably simple design that’s easy to maintain. It’s also small enough to easily store in a closet or a nook between furniture pieces. Its wand, made of two hollow plastic tubes, is quite long and gives you a good amount of added reach, though they can fall out of place if you don’t wedge them together tightly enough. You have to wind its power cord back manually, too, which can be annoying.