In our lab, CR’s engineers put vacuum cleaners through a set of tough tests to evaluate how well a model picks up dirt, how much debris it retains, how easy it is to maneuver, and how noisy it is.
We embed sand and pet hair into carpets to see how effective the appliance is at picking them up. We use the same type of litter on bare floors to observe whether the vacuum picks it up or scatters it about. And we maneuver the vacuum around a floor, just like you would, to judge how easy it is to operate.
For battery-powered vacuums, such as cordless stick vacs, handheld vacs, and robotic vacs, we test the run time of each model. To test noise, we use a decibel meter to record how loud they get and compare the results with other vacuums.
For more details on how we test vacuums, you can take a peek at our vacuum lab.
