I've just taken delivery of this cordless and I can't believe how much better it is than our older Dyson Cordless. We actually thought our carpets were clean but we've noticed we've been sneezing a lot lately, so we decided to get a Vax One power. It's unbelievably better than the Dyson. My wife felt it was heavy. But here's a tip.....drop your arm, without crooking your elbow and vacuum with your arm hanging loose and straight. It makes a huge difference! We couldn't believe the hair it picked up, which needed to be cut from the brush head after hoovering. Even that was easy, because there is a handy groove to scissor along. Job done. It'e a great cordless for the money!
This is why I'm looking at this, I find it natural, and ergonomically just making much more sense to be able to hold this kind of hoover at the top, rather than with bent elbow. But there aren't many hovers made like that.. most of them copy dyson's design to hold the stick at the end, because they have motor at the top where you'd like to grab it, that's just silly.. I'd like to try this one
We have a VAX Blade 2 max and we have used it in the harshest environment possible - a cinema, to clean up popcorn after family screenings! We've had it years and considering it really is not intended for commercial use it's done very well. Finally the brush head needs replacing and I'l probably get the Blade 4 based on our good experience with current vax. We used a Dyson cordless before and the vax is WAY better, for us at least. The Dyson cordless had a very narrow gap in the brush head for the suction to pass through and used to block virtually immediately, whereas the Vax is much better at dealing with bigger 'objects' (although it can still get blocked with sweet wrappers occasionally).
Hi. Apparently you can purchase an additional battery so you can switch over if you are doing a deeper clean or covering a larger surface area. Thank you 🙏 this video was very helpful
We've bought one and its been a great investment. Does everything mentioned in the review. Light and easy to handle. But it's not so versatile for using in the car compared to a hose vacuum.
The light is very useful i drop a wine glass swept floor twice and still found then vacuum with dust tracker on and it found more glass on floor so dust tracker works fantastic great idea so don't scoff
Great review, I bought one last week after reading many reviews. Was this or the more than double the price Dyson. Opted for this one and i"m not disappointed. I would highly recommend buying a second battery that way one is always charged.
Here's my slight beef with my (and all blade 2/3/4 cleaners). Yes I understand cuts need to be made to keep the price down. But, the batteries in all blade cleaners use old school 2Ah cells, the current standard in most tools and power equipment is 2.5 or 3Ah cells. The purchase cost to the end user would increase by around 12% to include these upgraded 3Ah cells. This means that they could increase the suction on 'low' mode by 50% and still get the same 45mins or so of life. Or on 'boost' mode the life could increase from 12 minutes, to 18 minutes. A massive improvement going begging...
Thank you very good clear information Ive been considering getting a cordless for my Mum as shes taken to tripping over the ordinary hoover cord!! Im going for this one good price and easy to use. Thanks again
I am here because Im doing some research of which is the best vaccuum cleaner to buy as I am planning to buy a new Vax vaccuum cleaner. The one I have now is 22 years old from Vax. It's orange and it also a carpet cleaner. It's still great to use but the problem is the body is getting brittle from daily use. It's coming off piece by piece when bumping on hard surfaces.
The Dust tracker stupidly only works when the spinning brush is on. You need the dust tracker mostly on hardwood floors, so you can see the dust on the floor. The dust tracker should be on with all settings. Flaw in the design.
I personally don't think cordless vacuums are at the stage that you could do away with a mains powered one just yet. I see cordless vacuums as good for quick whip arounds rather than deep cleaning. I mean, I really like my Dyson V6 for quick whip arounds or cleaning up spils but it's certainly no mains powered replacement.
Just got mine. Seems great but I'm a little disappointed straight away that the light isn't available for hard floors when the brush is meant to be off. We'll see how it goes
Hi, great review. We are looking at using this for cobwebs removal on ceilings, do you know what the reach is and would we need the hose accy. ? Thanks
This is one of the worst cordless we’ve had. On carpet with high power, yes it cleans up but.......on lifting the brush end up afterwards a pile of dust/grit falls out. Are we doing something wrong?
The motorised floor head is not fit for purpose, we are on our 3rd head now since buying the machine 5 months ago, it just cannot handle hair... when we first got it we cleaned it after every use, the brush bar became noisy, and the plastic around the drive cog melted, vax sent us a replacement head, the same happened. Hair gets pulled in behind the drive cog and around the bearing, the friction of the hair cause heat and causes the plastuc to melt. Vax sent us another, this time we remove the brush bar clean it and refit it between each room... this made no difference and the same happened again. When it works it cleabs great, but it is just not fit for purpose, deffinately do not buy if anyone has even remotely long hair. Waste of money, completely dissapointed with its longevity.
Good in theory, but in practice, the short battery life on boost mode with the motorised head operating is frustrating. You really need at least two battery packs. However, the battery packs are junk. I've had one of these for a little over a year, and one of my battery packs has stopped charging, after just 10 charge cycles or so. And a new battery pack costs about £70. The actual cleaner works great, and does a good job of cleaning. But the junk battery packs are not worth the investment.
the suction can be deceiving because the ground clearance makes a difference if the head is close to the floor it will seem to stick to the floor even on low power setting but it will push away the oats what it needs is an adjustable head to allow for bigger rubbish like seeds and oats to go under because if it pushing the oats away then the suction is pointless
Just recieved one of these under warranty as our 6 month old vax blade 2's motor failed. So far so good, removable battery lasts much longer than the fixed type
Are there any vacuums where you don’t have to cut the hair off the head? I don’t remember doing this as a teen and young adult cleaning the home for my mum?? And we had a big household ? If not are there any models where you can remove the brush roller to roll off the hair rather than cutting it which isn’t a pleasant job 😂
I have the VAX BLADE TBT3V1H1 24V and wonder if you know how that compares to this model. Is the 18v battery lower powered than the 24v or does that not make any difference?
The best thing about this that doesn’t get mention is the groove in roller blade which in our family we have long curly hair so the groove are awesome for cutting the hair away from roller blade it’s awesome!!!!
I have had one for the past 5 months. Overall a good machine, not great battery life though. The rubber seal between the motor and the dust collector leaks when turning around, quite load and annoying. The latest thing is the brush stopped spinning and has seized up. There was a small amount of hair around it but not excessive. I like most things about the Blade4 but this is too much. It may be time to change makes (I also have 2 Vax uprights that are always breaking down for different reasons).
Same here with my Dyson V11 Absolute cost us a small fortune near £600 Had this now just 6mths over the 1yr guarantee and its breaking down power on trigger just keeps cutting out so angry that i would now have to pay to get this repaired just months after the guarantee ended.
@tracie richards Ditto! We had a Dyson Outsize Absolute and it's a complete nightmare. It was 18 months old when we got rid and in that time it had a new battery, new cyclone unit, new brush head and new seals, all under warranty. When it broke down and flashed a battery error code again, it was time to go!
Is the battery large for an 18V 4Ah lithium is that 5 cells? That's about 72Whr capacity. Can't we do better these days? If the charger were higher power, the charge time could be cut significantly. Shame they don't include a second battery and have an intermediate speed (20-25 mins?) It makes sense if you clean regularly, if you don't, then it might not have enough longevity for those 'once a month attacks on the dirt'.
We have long hair in our family and it’s the first Hoover I have ever had where hair removal is a doodle because the roller has grooves which is perfect to put scissors along to cut hair out of roller it’s a game changer for me!! Men doesn’t think about these things 🤣 I bet a woman designed the roller 🤣🤣
Its total rubbish, sure its easy to clean but hair gets dragged in around the bearings behind the drive cog, this causes friction and heat and causes the plastic to melt, then tital failure of the head, on our 3rd now in 5 months
I think the one VAC 4, I`ve bought has a great suction, BUT by the 3rd day of using it, the roller stopped spinning ? ok It picked up the Wife`s hair from the pile of the carpet, ok, I took the roller out and cut along the grooves to clear , BUT it still didn`t go round, ?? RED Light comes on at the front, The end of the roller where it goes onto the point ( belt side ) had Jammed, the hair had bird nested behind the end cap , to get to it is a Nightmare, after taking all the screws out, then taking the belt off , I found The screw on the inside was rounded off and had to use a Tool Gripper to hold the wheel and jam another tool inside to stop outside and the inside going round together, this of course stops the roller from going around, I couldn`t get to clean it out after all that, BUT freed the movement of the wheel > Just ?? I thought blow this for a lark and put it all together again > It works, but now makes a racket when on, > on a personal View of this VAC 4 , It`s a major Flaw that should be looked at ??? > Try taking it back to the Shop > They Haven`t a Clue ???
The floor head is rubbish on this because it is the same almost to the blade 1. The bearings last about 6 months and although they send a new one, it happened 5 times and when you are out of warranty, they are £40 on a 6th month warranty. No electrical products come with 6 months warranty. One year is pretty much the industry standard so why 6 months? They know they are rubbish. There you go.
The head is crap it's need an ajustment lever it's too low to the ground go pick up some broken crisp m8 and you will see it struggles on flat smooth floors
I literally just had this delivered today from John Lewis - £179.99 (£149.99 exc. £30 VAT - don't you just love VAT?!). I've never used cordless before. I'm just a little concerned about the lithium-ion battery. Just how safe are they to charge? The fact it's made in China doesn't fill me with confidence. 😂
You’ll be fine! They r safe and how’s the vacuum holding up be honest I’ve just ordered a dyson v8 but think ive messed up because they r rubbish i think haven’t got it yet tho
This is not lightweight at all!!! Especially with someone who's got problems with there wrists and when u use it on the carpet it dosnt glide on the carpet it rather trys a sucks the carpet and make it harder and more frustrating to use and as for using on laminate useless as the head just keeps swaying from side to side
Ergonomically the worst cleaner I have ever handled. You need strong wrist and hand due to the weight. Completely unsuited for stair or car cleaning . Removal of the dust container usually involves dust getting on your clothes. The upholstery brush is difficult to control and the crevice? tool is too big a diameter for the sides of the upholstered furniture. The only plus point is the excellent cleaning result on floor carpet.
I've just taken delivery of this cordless and I can't believe how much better it is than our older Dyson Cordless. We actually thought our carpets were clean but we've noticed we've been sneezing a lot lately, so we decided to get a Vax One power. It's unbelievably better than the Dyson. My wife felt it was heavy. But here's a tip.....drop your arm, without crooking your elbow and vacuum with your arm hanging loose and straight. It makes a huge difference! We couldn't believe the hair it picked up, which needed to be cut from the brush head after hoovering. Even that was easy, because there is a handy groove to scissor along. Job done. It'e a great cordless for the money!
This is why I'm looking at this, I find it natural, and ergonomically just making much more sense to be able to hold this kind of hoover at the top, rather than with bent elbow. But there aren't many hovers made like that.. most of them copy dyson's design to hold the stick at the end, because they have motor at the top where you'd like to grab it, that's just silly.. I'd like to try this one
We have a VAX Blade 2 max and we have used it in the harshest environment possible - a cinema, to clean up popcorn after family screenings! We've had it years and considering it really is not intended for commercial use it's done very well. Finally the brush head needs replacing and I'l probably get the Blade 4 based on our good experience with current vax. We used a Dyson cordless before and the vax is WAY better, for us at least. The Dyson cordless had a very narrow gap in the brush head for the suction to pass through and used to block virtually immediately, whereas the Vax is much better at dealing with bigger 'objects' (although it can still get blocked with sweet wrappers occasionally).
I bought one last week. Really great machine and with the free tool kit it does everything with ease.
Hi. Apparently you can purchase an additional battery so you can switch over if you are doing a deeper clean or covering a larger surface area. Thank you 🙏 this video was very helpful
We've bought one and its been a great investment. Does everything mentioned in the review. Light and easy to handle. But it's not so versatile for using in the car compared to a hose vacuum.
The light is very useful i drop a wine glass swept floor twice and still found then vacuum with dust tracker on and it found more glass on floor so dust tracker works fantastic great idea so don't scoff
Great review, I bought one last week after reading many reviews. Was this or the more than double the price Dyson.
Opted for this one and i"m not disappointed. I would highly recommend buying a second battery that way one is always charged.
Here's my slight beef with my (and all blade 2/3/4 cleaners). Yes I understand cuts need to be made to keep the price down. But, the batteries in all blade cleaners use old school 2Ah cells, the current standard in most tools and power equipment is 2.5 or 3Ah cells. The purchase cost to the end user would increase by around 12% to include these upgraded 3Ah cells. This means that they could increase the suction on 'low' mode by 50% and still get the same 45mins or so of life. Or on 'boost' mode the life could increase from 12 minutes, to 18 minutes.
A massive improvement going begging...
Jamie Kulhanek , so true. My 4Ah Makita batteries on the fast charger take just 45 minutes!
Ha ha, Hoover Hadd a light on the head back in the 50's! They didn't call it a "Dust tracker" though.
Don't scoff drop wine glass last night sweep kitchen twice but tracker still found more glass this brilliant vacuum
Thanks for the review I was debating buying this model. This has sealed the deal, brilliant model for the price
Thank you very good clear information Ive been considering getting a cordless for my Mum as shes taken to tripping over the ordinary hoover cord!! Im going for this one good price and easy to use. Thanks again
I am here because Im doing some research of which is the best vaccuum cleaner to buy as I am planning to buy a new Vax vaccuum cleaner. The one I have now is 22 years old from Vax. It's orange and it also a carpet cleaner. It's still great to use but the problem is the body is getting brittle from daily use. It's coming off piece by piece when bumping on hard surfaces.
THanks for the review, what is the wattage of the suction unit? Just wondering if it's an upgraded suction motor over the Blade 2 Max.
A great idea for adding extra fibre to your porridge oats. I shall have to give that a try.
The Dust tracker stupidly only works when the spinning brush is on. You need the dust tracker mostly on hardwood floors, so you can see the dust on the floor. The dust tracker should be on with all settings. Flaw in the design.
I personally don't think cordless vacuums are at the stage that you could do away with a mains powered one just yet. I see cordless vacuums as good for quick whip arounds rather than deep cleaning. I mean, I really like my Dyson V6 for quick whip arounds or cleaning up spils but it's certainly no mains powered replacement.
Just got mine. Seems great but I'm a little disappointed straight away that the light isn't available for hard floors when the brush is meant to be off. We'll see how it goes
This model comes with two batteries, at least it does now. Was that 9 minutes from one battery or 2? cheers
i use the low setting with the motorised brush. The brush does all the magic.
Hi, great review. We are looking at using this for cobwebs removal on ceilings, do you know what the reach is and would we need the hose accy. ? Thanks
The us model of this has a soft roller head which will pick up better on hard floors.
Jeremy clarkson is that you??? 😂👍
This is one of the worst cordless we’ve had.
On carpet with high power, yes it cleans up but.......on lifting the brush end up afterwards a pile of dust/grit falls out.
Are we doing something wrong?
Same ere m8 thats whu im on ere tryimg too find out
I just picked this awesome hoover up for 160 pounds at argos
The motorised floor head is not fit for purpose, we are on our 3rd head now since buying the machine 5 months ago, it just cannot handle hair... when we first got it we cleaned it after every use, the brush bar became noisy, and the plastic around the drive cog melted, vax sent us a replacement head, the same happened. Hair gets pulled in behind the drive cog and around the bearing, the friction of the hair cause heat and causes the plastuc to melt. Vax sent us another, this time we remove the brush bar clean it and refit it between each room... this made no difference and the same happened again. When it works it cleabs great, but it is just not fit for purpose, deffinately do not buy if anyone has even remotely long hair. Waste of money, completely dissapointed with its longevity.
Good in theory, but in practice, the short battery life on boost mode with the motorised head operating is frustrating. You really need at least two battery packs. However, the battery packs are junk. I've had one of these for a little over a year, and one of my battery packs has stopped charging, after just 10 charge cycles or so. And a new battery pack costs about £70. The actual cleaner works great, and does a good job of cleaning. But the junk battery packs are not worth the investment.
the suction can be deceiving because the ground clearance makes a difference if the head is close to the floor it will seem to stick to the floor even on low power setting but it will push away the oats what it needs is an adjustable head to allow for bigger rubbish like seeds and oats to go under because if it pushing the oats away then the suction is pointless
Hi, whats the difference between between the pet version and normal. Is it more powerful or is it just the additional tool
Just wanna say that the Shark is now 330£ on the link in your description. :D
Just recieved one of these under warranty as our 6 month old vax blade 2's motor failed. So far so good, removable battery lasts much longer than the fixed type
Vax warranty is a1.
Are there any vacuums where you don’t have to cut the hair off the head? I don’t remember doing this as a teen and young adult cleaning the home for my mum?? And we had a big household ?
If not are there any models where you can remove the brush roller to roll off the hair rather than cutting it which isn’t a pleasant job 😂
Thanks for the review. You would definitely recommend this vax cordless
I have the VAX BLADE TBT3V1H1 24V and wonder if you know how that compares to this model. Is the 18v battery lower powered than the 24v or does that not make any difference?
Thanks very much great review should I get a spare battery
Great video very thorough. Thanks!
The best thing about this that doesn’t get mention is the groove in roller blade which in our family we have long curly hair so the groove are awesome for cutting the hair away from roller blade it’s awesome!!!!
Vax vs Dyson side by side review next 👀?
H , yes please 🙏
How is this for stairs? Presumably I just remove the pole piece and stick the main vacuum head onto the body to get handheld?
Hi,
I have the same model, do you know where I can find the serial number ??
Thank you
On the actual unit it's the very long number underneath the bar code. Received mine yesterday and needed the serial no. for the 3yr guarantee.
I have had one for the past 5 months. Overall a good machine, not great battery life though. The rubber seal between the motor and the dust collector leaks when turning around, quite load and annoying. The latest thing is the brush stopped spinning and has seized up. There was a small amount of hair around it but not excessive. I like most things about the Blade4 but this is too much. It may be time to change makes (I also have 2 Vax uprights that are always breaking down for different reasons).
I have just bought this vax blades4 I would like to know if the brushes turn automatically on switching?
Are the wheels plastic, as the last vax I had, had plastic wheels, which don't roll over my laminate, they just slide and scratch
Love it much better than the dyson glad I bought it
Looks Great 👍
Nice Video
Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪
God I hope this is the real deal as my Dyson V11 Absolute is the biggest con in my life. I feel defrauded.
Why what’s wrong with it
Same here with my Dyson V11 Absolute cost us a small fortune near £600
Had this now just 6mths over the 1yr guarantee and its breaking down power on trigger just keeps cutting out so angry that i would now have to pay to get this repaired just months after the guarantee ended.
@tracie richards Ditto! We had a Dyson Outsize Absolute and it's a complete nightmare. It was 18 months old when we got rid and in that time it had a new battery, new cyclone unit, new brush head and new seals, all under warranty. When it broke down and flashed a battery error code again, it was time to go!
Omg did you hoover the carpet for 42 mins.. I can't barely do 10 mins. Thanks for the review.
Yes I did - crazy hey!
Thanks for the video, I've got a question, can the motorised brush be running even on the lower power setting?
Yez it can, that's what i normally run it on.
Is the battery large for an 18V 4Ah lithium is that 5 cells? That's about 72Whr capacity. Can't we do better these days?
If the charger were higher power, the charge time could be cut significantly. Shame they don't include a second battery and have an intermediate speed (20-25 mins?)
It makes sense if you clean regularly, if you don't, then it might not have enough longevity for those 'once a month attacks on the dirt'.
So helpful! Thank you
Can you clean the filter
Take it etc if so how do you clean filter?
Hi there nice review 👍. How does does it performs with long hair?
It's good, not had any issues!
We have long hair in our family and it’s the first Hoover I have ever had where hair removal is a doodle because the roller has grooves which is perfect to put scissors along to cut hair out of roller it’s a game changer for me!! Men doesn’t think about these things 🤣 I bet a woman designed the roller 🤣🤣
Its total rubbish, sure its easy to clean but hair gets dragged in around the bearings behind the drive cog, this causes friction and heat and causes the plastic to melt, then tital failure of the head, on our 3rd now in 5 months
Any good for the car?
My light and brush have stopped working, everything else is fine ? What is wrong?
Thinking of buying one
Hi should I buy this or the Dyson V10 animal?
Buy the Vax!!
What does the brush feature do?
Great review
5:42 11 minutes on max power?? are you kidding me?
I think the one VAC 4, I`ve bought has a great suction, BUT by the 3rd day of using it, the roller stopped spinning ? ok It picked up the Wife`s hair from the pile of the carpet, ok, I took the roller out and cut along the grooves to clear , BUT it still didn`t go round, ?? RED Light comes on at the front, The end of the roller where it goes onto the point ( belt side ) had Jammed, the hair had bird nested behind the end cap , to get to it is a Nightmare, after taking all the screws out, then taking the belt off , I found The screw on the inside was rounded off and had to use a Tool Gripper to hold the wheel and jam another tool inside to stop outside and the inside going round together, this of course stops the roller from going around, I couldn`t get to clean it out after all that, BUT freed the movement of the wheel > Just ?? I thought blow this for a lark and put it all together again > It works, but now makes a racket when on, > on a personal View of this VAC 4 , It`s a major Flaw that should be looked at ??? > Try taking it back to the Shop > They Haven`t a Clue ???
A rebadged Hoover that’s sold in the uk
Hey, what’s the charge time from flat?
3 hours
👍👍GREAT VIDEO👍👍
Any good on pet hair? my cats shed like mad. Thanks.
I’ve got a springer spaniel and with the boost function it’s great
I have a border collie, tried to do a mat with the pet attachment head, nothing, didn't lift it, took mat outside and did it with a brush!
The floor head is rubbish on this because it is the same almost to the blade 1. The bearings last about 6 months and although they send a new one, it happened 5 times and when you are out of warranty, they are £40 on a 6th month warranty. No electrical products come with 6 months warranty. One year is pretty much the industry standard so why 6 months? They know they are rubbish. There you go.
The head is crap it's need an ajustment lever it's too low to the ground go pick up some broken crisp m8 and you will see it struggles on flat smooth floors
great socks
Gert Legend , my thoughts exactly!
I’ve got this today
Who cares about all the other specs and results! You had me at Dust Tracker!
This is a great vacuum but beware the batteries die after a while
Seems like it snow ploughs too much
over £300 less than a dyson v11 cordless and the same job.
Just bought it
I literally just had this delivered today from John Lewis - £179.99 (£149.99 exc. £30 VAT - don't you just love VAT?!). I've never used cordless before. I'm just a little concerned about the lithium-ion battery. Just how safe are they to charge? The fact it's made in China doesn't fill me with confidence. 😂
You’ll be fine! They r safe and how’s the vacuum holding up be honest I’ve just ordered a dyson v8 but think ive messed up because they r rubbish i think haven’t got it yet tho
As a pensioner my wife finds handling the motor unit very heavy to manoeuvre.
Literally.
don't bother if you cant buy filters in Australia..
ok cleaner, batteries are crap. my 2 failed after 12 months. wheel feel of floor head lol.. less than 2 years
I can get my dirt cylinder of mine 😢
This is not lightweight at all!!! Especially with someone who's got problems with there wrists and when u use it on the carpet it dosnt glide on the carpet it rather trys a sucks the carpet and make it harder and more frustrating to use and as for using on laminate useless as the head just keeps swaying from side to side
No good on Shagg pile carpets
£ 159 from Amazon
😍😘
#a
That vacuum sucks.
well dome for not showing the detachable facility. utterly useless and thick as they come.
Ergonomically the worst cleaner I have ever handled. You need strong wrist and hand due to the weight. Completely unsuited for stair or car cleaning . Removal of the dust container usually involves dust getting on your clothes. The upholstery brush is difficult to control and the crevice? tool is too big a diameter for the sides of the upholstered furniture. The only plus point is the excellent cleaning result on floor carpet.
Have u found anything better?
Absolute rubbish, 2 failed in 12 months.
We are on our 3rd head in 5 months the heads are total rubbish
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Total waste of money battery only lasts twenty times
It's rubbish
Not even close to Dyson, save your money and get a Dyson. Even a second hand one is still worth it over this joke.
Terrible machine, cant wait to get rid of mine
Really ? That bad ?
all cordless vacuums are not worth buying.
I thought the same thing. Then I took a leap of faith and have never looked back.