The 5 Best Vacuum Cleaners With Good Suction of 2025

The best suction vacuum cleaner we've tested is the SEBO Airbelt D4 Premium. This is a premium canister vacuum with an incredibly powerful 1250W motor, so it has no problem dealing with stubborn messes and debris stuck in cracks or within carpet fibers. You can adjust the suction power in fine increments using a rocker switch. It's extremely well-built and uses high-capacity dirtbags, easing maintenance tasks and reducing recurring costs. Thoughtful touches include onboard tool storage to keep everything at the ready and a fabric bumper belt surrounding the canister body to prevent damage or marks on walls and furniture. It has a very long power cord and hose, giving it extended reach. The advanced 3-stage filter does an excellent job of keeping dust out of the air and is great for pet owners or people with allergies.

The Premium model comes with a powerhead for carpets and a straight-suction parquet cleaner for bare floors. Its front bristles are removable, so you don't end up plowing medium and large debris forward. This vacuum can be hard to find at retailers and is generally only available on SEBO's website. However, it's a big, heavy vacuum with a rigid hose, and you might find it difficult to maneuver.

The best upper mid-range vacuum with good suction we've tested is the Dyson Ball Animal 3. This bagless vacuum isn't as sturdily built as the SEBO Airbelt D4 Premium; its body is mainly made of plastic and creaks and flexes while in use, which is pretty disappointing for something this expensive. However, it's worth a look if your top priority is raw suction performance. It can easily clear away debris from a wide range of surfaces, as its floorhead features three levels of surface adjustment, letting you quickly adapt from hardwood floors to dense, high-pile rugs. The floorhead also features a set of built-in plastic vanes that are remarkably effective in reducing hair wraps.

The Dyson incurs minimal recurring costs and is easy to maintain since you don't have to worry about replacing dirtbags or filters as long as you clean them according to the manufacturer's recommendations. However, shaking out its dustbin is less hygienic than removing the SEBO vacuum's self-sealing dirtbags because doing so can release a cloud of fine grit and dust. This vacuum is also on the bulky side, even for an upright vacuum, so it can be a hassle to take out of your closet and use for quick clean-ups. Its strong suction power can make it a little hard to push and pull around on shag carpeting, too, though thankfully, it's still much better in this respect than its predecessor, the Dyson Ball Animal 2, which forms so tight a seal with the ground that it can tear up carpet fibers.

The Miele Classic C1 is a great option for a mid-priced vacuum with strong suction power. It comes with a few downsides compared to pricier Miele models; it doesn't feel as robust, lacks an onboard tool storage compartment, and has a shorter cord, so you'll need to swap outlets when vacuuming larger rooms or faraway areas. It uses the same 1200W suction motor as the high-end Miele Complete C3 product line, like the Miele Complete C3 Cat & Dog or the discontinued Miele Complete C3 Alize. You can use the dial at the back of the canister body to toggle through six levels of power adjustment, enabling you to adapt to a wide variety of surface types. Unfortunately, the entry-level Pure Suction variant lacks a power socket at the base of its hose, so it's completely incompatible with powered floorheads.

If you have a lot of thick carpeting and need a C1 variant compatible with powerheads, you'll want to spend more on a pricier variant like the C1 Cat & Dog or C1 Home Care. That said, if your home mainly has bare floors and low-pile rugs, the Pure Suction is a great choice; its floorhead has retractable bristles to increase surface contact on low- to medium-pile carpeting. Unfortunately, it uses fairly small 2.5 L dirtbags, meaning you'll have to swap in a new one fairly regularly if you clean often, along with its pre- and post-motor filters. Thankfully, that's very easy to do.

The best vacuum with good suction we've tested in the budget category is the Eureka Mighty Mite. This compact canister vacuum feels cheaply built and lacks many quality-of-life features found on pricier models like the Miele Classic C1, such as a self-winding power cord and allergen-sealed body. However, it's hard to beat if you're looking for good suction performance for a bargain price. Its relatively potent 12-amp motor lets it easily clear away messes on bare floors and carpets, even with a basic straight-suction floorhead, and it has enough power to do a decent job of sucking up debris in cracks and crevices. Its compact, lightweight construction also allows you to pick it up and carry it wherever you need it, though its power cord is short, so you'll need to swap outlets when vacuuming faraway rooms.

The simple design makes it easy to swap in a new filter and replace its dirtbag whenever it gets full. Still, if you want to avoid swapping out dirtbags, the Eureka Whirlwind Bagless Canister is worth a look, as it delivers an overall cleaning and suction performance similar to the Mighty Mite. However, its bagless design means emptying its dustbin is a slightly more complicated, messier process, as you'll need to worry about the bin expelling a cloud of dirt and debris.

The best cordless vacuum with good suction that we've tested is the Dyson V15 Detect. With 230 AW of suction power, this vacuum is one of the most potent household-oriented cordless models on the market. However, it falls slightly short of higher-end corded models like the SEBO Airbelt D4 Premium and the Dyson Ball Animal 3 in this regard. Its main advantage over more powerful machines is its comparatively lightweight, compact design, making it much easier to grab for quick clean-ups around the house.

The V15 Detect delivers exceptional debris-pickup performance on various surface types. Its surface detection system lets it automatically adjust its suction power to match surfaces, increasing power on carpets and lowering it on hard floors. It also has an onboard particle sensor that counts and measures the size of debris being sucked into the vacuum, which is handy for keeping track of allergens in your home.

Unfortunately, no matter the power setting, it tends to seal itself to carpeted surfaces, causing it to drag around some lighter rugs and get bogged down in shag-pile carpeting. If you're looking for a stick vacuum that costs significantly less and still exerts a fairly strong suction force, the Samsung Jet 75 is worth considering. It doesn't have the Dyson vacuum's automatic power adjustment capability, an onboard dirt sensor, or various attachments. However, with a potent 200 AW motor, it's close to the much pricier V15 for performance.