Samsung Jet 90 Complete Vacuum Review

The Samsung Jet 90 has alright build quality. It's mostly made of plastic but feels fairly sturdy and has a premium look. The wand is also plastic and has a metallic finish. However, the dustbin and motorhead, which are made of clear plastic, feel like they could break if dropped. If you're looking for a cordless stick vacuum that feels slightly more solid, consider the Dyson Gen5detect/Gen5detect Absolute.

Assembling the vacuum is easy and intuitive. The charging station is easy to assemble, but you may need to look at the instructions.

The Samsung Jet 90 is pretty easy to maintain, but you must remove and service a few parts regularly.

• Dirt compartment: Push the release button on top of the dirt compartment to remove it. Pull out the micro filter and remove the cyclone filter by twisting counter-clockwise. Empty the dustbin over a garbage can. You can also wash it with water.
• Cyclone: After taking out the dirt compartment, twist the cyclone filter counter-clockwise to remove it. You can use the soft bristle brush to clean the dust off the metal grill when necessary. You can also wash it with water once a month.
• Micro filter: This is located inside the dirt compartment. Remove the dirt compartment first, and then pull it out. You should dust the micro filter regularly, and you can wash it with water once a month.
• HEPA filter: Twist to unlock and remove. You can remove any dust and debris from this filter as needed. You shouldn't wash it with water.
• Soft brush head: Push the button on top of the head to unlock, then slide it out. When necessary, you can clean the brushroll with a cloth or towel.
• Turbo action brush head: Remove the same way as the soft brush head. Use scissors to cut away any tangled hair when necessary.
• Motorized brush tool: Use the crevice tool to clean this part.

Any part you wash with water should be allowed to dry thoroughly, out of direct sunlight, before being put back in the vacuum. There's an LED light on the handle to indicate when there's a clog, brushroll obstruction, missing filter, or when the vacuum isn't assembled properly.

The Samsung Jet 90 incurs low recurring costs.

• HEPA Filter: No replacement interval is given for the HEPA filter. However, we recommend swapping in a new one if you notice a decrease in vacuum performance, even if you clean the filter according to the manufacturer's recommendations. You can buy a replacement unit here.

The Samsung Jet 90 is okay to store. It comes with a charging station that holds the vacuum upright without being mounted to a wall. The rack is fairly narrow. It's deeper than many storage stations, so it sticks out farther from the wall than the rack for the LG CordZero A9 Ultimate. It can hold two tools, so you need to find somewhere else to store the rest of them. Unlike the cheaper Samsung Jet 70, it has a telescopic wand that you can collapse to reduce its vertical footprint and a rack station with room to charge two batteries at once. However, you must buy the second battery separately because it's not included. There's room to store the power cable behind the station.

The Samsung Jet 90 has an adequately sized dirt compartment. It holds a little less debris than the manufacturer advertises, but it's still not a bad size for a stick/handheld vacuum. It's made of see-through plastic and has a max fill line so you can see when it's full.

• Samsung Jet 90 Complete cordless stick vacuum
• Vacuum body
• Dirt compartment
• HEPA filter
• Cyclone filter
• Micro filter
• Battery
• Telescopic wand
• Turbo action brush head
• Soft brush head
• User guide
• Tools and brushes
• Motorized tool
• Flexible tool
• Crevice tool
• Combination soft bristle brush and upholstery tool
• Charging station
• Charging station base
• Charging station stand
• Charging cable for stand
• Wall anchors and screws

As a cordless vacuum, the Samsung Jet 90 has an unlimited range as long as it has battery life remaining and room left in its dirt compartment.

The Samsung Jet 90 has great portability. It's light and doesn't feel very heavy in your hand when you use it as a stick vacuum. It also has a carrying handle to make it easier to carry up and down stairs or between rooms.

The Samsung Jet 90 has a satisfactory battery performance. If you use it on the 'LOW' power setting with the combination tool attached, it provides roughly 60 minutes of continuous use, which matches the advertised maximum battery life. Set to 'Max' mode with the 'Turbo Action Brush' and wand attached, it lasts for only about 10 minutes. The vacuum takes roughly two and a half hours to recharge. There are three indicator lights on each side of the battery, and when all three are solid blue, it's fully charged. Consider the A916BM variant of LG CordZero A9 if you want a cordless stick vacuum with a second battery in the box.

The Samsung Jet 90 has an on/off button and power adjustment controls on top of its handle. There are three suction power settings: 'LOW,' 'MED,' which is the default setting, and 'MAX.' Unlike the Dyson V15 Detect, there's no automatic surface type adjustment feature, but it comes with a soft brushroll for bare floors and a 'Turbo Action Brush' brushroll for carpets. You can manually switch between them to adapt to different floor types.

The Samsung Jet 90 comes with a variety of tools and brushes that clip onto the vacuum or wand. It has a combination upholstery tool and a soft brushroll tool. There's also a flexible tool that you can clip on before attaching another tool or brush. It has an articulated joint you can use to adjust the angle of the tool, which helps clean out-of-reach spots like ceiling fans or high-up shelves. There are also two brushrolls you can switch between when using the vacuum in its stick configuration.

You can use the Samsung Jet 90 as a stick vacuum or reconfigure it into a handheld mode by detaching the wand.

This vacuum does a decent job of handling debris on hard floors when used with its soft roller. Its soft roller can easily pass over large debris like cereal so that the vacuum can clear this away, but medium-sized debris like rice and finer debris like sand are projected backward, where they get stuck against the strip of bristles running along the rear of the floorhead.

This vacuum delivers poor performance on high-pile carpet when used with its multi-surface roller. It has a little bit of trouble dealing with large or medium-sized debris like cereal or rice. Its floorhead also doesn't provide enough agitation on carpets to work out finer debris like sand that's been embedded deep within carpet fibers.

This vacuum offers decent performance on low-pile carpet. Small amounts of medium-sized debris like rice are left along walls and in corners, and you'll need to make an extra pass to fully clear away finer debris like sand that's been worked into carpet fibers. On the upside, it does a good job of handling larger debris like cereal.

This vacuum's pet hair cleaning performance on low-pile carpet is excellent when you use it with its multi-surface roller. You'll seldom need to make a second pass to clear away hair, even when it's been worked deep into carpet fibers.

The Samsung Jet 90 has good suction power on its floorhead. Despite using a more powerful 200W motor than the Samsung Jet 70, which uses a 150W motor, its suction force in its high-power 'MAX' mode is notably inferior. You can attribute some of this difference to the differences between each vacuum's Turbo Action Floorhead, which, despite outside similarities, generate different suction results when the vacuum is run in its 'MAX' suction mode, as shown below:

• Samsung Jet 90 Vacuum + Jet 70 wand and floorhead: 7.11 inH₂O (1.77 kPa)
• Samsung Jet 90 Vacuum and Wand + Jet 70 floorhead: 7.47 inH₂O (1.86 kPa)

This vacuum has decent airflow. It isn't that far behind market leaders in this respect, like the Dyson V15 Detect, and it won't have trouble lifting away most kinds of solid debris.

The Samsung Jet 90 Complete is pretty quiet. Using it in an enclosed room does help block out most of the noise, though its suction motor emits a slightly louder noise than the less powerful Samsung Jet 60. It's a somewhat high-pitched noise, which can mask the sound of nearby conversation.

The Samsung Jet 90 has good maneuverability. It doesn't weigh very much, and the suction power settings on the handle are easy to reach. The wand is telescopic, meaning you can adjust its length. The tools make it easy to clean furniture, although you may need to crouch to reach under low-lying couches and coffee tables. However, it's annoying to manually switch the brushroll when you move from cleaning bare floors to carpets and vice versa. It can also get caught on rug tassels and fluffy carpets.

The Samsung Jet 90 does a decent job dealing with pet hair on furniture. Generally speaking, turbo brush tools are the best choice for cleaning pet hair on upholstered surfaces. In the case of this vacuum, its loose attachment hinge and inability to collect really fine hair make it hard to use while holding the vacuum in one hand. While the upholstery tool has a narrower suction inlet, it's also easier to use on this surface type. We recommend using the combination tool in conjunction with the turbo brush for optimal pet hair-cleaning performance on upholstered furniture. You can see a video of both tools in action here and the results of said performance test here.

The Samsung Jet 90 Complete is effective at sealing in fine particles. Like all other Samsung Jet stick vacuums, it has a five-stage filtration system that the manufacturer advertises can seal in 99.999% of microdust particles.

The Samsung Jet 90 does an excellent job clearing debris in cracks and crevices. Its soft brushroll head generates a pretty tight seal against the contact surface, allowing it to clear away debris in shallow cracks and crevices. It's also effective for collecting debris in shallow cracks and crevices. That said, it's better to use the vacuum's dedicated crevice tool for this application.

This vacuum does a good job of dealing with stains when used with the Spinning Sweeper floorhead, which is available as part of a bundle with this vacuum and uses rotating pads to clear away dried-on debris. However, the mop pads become quite dirty while cleaning, so you'll need to replace them pretty often when dealing with larger stains. Thankfully, they're quite easy to install on the floorhead, as you can see here.

The Samsung Jet 90 Complete does a terrible job dealing with stains when used with its Turbo Action Brush floorhead. See a video of the floorhead being used on a stain here and a picture of the contact surface after being cleaned here.

This vacuum isn't rated to suck up water. However, it's compatible with the 'Spinning Sweeper' floorhead, which you can use with reusable microfiber mop pads to clear away water. Unfortunately, this attachment isn't very effective in dealing with spills, as, unlike the Dyson V15s Detect Submarine, its mopping attachment doesn't have a separate internal reservoir for drawing in dirty water. That said, both of these vacuums are unlike a true hybrid vacuum/mop, like the BISSELL CrossWave Cordless Max, in that they can't suck liquids up into their dustbins. The reusable microfiber mop pads are initially quite effective in absorbing water but quickly become saturated and begin to spread the liquid around. When used with this floorhead, the vacuum is best for dealing with liquid spills that are smaller than an ounce.