Top stick vacuums for every budget

Stick vacuums make cleaning much easier. They usually sit and charge while not in use, and can be simply pulled from their storage space, ready to go. While they can be expensive, there are also cheaper options that suit apartment living or those who like to keep on top of their floors with a quick hoovering session each day.
Below, we’ve picked out some of our favourite stick vacuums, which will help you keep your floors in shape, no matter your budget.
NOTE: Prices are accurate at the time of publishing.
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Dyson’s vacuums can be quite pricey, but grabbing them on sale means you won’t be stretching the budget. The V10 Absolute Vacuum Cleaner is now on sale for $699, a 46 per cent reduction. With 60 minutes of fade-free power, and a Motorbar cleaner head that has direct and powerful suction on both carpets and hard floors, this one is worth the investment.
Save $154 when you buy the Dyson V8 from either Dyson or The Good Guys today. Perfect for homes with a lot of pet hair, it has polycarbonate vanes that help pick up hair. It’s also lightweight and acoustically controlled so it’s not loud and disruptive.
This lightweight vacuum from Kogan has 25kPa suction power and a powerful 250-watt brushless motor. With three alternative heads, you can switch out for a crevice tool or a combination tool as needed, and keep your battery running via the wall-mounted charging dock. Best of all, Kogan members can get this one for $129, while non-members can get it for $149.
This affordable stick vacuum has two uses, it can be collapsed down as a handheld or used at full length to reach under couches and other difficult spots. With a run time of up to 30 minutes on the low setting, it’s ideal for apartment living.
Recognised as Dyson’s most powerful HEPA cordless vacuum, the Gen5detect Absolute is built with a dust detection system that highlights the dirt on your floors, sucks it up and reveals how many particles it has collected on the LCD down to the 0.1 micron.
You can choose from three power settings: Eco for a longer cleaning time, Auto which will automatically adjust the suction power depending on floor types and Boost for a quicker and more powerful clean. It also has up to 70 minutes of runtime per use and is built with a digital motorbar brush head with detangling vanes to remove any hair or debris clogging the suction as it cleans. 
Able to trap up to 99.99 per cent of dust and allergens living on your floors with its five-layer filtration system, the Samsung Jet 60 Lite has a high-powered suction with nine cyclones and 27 air inlets from its multi-surface brush head. It has a 40-minute run-time, weighs 2.3kg and comes with a wall-mounted storage unit and charger.
The Shark Cordless Pro uses its Sense IQ to detect the debris on your floor and automatically boosts its suction power by up to 50 per cent to ensure your floors are clean. It can also convert into a handheld or an above-floor vacuum so all areas of your home are spick and span. To top it off, it has a 40-minute runtime, two power mode settings and an LED display to give real-time data on battery life and suction power.
Sleek and stylish, the LG A9 Kompressor Auto Handstick Vacuum is one of the more high-tech models on the market. It uses LG Kompressor technology that compacts dust, hair and debris collected to leave extra space for the vacuum to suck up more. It also comes with an All-In-One Tower that takes the dirt from the vac into the dust bin in the docking station.
To improve your cleaning it uses the ThinQ system to connect to your smart device and give you information on battery life, filtration maintenance and cleaning history on the LG ThinQ app. It also has a Thumb Touch control system to adjust the suction power as you clean and comes with two interchangeable batteries to give you a total of up to 120 minutes per use.
The Hoover ONEPWR Emerge Pet Plus is built with an all-terrain dual brush roll floorhead to pick up all the debris on your floor from dirt and dust to hair and crumbs. It can convert to a handheld vacuum and comes with an extension hose, a motorised pet tool and a 2-in-1 crevice tool, it also comes with two interchangeable batteries to give you up to 90 minutes of power.
Extremely advanced, the Shark Detect Pro Auto Empty System Cordless Vacuum uses four unique automatic cleaning detection technologies to perfect your cleaning. It uses dirt detection to boost suction power, edge detection to double suction power around edges, floor detection to differentiate between floor types and adjust the power needed, and light detection to illuminate dirt and debris in low light settings. 
The vacuum itself is built with a HEPA filter, a self-cleaning brush head and a multi-flex wand to clean under furniture. It is built with odour naturalising technology to prevent the spread of bad smells as you clean and an LED display that changes colour depending on its cleaning stages. It also has up to 60 minutes of power and comes with a wide range of tools to cover all areas of your home.
Designed to rid you of the pet hair that comes from endless shedding, this vacuum has a three-speed setting – with the highest speed best used for a maximum deep clean. It also has a ‘pepper grinder’ feature that rids the vacuum of dust and dirt, meaning you can clear it out in one swift move.
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