Best Vacuum Cleaner for Hard Floors

If you have hard floors in your house, such as tiles or flagstones, it is smart to pay close attention to the suction brush of a vacuum cleaner. If you start with the wrong brush, the suction power may deteriorate or worse: irreparable damage to your beautiful floor. It is smart to go for a somewhat softer brush, which, thanks to soft bristles on the underside, creates a space between the suction nozzle and your floor.

Today there are many different types of vacuum cleaners that are considered a good choice for hard floors. But which are really the best? In every vacuum cleaner review I test the suction performance of vacuum cleaners on hard floors. In this research you will discover the best vacuum cleaners for hard floors at the moment.

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Best vacuum cleaners for hard floors

At Vacuumtester.com I test all types of vacuum cleaners. From cordless stick vacuums to compact handheld vacuums. With every type of vacuum cleaner, I'm constantly looking for the best for hard floor types. Let's look at the best choices right now.

Best canister vacuum for hard floors

At the moment I rate the Philips FC9745/09 PowerPro Expert as the best canister vacuum cleaner for hard floors. This bagless vacuum cleaner comes with a TriActive multi-surface brush that sucks up the dirt from three sides. This brush performs very well on hard floors.

Philips FC9745/09 PowerPro Expert

The TriActive multi-surface brush performs very well on hard floors. It sucks in the dirt from three sides.

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The Philips FC9745/09 PowerPro Expert also comes with an extra parquet brush: this makes the vacuum cleaner also suitable for sensitive wooden floors. Thanks to the larger rubber wheels, the vacuum cleaner does not make much noise when vacuuming tiles or stone floors. This vacuum cleaner also has the following advantages:

• Easy to empty
• Large dust container
• Integrated dusting brush in the handle

What you have to take into account is the noise level: with more than 70 decibels, it is not the quietest vacuum cleaner at the moment.

Best stick vacuum for hard floors

The new Dyson V15 Detect – also known as the Dyson with green laser – comes out as the best stick vacuum for hard floors. This vacuum cleaner is equipped with a soft floor brush with laser technology. This makes the dirt on dark floors much more visible.

Dyson V15 Detect

The laser lighting makes dirt on hard floors much more visible.

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In addition to laser technology, this Dyson V15 Detect is also equipped with a Piezo sensor. This sensor can automatically adjust the suction power where necessary. Although a cordless stick vacuum is often much noisier than a canister vacuum, it is relatively quiet at 72 decibels. You also enjoy the following advantages:

• Huge suction power on different floor types
• Supplied with an incredible amount of Dyson parts
• LCD screen shows what you're vacuuming

If you find the laser technology and Piezo sensor a superfluous luxury, you can also consider the slightly cheaper Dyson V11. Check out the biggest differences in the Dyson V11 vs Dyson V15 comparison.

Best handheld vacuum for hard floors

If you want to vacuum small hard surfaces, you can also opt for a hand-held vacuum cleaner. The best handheld vacuum for hard floors at the moment is the Philips FC6149 Minivac. It comes with soft attachments for hard floors.

Philips FC6149 Minivac

Thanks to the included accessories, this hand vacuum cleaner is well suited for hard floor types.

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This Philips FC6149 handheld vacuum cleaner comes with a number of interesting attachments that protect hard (vulnerable) surfaces well. This makes this vacuum cleaner not only very suitable for floors, but also for vulnerable furniture. Some advantages of this hand vacuum cleaner:

• Supplied with lots of accessories
• Relatively quiet for a handheld vacuum cleaner
• With car charger

Although the vacuum cleaner has a battery life of only 11 minutes, you also get a plug for in the car. So you can always use it in the car, even with an empty battery.

How I test vacuum cleaners on hard floors

In all my vacuum cleaner reviews I test a vacuum cleaner on all different floor types. An important floor type is hard floors. I test the suction power of vacuum cleaners on hard wooden floors, so that I can immediately see whether a vacuum cleaner comes out as the best vacuum cleaner for hardwood floors.

I test the vacuum's suction performance by using two types of dirt: small dirt (grains of rice) and somewhat larger dirt (uncooked macaroni). If the vacuum cleaner comes with a parquet brush, use it for the test on hard floors. If not, I test the vacuum cleaner with the multi-surface brush on the hard floor setting.

If the vacuum cleaner comes with a parquet brush, use it for the test on hard floors.

I am not there yet with only the suction performance on hard floors: I also test the suction power of vacuum cleaners using a custom-made vacuum tester. This makes it possible to compare the suction power of vacuum cleaners and I can discover the most powerful.

Finally, I also check the noise of the vacuum cleaner on floors such as tiles or PVC floors. I am looking at the wheels of the vacuum cleaner, among other things: plastic wheels can cause a lot of noise.

Suction performance of vacuum cleaners on hard floors

All factors together provide a total score for wooden floors. View the final scores of the best choices at the moment in the overview below.

Why research the best vacuum cleaner for hard floors

Why am I researching the best vacuum cleaner for hard floors? Don't I already have a research for the best wood floors, what are hard floors? That's right! However, there is a big difference between these two floor types. For example, a hard floor can also be a tile floor and a wooden floor can also be a PVC floor. I therefore make a distinction between vulnerable floors and hard floors.

Examples of hard floor types:

• Tiles
• Stone floors
• Marble floor
• Wooden floors*

* Vulnerable floor types are of course also hard floor types, but with that type of floor I look more at the degree of protection.

Examples of vulnerable floors:

• PVC floors
• Laminate flooring
• Parquet
• Hardwood floors

Which vacuum cleaner for hard floors?

As I mentioned before, I test all types of vacuum cleaners at Vacuumtester.com. You can use different types of vacuum cleaners for hard floors. The cordless stick vacuum is very popular these days for hard floors: you don't have to drag a vacuum cleaner behind you and you are very mobile.

Still, in my researches, I notice that the best powerful vacuum cleaner is always a canister vacuum. That can be more interesting for homes where not only hard floors, but also carpet or carpet can be found.

If you are looking for a vacuum cleaner to go with it, especially for sucking up small crumbs, a handheld vacuum cleaner can be very interesting. You can pick this up pretty quickly.

Robbert Tigchelaar

Robbert Tigchelaar is the founder of Vacuumtester.com and is a true vacuum cleaner guru. With more than 10 years of experience in the world of electronic devices, he knows better than anyone what is important in a vacuum cleaner. When a new vacuum cleaner appears, he is eager to test it extensively.