The best ones clean well and are easy to carry, making them perfect for smaller cleaning jobs A handheld vac, like this Shark ...

Our top pick for the overall best handheld vacuum is the efficient, moderately-priced Black+Decker 20V Max Handheld Vacuum.

To find the best handheld vacuum, I spent a week doing a bunch of loud, dirty, dusty, grimy testing with 13 vacuums. I measured debris, scattered it, vacuumed, and weighed it again to get accurate ...