I tested a load of cordless vacuums to find the best option for hard floor – here's the vac that came out on top

You'd think that choosing a vacuum for a hard floor would be easy. Partly, you'd be right – cleaning hard flooring is much easier than cleaning carpet, because all the dirt is right there on the surface. Nothing needs to be excavated from deep within the depths of the fibers.

But if you want the best vacuum for hard floor, there are other things to consider. You want a vacuum that won't ping debris around, or cause it to pool up around the floorhead rather than clearing it. If you have a more delicate floor, you might want an entirely soft floorhead that'll buff your floors without risking scratches. And to make sure you don't miss any mess, you might want a vacuum that's kitted out with dirt-illuminating headlamps.

I recently ran a big group test of eight different cordless vacuums from ...