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Hello, I got a comment on my previous post recommending I post it here as well.

I had the Philips one but after about a year it's suction changed to the point where it's hard for it to pick up cat litter now..

It must be able to deal with a lot of cat hair and litter.. and preferably be under 500 euros.

Of course I think a corded one is better for my purposes, and I have mostly hard floors with a few small rugs.

The problem is that every year the quality decreases, so it becomes difficult to know which vacuums will still be good. For example, someone may have purchased the same vacuum 5 years ago and think it's great but the one sold today might not compare

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[โ€“] Tartufo@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I'm not exactly sure about what vacuum to recommend, as mine is rather old but still working, however I read your

It must be able to deal with a lot of cat hair and litter

as you using your vacuum to clean up cat litter boxes?

If yes, I'd recommend looking into "Litter Locker". The company behind it is Canadian afaik (took me a good while to find that info when I looked it up though... the website is absolutely not ideal there). It's a smell-proof box where you can dump the dirty litter into, freeing up space in your vacuum amd allowing you to keep going for a while before having to throw it out. Should this be something for you, the requirements a vacuum has to meet definitely should go down or maybe your current one will still be fine then as you only mentioned suction power being too low for cat litter.

[โ€“] jlyndby@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

No, but their litter gets on the floor sometimes