Keep floors clean and tidy on a budget with the best vacuum cleaners under £100

If you can't afford your dream cordless Dyson just yet, this one from Bush is a great alternative. It has an attractive, modern design, is lightweight, and can be used on all types of flooring in your home.

The Bush 2-in-1 Cordless Vacuum Cleaner has a handy Eco mode, which gives you an impressive 45 minutes of extra time and also comes with an assortment of accessories, such as the crevice and nozzle tool. Just like premium cordless vacuums, this one can also convert to a handheld hoover and its multi-filtration system makes sure no dust is left untouched.

When looking at the more negative reviews, customers felt the suction could be better, with some reviews mentioning it wasn't as powerful as they expected it. Customers rave about how light the vacuum is, which is helpful for lugging it up and down stairs, and they're also impressed that it's easy to use, with a variety of tools to make keeping dust and debris at bay simple.

The BLACK+DECKER Compact Pivot Vacuum is an ideal handheld solution for tackling small messes with ease. Lightweight and easy to carry, this nifty little vac is perfect for quick clean-ups around the house or in the car. Thanks to its pivoting nozzle, which rotates up to 200 degrees, even those tricky, hard-to-reach spots are easy to clean as you can thoroughly clean from any angle.

Our Digital Writer, Akhila Thomas, put this budget-friendly vacuum to the test and found it effortlessly clears small debris like sugar or oats in just one sweep on hardwood floors and a couple of sweeps on carpets. It’s also great at tackling hair, even the stubborn strands that get tangled in rugs and mats can be lifted with this vac. The handy flip-out brush is great for delicate surfaces, while the extendable crevice tool helps reach into sofa cushions, car seats, wardrobes, and even those pesky cobwebs. The suction is strong enough to freshen up seats, carpets, and even car floor mats with ease.

The vacuum charges quickly and has a long-lasting battery, with a flashing light that gives you a heads-up 30 seconds before the power runs out. When you're done, you can just simply fold it in half for easy storage. While emptying it regularly is essential to maintain performance, the vacuum is simple to use and assemble. It’s not the quietest machine out there according to Akhila but its modern, lightweight design and powerful suction make it a practical and stylish cleaning tool. Akhila tested the rose gold version but it's exactly the same in black, which we have linked to.

The Russell Hobbs Titan RHCV4601 Cylinder Bagless Vacuum Cleaner is a powerful budget cleaning solution for homes with both hard floors and carpets. Whether you’ve got hard floors, carpets or a house full of fluffy pets, this vacuum can handle it all with its impressive suction power. Olivia Sheed, from one of our sister sites What’s The Best, tested the Russell Hobbs Titan RHCV4601 Cylinder Bagless Vacuum Cleaner and found that even stubborn dust and debris disappeared in just a couple of sweeps, with larger debris, like oats, being picked up in a single pass, making cleaning quick and efficient.

This vacuum is particularly great for pet owners with a handheld attachment that works wonders on fur and hair. Tangling around the attachments and floorhead is also kept to a minimum which Olivia noted is something you don’t always get with budget-friendly vacuums. Plus, the HEPA filter captures up to 99.97 per cent of allergens and pet dander, making it a solid choice for allergy sufferers
When it comes to manoeuvrability, Olivia gave it a thumbs-up. Big wheels, a flexible head, and a design that slips easily under furniture make it a dream to use as it moves around easily. The long tubing helps reach those tricky spots, though Olivia did find it could get in the way sometimes. While it’s lightweight, storing it can be a little tricky due to its size.

Olivia also found the suction on this affordable vacuum is seriously strong, which is great for deep cleaning, but she did note that pushing it over thick, deep-pile carpets takes a bit of effort, which could be challenging for those with a weaker grip. Also, the power cord is on the shorter side, meaning you may need to change power sockets more frequently during cleans. Overall though, the Russell Hobbs Titan RHCV4601 offers incredible value for its performance, making it a pet-friendly budget vacuum perfect for busy households.

If you prefer the feel of an upright vacuum cleaner, then this affordable option from Hoover is a great pick. The Hoover Breeze Evo Upright Vacuum Cleaner has plenty of suction and an adjustable bar on the floorhead to allow you to move between carpets and hard floors seamlessly.

To help you clean for longer and further, it is equipped with a three-litre bin capacity, a 4.5-metre stretch hose and a seven-metre-long power cord to allow you to tackle larger surface areas around your home without needing to unplug and empty. It also includes a long crevice tool, an extension tube and a two-in-one dusting and upholstery tool to help tick off cleaning tasks all over your home.

Suction, features and design are the three areas this Hoover scores highly for with customers on Argos. Some reviewers have found it to be slightly heavy so this is something to bear in mind if you're going to be carrying it downstairs and upstairs. Another thing that is mentioned in the customer reviews is that this is a quite basic vacuum cleaner but it does the job of keeping floors clean and tidy.

It is not the most attractive of vacuums, but this Amazon Basics Cylinder Vacuum Cleaner does exactly what it says on the tin: it's lightweight, has great suction power and is very affordable. It's also fitted with a HEPA 12 filter, designed to capture 99.5 per cent of dust particles, making this a great choice for those with dust allergies.

This cylinder vacuum comes with various cleaner heads to help you tackle cleaning cobwebs from corners, crumbs in between cushions, pet hair from floors and so much more. The different heads and tools are conveniently attached to the back of the vacuum so you can easily switch between them whenever they're needed. It's also one of the quietest vacuums under £100 in our roundup, and with an operating radius of eight metres, you'll easily and quietly be able to cover plenty of ground.

While this vacuum isn't winning many points in the style stakes, it more than makes up for it with its suction power and manoeuvrability. Customers think it's a decent size, with its two-litre bin capacity, but have also found it to be compact and lightweight. A thing that is consistently mentioned in the customer reviews is the cord length as some reviewers thought the cable could be longer but it's not overall impacted their cleaning sessions.

Weighing just 2kg, this vacuum from reputable floor cleaning brand Bissell is ideal for those who suffer from aches and pains and need something that's easy to move about.

As well as being a regular upright vacuum, this BISSELL Featherweight 2-in-1 Lightweight Vacuum also converts into a handheld version so that you can clean up small messes, furniture, and sides hassle-free. It can be used on hard floors, as well as carpet, and despite it being super lightweight, this vacuum still has very powerful suction.

This light but still mighty vacuum could have a longer cord length according to customers online. Some found the cord to be quite restrictive as it meant they had to unplug to be able to vacuum around the whole length of larger rooms but it wasn’t so much of an issue for smaller rooms. As it’s so lightweight, customers are impressed with the portability of the vacuum cleaner as they can move it from room to room and up and down stairs without putting too much strain on their arms and backs.

This Karcher WD 2 Plus Wet and Dry Vacuum Cleaner is best for those jobs in the garden, garage or car that are just a little too 'heavy duty' for your regular indoor vacuum. That being said, it could still be used for indoor dust and dirt.

With a super powerful suction of 180 air watts, this vac can take on everything from dust to heavy dirt and even liquid. As you can expect from its size, it has a very decent 12-litre cleaning capacity, so there will be no need to empty this vacuum regularly, but it comes with an additional fleece filter bag for when you do. It comes with a crevice nozzle, too, for extra precision when cleaning in those smaller nooks and crannies.

If you're concerned this vac may be too much to lug around, don't be, as surprisingly, it's not that heavy, weighing in at 4.24kg. However, once you've got the 12-litre bin filled, it may be a different story, so that’s something to consider when you’re taking it out to jobs outside of the house. Customers appreciated the versatility of the cleaner as it can be used for outdoor jobs as well as indoor ones and can also clean up liquids too. Some customers felt the floorhead provided isn’t designed to be used on carpets and found they had better results using it on hard floors and lino. As it’s designed for tougher jobs, it has a powerful suction but because of the amount of power behind it, it makes for a particularly noisy machine.