Part 1: Choosing Vacuum Cleaner for Animals

For owners of pets, an additional criterion must be taken into account when choosing a vacuum cleaner: it must be adapted to your small companions. Several brands are beginning to find specialized models for the aspiration of animal hair.

Attention, all vacuum cleaners marketed under evocative names like "Animal Care" or "Cat & Dog" are not necessarily perfectly adapted to this task.

Conversely, one should not automatically eliminate a smart vacuum cleaner that would not make clear its ability to suck animal hair in his name, but that would offer interesting features.

How to choose a vacuum cleaner suitable for animals:

1.A quick reminder of the performance

It is not because you are looking for a Smart Vacuum Cleaner that you have to forget the classic criteria that make a vacuum cleaner a good model. Whatever your need, good suction performance is essential.

If you have not already read it, you will find in our general buying guide all the important points in choosing a good vacuum cleaner.

In summary, the energy label that is mandatory today provides clear information on the performance of a vacuum cleaner, in addition to energy efficiency two very useful points:

The cleaning performance on carpets, rated from A to G.

The cleaning performance on hard floors, rated from A to G.

This information is based on tests under conditions controlled by a regulation, and thus allow you to have reliable information to compare the vacuum cleaners which interest you between them.

These notes allow the first selection of smart vacuum cleaners depending on the types of floors in your home.

2.Accessories for picking up animal hair

Good suction power is essential, but it is not always enough to pick up animal hair that nestles everywhere, especially in carpets and rugs. To facilitate the collection of these dog or cat hair, the majority of pet vacuum cleaners have at least one suction head with a mechanized brush.

This is most often a turbo brush, which is driven by the airflow. One can also find even if it is rarer an Electro-brush, which is set in motion by an electric motor: a separate electrical cord connects to the sled to provide the power supply.

In any case, the brush in motion makes it possible to thoroughly clean the tissues and to extract both dust and animal hair. They are sometimes self-detangling, which can be useful for the aspiration of hairs or long hair.