Vax Onepwr Blade 5 Dual

What’s the story?

The Vax has a big floorhead featuring dual rollers (fluffy and brush) for improved performance on all floors, and comes with two batteries for a total max run time of up to 90mins. A colour display indicates mode and run time.

You can only charge one at a time, though: pop it off and put it in the charger. There’s a simple wall mount for the cleaner but it doesn’t charge; it has space to stow two accessories but the

Vax comes with four hand tools, including a powered brush for pet hair and a soft ‘tech tool’ brush for gadgets.

Is it any good?

Packaging is largely paper, with just plastic bags on the two batteries, and the first thing you notice is the depth of the two-roller floorhead – well, it beats having to change heads for different floors.

Cleaning one-handed is a breeze, as the controls are at your thumb. One button powers it on; two select the roller speed for hard floor or carpet; and the fourth lets you select boost power, which reduces run time dramatically from 45 to 15mins. You’ll rarely need that boost, but it’s well worth using the rollers to grab more dirt.

The Vax feels heavy in the hand but the display and controls are brilliantly intuitive. Edge performance is better with the side of the floorhead than the front, so you may find yourself going over the edges of the room again, but sideways.

Emptying is a two-hand job. Unusually, the dust canister sits horizontally; the easiest way to empty it is to pop it off the cleaner then hold it over a bin.

The Vax gives you ample power, plenty of tools and a long running time. It’s the heaviest model on test, but it does a good job and could easily be your primary vacuum cleaner.

£450 / go.stuff.tv/blade5

Key specs

● 0.7L ● 2x 45min run time

● 3 power levels ● 3.9kg

STUFF SAYS Good value: you get lots of cleaning power and battery life ★★★★✩