Best Vacuum Cleaner Under £300

If your budget for a new vacuum cleaner tops out at £300, you're working with plenty of headroom — every model in our current under-£300 dataset actually sells for less than £90, well below that ceiling. This page pulls together the vacuum cleaners (or "hoovers", as many UK shoppers call them, regardless of brand) from our specification-led catalogue that fall into this price tier, comparing weight, bin size, filtration, noise and warranty rather than offering a single subjective winner. Prices and stock levels shown are dataset snapshots, not live figures, so always confirm the current price on the retailer's own product page before buying.

How we picked these vacuum cleaners under £300

Our catalogue tracks normalised specifications for more than 130 vacuum cleaners sold in the UK. For this price tier, we've matched seven products with confirmed GBP pricing and in-stock status at the time our data was last refreshed. There's a genuine coverage gap worth flagging: nothing in our current dataset is priced between roughly £90 and £300, so if you specifically want to spend closer to £300, browse our full vacuum cleaner comparison hub for mid-range and premium models while we expand coverage of this tier. Where a specification or rating comes from a lower-confidence source, or from a very small number of reviews, we've flagged it below.

Best wet & dry vacuum under £300

Two Kärcher models are the quietest machines in this list at 74 dB, and both are built for wet and dry pickup rather than everyday carpet cleaning.

The Kärcher WD 2 Plus is the cheapest product in our dataset at £61.00, with a 12L tank, 4.2 kg weight, and a 2-year warranty. It has no HEPA filter, which is typical for wet/dry vacuums built for workshop and spill cleanup rather than allergen filtration. It also carries the largest review sample in this list at 2,647 ratings averaging 4.6.

The Kärcher WD 3 steps up to a 17L tank for £79.99, useful if you're clearing larger spills or debris, at a similar 4.5 kg weight, the same 74 dB noise rating, and a 2-year warranty. Its rating (4.4) is based on only 16 reviews.

Best hoover-style upright vacuum under £300

In everyday UK English, "hoover" is often used generically for any vacuum cleaner, not just the Hoover brand — and this list includes two machines actually made by Hoover, alongside two from Vax.

The Vax Air Stretch Pet Max (£79.99) has the largest review base among the uprights, 3,966 ratings averaging 4.5, plus a HEPA filter — a data point worth weighing if you want a widely-reviewed corded upright. The Vax Mach Air Revive (£69.99) looks similar on paper — HEPA filtration, bagless, 4.9 kg — but its 4.8 rating is based on only 17 reviews, so treat that average with more caution than the Pet Max figure.

The Hoover Breeze Evo Pets (£79.00) adds a 3L bin, HEPA filtration and a dedicated pet tool, though our specification confidence for this listing is marked medium and no rating data was supplied for it. The plain Hoover Breeze Evo (£89.99) drops HEPA filtration but has a solid review base of 228 ratings averaging 4.1.

Best cordless vacuum under £300 (with a caveat)

The only cordless product in our current under-£300 dataset is the Tineco iFloor 2 Plus (£89.00). It's worth being clear about what this actually is: a cordless wet/dry hard-floor cleaner with a built-in mop function and app connectivity, rated for roughly 22 minutes of runtime — not a general-purpose cordless stick vacuum for carpets and stairs. Its HEPA filter and light 3.3 kg weight are useful if your home is mostly hard flooring, but if you need a cordless machine that also handles carpet well, this isn't a direct match, and we don't currently have a carpet-focused cordless stick vacuum matched to this price tier. Its average rating (4.96) is based on only 4 reviews, too small a sample to treat as representative.

Best bagged cylinder vacuum under £300

The Bosch Series 2 ProEco (£89.99) is a bagged cylinder vacuum and the lightest model in this list at 3.0 kg. Bagged designs typically mean less dust exposure when emptying the bin, though this model's specification doesn't list a HEPA filter. It has the second-largest review base here, 161 ratings averaging 4.2, and a 2-year warranty.

Vacuum cleaners under £300 compared

Model	Type	Price	Weight	Noise	HEPA filter	Warranty
Kärcher WD 2 Plus	Wet & dry	£61.00	4.2 kg	74 dB	No	2 years
Vax Mach Air Revive	Upright	£69.99	4.9 kg	80 dB	Yes	1 year
Hoover Breeze Evo Pets	Upright (pet tool)	£79.00	5.3 kg	80 dB	Yes	1 year
Vax Air Stretch Pet Max	Upright	£79.99	4.9 kg	80 dB	Yes	1 year
Kärcher WD 3	Wet & dry	£79.99	4.5 kg	74 dB	No	2 years
Tineco iFloor 2 Plus	Cordless hard-floor cleaner	£89.00	3.3 kg	82 dB	Yes	2 years
Bosch Series 2	Bagged cylinder	£89.99	3.0 kg	80 dB	No	2 years

Is there a robot vacuum under £300?

Not in our current dataset. None of the products matched to this price tier are robot vacuums, so if that's specifically what you're after, this page won't have a recommendation for you yet. Robot vacuums under £300 do exist more broadly on the UK market, but we haven't confirmed and normalised specifications for any at this price point for this page. Check our vacuum cleaner comparison hub for other categories, or check back as our catalogue coverage expands.

How to choose between these under-£300 vacuum cleaners

• Pets or allergies: prioritise HEPA filtration. The Vax Air Stretch Pet Max, Hoover Breeze Evo Pets, Vax Mach Air Revive, and Tineco iFloor 2 Plus all have it; the Bosch, both Kärchers, and the plain Hoover Breeze Evo don't.
• Hard floors and spills: the Kärcher WD 2 Plus, Kärcher WD 3, and Tineco iFloor 2 Plus are built for wet pickup; the standard uprights and the Bosch cylinder aren't.
• Noise-sensitive households: both Kärcher models are rated at 74 dB, quieter than every other product in this list.
• Carrying up and down stairs: the Bosch Series 2 (3.0 kg) and Tineco iFloor 2 Plus (3.3 kg) are the lightest options here.
• Emptying less often: the Kärcher WD 3's 17L tank needs emptying far less often than the 0.5–3.5L capacities elsewhere in this list.

Frequently asked questions

What's the best vacuum cleaner under £300 for pet hair? The Vax Air Stretch Pet Max and Hoover Breeze Evo Pets are the two models here specifically aimed at pet hair, and both include HEPA filtration. This is a specification comparison, not an independent test result.

Is there a genuinely cordless vacuum under £300? Only the Tineco iFloor 2 Plus, and it's a hard-floor cleaner and mop rather than an all-floor cordless stick vacuum for carpets.

Are there robot vacuums under £300? None are currently matched to our under-£300 dataset on this page.

Is a "hoover" the same thing as a vacuum cleaner? In UK English, yes — "hoover" is a genericised brand name commonly used for any vacuum cleaner, not only products made by the Hoover company. Two of the uprights above are made by Hoover; the rest are Kärcher, Vax, Tineco and Bosch.

Are the prices and ratings on this page live? No. They're snapshots from our product dataset, refreshed periodically rather than in real time. Always check the current price, stock status and reviews on the retailer's own page before buying.