The Airsign HEPA Vacuum is a compact canister vacuum. It touts some eco-friendly credentials, with a body made from 20% recycled plastic and biodegradable dirtbags. Its minimalistic design makes it easy to maintain. It's also small enough to be stored in most closets. It features a 1200W motor that makes it quite effective for cleaning many surface types. Unusually for a vacuum of this type, you can purchase it with a subscription that ships extra filters and dirtbags to your door, which helps offset some of the added upfront cost.
Our Verdict
The Airsign HEPA Vacuum is excellent for bare floors. It's remarkably effective in dealing with pet hair and solid debris on this surface type. It's also compact and maneuverable, though its short power cord forces you to change power outlets when vacuuming larger areas. It's remarkably easy to maintain, with a minimalistic design that enables you to access all of its components very quickly. You can purchase this vacuum with a parts subscription, which ships new dirtbags and a filter set to your door every couple of months to help offset the cost of replacing a few components periodically.
- Exceptional performance on bare floors.
- Remarkably easy to maintain.
- Subscription helps offset recurring costs.
- Short power cord.
The Airsign HEPA Vacuum is good for low-pile carpet. Its straight suction floorhead has bristles you can retract for cleaning surfaces like this. It easily cleans away pet hair on this kind of surface and sucks up most fine debris, but larger material can be left behind on its rubber wheels and the floorhead's bristles, even when you've stowed them away. Thankfully, suction performance remains consistent as its dirtbag fills up with debris. It's small and consequently easy to maneuver in tight spaces or store in most closets.
- Remarkably easy to maintain.
- Subscription helps offset recurring costs.
- Decent performance on low-pile carpet.
- Short power cord.
The Airsign HEPA Vacuum is a very good option for cleaning high-pile carpet. With its floorhead bristles retracted, the vacuum is remarkably effective in dealing with pet hair and clears away most larger material. However, it struggles a little with fine debris worked into high-pile carpet fibers. If you're having trouble pushing it around on dense carpeting, it offers three levels of power adjustment and has a suction release valve to help adapt to different surface conditions. It feels sturdy, if a little cheap, and has a small canister body well-suited to apartments. Unfortunately, its power cord is very short, so you'll probably need to swap outlets when vacuuming larger or very cluttered areas.
- Remarkably easy to maintain.
- Good performance on high-pile carpet.
- Subscription helps offset recurring costs.
- Short power cord.
The Airsign HEPA Vacuum is a good option for pet owners. It's remarkably effective in dealing with pet hair across a wide range of surfaces. While pet hair can get caught in its floorhead's bristles, it's very easy to clean, especially considering that there's no brushroll for pet hair to get tangled on. Its multi-stage filtration system is also effective in sealing fine allergens like pet dander. The Airsign dirtbags it uses have a collar to help prevent dust from escaping when removing them from the vacuum. It doesn't come with a miniature turbo brush or even a dedicated upholstery tool for cleaning pet hair from fabric surfaces.
- Remarkably easy to maintain.
- Multi-stage filtration system.
- Superb pet hair pickup.
- Short power cord.
- No turbo brush or upholstery tool.
The Airsign HEPA Vacuum is a good fit for cleaning staircases. Its small, relatively lightweight size allows you to pick it up and carry it up and down flights of stairs. You can position the canister body upright on stairsteps to reduce its footprint. It performs remarkably well on hardwood or vinyl stairs and does a decent job on low and high-pile carpeted surfaces. Its very short power cord forces you to swap outlets when vacuuming longer staircases.
- Exceptional performance on bare floors.
- Compact design.
- Good performance on high-pile carpet.
- Decent performance on low-pile carpet.
- Short power cord.
- No turbo brush or upholstery tool.
The Airsign HEPA Vacuum is good for cleaning out the inside of your car. It isn't especially large or heavy, allowing you to carry it to your car or position it on a seat for improved reach. It does a fantastic job of cleaning debris on hard, flat surfaces and is decently effective on low-pile carpeting, which is handy for cleaning floor and trunk mats. Unfortunately, it doesn't come with a turbo brush or an upholstery tool to help deal with messes on seats, though its hard-bristle brush attachment is a reasonably good fit for this kind of use. Since it has a very short power cable, you'll probably need to use an extension cord to reach every part of your car's interior.
- Compact design.
- Decent performance on low-pile carpet.
- Comes with a hard-bristle brush and crevice tool.
- Short power cord.
- No turbo brush or upholstery tool.
The Airsign HEPA Vacuum is middling for workshop cleaning, though this isn't its intended use case. It exerts a strong suction force, allowing it to easily clear away debris, even in deep cracks and crevices. It also excels at cleaning bare, flat surfaces and performs decently well on low-pile floormats and rugs. However, you can't use it to suck up liquid spills. While its biodegradable dirtbags are more environmentally-friendly than those used by other bagged canister vacuums, they're also more fragile and might tear if you use them to pick up heavy workshop debris.
- Exceptional performance on bare floors.
- Compact design.
- Decent performance on low-pile carpet.
- Short power cord.
- Not rated for liquid pickup.
- Dirtbags may tear when cleaning very bulky workshop debris.
Changelog
- Updated Oct 20, 2023: We've added text to this review for the new tests added in Test Bench 1.2.
- Updated Oct 20, 2023: We've converted this review to Test Bench 1.2. This update builds on our previous 'Suction' test with a new 'Airflow' test that more accurately measures a vacuum's ability to generate air movement. If you'd like to see an in-depth look at the reasoning and methodology behind this change, you can see our full changelog here..
- Updated Oct 03, 2022: This vacuum's suction force has been retested with a more accurate manometer. The test results for the 'Maximum Suction' and 'Normal Suction' fields have been updated. All relevant scores and text have been updated.
- Updated Aug 05, 2022: Converted to Test Bench 1.1.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
The Airsign HEPA Vacuum is only available in one color scheme: 'Jet Black'. You can purchase it with or without a refill subscription, which ships four new dustbags and an extra HEPA filter to your door every six months. You can see the label for our test unit here.
Let us know in the discussions if you come across another variant of this vacuum.
Popular Vacuum Comparisons
The Airsign HEPA Vacuum is a bagged canister vacuum that's simple to operate and incurs a lower environmental impact than most other alternatives, thanks to a body made partially from recycled materials and its use of biodegradable dirtbags. It performs similarly to the Pure Suction variant of the Miele Classic C1 but has a slightly more compact body that makes it easier to store. However, it has an even shorter range, so you'll need to swap outlets when cleaning large rooms.
If you're looking for alternatives, consider our list of recommendations of the best canister vacuums, the best HEPA vacuums, and the best bagged vacuums.
The Airsign HEPA Vacuum and the Dyson V15 Detect are two very differently designed vacuums with varying uses. The Airsign is a better option for longer cleaning sessions because of its corded design, allowing you to run it indefinitely. Unlike the bagless Dyson, it uses biodegradable dirtbags to hold in debris, resulting in cleaner and less frequent dirt disposal but also higher recurring costs. The Dyson's cordless design allows you to carry it out wherever you may need it, and it does a better job of dealing with debris embedded in carpets.
The SEBO Airbelt D4 is better than the Airsign HEPA Vacuum. The SEBO is a better option for cleaning large houses. It feels better built, uses larger dirtbags that don't need replacing as often, has longer-lasting filters, has a much longer range, and makes less noise. Meanwhile, the smaller Airsign is lighter and easier to maneuver, making it a better fit for smaller living spaces.
The Eureka Mighty Mite and the Airsign HEPA Vacuum each have advantages, so one might suit you better than the other, depending on your needs. The Eureka has a longer range and weighs considerably less, making it a better option for cleaning far-off areas like the inside of your car. However, the Airsign is a better fit for most types of household cleaning, with three different suction power modes and a suction control slider that allows you to adapt to different surfaces on the fly. The Airsign also has a multi-stage HEPA filtration system that's far more effective in sealing in allergens.
The Airsign HEPA Vacuum and the NaceCare HVR 200 Henry are both canister vacuums that have advantages and disadvantages, meaning one might suit you better than the other, depending on your exact requirements. The Airsign is a better option for pet owners thanks to its onboard HEPA filter and superior hair-pickup performance. It's also easier to maintain, takes up less room, and weighs less. That said, the better-built NaceCare is a superior option for cleaning bigger areas, thanks to its much longer power cord and use of considerably larger dirtbags.
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