The Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra is a flagship cordless stick vacuum. It uses a 400 AW suction motor and includes a docking station that recharges the vacuum and empties its dustbin. It utilizes AI to automatically adjust the suction level and brushroll speed according to the floor surface it detects. The Active Dual Brush floorhead features an unpowered soft roller at the front and a powered, bristled main brushroll surrounded by felt pads. There's also a HEPA filter to seal in dust.
Our Verdict
The Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra is an acceptable choice for a home, with the caveat that its runtime at maximum power is so short that you won't be able to clean up even small messes. You'll have to turn down the suction power, defeating the purpose of such a powerful vacuum. On the positive side, this well-built cordless vacuum doesn't require being close to a power outlet. For pet owners, its brushroll delivers sufficient agitation to pick up even deeply embedded pet hair. Carpet pickup is decent, with the vacuum effectively removing most medium and large debris, although it leaves a small amount of fine debris behind on high-pile carpets. The best feature for keeping a clean home is the HEPA filter, which seals in nearly all particles, and the self-empty dock, which means you can empty the vacuum into the dock and dispose of the dustbag without creating a cloud of dust. Unfortunately, bare floor pickup could be improved, as this vacuum pushes around medium and large debris.
Nearly perfect HEPA filtration.
Self-empty dock effectively contains dust during emptying.
Great pet hair pickup.
Good build quality.
Medium and large debris is plowed ahead due to the floorhead design.
Leaves some embedded fine debris in carpets.
Extremely short runtime at maximum power.
The Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra is a great choice for a small apartment. Its best feature for small spaces is its nearly perfect filtering and its self-empty dock, both of which keep dust out of the air and prevent particles from settling throughout the room. This cordless vacuum can go anywhere in a small apartment without a cord getting underfoot. It's easy enough to store away in its dock, though you can't fold anything up. Also, pet owners will find that the brushroll effectively pulls pet hair from carpet. Carpet cleaning is satisfactory, though it leaves some fine debris behind, especially in high-pile carpet. However, the brushroll's design, with a fluffy idler roller, struggles to clear most debris when you're cleaning hard floors.
Nearly perfect HEPA filtration.
Self-empty dock effectively contains dust during emptying.
Great pet hair pickup.
Medium and large debris is plowed ahead due to the floorhead design.
Leaves some embedded fine debris in carpets.
The Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra is very good for cleaning stairs. It's light and portable, making it easy to carry up and down stairs and maneuver on stair treads, and because it's cordless, you won't need to find an outlet. You can put this well-built vacuum's high suction to good use on both carpeted and hard stair tread surfaces, where it'll easily clear away fine material, though it plows medium and large debris forward on bare surfaces. Finally, the vacuum's filtration is incredible. You don't have to worry about blowing dust particles while vacuuming in tight staircases, and the self-empty dock effectively seals everything away when emptying the vacuum.
Nearly perfect HEPA filtration.
Self-empty dock effectively contains dust during emptying.
Great pet hair pickup.
Medium and large debris is plowed ahead due to the floorhead design.
Leaves some embedded fine debris in carpets.
The Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra is good for cleaning cars. It's very portable, and its cordless design means you won't need to be near an outlet. It uses its high suction to deliver good performance on low-pile automotive carpets and comes with the various tools you'll need to clean your car. It's great at picking up pet hair and is easy to maintain, with good build quality. When you're done cleaning, just pop it back in its dock; there's no need to bring anything but the vacuum itself out to your car.
Very good portability.
Great pet hair pickup.
Good build quality.
Leaves some embedded fine debris in carpets.
The Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra delivers a disappointing overall experience on bare floors. Its complex floorhead has a fluffy idler roll at the front and felt strips on the sides and rear, which push around medium and large debris, as well as some fine material. When it comes to cleaning cracks in hardwood flooring, since its suction is distributed over a large floorhead, it can't clean the deepest cracks, but it does an adequate job otherwise.
Medium and large debris is plowed ahead due to the floorhead design.
The Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra offers decent performance on carpets. On high-pile carpet, it picks up medium and large materials fairly well, as its complex brushroll pushes this material down into the carpet before picking it up. However, it leaves some fine material behind. It performs a bit better on low-pile carpet, where it can pick up more fine debris since this material is closer to the brushroll.
Cleans medium and large debris fairly well on carpets.
Leaves some embedded fine debris in carpets.
The Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra does a great job of picking up pet hair on both carpet and furniture. Its brushroll delivers sufficient agitation to pick up most pet hair on carpet, even embedded hairs. On furniture, its performance is equally impressive using its motorized Pet Tool attachment, cleaning up nearly all clumps and stray strands. However, the exhaust airflow is so strong that it can blow loose hair up into the air.
Great pet hair pickup.
Motorized pet tool is effective on pet hair on upholstered furniture.
Strong exhaust air scatters loose hair around.
The Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra is fantastic for air quality. Its HEPA filtration performance is nearly perfect. Hardly any particles escape from its exhaust, so you don't have to be concerned about the vacuum scattering dust out into the room and onto surfaces. The vacuum's rare self-empty dock addresses the main issue with bagless vacuums: it transfers the collected dust into a sealed system, where it's contained in a dirt bag, which you can dispose of without scattering dust back into your living space.
Nearly perfect HEPA filtration.
Self-empty dock effectively contains dust during emptying.
Performance Usages
Changelog
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Updated Jan 26, 2026:
We specifically mention the unusual auto-empty dock in an article, so we included a link to it.
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Updated Jan 16, 2026:
We added text to this review for the new tests added in Test Bench 1.4, as well as the new verdicts.
- Updated Jan 16, 2026: We've updated this review to the latest test bench, adding Runtime, Mobility, Air Quality, and Mopping Capabilities sections, as well as a Swappable Battery test. See the Vacuum Test Bench 1.4 changelog.
- Updated Jun 26, 2025: Review published.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
The Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra is only available in one variant in North America, but there are many variants globally, and they differ by the included accessories. We tested it in Satin Black. Here's a photo of our unit's label.
| Model | SKU | Country or Region | Accessories Included | Available Colors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bespoke AI Jet Ultra | VS90F40DMK/AA | North America | 100 minute battery, Active Dual Brush, Anti-Tangle Pet Tool+, Combination Tool, Extension Crevice Tool, All-in-One Clean Station, 3x dustbags | Satin Black |
| Bespoke AI Jet Ultra | VS90F40DBG/SA | Australia | 100-minute battery, Active Dual Brush, Slim LED Brush+, Pet Tool+, Combination & Long Reach Crevice Tool, Flex Tool, Spray Spinning Sweeper, Antibacterial Reusable Pads, Disposable Wet Pads, Accessory Cradle, All-in-One Clean Station, 3x dustbags | Satin Greige |
| Bespoke AI Jet Ultra | VS90F40DAK/SP | Singapore | 100-minute battery, 60-minute battery, Battery Charging Kit, Active Dual Brush, Slim LED Brush+, Pet Tool+, Combination & Long Reach Crevice Tool, Flex Tool, Spray Spinning Sweeper, Antibacterial Reusable Pads, Disposable Wet Pads, Accessory Cradle, All-in-One Clean Station, 3x dustbags | Satin Black |
| Bespoke AI Jet Ultra | VS90F40DEK/EU | UK | 100-minute battery, 60-minute battery, Battery Charging Kit, Active Dual Brush, Slim LED Brush+, Pet Tool+, Combination & Long Reach Crevice Tool, Flex Tool, Accessory Cradle, All-in-One Clean Station, 3x dustbags | Satin Black, Mint |
| Bespoke AI Jet Ultra | VS90F40EEK/WD | Germany | 100-minute battery, 60-minute battery, Battery Charging Kit, Active Dual Brush, Slim LED Brush+, Pet Tool+, Combination & Long Reach Crevice Tool, Flex Tool, Accessory Cradle, All-in-One Clean Station, 3x dustbags | Satin Black |
| Bespoke AI Jet Ultra | VS90F40DFG/ME | Malaysia | 100-minute battery, Active Dual Brush, Slim LED Brush+, Pet Tool+, Combination Tool, Long Reach Crevice Tool, Flex Tool, Accessory Cradle, All-in-One Clean Station, 3x dustbags | Satin Greige |
| Bespoke AI Jet Ultra Elite | VS90F40DBG/SP | Hong Kong | 100-minute battery, Active Dual Brush, Slim LED Brush+, Pet Tool+, Combination & Long Reach Crevice Tool, Flex Tool, Spray Spinning Sweeper, Antibacterial Reusable Pads, Disposable Wet Pads, Accessory Cradle, All-in-One Clean Station, 3x dustbags | Satin Greige |
If you come across another variant, please let us know in the comments, and we'll add it to our list.
Popular Vacuum Comparisons
The Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra is a flagship cordless stick vacuum, the latest addition to Samsung's line of Jet cordless stick vacuums. The Bespoke versions have multifunction docks that recharge the vacuum and empty the dustbin. This is a very rare feature and not available with Dyson's vacuums. The lower-performance Samsung Jet 75 has a similar self-empty dock, though it's optional. In addition, this vacuum's filtering is nearly perfect, among the best we've tested, so it's a great choice for allergy sufferers. In terms of performance, Samsung upgraded the 210 AW motor in the earlier Samsung Bespoke Jet to an immensely powerful 400 AW motor; yet the AI Jet Ultra's performance barely exceeds its predecessor at a considerable extra cost. You can't use all this power to your advantage and have to turn down its powerful motor, or you'll run out of battery power in minutes. However, none of the Samsungs perform as well as Dyson's flagship, the Dyson Gen5detect/Gen5detect Absolute.
If you're looking for other alternatives, check out our recommendations for the best cordless vacuums, the best stick vacuums, or the best vacuum cleaners with good suction.
The Dyson V15 Detect is a better vacuum than the Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra. The Dyson performs better on most floor surfaces, especially on bare floors. The Dyson also comes with more tools, is lighter, and is easier to store. However, you can empty the Samsung's dustbin into its base station, a feature unavailable with Dyson.
The Dyson Gen5detect is a better vacuum than the Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra. It performs better on nearly every floor surface, including on cracks, and delivers better suction due to its superior floorhead design. All this is despite the Samsung's more powerful suction motor. However, Samsung Bespoke vacuums come with an auto-empty base station, a feature Dyson doesn't offer.
Though the Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra is equipped with a 400 AW suction motor and sets suction and brushroll speed automatically by AI, it doesn't perform much better than the older Samsung Bespoke Jet. Its marginal performance increase doesn't justify its price premium over the Bespoke Jet.
The Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra is a better vacuum than the Miele Triflex HX2 Pro/Cat & Dog. The Samsung delivers better performance on carpets and is easier to maintain. You also get an auto-empty base station with the Samsung. But the Miele offers better battery life, although with a much longer recharge time.
Test Results
The vacuum delivers poor performance on hard floors. The unpowered soft roller pushes medium and large debris away from the brushroll, and the felt strips on both sides and the rear of the brushroll also exclude some fine material. It plows large amounts of debris forward. The small amount of larger material that does make it to the brushroll gets caught in the tight space between the brushroll and the floorhead housing. It doesn't get picked up by the brushroll and is redeposited when you lift the floorhead.
Setting the suction power manually to JET doesn't improve performance, and setting it lower to MID shows that the suction power isn't the issue, since the result is still the same.
The Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra offers satisfactory performance on high-pile carpets. It picks up more material than on hard floors because the unpowered soft roller at the front of the floorhead pushes the debris down into the carpet, where it gets picked up by the primary brushroll rather than pushed ahead by the unpowered secondary roller. But the vacuum still leaves some debris behind, including a fair amount of fine material embedded in the carpet. Additionally, note that it took the AI 15 seconds to reconfigure the vacuum for this test.
Manually turning the suction power up to JET didn't make much difference.
This vacuum offers good performance on low-pile carpets when the suction power is manually set to JET mode. The unpowered soft roller pushes debris down into the carpet, where the brushroll passing behind can pick it up. The agitation from the brushroll is high enough to move more embedded fine material up out of the carpet, particularly in high-pile carpets. There's still some material left behind, though.
Allowing AI to determine the settings in this test proved problematic. The sensing process takes roughly 10 seconds, and if we started moving the floorhead before AI configured the vacuum, it might be at a disadvantage. Placing the floorhead in the small carpeted area behind the debris gives an unfair advantage because the agitation propels fine debris around ahead of the testing pass, and some fine debris ends up getting sucked up before the test starts. We reoriented the carpet to allow AI to reconfigure the vacuum settings, and the result was slightly worse, with more fine debris left behind.
The Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra excels at picking up pet hair. The brushroll's agitation is high enough to pick up nearly all pet hair, including hair embedded in low-pile carpet.
The Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra does an impressive job of cleaning pet hair from furniture using its Pet Tool attachment. This tool is lightweight and easy to use, though the limited hinge movement means you'll have to reorient how you hold the vacuum as you clean from different angles. However, the exhaust airflow is so strong that it can blow loose hair up into the air, creating a minor mess as it cleans tight spaces.
The Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra does an adequate job cleaning cracks in AI suction mode. It picks up a fair amount of fine material, particularly from longitudinal cracks, but scatters some of it, leaving it behind. It doesn't do a good job of cleaning deep cracks.
It performs better in JET mode, but consumes a significant amount of its battery: 20% in one pass over this small test area. Using the crevice tool and the MIN suction setting would be much better, where the suction is tightly focused, and the motor should still provide enough suction without draining the battery.
The Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra feels well-built. It's made of high-quality, thick plastic, with a metal wand and rubber wheels with metal axles. Everything feels quite sturdy, with minimal creaking and flexing. You can clip the attachments on easily because the fittings are of high quality. The base station is just as well-built as the portable components, and the two covers over the dustbag are easy to open. However, the dustbin doesn't feel as sturdy as the rest of the vacuum.
- Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra vacuum handheld assembly
- Battery
- 3-position extendable wand
- Dustbin
- Metal mesh grille filter
- Washable micro filter
- Main brushroll
- Secondary brushroll
- Active Dual Brush floorhead
- Pet Tool
- Combination tool
- Extendable crevice tool
Clean Station
- Clean Station (base station)
- Fine dust filter
- Premotor filter
- Premotor filter frame
- Dustbag compartment cover
- 3x dustbags
The Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra's base station is quite tall, with a wide, circular base. When you store the vacuum on the base, it extends beyond the edge of the base, making the whole assembly even deeper than you would expect. Our unit also had no storage for the attachments.
While the vacuum's dirt compartment in the portable component is small, at 0.1 gal (0.375 L), the dustbag in the base station offers significant extra space, giving the vacuum an impressive total capacity. The transparent dustbin has a maximum fill line and should prove sufficient for at least one cleaning session. You can empty it easily and hygienically into the base station.
The base station typically doesn't operate without a dustbag installed, but we found a jammed plastic tab on our unit, which allowed it to do so. Check your base station to ensure the bag is properly installed.
The Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra's runtime is poor. Even though it has a very high-capacity battery, its suction motor draws so much current at maximum power JET mode that the minimum runtime makes this vacuum barely usable for small messes, let alone larger areas. If you set the suction power to MIN, you achieve a very good maximum runtime, verifying Samsung's claim of a 100-minute battery life, but you won't be able to utilize the powerful motor to its full potential.
We obtained the minimum battery life with the suction manually turned to high-power JET mode and the floorhead disconnected. With the floorhead connected, we found the battery life at maximum power to be 15 minutes on hard floors and 13 minutes on carpets, indicating that adding the floorhead reduces the suction motor's power draw. This reduction is likely a limitation of the battery.
While the minimum runtime figure is lower than that of its predecessor, the Samsung Bespoke Jet, this vacuum outperforms the older model when run on lower power due to its higher-capacity battery. It uses one 3970 mAh battery versus two 2500 mAh batteries. Its battery is swappable, so you can have a fully-charged spare on hand and quickly swap it in to extend your cleaning session. The recharge time for the depleted battery is impressively short, especially considering its high capacity.
We found that the battery life estimate displayed was inaccurate by 15-45%.
The Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra is very easy to maintain. While there are many parts to maintain, they're all easy to access.
It's easiest to empty the dustbin automatically by placing it in the docking station, as emptying it manually requires pressing a release latch in a hard-to-reach location near the vacuum's hose inlet. The micro filter is easily accessible, and you can remove the cyclone by simply twisting it free. That said, in order to access the fine dust filter, you'll need a screwdriver. Both the primary and secondary rollers can be pulled out of the floorhead, and neither has closely-packed bristles that would make removing pet hair a pain.
Maintaining the base station is just as easy. You only need to pull and twist out the motor pre-filter, then shake it to remove any dust. To access the dustbag, remove the cover from the base station and open the inner cover. Replace the bag as needed.
Complete maintenance instructions and diagrams are available in the user manual on Samsung's website.
The only recurring cost of the Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra is the replacement of dust bags in the base station. You can get a 5-pack of dust bags from Samsung's website. Samsung expects the filters to last the lifetime of the device; however, there's no recommended maintenance or replacement interval. You should replace the micro filter if it starts to emit odors or becomes damaged.
The Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra features several quality-of-life enhancements. You can control some of them, but the AI determines other settings when you connect the Active Dual Brush floorhead and set the power mode to AI. You can override the AI by manually selecting another mode. Use the + and - buttons to cycle between low-power MIN mode, AI mode, the default MID mode, the higher power MAX mode, and the all-out JET mode for the toughest messes. A simple power button is between these buttons, and above is a display showing the power mode, remaining battery life, and alerts.
The docking station connects to WiFi and Samsung's SmartThings app on your phone, and has a button to start or stop the cleaning cycle.
This vacuum is very portable. It's notably heavier than its predecessor, the Samsung Bespoke Jet, but it'll still be easy to carry around from room to room or up and down stairs. However, the handle is awkwardly designed, creating strain on your wrist if you hold the vacuum horizontally, as the center of mass is located too far towards the floorhead, causing the handle to twist upward.
The Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra delivers good maneuverability. It feels light in the hand, and the wand is long enough to clean right to the back under deep furniture. It performs well on rugs and doesn't get caught on rug tassels, provided you keep the floorhead moving so the brushroll doesn't stall.
The AI takes 10 seconds to sense the surface type and adjust suction power and brushroll speed. This wait shouldn't be an issue for large cleanings of the entire floor, but it may prove annoying for shorter jobs. The handle design and weight balance make the vacuum uncomfortable to use under furniture or shelves for long periods. Although the vacuum works well with the soft brush tool in handheld mode on top of furniture, it's too bulky to maneuver in tight spaces, and attaching the tool to the wand makes it too long and even harder to use.
The Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra is cordless, so its range is limited only by its battery and the space left in its dustbin. The Bespoke models all have extendable wands, allowing you to adjust the height to your needs.
The Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra's filter performance is nearly perfect. It effectively seals in almost every fine particle, resulting in dust emission concentrations almost too low to measure while it's in operation.
Since this bagless vacuum features a self-empty dock that transfers the contents of the dirt compartment to a sealed bag, it has minimal impact on air quality. The dust particles are effectively contained in the dock during the transfer process. When you dispose of the bag, you may release a small amount of dust because it doesn't come with a sealing flap, but this is still a significant improvement over most bagless vacuums. This is very unusual for a bagless vacuum and solves the poor air quality issue you'll encounter with other bagless vacuums, as we explain in our article covering the differences between bagged and bagless vacuums.
We tested particle emissions during the dust transfer process in the test chamber; see the results here.
This vacuum has good suction power at its floorhead in AI suction mode. It provided more suction in its highest-power JET mode, but not much more than the Samsung Bespoke Jet with the same floorhead but a weaker suction motor. It delivered considerably less suction at the floorhead than the Samsung Jet 90 Complete and other Jet vacuums with much weaker motors but different floorheads. Floorhead design plays a significantly larger role than suction motor power in determining floorhead suction. The Bespoke models utilize the same large dual-roller floorhead design, whereas the Jet models employ a smaller single-roller floorhead, concentrating the suction over a smaller area.
Note: This unit should have a higher maximum hose suction than the older Samsung Bespoke Jet. However, our unit detected a blockage when we removed the floorhead and placed the wand directly on our suction test port, and it would only run for a few seconds before shutting down.
The Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra's 400 AW suction motor delivers excellent airflow, which is higher than that of other cordless vacuums and even surpasses that of a much larger corded vacuum, such as the Dyson Ball Animal 3 Extra/Complete. It's also higher than our top recommendation, the Dyson V15 Detect, and would have no trouble picking up large debris were it not for its floorhead design.
This is a quiet cordless vacuum, a little quieter than the older Samsung Bespoke Jet vacuum. The AI lowers the suction motor to a level that should be minimally disruptive to you, your family members, and your pets. On a bare floor, the sound level on MID mode was comparable to that of AI mode at 67.2 dBA. On carpet, the sound level on MAX mode was 68.8 dBA, which appears to be the setting the AI chose.
The clean station was significantly louder at 73.5 dBA during its empty cycle. With no attachments and the suction power on JET mode, the vacuum's sound level was an intolerable 81.7 dBA.
The Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Ultra with its Active Dual Brush floorhead does a terrible job on stains, which is hardly surprising. The Spray Spinning Sweeper attachment, not included with this variant, is designed for this sort of mess and does a good job with stains on the Samsung Jet 90 Complete using the comparable Spinning Sweeper.
