I've been using a corded vacuum for two weeks, and it's made me wonder whether modern cordless stick vacs really are the best option

Henry Quick Corded vacuum cleaner.

I test dozens of vacuums as part of my role as Homes editor at TechRadar, and I'll be honest with you: they're all starting to look very similar. Plenty of brands are copying one another, and once a feature has been introduced somewhere, the next minute it's everywhere – whether we wanted it or not.

Scan the feature lists of most of the best vacuums on the market, and many of them will be startlingly similar.