Should You Buy a Black & Decker Vacuum Cleaner?

Black & Decker is one of the most popular vacuum cleaner brands as well as being well known for its coffee makers, blenders and mixers.

We've collated all the key information on Black & Decker vacuum cleaners in this handy guide. We've analysed over 54,000 user and expert reviews and 160+ awards from hundreds of different review sites on over 3,500 vacuum cleaners to impartially compare each vacuum cleaner brand.

Black & Decker are recognised for their wide selection of popular vacuum cleaners and start at $58 for the HNV215B10 which has a maximum input power of 800W, is a dry vacuum cleaner and a handheld vacuum cleaner and go up to $312 for the PD1200AV which has a maximum input power of §W, is a dry vacuum cleaner and a handheld vacuum cleaner. The average price of a new Black & Decker vacuum cleaner is $108.

Is Black & Decker the Best Vacuum Cleaner Brand?

So are Black & Decker vacuum cleaners any good? We give every vacuum cleaner a Kagoo Score by analysing its specs, reviews and prices and comparing this to its competitors. By aggregating this data across all vacuum cleaners we are able to impartially rank all the vacuum cleaner brands.

Our detailed analysis taking into account all of the above factors found that Black & Decker is the 11th best vacuum cleaner brand out there.

Let's look at how Black & Decker vacuum cleaners compare to the other vacuum cleaner brands across each of the key facets that make up the Kagoo Score.

Black & Decker have better reviews than the typical vacuum cleaner brand, with the average rating of a Black & Decker vacuum cleaner being 70%.

There's a smaller selection of Black & Decker vacuum cleaners available compared to other vacuum cleaner brands, with only 11 Black & Decker vacuum cleaners currently on the market in the US. Black & Decker vacuum cleaners also tend to be cheaper than most other vacuum cleaner brands however they are still a less popular choice with consumers.

When it comes to energy efficiency the average annual running cost of Black & Decker vacuum cleaner is $23 (based on a person typically using a vacuum cleaner for 2 hours per week), which makes them less efficient than most other vacuum cleaner brands.

What Do the Black & Decker Vacuum Cleaner Reviews Say?

We've added up all the reviews for every Black & Decker vacuum cleaner to work out the average distribution of reviews for Black & Decker and then compared this to the other vacuum cleaner brands.

Expert Reviews

5 stars		1
4 stars		2
3 stars		0
2 stars		0
1 star		0

User Reviews

5 stars		868
4 stars		388
3 stars		111
2 stars		76
1 star		138

Over 100% of expert reviews and 79% of user reviews for Black & Decker vacuum cleaners are 4 stars or higher. This compares to 84% and 86% respectively across all Vacuum Cleaner brands.

Purchasers of Black & Decker vacuum cleaners frequently mentioned that the product was easy to use and easy to empty.

In the table below we compare the average review score given to Black & Decker vacuum cleaners by some of the most popular technology review sites against their reviews for other vacuum cleaner brands. The best review score from each review source is highlighted in green.

Average Review Score	iRobot	Ecovacs	Dyson	Samsung	Miele	Black & Decker
	69% 5 reviews	66% 5 reviews	89% 8 reviews	75% 2 reviews	80% 10 reviews
	80% 8 reviews	53% 3 reviews	91% 9 reviews	75% 4 reviews	73% 3 reviews
	72% 9 reviews		72% 8 reviews	59% 8 reviews
	80% 2 reviews	60% 3 reviews	96% 5 reviews	100% 1 review	67% 6 reviews
	70% 4 reviews	43% 4 reviews	70% 3 reviews	60% 1 review
	67% 5 reviews	82% 3 reviews		40% 2 reviews	60% 1 review
	63% 3 reviews	44% 3 reviews	68% 3 reviews		68% 2 reviews
	75% 4 reviews	78% 6 reviews		70% 1 review
	80% 1 review	74% 5 reviews	84% 5 reviews
	90% 1 review	70% 3 reviews	90% 1 review	90% 1 review	65% 2 reviews
	75% 2 reviews		60% 1 review	77% 3 reviews	80% 2 reviews
	90% 1 review	75% 5 reviews	80% 1 review	80% 1 review
	70% 1 review	80% 4 reviews	90% 2 reviews	80% 1 review
	82% 3 reviews	81% 1 review	82% 1 review		81% 3 reviews
	90% 2 reviews	73% 6 reviews
	85% 1 review	83% 4 reviews	74% 1 review	91% 1 review
	90% 2 reviews	80% 1 review		60% 2 reviews	75% 1 review
		100% 3 reviews	100% 2 reviews	80% 1 review
	70% 1 review	74% 4 reviews
	80% 1 review		100% 2 reviews	60% 1 review	60% 1 review
Other Expert Sites	78% 73 reviews	79% 64 reviews	79% 45 reviews	61% 27 reviews	65% 11 reviews	77% 3 reviews
Average	78% 129 reviews	72% 127 reviews	83% 97 reviews	72% 57 reviews	70% 42 reviews	77% 3 reviews

How Many Industry Awards Have Black & Decker Vacuum Cleaners Received?

After checking thousands of expert review websites we couldn't find any industry awards for Black & Decker vacuum cleaners. The table below shows the number of awards received by the most popular vacuum cleaner brands. The largest number of awards provided by each review source is highlighted in green.

Compare all award winning vacuum cleaners

Number of Awards	iRobot	Ecovacs	Dyson	Samsung	Miele	Black & Decker
	2		4		3
	2	5		1
	3		4
	1		4	1	1
		4		1
	1	3
			2		2
		3
	1			1	1
			1	2
			2
			2
	2
	1		1
	2
		2
	2
	1
				1
	1
Other Expert Sites	8	4	3	5	2
Total	27	21	23	12	9

How Reliable Are Black & Decker Vacuum Cleaners?

We checked over 54,000 reviews to find comments about the reliability of Black & Decker vacuum cleaners. over 40 of these reviews mention reliability of which 69% were positive. Therefore the majority of Black & Decker vacuum cleaner owners and reviewers thought the product was reliable.

So, most people think that Black & Decker vacuum cleaners are good quality. Now let's take a look at some of the reviews for Black & Decker vacuum cleaners that mention reliability:

RELIABLE

think it should be more robust

Junk / broke after 2 uses / the grey cover snaps on

The wall mounted bracket is sturdy

Hoover is very well made

NOT RELIABLE

top has broken off

Mediocre Build Quality

would not recommend for heavy duty cleaning as sometimes struggled to pick up tiny objects

This is not a heavy duty vacuum for big clean-ups

it has broken twice