Since I had cats in the house for the first time and therefore expected more cleanups, a stick vacuum seemed useful to me.
I've been using the Veripart for about half a year now. In the beginning I used it to vacuum the whole house, but nowadays I am more and more reverting to my normal vacuum cleaner for the 'real' work. A normal vacuum cleaner is a bit more cumbersome to use, but in the end it just sucks much better.
This stick vacuum has three positions. A low 'eco' mode that is actually completely useless, 'normal' that sucks rather moderately, and 'turbo' that sucks ok but at the same time drains the battery. You won't be able to vacuum your entire house on that highest setting. On 'normal' it worked. That "average 60 minutes" from the specialist review is really very optimistic.
The stick vacuum has three lights that indicate at which position you are vacuuming. What the vacuum cleaner does not indicate, however, is how much battery you have left. So you have to guess how much that is, which is quite difficult if you use the different modes, which all consume the battery at different ratios. This often ends in a vacuum cleaner when you're ALMOST done and suddenly turns off. Fully charging the battery takes a few hours. Strangely enough, the lights do indicate the battery level during charging. I really don't understand why this isn't the case while sucking, since you can hear from the sound what position it is in and that information is completely useless.
The stick vacuum comes with a bunch of different brushes and attachments. Unfortunately, there is no accessory holder to, for example, store the small brush on the handle while you are working with the turbo brush. The turbo brush is quite nice to use because of the motorized brush that rotates. It also has an LED light so you can see junk when you suck under something. No idea how much those two functions reduce battery life.
The dirt container is clicked into place with one hook. Mine didn't feel that great.
When you remove the reservoir from the vacuum cleaner, be careful not to turn it upside down.
The filter is quite loose on it and then just pops out, which produces a fine dust cloud. Why this can't be fixed with a screw movement is a mystery to me. Cleaning the reservoir is quite simple.
As I mentioned I have cats. So I also have litter boxes with cat litter that is eventually thrown/walked out of the box and ends up everywhere. A stick vacuum is quite handy for this, since this is constantly done in small amounts and you don't want to connect a large vacuum cleaner every time. It's just a shame that this stick vacuum on 'normal' still has a bit of trouble sucking up small cat litter granules. Instead of just swinging the squeegee briefly over it, you sometimes really have to aim that thing at a grain for a while before it gets a grip on it. With my normal vacuum cleaner, that is just gone in one sweep.
In terms of sound, it makes less noise compared to my normal vacuum cleaner (but it also sucks harder).
My cats have no problem with it, although they sometimes look up when I turn on the turbo mode.
So in the end I started using my normal vacuum cleaner again for the thorough cleaning.
For small handheld vacuum cleaner-like jobs, or jobs where you don't want to carry around with a large vacuum cleaner (e.g. vacuuming the stairs), this stick vacuum in itself is okay. It's just a mediocre thing. Not good. Not bad.
I think I should have just coughed up a few bucks more for a Dyson.
