We come from a Philips stick vacuum cleaner, at the time 350 euros (from memory). Has now given up after about 4 years and has been repaired in the meantime, just before the warranty expired: there was an error (E - message) with the brush head. So it has done it again for about 2 years and now occasionally gives electric shocks when used. No more Philips for us, especially now that there is so much choice in this price range.
This AEG has a good suction power (170AW, as far as this information is easy to find), is conveniently placed on its stand and the hairs around the brush can be cut by pressing a pedal on the mouthpiece. Ideal! Because that was a big drawback with our Philips. We actually had to remove the hairs from the mouthpiece every day, because this really reduced the efficiency. The LED on the front is ideal and in our eyes indispensable. There are always darker parts or corners in the house, where you can now lighten the dust. So you can see with your own eyes that it also gets clean in those places.
The battery life is also excellent. Of course, such a stick vacuum only lasts a few minutes on turbo mode, but if you vacuum a little more often (tip!), you really don't need the turbo mode that often. We never vacuum for an hour, so I can't say whether it really lasts an hour on 1 battery charge. In any case, we can vacuum our house of 170m2, without any problems on the 'auto' position.
Looked at and doubted between this AEG, the Dyson V12 (actually really too expensive...), the Samsung Jet series (70, 75 or 90 - is all the same motor, only the accessories are different) and we have had the Rowenta 14.60 AQUA.
The latter will be returned to Rowenta today (90 days trial offer) because it is really too heavy. More than half a kilo heavier than this AEG, which you notice when you vacuum for a longer period of time. The AQUA part was also not great and left streaks. Nice gimmick, but nothing more than that. Also vacuuming backwards (retrieving the vacuum cleaner) was not an option here. The sucked up just fell back out when moving forward. Something that our Philips has also been experiencing lately.
The Samsung Jet series - and then e.g. the Jet 75 Pro with mop function - was actually rejected, because we do not believe that rotating pads can clean more than 1m2 at a time. Unfortunately there is not much to be found about it. The Samsung also does not have the handy option to cut hairs that are twisted around the brush and the LED light on the front is missing: that is really very handy and we also had it on our Philips. Our mother-in-law has the Jet 75 and we notice side-by-side that it is less comfortable to hold and also feels a bit heavier.
Unfortunately, Dyson is just too expensive and I'm not sure it will last longer in years of life, for example.