Best 2019 Vacuums for Carpet — Medium-Pile Pickup

#1 Dyson V11 Outsize Cordless Vacuum Cleaner
4.9

Medium-pile carpet performance is strongly positive, including deep-clean testing and broader V11 evidence of excellent carpet cleaning.

Pros: Bin and Bag, Runtime

Cons: Weight, Maneuverability and Handling

#2 Dyson V11 Torque Drive Cordless Vacuum Cleaner
4.8

Medium-pile carpet evidence is strong, including a perfect deep-clean result in one review and 95 percent dirt pickup in another.

Pros: Suction and Airflow, Overall opinion

Cons: Price and Value, Noise level

#4 Miele Triflex HX2 Pro Cordless Stick Vacuum
4.5

Medium-pile carpet pet-hair pickup impressed one reviewer, who reported clearing visible hair in several passes.

Pros: Overall opinion, Suction and Airflow

Cons: Price and Value, Emptying and Mess Control

#5 Dyson V11 Animal Cordless Vacuum Cleaner
4.1

Medium-pile carpet results are mostly positive, though one review noted pushing or dragging debris before pickup.

Pros: Overall opinion, Runtime

Cons: Airflow blowback, Support and Reliability

#6 Roborock Saros 10 Robot Vacuum and Mop
3.9

Medium-carpet evidence ranged from below-average embedded-sand results in one comparison to strong pickup in other real-world tests.

Pros: Mopping performance, Overall opinion

Cons: Price and Value

#7 Yeedi S14 Plus Robot Vacuum
3.5

Carpet deep-clean results were mixed: Vacuum Wars found below-average embedded-sand pickup, while another review praised deep-seated carpet dirt removal.

Pros: Mopping performance, Overall opinion

Cons: Stuck resistance, Docking and Auto-Empty Reliability (Robot)

#8 eufy 11S Max Robot Vacuum
2.0

Deep carpet cleaning is a weakness. In an embedded-fine-debris test, it removed only a small fraction of the material after several passes.

Pros: Low-profile design, Overall opinion

Cons: Map and Path Efficiency (Robot Vacuums), AI, Smart, App and Automation

#9 Shark Pet Plus Cordless Vacuum, IX141
2.0

Medium/general carpet evidence was weak, with one reviewer saying it did not get deep into carpet effectively.

Pros: Convertible handheld design, Maneuverability and Handling

Cons: Hair‑Wrap / Tangle Resistance, Pet-Ready Features