Affiliate disclosure
Quick answer
TestMyVacuum earns commission when a reader buys through a link on this site, at no extra cost to the reader. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
The short version
TestMyVacuum is reader supported. Some links on this site are affiliate links, which means we earn a commission if you buy through one. It costs you nothing extra. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
What that means in practice
An affiliate link carries a tag identifying this site. If you buy something after following one, the retailer pays us a percentage of the sale out of their own margin. Your price is identical to what it would be if you had gone to the retailer directly.
The commission rate in this category is the same across every product, so there is no financial reason to steer you toward one machine rather than another. What the model does shape is coverage: this site can only feature products available to buy online, so anything sold purely through a dealer network is absent. That is a genuine gap rather than a judgement about those products.
What we do not do
- We do not accept payment for a placement or a recommendation.
- We do not accept product samples, because nothing on this site is tested and accepting hardware would imply otherwise.
- We do not hide the expensive end of a category, and we do not hide the cheap end either.
- We do not write that a product was tested when it was not.
Prices
Prices shown are read from retailer listings when this site is built, and they move constantly. Treat any figure here as an indication rather than a quote, and check the listing itself before buying. Every product card on the site carries that same warning for the same reason.
Common questions
Does clicking a link cost me anything?
No. The price you pay is the same whether you arrive through a link here or go to the retailer directly. The commission comes out of the retailer's margin, not out of your purchase, which is the whole reason this model works for free sites.
Does the commission affect what gets recommended?
The rate is the same across every product in this category, so there is no financial reason to prefer one machine over another. What it does affect is that this site covers products that can be bought online. A machine sold only through a dealer network would not appear here, and that is a real limitation worth knowing about.
Why do the grids show expensive products?
Because a category runs from cheap to expensive and a page that shows only the bottom of it is not describing the category. Product grids here deliberately show an even spread across the price range with the dearest option included, along with plain notes about who should not buy the expensive tier.
Every figure here comes from published manufacturer specifications, owner reported measurements and repair documentation, and each is labelled as either a standard or a convention. This is researched general information to help you diagnose and plan, not professional advice, and it cannot tell you what is wrong with one particular machine. Your own manual and the part number printed on your machine are the final word.