Homasy Handheld Vacuum Cleaner KB-9005 Review

The Homasy finished a bit behind the Bissell Pet Hair Eraser and tied with the HoLIFE Portable Vacuum Cleaner. The HoLIFE and the Homasy are identical to an astonishing degree, performing the same in each of our tests and even having parts and accessories that can be interchanged, but the HoLIFE does retail for about $10 more, giving the edge to the Homasy. The Pet Hair Eraser is by far the best of this trio when it comes to cleaning and is also the cheapest, though it does have shorter battery life.

Dust & Dirt

The Homasy does have a brush attachment that is medium length but is a little on the stiff side. This put it at a slight disadvantage when it comes to dusting compared to some of the other vacuums that have softer bristles, so it took a bit longer to clean up the same amount of stuff.

However, these stiffer bristles are very effective at cleaning up dirt or dried mud, which the Homasy very effectively removed from a section of linoleum in our test.

The bristles also do a solid job at getting right into the corners of a flat area, like a shelf or windowsill, but can make it a bit hard to dust super small areas, like window trim or baseboards.

Tough Messes

The Homasy handled our large particle test without any issues, able to suck up the mini-wheats if there is no attachment on the vacuum. It did struggle a bit more with the oats, getting most of it from the carpet, but leaving plenty of oat fragments and dust behind on the cushion upholstery.

This handheld did a bit better at cleaning flour from the carpet, getting most of it out and only leaving trace amounts behind. However, it did take a few more passes than some of the top products and requires you to really work the bristle attachment into the carpet to loosen the flour.

The Homasy did about average in our airflow test, causing the anemometer mounted in our wind tunnel chamber to read 1338 FPM.

Hard-to-Reach Areas

Starting off, we attempted to clean out the smallest slot on a standard sliding window track. The Homasy easily cleaned out all of the oats we filled the track with, but its crevice tool is a little wider than some of the other vacuums, so it doesn't quite fit completely in the track and takes a bit more time to clean as effectively.

Next, we assessed how far the Homasy could clean in a 1.25" gap and a 3" gap. It did about average with the narrower gap, reaching 5" into it and still being able to clean. It only reached 3.5 inches further in the wider gap, again putting it right on par with the average of the group.

Battery Life

This vacuum did very well, lasting for a tiny bit more than 25 minutes before calling it quits — one of the longer times of the group. It then takes between three and five hours to recharge completely.

Convenience

We started off by comparing and scoring how heavy each handheld vacuum is and how much noise it generated while cleaning. The Homasy is roughly in the middle of the group when it comes to weight, weighing in at 2.5 lbs. with its heaviest tool attached and only a tiny bit less with no tool at all. This handheld vacuum is fairly quiet, only clocking in at 70.7 dBa on our meter.

Next, we looked at how much the waste bin can store and how much effort it took to empty each time it was full. The Homasy earned some points by being able to store a fairly large amount of debris — 0.6 L of dry mess, 0.1 L of liquids — but it can be a bit more difficult to clean out than some of the other products, though it still isn't too bad.

Finally, we were a little disappointed that the Homasy doesn't offer an easy way to store all the tools in the box or that they aren't integrated with the main base, leaving you to devise a solution yourself.

Pet Hair

Unfortunately, while it did remove a bunch of hair from both surfaces, most of it simply tangled up on the brush tool, rather than ending up in the collection bin, causing a huge hassle.

Value

This vacuum isn't a great value, as there are less expensive options that did better and significantly cheaper models — a little more than half the cost — that didn't do that much worse.

Conclusion