Bosch Cordless Vacuum Cleaner UniversalVac 18 (without battery, 18 Volt System, in Carton Packaging)

Great quality for a small workshop vac. Amazing suction with easy clean filter. Ideal in the home to but more suitable for hard floors as no beater bar or suction control. However, still put many cordless vacs to shame for it's price and great battery life!

GREAT little vacuum. It’s light and easy to pop together. It comes with a few attachments that would do most jobs you need around the house. I don’t have any carpet, so it makes going over wood or tiles floors a doddle. So much nicer than getting larger vacuum out. The battery charges quick and lasts ages (bought separately, but can be used with most Bosch cordless tools). It has great suck & pretty quiet for what it does. I really rate this vacuum for keeping on top of vacuuming so it does become a chore.

I bought this as a standalone item with a new 18v 2.5Ah battery but without charger, expecting my existing Bosch 18v charger to be sufficient. Not. However, the good news was that the existing 1.5Ah batteries I already have quite happily drive the vacuum. I emailed BOSCH UK to check for the correct charger, which they kindly informed me is the BOSCH AL 18V-44 @ £35.71 (inclusive of VAT and shipping) directly from them. This charges all generations of batteries, which is a bonus when charging 2 x 1.5Ah, now able to use both chargers at once. Performance is good with powerful suction for such a lightweight appliance. The cleaning tools provided are a bit inadequate, as I found previously with much larger BOSCH canister vacuums. Since I have a good collection of adaptor tubes and cleaning heads saved from many previous brands of cleaner, I customised brush, and open head, attachments which proved generally to be more robust in practice. The older open head accessory works very well on stairs, fitted directly to the appliance with a single short adaptor tube (Amazon has these kits). I would probably never use the flimsy long extension tubes BOSCH included, as it places too much leverage on the unit, and anyway, I have the excellent BOSCH canister machines with customised stainless steel long-reach accessories for such applications. I think this is good value for money, although battery and compatible charger are an additional cost. BOSCH engineering has proved to be very durable, and the electrics are of reliably high performance. Good dust filters incorporated. I chose this model for its small, handheld, close-up cleaning for tight corners, and because it fitted in with existing BOSCH appliances....despite requiring a charger upgrade, which fortunately is now known to be retrospectively compatible.

Committed to the Universal18v Bosch system and this is another very high quality item from a reliable brand. Registered for 3 year guarantee but do not expect any problems. Bosch stuff is always a bit more expensive but the quality is just superb. Suction is good for general use around house and car but it is far from what a plugged in vac can achieve. Waste capacity is okay but the filter system needs regular cleaning as it bungs up after a few uses. Suction drops of dramatically when blocked but cleaning it is very easy. Everything about this vac fits reassuringly and I expect it to last for ages.

Great vacuum cleaner!!! Good suction. Not heavy , extension tubes work well, no power loss when using them. Bit noisy, but really that’s what you expect from a little power house 👍

Excellent vacuum cleaner. Compact and suction comparable to a larger vacuum cleaner

I bought this for odd jobs like car cleaning, or cleaning in the garage. After one quick session the filter got clogged and the suction stopped. The filter is difficult to clean and you are not allowed to use water. The nature of cars is that they will have dust, more than in the home. This product is now useless because the suction will only operate for a minute or so and oscillates anyway. I assume this is because the filter is not spotless (I tried cleaning for 1 hour with a soft brush as recommended but it's still a bit dirty). The short usage I had was not under changing conditions so I conclude it is a design fault or you need to use it only in a clinic! It's pretty expensive to have this kind of fundamental flaw. "Like a Bosch" has a new meaning to me now.

Of all the things I've bought from Bosch, this is probably the most disappointing. It does work just fine, but the filters clog long before you can fill the collector, which results in a massive drop in suction. You may be ok with just dust, but id assume you have a regular vac for that. I'm using this for sawdust, brick dust etc and for this stuff it clogs up like crazy. Simple design does mean that this should last though, and its not too difficult to keep knocking out the filter. This can really chew through the 2.5mAh batteries, so I'd look at getting a bigger one.