Top pick
This bagged canister vacuum excels on both bare floors and carpets, and it has many adjustment options and attachments that make picking up fur a breeze.
The powerful, versatile, and whisper-quiet SEBO Airbelt K3 Premium canister vacuum is a great choice for people with pets thanks to its superior cleaning performance and useful attachments. It also offers top-notch filtration, which may be a blessing for people who have pet allergies.
It has excellent cleaning power. Whether it was tackling sand, fur, kibble, or hay (hello, bunny!), the Airbelt K3 Premium was a top performer in our cleaning tests. It attacks fur with an electric, height-adjustable cleaner head that’s equally good on hard floors and low- to high-pile rugs and carpets. And its brush roll releases with the push of a button, so you can remove tangled fur in seconds.
Its electric cleaner head is the best among the vacs we’ve tested. The Airbelt K3 Premium’s 12-inch electric cleaner head has a motorized brush roll that lifts and agitates dirt into the tube. Because it’s self-propelled, the cleaner head glides easily on different types of flooring and over thresholds, and the whole unit requires less effort to push than the other canister vacuums we tested—in fact, sometimes it’s so speedy, you have to play catch-up.
This model also comes with a parquet brush for delicate floors, which effectively cleans corners that the electric brush misses.
It offers excellent filtration. A terrific choice for those with allergies, particularly pet allergies, the Airbelt K3 Premium has three filters: a bag, which captures virtually all the debris and dust that the vacuum sucks up, an S-class pre-motor filter, which is a bit better than HEPA filtration, and an exhaust filter.
It’s comfortable and convenient. The Airbelt K3 Premium’s wand is height-adjustable, its ergonomic handle fits comfortably in the hand, and the controls are conveniently located on the handle. It’s also easy to carry, and it’s outstandingly quiet, issuing a hum that didn’t rattle my bunnies.
It has useful attachments, including an optional grooming kit. You can outfit the Airbelt K3 Premium with three useful attachments: a thin, extra-long crevice tool that’s great for cleaning radiators and along baseboards, an upholstery tool for fur-covered couches, and a triangular horse-hair dusting brush that swivels 360 degrees and is handy on bookshelves and in tight corners.
SEBO sells more attachments online, including a pet kit with a mini turbo brush and a grooming tool. We haven’t fully tested the kit, but we did try the pet-grooming brush. Test cat Tula grudgingly tolerated the brush, though it took a lot of treats. (The other two cats and the rabbits bolted.) Respect your pet’s wishes when trying one of these, and don’t force it.
It’s repairable, and it has a long life expectancy. SEBO machines are tested to last for 20 years. They come with a five-year warranty for parts and labor, and seven-year coverage for the motor, when you purchase through an authorized dealer. If you register your vacuum, the warranty increases to seven and 10 years, respectively.
Read more about the SEBO Airbelt K3 Premium in our guide to upright and canister vacuums.
