HEPA stands for high-efficiency particulate air filtration. It represents an international standard for filters, used for many commercial applications. For your vacuum cleaner, HEPA filters trap very small particles that your non HEPA filtered vacuum cleaner would recirculate into the air.

Has your vacuum cleaner bitten the dust? Before you purchase a new one, check out our quick buyer's guide and make sure you get a cleaner that suits your needs.

Save time and money to find the best vacuum cleaner to buy. Bagless? HEPA? Turbo? Upright? Make sense of it all with this buying guide by Choice, the Australian Consumers Association.