"Electric broom" is sold for two completely different machines, and only one of them has any suction. Which one you need depends on whether your floor problem is crumbs or dust.
Everyone in this category says they tested twenty vacuums. We have not tested any, and we say so. What we do instead is read the manuals, compile the published specifications, and work out what each machine costs to run for three years — the method is written out in full.
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The short answer: the Bissell Featherweight 2033M. It is a genuine vacuum at 3.6 lb with a 0.67-liter cup, a 15-foot cord and the quietest rating of anything on this site at 67 dB — so it handles dust as well as crumbs, which four of the machines below cannot. If you want cordless and truly light, the Black+Decker HFS115J10 is 2 lb with a published 50-minute runtime, and it is the only powered sweeper here that publishes a runtime at all. And if you want something that will never need charging or repairing, the manual Bissell Natural Sweep has no motor, two brush rows and a full lifetime warranty.
The word covers two different machines
This is the thing to settle before comparing anything else, because the two products sit side by side under the same search term at almost the same price.
A floor sweeper is a brush roll and a bin, and nothing else. It has no suction. A spinning brush flicks debris up into a cup as you push. Four of the six machines on this page work this way — three of them with a small motor turning the brush, one with the brush geared to the wheels so it needs no power at all.
An electric broom is usually a small, light vacuum with real airflow — a motor pulling air through a nozzle and a filter. Two machines here are this: the Bissell Featherweight and the Eureka Blaze. They are on this page because that is what many buyers mean by the phrase, and because they do a job the sweepers genuinely cannot.
The practical difference is dust. A sweeper collects what a brush can throw into a bin: crumbs, cereal, cat litter granules, visible pet hair on a hard floor. It does nothing about fine dust, because moving fine dust requires airflow. If your complaint is "the floor looks dusty", a sweeper will not fix it and a small vacuum will.
What we looked at
Whether it has suction at all. The entry question. Two of six do; four do not, and we say so on every card rather than leaving it to be inferred.
Weight, above every other figure. This category exists because a vacuum is too much effort for a small mess. Machines here run from 2 lb to 4.2 lb, and the heaviest one is the one with no motor in it.
Bin capacity, where it is published. From 12.5 ounces to 480 ml across the powered machines — nearly a fourfold spread — and two listings publish no capacity at all.
Published runtime on anything cordless. Only one of the three cordless sweepers publishes one. That is a remarkable gap on a battery machine, and it is scored as one.
Cleaning path. 9.5 to 10 inches across the sweepers. A narrow path is more passes, and on a kitchen floor you feel it.
Warranty. A full lifetime on the manual Bissell, two years on the Black+Decker, one year on the Perfect Sweep Turbo, and nothing published on the Shark.
The published figures side by side
Manufacturer-published figures. "Not published" means the listing gives no figure.
Machine
Suction?
Power
Weight
Bin
Runtime
Warranty
Bissell Featherweight 2033M
Yes — it is a vacuum
Corded, 1.4 A, 15 ft
3.6 lb
0.67 L
Unlimited
Not published
Black+Decker HFS115J10
No
Cordless lithium
2 lb
12.5 oz
50 min per bullets, 30 min per spec field
2 years
Eureka Blaze
Yes — it is a vacuum
Corded, 240 W
2.8 lb
0.7 L
Unlimited
Not published
Bissell Natural Sweep 92N0N
No
None — wheel-driven brushes
4.2 lb
Not published
Unlimited, no battery
Full lifetime
Shark V2700Z
No
Cordless rechargeable
2.6 lb
Not published
Not published
Not published
Bissell Perfect Sweep Turbo 28806
No
Cordless rechargeable
4 lb
480 ml
Not published
1 year
Compiled from each machine's own published listing. The Featherweight and Blaze figures were read earlier in September 2026 and are unchanged; the four sweepers were read on September 26, 2026.
Two patterns fall out of that table. The machine with no motor has the longest warranty — a full lifetime, because there is nothing in it to fail. And the two machines with real suction are the two that publish a bin capacity in liters, which is not a coincidence: a vacuum has to tell you how much it holds because you will fill it, while a sweeper's cup is emptied when you notice it is full.
The runtime gap on cordless sweepers
Three machines here run on a battery. One publishes a runtime. The Black+Decker states up to 50 minutes in its bullets — and 30 minutes in its own battery-life field, which we have written on the card rather than picking the flattering number. Shark and Bissell publish nothing at all for the V2700Z and the Perfect Sweep Turbo.
On a full-size cordless vacuum, runtime is the headline figure every brand competes on. On a cordless sweeper, two of three brands leave it out entirely — which tells you something about how long these batteries last, or at least about how confident the marketing department is. If the machine has to do a whole floor rather than a corner of a kitchen, that missing number is the one you needed.
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Product
Best for
Score
Price
01
Bissell Featherweight Stick (2033M)Three and a half pounds and the quietest rating on this site, for the price of a filter pack. It is an electric broom, and it is honest about being one.
Black+Decker 50-Minute Lithium Floor Sweeper (HFS115J10)Two pounds, a published 50-minute runtime and a two-year warranty — the only powered sweeper here that publishes how long it actually runs.
Amazon listed this as out of stock on our last check. We have left it in the ranking because the machine is still worth the recommendation — but do not expect to buy it today.
Bissell Natural Sweep Carpet and Floor Sweeper (92N0N)No battery, no cord and no motor — two rotating brush rolls driven by the wheels, a lifetime warranty, and nothing that can ever stop working.
Shark Rechargeable Floor Sweeper (V2700Z)A 10-inch motorized brush roll on a 2.6 lb cordless body — the widest path on this page, from a listing that will not tell you how long it runs.
Bissell Perfect Sweep Turbo Rechargeable Sweeper (28806)A 480 ml dirt cup — several times what the other powered sweepers here hold — on a rechargeable body with a metal handle and a one-year warranty.
Ranked by our published rubric. Two of these six are small vacuums with real suction and four are brush-and-bin sweepers with none — read the suction row on each card before the score, because it decides what the machine can pick up.
01 · Lightest corded stick
Bissell Featherweight Stick (2033M)
Three and a half pounds and the quietest rating on this site, for the price of a filter pack. It is an electric broom, and it is honest about being one.
1.4 amps. The listing's wattage field prints "2033 watts", which is the model number in the wrong field
Dirt cup
0.67 liters, transparent
Cord
15 feet
Rated noise
67 dB — the lowest rating published by any vacuum on this site
Runtime
Unlimited — corded
Conversion
Three-in-one: stick, hand vacuum and stair vacuum
Filtration
Foam filter. No HEPA claim published
Tools
Crevice tool and a floor nozzle for stairs
Surfaces
Sealed hard floors, area rugs and low-pile carpet. Bissell does not claim deep pile
Warranty
Not published on the listing
Every figure above is the manufacturer's own published number. Where a manufacturer publishes nothing, the row says "Not published" rather than an estimate.
What the numbers say
+3.6 lb is lighter than several hand vacuums on this site, which is the entire point of an electric broom
+67 dB is quiet enough to use in a room where somebody is asleep, and nothing else here comes close
+0.67 liters is marginally more than either Shark corded stick holds, on much the cheapest machine here
Where it stops
−1.4 amps is a fraction of what the Sharks draw, and the listing's only wattage figure is its own model number
−No HEPA claim, no warranty term published, and no brushroll specification at all
−Bissell's own surface list stops at low-pile carpet, so deep pile is explicitly not its job
Who it is for
A dorm, a small apartment, a kitchen that needs sweeping twice a day, or a second machine kept downstairs so the real vacuum stays put.
Skip it if
It is going to be your only vacuum. This is a broom replacement for crumbs and surface dust; a house with carpet needs something with a driven brushroll behind it.
Our score: 7.9 out of 10
Published power5.0
Runtime10.0
Bin and filtration6.0
Weight and handling9.5
Running cost9.0
Scored against the published rubric on How We Pick. These are judgments about spec sheets, not measurements.
Amazon listed this as out of stock on our last check. We have left it in the ranking because the machine is still worth the recommendation — but do not expect to buy it today.
Up to 50 minutes, per the bullets. The same listing's battery-life field says 30 minutes, and Black+Decker does not reconcile the two
Bin
12.5 ounces, published as emptying straight into a trash can without touching the debris
Head
Swivel; lies flat to get under furniture and beds
Battery
Lithium-ion with an LED charge indicator, jack-plug charger included
Design
Self-standing
Filtration
Foam filter. No HEPA claim published
Surfaces
Carpet and hard floor
Tools
Brush bar cleaning tool included
Warranty
2-year limited
Suction
None. This is a brush-and-bin sweeper, not a vacuum
Every figure above is the manufacturer's own published number. Where a manufacturer publishes nothing, the row says "Not published" rather than an estimate.
What the numbers say
+Two pounds is light enough that this genuinely gets used one-handed, which is the entire argument for the category
+The only powered sweeper on this page that publishes a runtime figure at all, and 50 minutes is a long one
+A two-year warranty, where two rivals here publish one year and one publishes nothing
Where it stops
−Its own listing gives two different runtimes — 50 minutes in the bullets, 30 in the battery-life field
−12.5 ounces is a small bin, and on a shedding floor it fills in a single pass
−No suction at all, so anything the brush cannot flick into the bin stays on the floor
Who it is for
A kitchen or dining room that needs a quick pass after every meal, where getting a vacuum out is the reason the floor stays dirty.
Skip it if
You expected it to replace a vacuum. A sweeper moves loose surface debris into a bin; it does not pull anything out of a carpet pile, and no amount of runtime changes that.
Our score: 7.5 out of 10
Published power5.5
Runtime8.5
Bin and filtration5.5
Weight and handling9.5
Running cost8.5
Scored against the published rubric on How We Pick. These are judgments about spec sheets, not measurements.
03 · Cheapest hard-floor stick
Eureka Blaze 3-in-1 Stick Vacuum
2.8 lb, corded, 240 W, and it costs less than a set of replacement filters for a premium machine.
Every figure above is the manufacturer's own published number. Where a manufacturer publishes nothing, the row says "Not published" rather than an estimate.
What the numbers say
+2.8 lb — you will actually pick it up for a two-minute job
+No battery, no charge time, no fade
+Stands upright on its own
Where it stops
−240 W is a crumbs-and-dust machine, not a carpet machine
−No driven brushroll
−Corded at this size means the cord is most of the weight
Who it is for
Kitchens, stairs, cars, and as the grab-it vacuum that saves the big one for weekends.
Skip it if
You expect it to replace a full-size vacuum. It will not, and it is not sold as one.
Our score: 7.4 out of 10
Published power4.5
Runtime10.0
Bin and filtration6.0
Weight and handling9.5
Running cost9.5
Scored against the published rubric on How We Pick. These are judgments about spec sheets, not measurements.
04 · The one with no motor
Bissell Natural Sweep Carpet and Floor Sweeper (92N0N)
No battery, no cord and no motor — two rotating brush rolls driven by the wheels, a lifetime warranty, and nothing that can ever stop working.
None. The brush rolls are driven by the wheels as you push
Brush rolls
Two rotating rows, published as picking up on both the forward and the return pass, plus two corner edge brushes
Weight
4.2 lb
Cleaning path
9.5 inches
Warranty
Full lifetime
Surfaces
Carpets, rugs and hard floors
Materials
PVC-free, with parts made from 100% recycled plastic
Noise
Published as quiet. No decibel figure stated
Bin capacity
Not published
Suction
None, by design
Runtime
Unlimited. There is no battery and no cord
Every figure above is the manufacturer's own published number. Where a manufacturer publishes nothing, the row says "Not published" rather than an estimate.
What the numbers say
+A full lifetime warranty, which nothing else on this page or in this price band comes close to
+Two brush rows against one on every powered sweeper here, and it collects on the return pass as well as the forward one
+Silent, needs no electricity, and has no battery that can die in three years — the running cost is genuinely zero
Where it stops
−No motor means brush speed is however fast you push, so it rewards a slow, deliberate pass
−Bin capacity is not published anywhere on the listing
−It is the heaviest sweeper here at 4.2 lb, which is an odd result for the one with no battery in it
Who it is for
A quiet house, a nursery, a rental, or anyone who wants a crumb-catcher that will still be working in twenty years without a charger.
Skip it if
Your floor problem is fine dust rather than crumbs. Rotating brushes sweep visible debris into a bin; they do nothing about the dust that needs airflow to lift.
Our score: 7.0 out of 10
Published power2.0
Runtime10.0
Bin and filtration5.0
Weight and handling8.0
Running cost10.0
Scored against the published rubric on How We Pick. These are judgments about spec sheets, not measurements.
05 · Widest sweeper path here
Shark Rechargeable Floor Sweeper (V2700Z)
A 10-inch motorized brush roll on a 2.6 lb cordless body — the widest path on this page, from a listing that will not tell you how long it runs.
Compact swivel design for getting around furniture
Power source
Cordless, rechargeable battery
Bin
Easy-empty dust cup. Capacity not published
Surfaces
All floor types, per Shark
Rated runtime
Not published anywhere on the listing
Charge time
Not published
Warranty
Not published on the listing
Suction
None. A motorized brush feeding a cup
Every figure above is the manufacturer's own published number. Where a manufacturer publishes nothing, the row says "Not published" rather than an estimate.
What the numbers say
+Ten inches is half an inch wider than everything else here, which over a kitchen floor is a pass or two saved
+2.6 lb with a swivel head, so it steers around chair legs rather than being dragged around them
+From the brand with the deepest parts network of anyone on this page
Where it stops
−No runtime published at all, on a cordless machine — the single figure that decides whether it finishes the room
−No charge time, no bin capacity and no warranty term published either
−A motorized brush with no suction, which the listing's "powerful debris, dust and pet hair pickup" wording does not make obvious
Who it is for
Someone who wants Shark's build and the widest sweep here for a kitchen-sized floor, and is willing to find out the runtime by owning it.
Skip it if
You want to know what you are buying. Shark publishes neither a runtime nor a warranty for this model, and the Black+Decker on this page publishes both.
Our score: 6.5 out of 10
Published power5.5
Runtime5.0
Bin and filtration5.0
Weight and handling9.5
Running cost7.5
Scored against the published rubric on How We Pick. These are judgments about spec sheets, not measurements.
480 ml — the largest on this page by a wide margin
Weight
4 lb
Cleaning path
9.5 inches
Brush rows
One
Power source
Cordless, rechargeable
Build
Metal handle rather than plastic
Surfaces
Carpet, hard floors and rugs
Warranty
Limited 1 year
Rated runtime
Not published
Charge time
Not published
Suction
None. Brush and bin only
Every figure above is the manufacturer's own published number. Where a manufacturer publishes nothing, the row says "Not published" rather than an estimate.
What the numbers say
+480 ml is roughly the capacity of a real stick vacuum's bin, in a machine that costs a fraction of one
+A metal handle, which on a machine that lives leaning against a wall is the part that usually fails first
+Published for rugs as well as carpet and hard floors, which not every sweeper names
Where it stops
−No runtime and no charge time published, which is the same gap the Shark has
−One brush row against two on the manual Bissell, which costs less and needs no charging
−4 lb is twice the Black+Decker, and weight is most of what this category is about
Who it is for
A busy kitchen with a pet, where the bin filling up mid-sweep is the annoyance you are actually trying to solve.
Skip it if
Light weight is why you are shopping for a sweeper. At 4 lb this is heavier than several full cordless hand vacuums, and the whole point of a broom is that you grab it without thinking.
Our score: 6.5 out of 10
Published power5.0
Runtime5.0
Bin and filtration7.0
Weight and handling8.0
Running cost7.5
Scored against the published rubric on How We Pick. These are judgments about spec sheets, not measurements.
The ones to skip
Skip any sweeper if what you actually have is a dust problem. This is the biggest mis-purchase in the category and it is not the machines' fault. Brushes move debris; airflow moves dust. If your hard floors look hazy rather than crumby, a light corded stick or a hard-floor vacuum is the right purchase and a sweeper will disappoint you within a week.
Skip the cordless sweepers that will not publish a runtime if the job is bigger than one room. Between the Shark and the Perfect Sweep Turbo there is no published figure to plan around, and a sweeper that dies halfway through a floor is worse than a broom. The Black+Decker at least commits to a number, even if its listing commits to two.
And skip the unbranded sweepers entirely. This shelf is full of $20 machines with no model number, no warranty term and a stock photo. Every machine here comes from a brand that sells replacement brush rolls, and on a product whose only moving part is a brush roll, that is the whole question. The cheapest pick on this page costs about a third more than the no-name ones and carries a lifetime warranty.
Where a sweeper genuinely beats a vacuum
It would be easy to read this page as an argument for buying a small vacuum instead, and for most households that is right. But there are three cases where a sweeper is the better machine, and they are real:
Noise. The manual Bissell makes almost none, and no vacuum on this site is quieter than the 67 dB Featherweight. In a room with a sleeping baby or a nervous dog, the machine that makes no noise gets used and the one that howls does not.
Frequency. A 2 lb sweeper parked by the table gets used after every meal. A vacuum in a closet gets used on Saturdays. For crumbs, the machine you actually pick up beats the machine that cleans better.
Nothing to fail. The Natural Sweep has no battery, no motor and no filter. In ten years it will still work, which cannot be said for any cordless machine on this site — none of which publishes a battery cycle rating.
What these machines cannot do
They cannot deep-clean carpet. The sweepers have no suction and the two vacuums here publish 240 watts and 1.4 amps, a fraction of what a corded upright draws. They cannot handle wet mess — a sweeper's brush will smear a spill and a small vacuum is dry-only. They cannot reach above the floor: none of the six publishes a hose or an above-floor tool, which is what a hand vacuum is for. And they will not filter anything: one publishes a foam filter and the rest publish nothing, so an allergy household should be reading the allergy roundup instead.
We have not used any of these machines and we will not imply otherwise. A spec sheet cannot tell you how a wheel-driven brush behaves on a thick rug, whether a 12.5-ounce bin empties cleanly, or how a sweeper's brush roll copes with long hair after a month. Our method page states exactly where our evidence stops.
How to choose in one paragraph
If you want one machine that handles both crumbs and dust, buy the Bissell Featherweight 2033M — it is an actual vacuum, it is 3.6 lb, and it is the quietest thing on this site. If cordless and light is the whole point, the Black+Decker HFS115J10 is 2 lb and the only powered sweeper here that publishes a runtime. If the budget is the constraint and the floors are hard, the Eureka Blaze is 2.8 lb with real suction for less than most of the sweepers. If you want something silent that will outlive every battery-powered machine on this page, the manual Bissell Natural Sweep has two brush rows and a lifetime warranty. If you want the widest sweep for a kitchen floor, the Shark V2700Z is 10 inches across. And if the bin filling up mid-sweep is your actual complaint, the Bissell Perfect Sweep Turbo holds 480 ml, which is more than either vacuum on this page.
Common questions
What is the best floor sweeper?+−
On published specifications, the Bissell Featherweight 2033M — though it is strictly a small vacuum rather than a sweeper, which is why it wins: at 3.6 lb with a 0.67-liter cup and real suction, it handles dust as well as crumbs. Among true brush-and-bin sweepers, the Black+Decker HFS115J10 is the pick at 2 lb with a published 50-minute runtime.
Do floor sweepers have suction?+−
Most do not, and the listings rarely say so. A floor sweeper is a brush roll feeding a bin — the brush flicks debris up as you push, with no airflow involved. Four of the six machines on this page work that way. An electric broom, by contrast, is usually a small vacuum with real suction, and the two on this page publish 240 watts and 1.4 amps.
Is an electric broom the same as a floor sweeper?+−
They are sold under the same search term and they are different machines. A sweeper has a brush and a bin and no suction. An electric broom is normally a small, light vacuum that pulls air through a nozzle and a filter. The practical difference is dust: only the vacuum can move it.
Are manual carpet sweepers any good?+−
For crumbs on hard floors and low-pile carpet, genuinely yes — and the one on this page has two brush rows that collect on both the forward and return pass, makes almost no noise, and carries a full lifetime warranty because there is nothing in it to break. For fine dust or deep pile, no. Brushes move debris; only airflow moves dust.
How long do cordless floor sweepers run?+−
Two of the three cordless machines on this page do not publish a runtime at all, which is unusual for a battery product. The Black+Decker states up to 50 minutes in its bullets and 30 minutes in its own battery-life field — we publish both rather than choosing. If the job is bigger than one room, that missing figure is the one that matters.
Can a floor sweeper replace a vacuum?+−
No, and buying one expecting it to is the most common disappointment in this category. A sweeper collects visible debris from the surface. It does not lift fine dust, it does not clean carpet pile, it handles no wet mess, and none of these publishes a filtration claim worth the name. It is a companion to a vacuum, kept where the crumbs happen.
Sources
Manufacturer-published specifications — Every runtime, wattage, capacity, weight, filtration and warranty figure quoted on this page is the manufacturer's own published number for that model, retrieved September 1, 2026. Where a manufacturer publishes no figure, the page says 'Not published' rather than estimating one.
Sweep & Suction — How We Pick — Our published method, including the scoring rubric, the three-year running-cost formula and an explicit statement of what published specifications cannot tell you.
