Who Is Garrick Dee?
I’m the person who physically tests every vacuum that appears on this site.
I’m not a journalist covering the vacuum industry. I’m not a content agency hired to produce reviews. I’m someone who got genuinely frustrated with the quality of vacuum reviews online in 2017 — reviews that praised everything, never showed real data, and seemed engineered to generate affiliate clicks rather than help anyone make a good decision.
So I started testing vacuums myself.
What began with a simple anemometer and a kitchen scale has become a structured six-category testing framework that I apply to every cordless vacuum I evaluate.
The goal hasn’t changed: every number you read on this site came from a test I ran, in my home, with real equipment, on real floors.
Testing Background
My testing work started with robot vacuums, where I first noticed the data gap. Nobody was measuring pickup performance in a controlled, repeatable way — reviews described impressions rather than results. I started designing my own experiments: controlled amounts of debris, defined surface areas, and before-and-after weight measurements.
When I expanded into cordless stick vacuums, I applied the same approach and built on it further. I added suction testing using a water-lift gauge and a Y-gauge setup. I introduced a fog machine test to verify whether HEPA filtration claims were backed by a genuinely sealed system. I standardized debris types and amounts.
I developed a runtime test that uses the main cleaning head on real flooring instead of reproducing the manufacturer’s ideal-condition figures.
The result is a framework in which every vacuum I test yields the same set of measurements, making comparisons genuinely apples-to-apples — not one reviewer’s impression versus another’s.
→ Full testing methodology with equipment details and scoring rubrics
Testing Milestones
This section is critical for Google’s entity recognition — it shows a timeline of real activity.
| Year | Milestone |
|---|---|
| 2013 | Founded Cordless Vacuum Guide |
| 2017 | Launched YouTube channel |
| 2018 | Developed first airflow testing protocol using a digital anemometer |
| 2019 | Expanded testing focus from robot vacuums to cordless stick vacuums |
| 2020 | Introduced embedded sand carpet deep-clean test |
| 2021 | Added fog/filtration testing to all reviews |
| 2022 | Expanded YouTube testing video series |
| 2023 | Joined Amazon Influencer program |
| 2024 | Expanded hair pickup test to 5 strand lengths (5, 7, 9, 11, 12 inches) |
| 2025 | Surpassed 30 cordless vacuums tested and 500+ hours of lab time |
| 2026 | Added data visualization to major reviews |
Vacuums I Have Personally Tested
The list below represents cordless stick vacuum models I have physically tested using the CVG framework. This is not a comprehensive list of every vacuum reviewed on the site — earlier content covered additional models through aggregated research, which is noted in those reviews.
Dyson
- Dyson V7 series
- Dyson V8 series
- Dyson V10 Absolute
- Dyson V11 Outsize
- Dyson V12 Detect Slim
- Dyson V15 Detect
- Dyson Gen5 Detect
Shark
- Shark Vertex Pro (IZ684H)
- Shark Vertex (IZ462H)
- Shark Vertex Pro Powered Lift Away
- Shark IQ Robot Vacuum (RV1001AE)
Other brands tested
- Miele Triflex HX1
- LG CordZero A9
- Hoover OnePWR Emerge
- Switchbot K10+ (robot vacuum)
Conflict of Interest Policy
Transparency isn’t a marketing line here — it’s a structural decision.
- Brands cannot pay for positive coverage or preferred placement
- Review conclusions are never changed based on brand feedback
- Affiliate commissions are earned after a reader decides to buy — they don’t influence what gets recommended
- When a product is sent for free, it’s disclosed and it receives the same testing as a purchased model
- If a vacuum performs poorly, the review reflects that regardless of affiliate potential
👉 Link: → Full editorial guidelines
Contact & Follow
If you have a question about a specific vacuum, a test result, or want to report a long-term reliability issue with a model I’ve reviewed — reach out. I read every message.
👉 Link: → Contact form
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