This handheld vacuum, on sale for just $36 during Prime Day, will have you fighting the urge to clean messes all over

This handheld vacuum, on sale for just $60 during Prime Day, will have you fighting the urge to clean messes all over

By Maggie Panos Published October 8, 2024

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If you’re anything like us, Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days might have you fighting the urge to buy so many products. But unlike this palm tree-shaped cat tree (on sale for a paltry $30), you actually need eufy's HomeVac H11 handheld vacuum cleaner . In honor of Prime Big Deal Days, the brand is knocking 55% off the regular price of $80 for the two-day sale event on October 8 and 9, and while you don’t need an excuse to treat yourself to a new handheld vacuum, it doesn’t hurt.

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Some handheld vacuums feel just as bulky as their upright cousins — not the eufy! This vacuum is 1.2 pounds. For comparison’s sake, a 2-month-old kitten is approximately 2 pounds. This vacuum is lighter than a friggin’ kitten. It’s also about the size of a wine bottle, which means you can carry in it a tote bag when your addiction to cleaning starts to kick in and you go on a rampage, cleaning up spilled cereal and litter in the homes of your (slightly concerned and potentially planning and intervention) friends.

It comes with a 2-1 suction tool that’ll let you get into those small crevices where random particles of dirt mingle in the couch cushions. If you remove the top of the tool, you’re left with a delicate brush that’ll help grab dust mites out of your laptop keys. That’s right, you can clean your poor, neglected keyboard with this thing! The space under your spacebar is about to be so happy. It’s crazy that a vacuum with so much power — 5500Pa of suction, to be exact — can also be used on a keyboard.

Between this sale and the one happening on the viral Tineco Floor ONE S5 Vacuum, your house is about to be as clean as the day you moved in. If you add both to your cart, you’re saving $150 for Prime Day. What we’re saying is that maybe you do need that palm tree-shaped cat tree .

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