Tineco Pure One S11 cordless vacuum review

Updated December 27, 2022

You might not have heard of the brand Tineco, but it's one that you should definitely check out. The Tineco Pure One S11 (available at Amazon) is a great place to start your research. It's a moderately priced cordless vacuum designed for the 21st century. After spending time with it in our testing labs and comparing it to past cordless vacuums cleaners we’ve reviewed, the S11 has good battery life and powerful suction. However, if you find this vacuum too expensive, you should check out the Tineco A10 Hero, which also provides a great clean, but for $150 less.

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Based on its price point, the Pure One S11 sits between the Pure One S15 Pet and the A10 Hero. The S15 Pet is about $50 more and provides a better fit and finish and more attachments, but scored around the same in our cleaning tests.

The A10 Hero is our best value cordless vacuum. Our lab tests show that it has about 30% less suction and battery power, but it costs around 50% less so you’re actually coming out ahead.

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The iLoop system lets you know how clean your floors are.

By and large, suction power is what sets the S11 apart from other cordless vacuums in its price range. During testing, we placed 20 grams of specially sifted sand that simulates the type of dirt you track in on your feet and tossed it onto medium-pile carpet.

Amazingly, the S11 picked up, on average, 80% of our testing dirt. That puts it in the same league as the latest Dyson vacuums.

The S11 also does well against pet hair as it comes with a mini brush head designed for cleaning upholstery and tight spaces, where hair always seems to gather. And for very tight spaces, you can convert this vacuum into a nifty handheld vacuum.

When you start to vacuum under furniture, the LED lights on the main brush head and soft roller head will help you capture every dust bunny. It should be noted the mini power brush does not have lights on it.

The S11 also has the iLoop dust sensor system, which gives you real-time feedback on an LED display on how dirty your carpets are. A blue ring around the top of the unit means your carpets are perfectly clean, while a red one means you should keep vacuuming. The end result is more intelligent cleaning.

The battery is a common failure point for cordless vacuums. That's why we have to give props to a cordless vacuum that is designed with a detachable battery. If the battery fails—whether permanent or just running out of juice—you can just pop in another one and keep cleaning.

We should note, extra batteries for the Tineco S11 are sold separately.

Each battery holds enough charge for about 10 minutes of cleaning on the max level or about 40 minutes on the lowest setting.

The Tineco Pure One S11 comes with plenty of attachments, including a soft-roller power brush head for hardwood and a bristle brush head for carpet, a dusting tool, a crevice tool, and a multi-tasker power brush head.

It technically can be quiet, but the S11 is just as loud as other vacuums.

The main page for the S11 says, "The Pure One S11 Series reduces noise to as low as 72 dBA for whisper-quiet operation that won't disturb you, family members, or pets."

First off, 72 dBA is not quiet as a whisper, it's as loud as a vacuum cleaner that's been turned on. Secondly, in our labs, we got readings as high as 80 dBA from the S11, when held at arm's length. While that's not the loudest vacuum we’ve ever tested, it's very average.

On Amazon, the Tineco Pure One S11 scores 4.4 stars out of 5. Consumers rave about the vacuum's power but complain about how some of the parts felt flimsy.

The Tineco Pure One S11 has a lot of things going for it. The S11 comes with plenty of attachments for all your cleaning needs and the power to make them work well.

Overall, we found that this vacuum provides a pretty good value. It has the good looks of the Pure One series without costing as much as the S15, and has the iLoop system that the more affordable A10 series lacks.

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