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Shortlist · Cleaning

Handheld vacuums for crumbs, cars and stairs: six that earn a place in the drawer, and what eight minutes means

A handheld vacuum is bought for the thirty-second job — toast crumbs, the car seat after the beach, the stair a cat sleeps on — and judged by whether it is charged and to hand when the job appears. That makes the charger and the weight matter more than the suction. Six handhelds compared on where they live, how long they run and charge, how big the bin is and what tools come in the box.

Updated 25 September 2026

Review · Cleaning

Henry Quick (HEN.100) review: the cordless stick that replaces the bin and the filter with a pod

Every cordless stick asks you to empty a small bin and wash a filter. Numatic's Henry Quick asks you to throw away a sealed one-litre pod. That one decision decides who it is for: the stick for people who hate the dust cloud, the wrong stick for anyone who wants zero consumables. The rest — 3.2 kg, 60 minutes on low, a detachable battery, three years' guarantee — is solid rather than remarkable.

Updated 25 September 2026

Guide · Travel

How to choose a cabin backpack: airline dimensions, litres and layout explained

Cabin backpacks are bought by the centimetre. Ryanair and Wizz Air give you 40 × 30 × 20 cm for nothing, easyJet 45 × 36 × 20, and everything above that is a paid bag on all of them. This guide explains the rules, why the Ryanair bag changed shape, whether handles count, and how a clamshell opening differs from a top-loader — so the bag you buy is the one your airline lets on.

Updated 25 September 2026

Guide · Cleaning

Cordless vacuums: weight, attachments, run time and upkeep explained — what the box says and what it means

Every cordless vacuum lists a run time, a voltage, a wattage and a bin size, and none of them means what a buyer assumes. Run time is the lowest setting; voltage does not predict cleaning; the bin fills faster than its litres suggest. This guide decodes the sheet using the makers' own figures and Which?'s testing, then asks the questions about the home you actually have.

Updated 25 September 2026

Shortlist · Home office

Laptop stands for working from home: portable, fixed and adjustable, and which one gets the screen to eye level

The HSE's advice for screen work is one line long — top of the screen level with your eyes, about an arm's length away — and a laptop on a desk fails it by 15 to 25 centimetres. A stand fixes that, but only with a separate keyboard, and only if it lifts high enough. Six stands compared on how high they go, how they adjust, what they weigh and whether they fold into a bag.

Updated 25 September 2026

Guide · Storage & home

How to measure your space before buying storage boxes: litres describe volume, not shape

A 50-litre box can be lower than a 35-litre one, and an under-bed box that is one centimetre too tall does not go under the bed at all. Measure the gap first — height, then depth, then width — and buy by external dimensions. Worked examples with the makers' own measurements for boxes that fit under beds, on shelves and in fridges.

Updated 25 September 2026

Comparison · Home office

Monitor light bar or desk lamp: which do you need? BenQ ScreenBar against a 750-lumen Lepro lamp

A light bar clamps to the monitor, takes no desk space, runs from a USB port and lights exactly the patch of desk in front of the screen. A desk lamp lights whatever you point it at — including paper, the shelf and your face on a video call — and needs a socket and 10 by 16 cm of desk. Which you need depends on one question: is the screen the only thing you look at?

Updated 25 September 2026

Comparison · Kitchen

Ninja Air Fryer 3.8 L (AF100UK) vs Ninja Double Stack 7.6 L (SL300UK): one drawer or two?

Same brand, same 28 cm width, same 3.8-litre drawer — one machine has one of them and the other stacks two. The Double Stack is 3.5 cm taller, 8 cm deeper, more than twice the weight and 900 watts hungrier. For two people the question is whether you cook one thing or two at a time; for a small kitchen it is whether the extra height fits under the cupboards.

Updated 25 September 2026

Review · Kitchen

Ninja Crispi (FN101UK) review: a glass air fryer you can put away

The Crispi takes the air fryer apart: a 1,700 W heating pod that sits on a glass container, cooks in it, and comes off so you can eat from the container and lid it for the fridge. Two containers come in the box, 1.4 and 3.8 litres, and nothing has to live on the worktop. That is the idea; here is what Ninja's own documents say it weighs, measures and washes, and who the trade-offs suit.

Updated 25 September 2026

Shortlist · Travel

Packing cubes for a cabin bag or a medium suitcase: four sets, compression or not, sized to the bag you actually own

Packing cubes are mostly the same idea in different fabric: a zipped rectangle that turns a heap of clothes into a brick. The differences that matter are whether the cube has a second zip that compresses the brick, whether you can see into it, and whether its largest size fits flat in a 40 × 30 × 20 cabin bag. Four sets compared on exactly those things.

Updated 25 September 2026

Shortlist · Charging & power

Power banks for everyday travel: six from a 122 g magnetic slab to a 99.75 Wh laptop brick, plus the 2026 flight rules

A power bank is sold by a number that is not the one that matters. The milliamp-hours on the box are cell capacity; roughly two-thirds reaches your phone, and the airline cares about watt-hours, which most makers do not print. Six banks compared on stated Wh, delivered capacity, port wattage and weight — plus the CAA rules that tightened on 27 March 2026.

Updated 25 September 2026