Ask yourself: Do you want to see everything that’s hiding in the dark crevices of your home? Do you relish in having an exact count of your fleas, skin flakes, and dust mites? Are you okay with a bitty dustbin that you’ll have to empty often? If the answer to all those questions is yes, you are a persnickety cleaner who might be delighted by the Dyson V12 Detect Slim.Cordless stick vacuums are great to have on hand as zippy cleaning machines, perfect for rugs and stairs. However, they require some compromises, like coming to terms with short battery life, annoyingly long charge times and yes, tiny dustbins.There’s no such thing as the perfect stick vac, but the Dyson V12 is as close as it gets. After spending countless hours testing the V12 on a mix of rugs, tiles, vinyl floors, and hardwood floors—generously covered with cat and bunny fur, kitty litter, and bunny poop—we’ve concluded that the V12 Detect Slim is the best cordless stick vacuum out there. It offers many of the features we love on the top-tier Dyson V15 — for about $150 less.