The i5 Stretch earns the top spot by solving the two problems that make budget washers frustrating: reach and hair. It reclines to 180 degrees, which gets the head under beds and consoles, and its design hooks hair off the roller and sends it directly into the dirty-water tank, so a long-haired household does not spend every weekend cutting the roller free.
It also sprays clean water constantly while a scraper squeezes the roller, so the surface touching the floor is always fresh rather than a rinse of its own grime. At a 20kPa rating, it has the strongest suction class among the cordless picks here. Against the Dreame G10 Pro you gain the recline, and against the corded Shark you gain freedom from the cord.
To keep it performing under the cap, check the tank mesh for hair after every run, and watch the scraper edge for nicks that leave lines. A cordless machine at this price asks for a charge discipline too: leave it on the charger between uses rather than in a cold garage.
What works
- Reclines 180 degrees under furniture
- Hair goes into the tank, not around the roller
- Fresh water spray with scraper each pass
- Strongest suction class of the cordless picks
Watch out for
- Upper-middle price, close to the cap
- No heated self-cleaning dock
Spec sheet
- Suction
- 20kPa
- Lie-flat
- 180 degrees
- Hair path
- Hooks hair into the dirty tank
- Mopping
- Constant clean water spray
- Price position
- Upper middle of the set






