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Andy Shaw
Andy Shaw has been a professional reviewer for 30 years, starting his career critiquing PC games and rapidly expanding his horizons into all types of computer hardware and software. Since then he’s worked for a broad selection of print magazines and websites, as a writer and editor, both on staff and as a freelancer. Nowadays he applies his well-honed critical eye to reviewing a wide range of products, from vacuum cleaners to printers.
- The best upright vacuum cleaners to buy Upright vacuums have more capacity and can be more powerful than stick vacuums – here are our favourites of 2023
- recommendedShark Cordless HandVac Pet Model: Terrific value for money The Shark Cordless HandVac Pet Model is a great-value handheld vacuum cleaner, ideal for anyone on a tight budget£60
- recommendedEufy RoboVac X8: A brilliant app but it’s no deep cleaner The Eufy RoboVac X8’s well-designed app is incredibly simple to use and makes up for its light-touch cleaning power£449
- recommendedHoover HF9 (Pet) review: easy to use and easy to maintain Hoover’s flagship cordless vacuum cleaner is solidly built, easy to use and particularly effective on carpet£260
- recommendedShark Classic Upright Vacuum NV602UK: Powerful, efficient an A simple floor head keeps the price down, but the Shark NV602UK still provides a powerful clean£149
- recommendedRoborock Q7 Max+ review: Makes cleaning easy Good vacuuming performance and a sleek self-emptying station for an affordable price£499
- recommendedShark IZ300UKT review: Hard-working and uniquely powerful Shark’s latest cordless stick vacuum delivers stupendous cleaning abilities but is a little unwieldy to manoeuvre£430
- recommendedShark Stratos IZ400UKT review: Superb performance The Shark Stratos IZ400UKT is a brilliant performer at a very attractive price£449
- recommendedShark WandVac 2.0 (WV270UK): An always-ready handheld vacuum The Shark WandVac 2.0 looks good and cleans well but is at its best with smaller spillages£129
- Dyson 360 Vis Nav review: A powerful but underwhelming robot Despite using superb vacuuming technology for the Dyson 360 Vis Nav, it falls short of perfection for the price£1400
- Best A3 printer 2023: Supersize your printing from £220 If you regularly need to print on paper that’s larger than A4, why not upsize your printer? Here’s our guide to the best A3 printers
- recommendedEzviz RS2 review: A multi-faceted robot vacuum The Ezviz RS2 is expensive but worth it, excellent at both vacuuming and mopping, so that you won’t have to£900
- recommendediRobot Roomba Combo j7+: Good vacuuming, disappointing mop Solid vacuuming and self-emptying with Roomba’s excellent app and obstacle avoidance system but but the mop leaves much to be desired£899
- Ultenic FS1 review: Cordless, self-emptying and affordable A more affordable, stripped-back alternative to Samsung’s Bespoke Jet vacuum cleaner, with a self-emptying collection bin£398
- recommendedEcoFlow Blade: A futuristic robot lawn mower - at a price The EcoFlow Blade has some remarkable features and mows very effectively but it’s phenomenally expensive and falls short of perfection£2699