Levoit, best known for its popular air purifiers, entered the cordless vacuum market a few years ago with the well-received LVAC 200. In this review, we take a close look at its latest release, the Levoit Aero—a higher-end model designed to compete with more advanced cordless vacuums.
The Aero represents a step into the premium category, with a significantly higher price than its predecessor. In return, it adds new features—most notably an auto-empty system—along with several upgrades aimed at improving convenience and overall performance.
We purchased the Levoit Aero and put it through a full series of hands-on tests to determine whether those additions justify the increased cost.
The Levoit Aero is a mid-range stick vacuum designed for hard floors and carpets, featuring an auto-empty charging station that transfers debris from its bagless bin into a disposable bag at the base, along with a sealed HEPA filtration system that showed zero leakage in testing. It delivers excellent surface debris pickup—even handling large debris without snowplowing—and above-average deep carpet cleaning performance, earning high marks overall. Battery life is rated up to 70 minutes on low, with about 18 minutes on max (roughly 25–30 minutes on medium), plus a real-time digital battery display and removable/replaceable batteries. Its attachment set is a standout, including a motorized upholstery tool, dusting brush, crevice tool, and a rare hose for easier above-floor cleaning. Downsides include below-average suction and airflow in lab tests, weaker crevice performance, some hair buildup near the brush axle despite anti-tangle combs, and a heavier-than-average handle. Overall, it’s a strong performer with premium convenience features, though not the most powerful option.See additional info
Price as of March 24, 2026
Cleaning Heads & Attachments: Anti-Tangle Roller | Active Hair Removal | Motorized Handheld Brush
Battery & Charging Features: Detachable Battery | Auto Empty Charging Dock
Lighting & Display: LED Lights | Digital Battery Life Display
Design & Build: Lightweight
Air Filtration: HEPA Filtration
| Scores | Levoit Aero | Average Cordless Vacuum Tested |
|---|---|---|
| Vacuum Wars Overall | 3.33 | 2.53 |
| Performance | 3.38 | 2.98 |
| Hard Floor | 1.40 | 1.91 |
| Carpet | 3.82 | 3.7 |
| Features | 3.19 | 1.85 |
| Battery | 3.45 | 2.4 |
| Attachments | 3.86 | 1.31 |
| Official Battery Life: 70 Minutes |
| Handle Weight: 2008 gr |
| Noise Level: 73 dB |
| Dust Bin Capacity: 450 ml (Vacuum)/3.5L Bag (Auto-Empty Station) |
The Basics of the Levoit Aero
The Levoit Aero is a cordless vacuum designed for cleaning both hard floors and carpets. It comes with an auto-empty station, which is becoming increasingly popular for cordless vacuums, and it’s got a great set of attachments for above-floor cleaning, which we’ll discuss below.
Levoit Aero: the Pros
Pickup and Surface Vacuuming
Starting off with the pros, it was good at its basic job of picking up debris from the surfaces of hard floors and carpets. It has a single large gate in the center of the floor head that made it able to pick up even extra-large debris without snowplowing on hard floors.
It had the same great pickup ability with carpets as well. Overall, it has one of the highest scores for debris pickup that we give out on those tests, earning 36 points compared to the 30 points of the original Levoit and the category average of 28.7 points.
Carpet Cleaning and Performance Metrics
Another pro was its ability to deep clean carpets. For this test, we embed sand into medium-pile carpet and weigh the bin before and after a set amount of passes on max power.
The Levoit Aero scored a 97%, which was significantly above the 93% average for cordless vacuums of any price here, though it was roughly the same as the 96% achieved by the previous model.
Air Filtration and Smoke Test
Another pro was related to its air filtration, which you would expect given that Levoit was an air purifier company before it was a vacuum company. The Levoit Aero has a sealed HEPA system, meaning that all the dust you pick up doesn’t leak out. Instead, all that air is processed through the HEPA filter.
In our smoke tests, this system worked perfectly with no visible fog, earning a perfect filtration score of 15/15, just like the original, while the industry average sits much lower at 8.3/15. While more and more companies are offering this feature, it’s still much more common for cordless vacuums to leak particles back into the air than you would expect. So, it’s a big win for both the Levoit Aero and the previous LVAC 200 for having such a great filtration system.
The Auto-Empty Convenience
Another standout feature of the Levoit Aero is its hands-free dust collection system. Having a charging stand like this is genuinely convenient, and it’s easy to see how quickly you could get used to the auto-empty functionality. The all-in-one cleaning station automatically empties the dust bin with the press of a button on the base, making post-cleanup maintenance much simpler.
The bagless bin empties into a disposable bag in the charging base, though you can empty it manually into a trash can as well.
It should also be mentioned that while the Aero is more expensive than the base model, it remains competitively priced compared to other cordless vacuums with auto-empty charging docks, such as the Shark PowerDetect Clean and Empty (See our review). This convenience is one of the primary reasons to consider the Aero over the more affordable Levoit LVAC 200 (See our review).
Battery Life and Efficiency Upgrades
One of the big upgrades from its cheaper option has to do with battery life and battery features, which is important with cordless vacuums. The Levoit Aero has an official battery life of 70 minutes on its lowest setting with no attachments, which is a major jump over the 50 minutes on the LVAC 200 and the 44-minute average.
We measured it on max power with the floorhead attached at 17.8 minutes, significantly better than the 12 minutes on the LVAC 200 and the 13-minute average. You could probably expect about 25 to 30 minutes on medium power, whereas the previous model offered closer to 15 to 25 minutes.
These numbers compare favorably to the cheaper Levoit, including with our max battery to airflow ratio score, which shows how efficient the vacuum is at using its power. It got 16.9 points here, compared to 15.3 points in the previous version, though it is slightly under the 18.8 average.
The new Aero also has a digital battery life display on the handle, which shows you in real time how much battery you have left, which is a really useful feature. Both the old and new versions have easily removable batteries. Levoit is also one of the few companies that sells replacement batteries on Amazon, so you can easily get more battery life if you really need it by buying a replacement.
Attachment Set and Versatility
The attachment set on the Levoit Aero is a big pro. Not only does it have three well-thought-out tools, including a motorized upholstery tool which can be used on pet beds or furniture, but it also has a rare hose attachment.
This can be used with the two suction-only tools—the dusting brush and crevice tool—which makes it much easier to do above-floor cleaning jobs. All cordless vacuums, including this one, are kind of awkward to use with attachments without a hose like this because it makes your arm tired and it’s hard to maneuver in tight spaces. The hose extension solves that problem. We have talked about this issue in relation to Dyson cordless vacuums in the past.
Top 10 Cordless Vacuums
Vacuum Wars maintains always-updated rankings of the best cordless vacuums. Because we purchase every unit ourselves, each recommendation is built on hands-on testing data. Our database now includes more than 110 models, giving us a strong benchmark for evaluating suction power, cleaning performance on carpets and hard floors, battery life, maneuverability, and useful features such as anti-tangle brush rolls, smart sensors, and advanced filtration.
Considering the Cons: Suction and Power
Moving on to the cons. Probably the biggest con was its raw power. For example, it was below average in our sealed suction test at 60 inches, which was lower than the 80 inches on the previous version and the 74-inch average.
Same thing with the unsealed suction test where it measured 0.38 kPa, which was below the 0.60 kPa average and lower than the 0.42 kPa of the LVAC 200.
The airflow at 33 cfm was similar to the 34 cfm on the LVAC 200, but also underpowered compared to the 42 cfm average.
As we saw in the practical performance tests, it did good with pickup and even deep cleaning. So, it’s not like these lower power numbers really hurt it, but it was noticeable with tests like the crevice pickup test where it was significantly below average.
Hair Tangles and Handle Weight
Another con was its anti-hair tangle feature. It uses little plastic combs to reduce tangling around the brush, and it actually did well with this with no hair wrapped around its brush.
However, there was a little hair around the axle of the roller, which one could imagine would build up over time and require the user to remove the brush regularly. We suspect most people won’t do that, so that’s something to watch out for.
Another con was the handle weight, which at 2008 grams (4.4 lbs) was quite a bit higher than the 1591-gram average and much higher than the 1444 grams (3.1 lbs) of the previous version. Handle weight is critical for cordless vacuums since even in vacuuming mode, you tend to carry that weight on your forearm, but this is the price you pay for more battery life because larger batteries do add a lot of weight.
Final Verdict and Recommendations
The online reviews are hard to gauge at the moment since there are only a few, but it’s something we keep an eye on because those reviews play a role in our rankings in the Vacuum Wars Top 10 cordless vacuum page on our website. At the moment, they’re mixed, though no particular trend has emerged worth mentioning.
After adding up all the scores, we would say that while the Levoit Aero is a good choice if you value the auto-empty base, those who can get by without that feature can find massive savings by going with our long-running value pick, the LVAC 200 (see our review).
Ultimately, the Aero is a specialized upgrade for those who prioritize the convenience of a self-emptying dock and extended runtimes. While it isn’t the most powerful vacuum in its price class, its debris pickup and filtration remain top-tier.
Levoit Aero
Top 10 Cordless Vacuums
Vacuum Wars maintains always-updated rankings of the best cordless vacuums. Because we purchase every unit ourselves, each recommendation is built on hands-on testing data. Our database now includes more than 110 models, giving us a strong benchmark for evaluating suction power, cleaning performance on carpets and hard floors, battery life, maneuverability, and useful features such as anti-tangle brush rolls, smart sensors, and advanced filtration.
