Hi Lauren,

Aaaah, the age old question, can I use my indoor vacuum outside…

I took our Dyson and Black & Decker Flex (the flexible hose one, not the fixed end) outside to see how they would behave. After cleaning up a small section of artificial grass, on which I had dumped a whole lot of leaves, dried grass and small flowers, my learnings were the following:

– the vacuums picked up most debris easily (dirt, small flowers etc) except for the leaves which I had to sometimes “feed” into the end.
– the Dyson fixed and shorter hose/end was better than the flexible hose
– you do not want a vacuum with a replaceable filter (it would just get clogged too easily)
– you would have to be careful about wet debris as over time it would definitely start to clog/damage your machine
– any indoor vacuum used outside will need to be emptied more than when used indoors as the leaves will fill it faster
– the more power the better

So in summary, I think it can be done under the following conditions:
– you get the right vacuum (more below)
– you have realistic expectations about emptying it out regularly etc
– you are not expecting to pick up a lot of big leaves
– you start slow to learn the vacuums limits and don’t push things if you hear the vacuum struggling
– you are aware it might void any warranty (worth further investigation)

As for which vacuum we would recommend, it would have to be very powerful with no changeable filters. This would mean something like the Dyson V10 Motorhead… you can read more reviews by following this link to Amazon -> https://geni.us/dysonv10

Hope this helps.

Kind Regards,
Pierce

Thanks for the kind words Alex,
Kind Regards,
Lisa and the Groom+Style Team