Best cordless stick vacuums with self-emptying base stations

Top pick: Shark Clean & Empty Cordless Stick Vacuum with Auto Empty Base. It's the one here built around the self-emptying dock you asked for — you drop the stick on the base and it dumps the bin for you, so you're not handling dust between deep cleans. It handles hard floors, carpet and hardwood, and it's the most-reviewed of the self-emptying models, which is reassuring for a daily driver.

Who the others suit:

• Dreame Z10 Station — if you want the longest stretch between bag changes; its big dust bag is rated for months of collection, and owners rate it highly.
• Shark PowerDetect Reveal Clean and Empty — if you want the longest runtime and a base that holds weeks of debris; note it has very few reviews so far.
• Samsung Bespoke AI Jet Lite with All-in-One Clean Station — if you want the most suction and a premium, light-in-hand feel, and don't mind paying up.
• Levoit Aero — if you want a self-emptying base on a tight budget; reviewers like the base and its anti-tangle brush for messy homes, though it's the least proven of the group.

Skip the plain Shark PowerDetect, Dreame Z20, Eureka Stylus Elite and the standard Shark Clean & Empty models if the auto-empty dock is a must — they don't have one.