Fanttik V8 Mate: problems, parts and running costs

Checked: 2026-10-20

Summary

The Fanttik V8 Mate is a cordless car vacuum that the brand sells on its own US storefront at $23.99 against a $79.99 original price, in Black, Blue and Clear (fanttikstore.com, Oct 2026). The risk with it is missing evidence rather than a known defect: no owner reports and no independent test of this model were found, and the numbers usually quoted for it — 13 kPa, 90 W brushless, 17 minutes on high and 30 on low, a 2600 mAh battery — were not confirmed against a page that loads. The one established running cost is the HEPA filter, which the brand sells as a 2-pack for this model at a price that is not published; buy it only after you have read the manufacturer’s own spec table, and treat it as a cheap car vacuum rather than a measured one.

Common problems and fixes

The headline numbers have no first-party source — 13 kPa suction, a 90 W brushless motor, 17 minutes on high and 30 on low, a 2600 mAh battery, 1.07 lb and nine attachments all trace back to the original product brief, and the manufacturer’s product page returned HTTP 429 on every attempt. No independent measurement of suction, runtime, noise or charge time was found. Fix: check every figure against the manufacturer’s spec page before relying on it. [1][11]
The color list differs between pages — the product page offers Black, Blue and Clear, while the category listing shows only Black and Blue, so the Clear variant may not actually be stockable. Fix: confirm the color at checkout. [2][3]
Warranty length is unknown — the brand keeps separate warranty, shipping/returns and refunds pages, but the product page did not load and those pages were not read, so no warranty period is stated anywhere. Fix: get the terms in writing before buying. [1][2]
“Upgraded” is unexplained — the official title says “Upgraded Cordless Car Vacuum”, yet no readable source says what changed or whether an earlier V8 Mate exists as a separate SKU, and the product sitemap carries the same title with no revision identifiers. Fix: read it as marketing wording, not a confirmed hardware revision. [1][9][2]
The two official articles that would settle the specs could not be read — the brand publishes a V8 Mate versus Slim V8 APEX comparison and a HEPA filter replacement guide for the Slim V8 and Fold V10, both last modified 2026-10-06, but both served a bot-verification page instead of the text. Fix: these are the first two pages to check when the site loads. [7][8]

Parts and consumables

Attachment kit (nine pieces, unconfirmed) — a nine-attachment kit is claimed for this model, but no packing list was readable on any listing and the brand publishes no part numbers, so what arrives in the box and whether spares are sold are both unconfirmed. [1][2]
No other parts are listed — apart from the HEPA filter, the checked pages list no spare battery, no charging adapter, no brush roll or wheels and no part numbers for the V8 Mate; charging input, weight and packing-list data are not published anywhere, and the brand’s warranty and returns pages were not read, so no service-parts channel is confirmed. [1][2][4]

Yearly running cost

Not enough data. Electricity is unknown too: no charging input, no charge time and no measured runtime for this model were confirmed. No subscription or other recurring fee is reported. [4][1][2]

When it is a good buy

The only price on record for this model is the brand’s own storefront: $23.99 sale against a $79.99 original price, in Black, Blue and Clear (fanttikstore.com, Oct 2026). No second retailer price for the V8 Mate was found, so there is nothing else to compare it against. At $23.99 it is a cheap way to handle crumbs and lint in a car; at the $79.99 level the same machine is hard to justify while its suction, runtime and noise remain unmeasured. [2][3][5]

Named alternatives:

Fanttik Slim V8 Apex — the better choice when you want to step up inside the same car-vacuum line, since the V8 Mate sits at the entry end of that range. [5]