Powerful upright vacuum with Lift-Away portable mode, LED
headlights, and anti-allergen complete seal to capture 99.9% of
dust and allergens. Ideal for homes with pets.
Review: All round brilliant vacuum - So, I've had this new Shark
for a week now, and used it 2/3 times. It took a lot of looking
and reading of reviews to decide on my 'downstairs' vacuum, but
in the end I decided to pay more than I wanted, to get something
I wanted! I have a Vax upstairs, and it only gets used about once
a month (there's only 2 adults here, and we don't make much
mess!) - but it's heavy beast and not suitable for me to use
downstairs, which I do more frequently. We bought it about 12/13
years, and yes it has huge suction and brilliant pick-up, it's
just a very heavy machine...but going strong even now. I hope the
Shark does as well. I was a little afraid of the what the suction
might be after reading some of the reviews, many saying they
simply couldn't pull it across the floor! Well, I have COPD so am
limited a little, but I need downstairs hoovering at least twice
a week, and so far it is proving a dream to use. Yes it's got
powerful suction, and I've got variable carpeting downstairs, but
if you use the suction control on the handle/wand, it helps
enormously. As a test I hoovered our large rug in the dining room
with the 'beast' (and with a clean filter) and it pulled up a
fair bit after several goes over. Then on to the Shark, fresh out
of the box and pristine. Well, there was dust and debris galore,
even after a thorough clean with the Vax! Now, if I had another
spare and clean filter and popped it in the Vax, I'm wondering if
it would have pulled more dust up...but this fairly lighweight
machine seemed to just suck it up. Overall, it's brilliant to
use, all the tools stow on board (except the pet rotator) and all
parts click off and on again. Today I did the stairs and utilised
the lift away...it's brilliant, and left my carpet pristine. The
cable length is good, but I will have replug to my whole
downstairs - not a problem. As to the aesthetics - I'm in love
with it, expecially the headlights!! It truly reminds me of
something either futuristic, or harking back to mid century
modern - either way it looks good! A five star review in all but
one category from me - I found it to be a little heavier than I
was expecting, but way lighter than the beast. I'm going to enjoy
using it - I say go ahead and buy, it's worth the money.
Review: The thing works just fine! - Needed a new vacuum. Saw
this on special, did a little research and clicked that button.
Easy to put together. Fairly lightweight, and you can detach the
motor and carry around one handed to get to those awkward places,
like curtains and underneath grandma. Suction power is great,
with two settings for hard floors and carpets. First use made the
carpet in the living room look like new - and yes, I should
vacuum more often. The pet cleaning tool isn't just a gimmick
either. Tried it out on some cushions etc, removed all cat hairs
etc very efficiently. Tried it on the cat, but she called her
lawyer. Oh well.. Floor unit part works fine too. Had two
reasonably powerful LED lights, so you can see under things and
remind yourself why you need to vacuum more. What else? Emptying
it is easy peasy, lemon squeezy. The only thing I could
criticise, is that the actual dust/cat hair/old toenails
collection receptacle is a tad small. Lots of trips out to the
garbage bin, but, its easy to empty, with a trapdoor mechanism so
you don't even need to stick your hand in among the
unmentionables to empty it out. The suction is a might powerful
to be used on small rugs, as I found out, among various Laurel &
Hardy scenes of me waving the wand end about with a rug attached,
yelling "Stop! Damn you! STOP!" We live and learn, and that's not
really a complain about Le Shark. That's it. Very good vacuum.
Tad pricey, unless you get it on special, but for the money
either way, it does the job.
