Shark 'stick' vacuum

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Anyone have one of these? Can you give a bit of a review?

I've been tempted by a stick vacuum for a while, for the convenience and the smaller storage space needed. But are they genuinely as powerful as a corded vacuum, as they claim?

I was originally tempted by the Dyson V10 - but put off it and others by the astronomical price. But the top spec Shark is heavily reduced in the sales, so my (mouse) trigger finger is itching.
 
We have this one:

https://goo.gl/images/mwMMZD

Battery life is around 40 mins on standard power, 20ish on high power.

We opted for the extra battery pack which came with a stand charger capable of charging both batteries at once. Takes about an hour to charge a single battery.

The bin is a little small and if you're picking up a lot of pet hair it can clog. It has a foam filter which needs washing at least once a month depending on usage.

As ours is the pet version you get 2 power heads, one normal floor one which is great & has 2 modes controlled by the main unit. The 2nd is a smaller one for small spaces and upholstery.

Rollers are easy to remove if anything gets tangled.

Storage wise there's no wall mount, which personally I hate anyway. When mounted on it's stick it has a fold clip which halves its height. You can also use that to allow the stick to bend to get under furniture.

I've had a Dyson cordless stick and find the Shark much better. I use it for the car also with all the tools provided
 
Resident said:
We have this one:

https://goo.gl/images/mwMMZD

Battery life is around 40 mins on standard power, 20ish on high power.

We opted for the extra battery pack which came with a stand charger capable of charging both batteries at once. Takes about an hour to charge a single battery.

The bin is a little small and if you're picking up a lot of pet hair it can clog. It has a foam filter which needs washing at least once a month depending on usage.

As ours is the pet version you get 2 power heads, one normal floor one which is great & has 2 modes controlled by the main unit. The 2nd is a smaller one for small spaces and upholstery.

Rollers are easy to remove if anything gets tangled.

Storage wise there's no wall mount, which personally I hate anyway. When mounted on it's stick it has a fold clip which halves its height. You can also use that to allow the stick to bend to get under furniture.

I've had a Dyson cordless stick and find the Shark much better. I use it for the car also with all the tools provided
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I have this one but with the basic single battery, and its great. It's definately not as powerful as my stand alone plug in dyson, but it comes increadibly close, and on hard floors I'd actually say it does a better job with that extra brush at the front.

I'd agree that the small bin is the main downside as I can only just do half the house without having to empty it (and that's pushing it). Other than that though it probably could replace the big Dyson if I felt so inclined.
 
Great info, thanks. That is indeed the one I'm looking at.

Good info about the charger too - that setup would work best for us as it happens, we have space for a charger, and space to store the vacuum, but nowhere really we could store the vacuum which is within reach of a plug.
 
We also have a Shark that we bought to replace the Dyson we managed to kill during house renovations.

Best feature is that it's extremely convenient, but I suppose that's the same for all these new cordless units. As said, the bin is a bit on the small side but it's so easy to empty that we don't find it a problem. Swapping between tool configurations is massively more simple than our old corded Dyson, and we've never found it wanting in the suction department.

I'd definitely advise going the twin battery route if you can. Nothing worse than running out part way around the house, and whichever battery is not on the machine can be left permanently on the charging base so it's always ready to go.
 
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