No cyclone?  What are you talking about?  They have a cyclonic chamber, and not the gimmicky hair cone-gathering "root" cyclones seen on Dysons, which people also call "die soons."  Shark uses a system more akin to a cyclone known as the "Thien baffle."  This is also what Home Depot in Canada and the United States sells under the "DusTopper" brand used as an interceptor for wet and dry vacuums.  Also, in the Shark manual that came with our Rocket upright stick, it says to check them monthly.   Also, an extra bit, empty your bagless after each use or more frequently if it fills up with dirt.  That way you aren't getting as much dust on the pre-motor foam and felt filters.

Durability is something I definitely agree with you on here.  Sharks aren't even as durable as my Ridgid wet and dry vacuum I bought for CA$200 on sale from the orange home building store.  Heck, even my aging Rainbow D4 SE being over 30 years old is more durable than the Shark.  This also includes my Mom's 1985 model Rainbow D4.

I am not sure why anyone expects most vacuums to do edge cleaning all that well because there's a reason crevice tools are included with most vacuum cleaners.  Again, the only machine that does decent edge cleaning is my Rainbow E2 Black.  Reason?  It has powered edge cleaning brushes on the power nozzle.  This isn't the first time Rexair, the company behind the Rainbow borrowed an idea from street vacuum cleaners as the first one was using water to capture the dust.  

You're British so you may not know what a Rainbow cleaning system is but it beat James Dyson in the field of a bagless vacuum that never loses airflow (and also suction) as well as these ideas being implemented before James Dyson was ever born.  Also, what's worse than a Shark?  I would say Dyson as they are also very flimsy but also very convoluted but also incredibly expensive.  Remember me talking about the cones of hair I found in a Dyson "root cyclone?"  Yeah,  That complex network of tubing that makes Kirby look like a beast (they still are regardless of Dyson) with its short air path from nozzle to bag.  It's all under 2 feet or less than 75 cm but also about 5 cm in diameter.  Shark recently released a machine that somewhat solves the long tubing issue but the "engineers" also stuck another handheld vacuum cleaner in the handle.  If anything, just give me a Numatic Henry.  That's good enough for most applications.  I am Canadian and the Canadian Jan/San distributor, NaceCare is the North American distributor of Numatic cleaning systems.

Thank you for being so honest, it's so refreshing!

I love my Shark Powerdetect 🦈

I loved my Dyson, had it for years and repaired it twice, but now I have a Shark upright with power lift away and I love it. I agree it doesn't feel the most robust, but its still going strong after several years. Another good thing, Dyson's uprights seem to have dropped in price in the UK, maybe Shark have created a nice bit of competition bringing Dyson prices close to Sharks.

We’ve had a shark cordless the same one over 6 years and not had a problem with it at all. Yes not like a corded vacuum but it does what I need it to do and we’ve not broken anything on it either it’s pretty robust if I’m honest. And we would definitely buy an anti tangle hair cordless vacuum.

I’ve had a Dyson v15 for nearly 5 years. It’s seen a lot of abuse at my Airbnb. Not a single thing has fallen off or broken, and nearly everything is replaceable. They also come apart like LEGO even down to the motor if you by the long reach torx screw drivers which are very cheap.

3:51 I’ve never had a hoover incl a Dyson that’s ever got that close to the edge… that’s why they come with crevice tools 🤷‍♀️

I’m about to buy a shark so your video was helpful nonetheless and I’ll be sticking to corded.

Shark Corded Upright Vacuum Cleaner,0.83L, Pet Model, wonderful on wood flooring but takes alot of effort to use on carpet it sticks to the carpet and takes alot of strength to move around only used it a few weeks no faults or belt snapping or dirty filters to report.

I've got a Kirby for the big clean and a Shark Stratos for touchups... I was surprised at the suck power on a cordless actually, and the pet hair brush really works. Battery life is a bit grim on all cordless vacs I suppose, but so far it's been really good as a secondary vac. Slightly heavy for dusting though.

My old Shark just died, and after doing a lot of research I ended up sticking with Shark for my next one. Both of mine have been refurbished and cost about $75, though both have looked like new when I got them. I noticed while researching that a lot of people who know vacuums don’t like Shark, but a lot of people who just want to clean their houses rave about them. I’m in the latter category. That said, I think the prices they go for new are crazy, and I wouldn’t ever pay more than about $150 for even the most top level Shark. I also avoided one with the fins and just got good ol brushes. My first refurbished Shark lasted 9 years, we’ll see if I have similar luck with this one.

i noticed, even when it was new, my shark didn't pick up as well as my sanitaire. my sanitaire (just got a new one) picked up SO MUCH STUFF that the shark didn't.

Love my two sharks. Corded and cordless and both suck fantastically.

I've owned my shark (corded) PZ1000UK for nearly 4 years and its been a great machine from my experience. I haven't needed to clean the filters often its never lost suction and nothing has broken on it. I recently bought a Henry Allergy with a turbo brush. Everyone raves about a henry. But I went over what a vacuumed with my Skark and the Henry missed enough to question my purchase... probably because the Shark has a powered brush head? If you buy a cheap Shark you get cheap results i find. Mine was top of the range when I bought it and still brilliant.

Our shark navigator lift away was garbage, bought it at Costco. Worked on flat floor but the 1 inch shag rugs it wouldn’t pick up anything. Also smelled after keeping it very maintained and filters changed out . Horrible vacuum

I had two of those lift away wanted something light…liked it at first….what puts me off is how they can get blocked easy! Then to add insult to injury they stopped us being able to undo it with a coin ….have to buy stupid tools! My dad’s house I use a Dyson which is about 26 years old it’s way better! ! Next one will be a Dyson.

Thanks for your review. I definitely don't want a Shark now. What stick do you recommend that's not a Dyson?

I own a nz801ukt, which is great but the short hose is a nightmare if you don’t want to use the lift away, it falls over its very annoying, but other then that it’s the best vacuum we’ve ever owned and knocked our old Dyson and Henry out the park. I also have a shark cordless (iz202uk) which is okay but only on hard floors. What I don’t like about both, is the the inability to remove the brush roller.

I started using mine in June and have still not washed the filters, I have an nz801uktdb, I’m not sure if it is too late to wash them or if there is any need.

Best use of lentils ever :)

Struggling to find someone to service my Shark cordless