When my husband first noticed me vacuuming with the Shark stick vacuum, he requested me dubiously, “Is {that a} Dyson?” The British firm has turn out to be so synonymous with cordless stick vacuums that it simply didn’t appear attainable that we wouldn’t have one. It’s like shopping for the generic model Q-Ideas. Who does that? Even the Shark’s shade scheme intentionally echoes Dyson’s.
I’ve been testing Shark’s newest cordless stick vacuum for a month to be able to reply my husband’s, and in addition your, query: No, the Shark isn’t a Dyson. Total, the engineering and a focus to element that makes the Dyson the very best premium vacuum isn’t fairly there. The show isn’t as good. The construct high quality isn’t as strong. I do should often unclog one part of the vacuum tube with a chopstick.
However does it preserve my home glowing clear? Does it have a bunch of issues that almost all Dyson vacuums don’t? And does it have all of the performance that you simply want, and extra, for 1 / 4 of the worth? Additionally sure. This vacuum is completely price it—”it” being not very many {dollars}.
A Place to Land
As you may see, the Shark vacuum is comparable in dimensions to the Dyson V15s Detect Submarine, which is the Dyson I at the moment have. The Shark is just some inches shorter, however total it takes up more room as a result of it comes with a freestanding cleansing station. I liked this cleansing station. Whereas each Dyson does include a mount which you can simply screw right into a wall, I’ve had a tough time discovering simply the correct place in my home that’s additionally close to a working electrical outlet.
When you’re not inclined to rewire your laundry room, a freestanding docking station makes it a lot simpler to plug and go. It’s additionally a handy place to retailer the additional vacuum equipment, just like the completely different cleansing heads—the Shark comes with a crevice device and a small pet multi-tool head for stepping into hard-to-reach locations.
I additionally significantly like that it has a 2-liter self-emptying bin within the base. One of the inconvenient elements of the Dyson design is how you must unlatch the tube to empty the bagless bin from the underside. You need to stick your lovely, premium vacuum in your filthy, presumably damp rubbish bin and knock it round, getting it soiled and knocking mud and canine hair all over the place.
