Shark Corded Upright Vacuum Cleaner,0.83L with Anti Hair Wrap Technology & DuoClean, Pet Model, Powered Lift-Away, LED Headlights, Anti-Allergen, 8m Cord, 750W, 2 Attachments, Navy/Orange, NZ801UKT

I have had this vacuum cleaner for just over a month and use it all the time because I once had a nice clean house and then for some reason I got a white cocker jack puppy and I live in the middle of the countryside. Mud. Mud. Hair hair hair.I was using my Henry and thought it was perfectly good for cleaning and then I got a dog.So I purchased this and it’s amazing I kid you not I never thought I would love a vacuum cleaner.Key points I love - it has a lift away and wand release which is great for getting dog hairs off my sofa as you can see in the photo below!I like the ability to change the suction and the floor type between carpet and hard floor. The bin is easily emptied. One of the only issues is when you remove it for the lift away you have to hold it or it will fall over I also think that it’s quite heavy and that people with less strength might struggle when it’s at full size but I’m not used to a plugged upright vacuum cleaner so maybe that is how heavy they are? I like the wand release that makes it have a longer cylinder like the photo or a shorter one, the attachments are useful and the suction is good! Very happy and would recommend even though it’s a bit spenny but I didn’t get mine in the sale or anything.

Flexible.hose could be 12" -18" longer as it does have a habit of falling over when the waste container is separated from the upright section especially when hoovering stairs. Apart from this an excellent product if you have two large furry german shepherds

First I have two rescue cats. One is a big white. Fur and fluff everywhere. I cleaned with a Vax pet battery stick cleaner first, Then went over with this Shark. OMG it filled the canister with fluff. Done floor, sofas, wood floor had to empty 3 times. It's just brilliant. Only problem I have is it's very heavy, and the hose keeps popping out of the hole. But, that aside would not change it and thoroughly recommend this vac if you have pets.

Yes, we think having owned many Dysons this is better! We hoovered before with the Dyson and then again with this straight out the box and was surprised how much extra it picked up after!Love the light in the front and with a smaller head, for our furniture fits around and in between gaps better, so can use in a lot more places without having to take the long hose and head out.Now why 4 stars, in-fact maybe it should be 3....one thing we hated with the Dyson, was it constantly falling over when using the extended long hose was used. We were hopefully this would be better but NOPE! It tumbles over the minute you use the hose and stretch which is not good.!!Having nearly sent it through the glass of our new log burner, you either have to hold the hoover in one hand to stop it falling over, or lay it down. This is a really bad design fault and like the Dyson, sooner or later going to damage something, such a shame it could have been near perfect...

Best vacuum i have owned. Love how it comes apart to make it portable for stairs, tops of cupboards etc. really easy to clean too. Seems to pick up very well and very easy to manoeuvre. Lightweight, fairly quiet. Lights at front show up dust very well making it easy to use!

We've been due to buy a new hoover for quite some time and now that our daughter is strating to crawl around the house we wanted to make sure the floor is as clean as possible. We always had a cylider vacuum before but it's not so great in our flat as there is a long stair and split level too. After many days of research we realised that an upright hoover is probably better for our needs and determined to buy this model.The main reason for this brand was the "lift away" feature although other brands offer this feature as well. We originally wanted to go for the cheaper model - NV601UK - but this one was on such a sale that we couldn't say no. We don't have pets but would like a dog in the future so we figured if this is as good a hoover as they claim we may as well invest in the top of the range model and this should be still around when we get the dog. It's not like you can't use the pet hair remover tool until, it's perfectly good for human hair as well as dirt set deep in the carpet.Assembly was very easy and intuitive. Everything locks in with a satisfying pronounced click so you're never left wondering if the parts are connected properly. The design is not my favourite I find a Dyson much more elegant. This is not bad either but the shark logo is quite tacky, especially the plastic pretending to be chrome around the branding. Well it's a hoover and it's going to spend most if the days in the cupboard and will only be visible when someone is using it so we can live with it. One thing I particularly like is the fact that all the buttons can be used one handed. An example if you want to detach the wand, you press the detach wand button, it's easy, don't need two hands. It unlocks the wand that can be taken out one handed, no twisting and pulling.I was very surprised when I turned it on, it's so quiet. Our Dyson is of an older one and it's proper loud compared to this one. It's probably due to the new(ish) EU regulations that requires all manufacturers to keep the noise levels under 80 decibels. It's not easy to imagine loudness by decibels (for most of us anyways) so I'm just going to say it again, it's quiet! All the controls are on the handle -switch between hard floor and carpet and suction power slider - and I find these extremely easy to reach. Suction power slider should be adjusted to lower setting if you have a fluffy thick carpet and higher if you have a coarse carpet. If set correctly you should be able to move the hoover without much effort. One feature that I didn't see on competing brands is the headlights. I thought these as gimmick at first but they are surprisingly handy actually. They can illuminate under furnitures easily.I attached a photo because I wanted to show everyone how good this hoover is. Before trying this, I hoovered the living room with the old Dyson. Then immediately I hoover again with this. The result is on the photo. It's shocking to see how much more dust was in the carpet that the old one couldn't pick up. I'm not here to shame Dyson, this is a very old hoover compared to a brand new and I'm sure it would have been similar result with any new decent hoover. It just shows that old hoovers don't necessarily do a good job but we get use the loss of performance over the years.I found the lift away function as useful as they claim it. One press of a button and you can lift out the pod and carry on with the hoovering. This is extremely useful for hoovering under the bed or hoovering the stairs, ceiling. It basically eleminates the limited mobility problem of upright hoovers. The powered brush bars can be used in the lift away mode as this model has got the more advanced "powered lift away" function that allows this. The duo clean head is brilliant and picks up everything effortlessly. The anti hair wrap technology does its job seemingly, I didn't find any tangled hair on the brush rollers. It does say in the manual that even you see hair tangled on the roller, ignore it and it will make its ways eventually to the dust collector. Speaking of dust collector it's rather small, only 0.8 litre capacity so you will need to empty it often, it doesn't bother me especially because it's so easy to empty it. The cord is 8 metres long, there are other makes with longer and other makes with shorter lead, this sits right in the middle, I found it adequate. There is no cable retractor, but there are two hooks on the pod to reel the cable on it. The hoover is 6.5 kg total which I find lightweight and the pod itself is even lighter, it's really no effort to move around the house with it.The included tools are all good, just the standard stuff, nothing fancy, just what you need to clean the house, car etc.To sum it up, I'm extremely happy with this purchase. This hoover is not cheap, but you can save over £100 when on sale. It cleans extremely well, it's lightweight and mobile. It's got handy accessories and superior duoclean head that really makes a difference when hoovering. I'm sorry if the review got too long but there are so many things to say about and I wanted to cover everything. Highly recommended!Update after using it for 6 months: I still love the hoover no complaints from me. I don't know why some reviewers complain about the anti hair tangle function not working, mine works perfectly fine I never had to clean the brush. The only thing I noticed so far is how easily the paint gets scratched off of the head as you push the hoover alongside the skirting board. For me it's not a big deal, as I mentioned before it's an item that spends most of the time in the cupboard anyway, but for £300 you'd expect something more durable. It doesn't hinder the functionality though. Still recommended!

I'm not very big on brands but this was good value for money.

Not my first shark hoover last one 15 yes ago but I am in love with this already great hoover for price and versatility I had previously bought a vacum from b m ( hoover lasted 3 yrs ) I really think shark are superior in every especially over Dyson which i tried 3 of with pets and having long hair I DEFO RCCOMEND