Shark SV1106 Navigator Freestyle Upright Bagless Cordless Stick Vacuum for Carpet, Hard Floor and Pet with XL Dust Cup and 2-Speed Brushroll, White/Grey

Lightweight, Great Charge, Swivels Great
The BEST vacuum EVER! This thing picks up cat and dog hair like nothing else we’ve used before. I also love how incredibly lightweight it is. It’s so easy to use – cordless, turns/swivels beautifully, holds a charge well and super easy to dump out all the dirt after without getting it everywhere. I never would do the vacuuming in our home, but now I actually ENJOY it.

Easy to use. Doesn’t last very long.
To start with….I love this vacuum. It’s lightweight, easy to empty and works great on my many carpeted stairs. Also it works over all the ruggables throughout the house. My other vacuum cleaners pull the top part away from the velcro and jam up the beater brush. This vacuum is powerful but manages not to get jammed up with the ruggables. My one big complaint: I go through one of these vacuums every year. I use it everyday on the first floor of my house. The problem: I go to start the vacuum by tapping the power button and nothing happens or for a brief moment it starts and then dies. I watched the YouTube videos on troubleshooting for this model and followed the instructions. They indicated that almost always the above “behavior” means there is a plug or jam. I keep the filters clean and have checked for jams (there haven’t been). I chalk this up to a year of constant use and after all for the price I guess it shouldn’t be a surprise that it doesn’t last past about a year and a half. And because it would cost more than I paid for it to repair it I just by another. I have a standby corded Dyson to pick up the slack. I don’t like having to dispose of my no longer working Sharks in a landfill.

Not happy.
There are exactly two things I like about this vacuum – the portable size/weight and the fact that it’s battery operated. That is where the love ends. I don’t think I’ve written a “bad” review before, but my annoyance about this product has compelled me to do so. Our home is 90% wood flooring with one decent sized low-nap area rug – seems like we should be a perfect fit for this type of vacuum, but I find that there are more things it WON’T suck up than stuff it will and this is very noticeable with bare feet on a wood floor. My list of things this vacuum won’t suck up -1. Cheerios (or similar small pieces of cereal/crackers/what-have you.) We have a child and these items are at least 50% of the reason we vacuum in the first place. It might fling it, even break it…but it really doesn’t want to suck these up.2. Sand or rock chips – we live on a gravel road. Little tiny bits of rock and sand end up around our doorway…this vacuum appears to suck them up, only to spit them back out elsewhere in my home as I continue to vacuum. I think they just get caught in the brush. I’m not talking big rocks here…just teeny little bits of sand! I’ve tried with both speeds of the brush – the higher speed just flings them everywhere.3. Small scraps of paper – see number 1. We have a child. Why are these tiny lightweight bits of paper so difficult to vacuum? I can go back and forth over it 20 times and MAYBE it will suck it up if I hit it just right.4. The straw that broke the camel’s back today? A plastic swing tag. You know, the kind that holds a price tag onto a new shirt – only minus the actual price tag. Just a tiny, insignificant piece of plastic and it WOULD NOT SUCK IT UP. I tried every angle. I tried for longer than I care to admit. I would have wasted less time and energy by getting a broom and dustpan (for all the above, really!)I will say, this this thing WILL suck up pet hair fairly decently. That’s really all I have to say that’s positive about the suction. We tried troubleshooting as much as we could – emptying out the vac regularly, etc. No dice.So, onto the next problem – somewhere around the third week of usage, our unit came apart right where the floor portion meets the upright portion (photo attached.) There is nothing that broke from what we can tell – just sort of a plug that pushes into a groove (with no locking mechanism), so very easy to put back together, but now comes apart every time we pull the vacuum back towards us when vacuuming our area rug. It’s literally so loose of a connection, that we now have to push it around (no pulling!) on the rug to vacuum it which seems like a heck of a lot of fuss considering it still doesn’t suck up the stuff. We purchased this as a replacement for a vacuum that never gave us trouble until it just died one day. I just bought a newer version of that vacuum here on amazon. I’m done with this thing!

Best vacuum I ever used
I am a 90 year senior and this vac put me back in charge of cleaning without the cost of a maid. I needed something I could use without the weight, cords, etc. This baby is a dream. It is also well worth the money which is far less than a regular vac. Easy to assemble and dump the dirt, large capacity, no bags to mess with, maneuvers like a dream under things and turns without problems, noise level is less than my old vac. It is so good I ordered another one so I could do my 1600 house with carpeting in one day and not wait for a recharge. The first time I cleaned I was amazed at how much it picked up. I can even vac the furniture and the bedspread for pet hair. I love that it is small and can sit near the kitchen where I can vac after dinner and around my pet’s food area each day without the hazel of the large vac. The only negative and the reason I have two is the fact on a larger home it will need a recharge half way through. Otherwise it is the best vacuum I have ever used. I truly would recommend it to anyone, especially seniors or handicapped people.

I have a dog and this guy is a life saver for dog hair and word floors. I have it plugged in in the corner of my office. Whenever I notice a bit of hair collecting I just quick run around the house with this vacuum for 15 minutes. It’s light weight, super easy to use, and the fact that it’s cordless is just amazing. Absolutely perfect.

No me gustó porque la recarga tarda muchísimoNo me gustó porque la recarga dura poquísimoNo me gustó porque es difícil y complicado el manejo del “handle”, parece muy frágil y lo hace uno con miedo, siempre pienso que se romperá muy prontoMe gustó el tamaño, fácil de acomodar en lugares reducidos.