Shark Rocket Pet Pro with Self-Cleaning Brushroll, HEPA Filter Lightweight Cordless Stick Hand Vacuum, 7.5 lbs, Magenta

This Vac is perfect for our 3bedroom Condo. I can do the upstairs and the downstairs in one charge ~ 1/2hr to 45 min. we have 2 cats and two carpets and otherwise bare floor.Very easy to maneuverVery easy to empty cup - i mean easier than trivial -- very well designed.Very helpful design for recharger connection -- can find hole for recharger without looking, slope of the area near the hole guides you in. (they thought of small things like this while designing the product)Very good roller - catches cat hair and anything on bare floor. Has never wrapped around despite long fibers and long hairs being picked up... don't know how they managed this but so far it is perfect in that respect.Very good pickup on shallow carpet - leaves nothing behind.Very good suction at edge - picks up everything along a wall.Very good suction at front when pushing into a wall -picks up everythingVery compact for storage. it folds in half -- top bends down so that it is only half as tall during storage and stands up on its own in this position.Fits correctly under toe-kicks on cabinets and the front edge of many pieces of furniture (furniture that is taller it can reach underneath)Very useful (and simple) click for reaching under furniture. (knew this existed but did not figure i would use it, use it every time for 3 pieces of furniture that it can reach under. This is extraordinarily well designed.. one click to allow the wand to bend to the floor. No clicks to bring it up back into position. - it is trivial to go back and forth when needing to reach under something. Reach is about 3 feet under furniture which allows me to almost reach the wall when vacuuming underneath the sofa.Very easy to instantly disconnect into two different lengths for hand held (short and long wand length) these can be separated while the vac is on and reconnected while the vac is on,, so if you see something in the corner that you just cant reach with the brushhead- pop off the wand and/or brushead -- suck it up -- put it back together and keep on going.. no need to shut it off, no need to stand it upright takes 2 seconds.This has a transparent piece on top of the brushroll so you can see it, and a transparent cup for catching the debris.... it is a vacuum cleaner so these obviously get dirty and clouded over time.Not built for deep shag carpet but it will pull dirt out of it and lint and fur off the fibers. I might suggest using an upright for the shag carpet but this vac for everything else.Not a silent running vac, but not at all too bad, certainly not as quiet as a melie, but not as loud as any upright, lowest setting -volume is fine for talking. high for carpet and high for suction make it more noisy but you can still hear what else is going on in the room while you vacuum unlike an upright.Does not stand up on its own in full upright mode.. BUT has rubber grips in the right places so you can lean it against any wall or counter and it will stand/stay put without chance of sliding down and falling.. these rubber grips were placed in exactly the right spots as part of the exceptional design even for small details. Note when storing it will stand on its own since it folds to half height and balances perfectly on its base in this position for charging.I've been using this for about 5 months now and can easily say it is the best vac i have ever owned. I don't see any wear of concern on it.I considered and mapped out how i might do a 2 minute video showing me actually using it in my living room.. but I'm not quite ready for camera and microphone.. so this written review will have to do for now.If you are looking for a vac in this category.. i would highly recommend this one.

I have back damage from a car accident years ago, so I can't use most corded vacuums. I can't push or lift more than ten pounds. This leaves me limited to battery operated vacuums. I have all hardwood floors, with rugs before both doors and an area rug in the living room. I love that this unit has both hardwood and carpet in the same head. It was a bit of a pain switching the heads on the Dyson. That said, there is a minor difference in suction power. The Dyson arguably does a slightly better job. However, Dyson loves planned obsolescence. I only had my Dyson a bit over a month before the handle/battery compartment had a major crack in the case. The stem which connects the handle to the head broke in less than a year. The cheap, soft lining on the hard floor head wore out in just over a year. I have a small house and only vacuum once every week or two. We don't have a lot of debris or spills as our kids are older and we only have one non-shedding, small dog as far as pets go. The Dyson had an easy life and still fell apart. The reason I mention the hard floor head is that you can't replace that floor protecting material and to purchase a whole new head because that one material wore out is ridiculous and costly. Dyson claims they will protect you, but after calling them about the broken stem and handle, they told me to go away when I complained about the obsolescence of the hard floor head and lack of ability to just purchase the soft felt strips to replace them.The minute I took the Shark out of the box, the quality of plastics was obvious. They are thicker, therefore making the vacuum heavier. This is a good thing as it means the plastic won't crack under normal, babied use as the Dyson did. The head of the unit naturally locks into an upright position and I just stand it in the side of my laundry room and plug it in to charge. When you want to vacuum, just gently place your foot or a hand on the head and tilt the stem back. It's easy to do. I did test the suction power of the two, as I kept my Dyson for the other parts which still work, so I vacuumed my area rug first with the Shark, then with the Dyson. I would have to be nit-picky to take apart the quality of the job done by the Shark. There was probably a hair and maybe a few bits of rug debris, if that in the Dyson and I can't say I wouldn't have the same results had I done the reverse.One difference with the Shark that is noteworthy, you only receive the main unit with this purchase. If you want attachments for crevices, car, or otherwise, you have to purchase those separately. Dyson includes all of that, but at more than double the cost of a comparative Shark unit and far less quality in the durability department. I keep mentioning the Dyson V6 (what I had) as that is what I was switching away from and it's my only battery operated vacuum comparison. To save money, I just kept the Dyson for the car and crevice attachments and basically use it as a costly Dirt Devil with far more suction capability. The Shark is my go-to for regular floor vacuuming and I love the ease of just push the switch forward to the first click for hardwood and push ahead again for carpet. I also love that you don't have to hold a handle trigger in the whole time you vacuum, as I did with the Dyson. I ultimately switched to Shark as my friend has had her for five years with absolutely no wear and tear or quality issue complaints. I have to agree with her.