Shark Stratos Cordless Vacuum with Clean Sense IQ and Odor Neutralizer, MultiFlex Wand, Includes Crevice Tool & Anti-Allergen Brush, Up To 60 Minute Runtime, Ash Purple, IZ862H

Nice and compact, powerful suction for the price, attachments work great. Is really good for cleaning dirt under the coffee table and cat litter around the litter box area. I love that it changes settings automatically between hard floor and carpet. My only complaint is the dust container size, if you have pets you pretty much have to empty the container after each use which isn't the biggest deal, but would love to have maybe an option from the manufacturer to get a bigger container to attach. All in all really happy with the purchase.

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.

I love this little vac. It does a good job picking up on floors and carpets. I vacuum more because the vac is light and I don't have to deal with a cord. Great product and the price was right for me. I like Shark products.

Don’t waste your $ on one of the myriad of cheap stick vacuums that are produced by companies with names that seem to have been created by mixing up alphabet letters. You know the ones - here today, gone before the battery on your new “fantastic” purchase is lasting 10 minutes. Been there, done that - twice. In the price/value realm - this is a true winner. Light, excellent performance on both carpet and tile, quick charge time in a great docking station. With 2 labs that produce more stray hair than you think possible - you know the rest of the story! Ideal for my 850 sq ft condo, never an issue with battery life - though I do suspect that if you’re in a place much larger than 1250 - the run time may become an issue. Only unfortunate aspect is that there are no accessory tools for when a brush or crevice tool at the end of a hose would be great. If you have mostly carpet, this is not a substitute for a true “deep clean” carpet vacuum, but it sure comes awfully darn close. Make this your obvious choice.

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!

Yes, I did just say that. Because this is the best vacuum ever. I don't want to say this vacuum changed my life, because that sounds incredibly pathetic, but it kind of did. I am pretty sure I have vacuumed more in the last month than I have in my entire life. I show it to people when they come to visit and give them demonstrations. Not kidding. My husband saw his parents using it and when he came home from visiting them, the first thing we did was go out and buy this vacuum. I was skeptical. Every other vacuum I've ever encountered was heavy, awkward, inconvenient, tangly, frustrating, hard to store, and broke the minute you looked at it. It didn't matter what you spent on it--a lot or a little--it was still awful. I had given up on ever finding any vacuum that was not awful. This vacuum is aptly named. I am "free" to pick it up at any time with no janky cord in my way! It doesn't cramp my "style" because it is easy-to-use and maneuver, and super light to carry around, even up and down stairs. It is very "sucky"! I can't believe all the stuff I clean out of the bagless bag (which is effortless to clean out, just unclip it from the vacuum and then open the compartment and dump everything in it into the trash--so easy!!) each time I run it through the house. The charge lasts quite a while. We have a three bedroom home with both carpet and non-carpet floors, and I can do a quick vacuum of the whole house on a single charge. The charging stand is sleek and does not get in the way, whether or not the vacuum is on it. My husband and I both have long hair and we have several cats, but it's easy to cut off any hair that gathers around the roller--no unscrewing things or wrangling with taking things apart--and it gathers cat hair like you wouldn't believe. I use it daily to keep the kitchen crumb-free and around the areas of our cats' litterboxes and food dishes, and every few days around the whole house. We still have a super intense vacuum for occasional "deep vacuuming," but on a daily/weekly/casual basis, this vacuum is the bomb (yes, I also just said that), especially because it is such a good price. We paid $100 for ours and have said numerous times that it's the best $100 we've ever spent. The only thing I wish is that I could vacuum my furniture with it. I might be able to and just don't know it; I haven't really looked at accessories yet. I'd better go! I'm sure there's a crumb on the kitchen floor that needs the attention of me and my awesome Shark Navigator Freestyle. *flies away, cape billowing out behind her* ---- Edit 5/26/14 - I have an update that I thought I should share with everyone. Sadly, my beloved vacuum died a tragic death a few weeks ago while we were on vacation. Since the last person to use it was our housesitter, I do not know the exact circumstances of its death, but I mourned. I wanted to say, though, that this in no way diminished my love of this vacuum. No vacuum lasts forever, and this one lasted for eight months with near daily use. To replace it, we tried another, more expensive, swankier cordless stick vacuum and it was truly awful (check my other reviews if you want to know which one it was). We returned that one, and I came right here and ordered another of this one. I used it this morning, and all is right with the world again. Best vacuum ever and at $100 it's a steal. I shall never stray from it again!! Honestly, I am thinking of buying a spare of this vacuum in case they decide to stop making it.

I really like this vac. It’s very light and convenient to use. It comes apart for ease in cleaning. It runs for a long time on low and works well on high for carpets. It charges quickly, an hour or so and it’s ready to go.

I rarely write reviews but I feel compelled after having this vacuum for over 6 months now. I reallllly wanted to love this vacuum. I spent a lot of time researching and felt like this would be a good fit especially because our house is mostly original hardwoods. It is gentle on the hardwoods which was a main factor for me. But there are some glaring issues with this vacuum. When trying to use it on basically any of our area rugs it suctions so hard it stops working or will drain the battery within minutes. This basically forces you to use it on the lowest setting which defeats the purpose of having the dirt sensing function. That brings me to the next problem. The directions state you need to clean off the sensor periodically or it will have issues detecting dirt or detect dirt that isn’t there. Even after cleaning the sensor off *every time I use it* it still senses there is dirt and will once again suction so hard it stops working. Another issue - It does not come with a holder that attaches to the vacuum for any of the attachments so every time I need to use the hand held part of the vacuum, I have to run downstairs to grab the attachment I need. I also wish it came with a handheld mini vacuum attachment. One pro is that one of the attachments is a duster which I find really useful. Another problem I’ve run into is that the button for emptying the bin is very close to the button for collapsing the mid section of the vacuum (to use it under beds and such). On multiple occasions I have now dumped the entire bin of dirt all over my floors accidentally. Overall I think the vacuum is ok, but definitely not worth the money. I have a lot of regret about choosing this one and wish I would have just spent a little more to get something that actually works.