CAROLINE LUBINSKY/RD.COMBest overall shark vacuum for pet hair
Shark Stratos Cordless Vacuum
Pros:
- Uses Clean Sense IQ
- Powerful suction
- Works on all types of flooring
- Easy to maneuver around furniture and tight spaces
- MultiFLEX technology allows it to get underneath furniture
- Compact when stored away
Cons:
- Expensive
If you live with pets (or kids for that matter) then you know just how much fur, hair and debris accumulates, well, everywhere. If your thoughts just went straight to the fur balls underneath your sofa, then the Shark Stratos Cordless Vacuum is for you. This lightweight, cordless wonder is a versatile machine that switches seamlessly between rugs and hard floors, and even converts to a handheld vacuum that you can use in your car. It also has MultiFLEX technology, which allows you to bend the wand to clean under furniture. See ya, fur balls!
Senior shopping editor, Caroline Lubinsky, shares her home with three dogsone small short-haired dachshund, one long-haired dachshund and one heavy shedder, short-haired pit/lab mixand was blown away by this vacuum’s performance. “This vacuum has the most suction and maximum hair pickup of any I’ve used. I emptied the canister four times the first time I used it on a heavily trafficked area rug,” she raves. “This picks up so much hair that you wonder what your previous vac was doing.”
One of the features that earned this vacuum the top spot on our list is its CleanSense IQ. This technology uses an infrared sensor, which detects the dirt you cant see and automatically increases power, giving you up to 50% better dirt pickup. According to Lubinsky, this allowed the vacuum to suck up a ton of pet hair in just three passes. And you won’t have to wonder whether or not you’ve gotten all of the hair up. The Clean Sense IQ indicator visually shows when floors are clean.
After you’re done sucking up all of Fido’s fur, simply hold the canister over a trash can and empty the debris with just the push of a button. And don’t worry about untangling or unwrapping spools of hair from the brushroll. This model has a self-cleaning brushroll to prevent hair wrap.
This vacuum will set you back $499. However, Lubinsky says it’s worth it. “It seems pricey, but it is on par with Dyson as far as price and quality,” she explains.
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