Customer Ratings & Reviews

Really the best vacuum I've ever had !!! Very easy to clean,

Wife love's it !! What-else can I say Dust and soil look out!

Great vacuum. It is a little heavy and harder to push on hardwood than carpet. Purchased because highly rated for hardwood floor use. I was looking for something that can handle bulky pickups due to kids like foods and cereal messes. I can say it was worth it. Picks up cheerios like a charm. Also used hand attachment and its excellent.

Works good on carpet and hardwood. Works good on cat hair removal.

best vaccum ever! does a great job and small storage

Great adaptability, powerful suction, and easy set up.

Works great. Very powerful for its size. Will buy again.

Great vacuum! Totally what I was looking for and more!

Nice and easy to use, many different attachments for cleaning your house

love this product. easy to handle and easy to empty

Easy and flexible vacuum. Strong suction. Good price.

This is light weight and easy to handle vacuum. My teenagers actually like to vacuum because of this machine! It has a small brush head, which is good for tight spaces but it feels like forever to vacuum a big room. Dust cup is really really small, have to dump it out after each room vacuumed. Overall a good vacuum.

We purchased this vacuum and we love it. Is light and easy to use.

I really like this vacuum. There are two small issues that keep me from giving a 5 star review. - The filter cover falls off easily, which allows the exhaust to blow everywhere. - When emptying the dust cup, dust comes out of the bottom and from the hole on the top. It can be very messy. Everything else is great.

OK...so...it's a vacuum. Cleaning really isn't my favorite hobby, so it's hard for me to get excited about a vacuum. I'm almost a little bit ashamed to admit that I enjoyed testing and reviewing the Shark APEX UpLight Lift-Away DuoClean. Let's get into the details.... First off the packaging was excellent. It was well protected in shipping via double boxing. I realize there is some waste in that method, but I appreciate the products I order being in good shape when they arrive. It was easy to un-box and all of the pieces were in a logical/reasonable configuration. When I first took things out, I was expecting assembly to be a pain. However, I found it be quite simple. Even though I am a guy, I actually used the instructions....I know...say it ain't so. The instructions where clear, visual, and simple. The product snapped together in minutes with zero hassle. All of the components are light and easy to handle. Once it was assembled, it was time to try it out. I ran my current vacuum BEFORE I tried this one just to see if it picked up anything that my old one missed. Just as I was getting ready to fire it up, my 12 year old son walked in and asked if he could test it. So, I thought...why not? I shadowed him while he tried it out. It was loud of course, but not as loud as my old vacuum. We have never had a pivoting head like this before. We struggled a bit with controlling the vacuum as we navigated around furniture, but by the time we had finished the living room and dinning room we had gotten the hang of it. I was surprised at how well my son handled the unit. He has a little trouble with the bigger/bulkier vacuum that we had been using, but he easily handled this smaller lighter unit.My son commented on how it could essentially lay flat when vacuuming under low furniture...something our old vacuum could not do. My 14 year old daughter walked out of her bedroom right after my son had finished testing the unit. The first words out of her mouth were..."ohhhh...the carpet is really fluffy". I think that speaks volumes when a teenager notices the difference completely unsolicited. The actual cleaning results were quite surprising. The suction was very impressive. Remember...I had just vacuumed. The entire canister was FULL of dust that this new unit had pulled out of my carpet. It was kind of gross, yet satisfying at the same time. Now it was time to empty the canister. Again, I went to the instructions to see how they recommended accomplishing this critical activity. Again, I was surprised at just how easy it was to remove the canister and then dump it into my trash can without making a huge dusty mess all over. My old vacuum is also canister, but it's so bulky that it's difficult to dump without making a mess. The Shark was a significantly better design in this area than any other canister vacuum I have used. It doesn't hold a lot in the canister but comparison to my old unit, but that is necessary in order to keep the overall size and weight of the unit reasonable. Just know that it will need dumped more often than a larger unit. Never fear though...it's very easy. Next it was time to try it out on the linoleum in the kitchen. The vacuum performed very well. My old vacuum was not for hard floors, so I don't really have a direct comparison in this area, but I can tell you that I was quite satisfied with the results. My next test was to try it in all of the different configurations. I found it very easy to detach the base unit and use the canister in a hand held fashion. I started by leaving the metal wand in place to vacuum a corner cob web up high. Worked great. Then I took the metal wand off and pulled out the flexible wand to vacuum around a baseboard. Again...worked great. I was very impressed with how easy it was to switch configurations. Even as a first time user of this type of vacuum, I had no trouble at all switching in and out of the various options. I do not currently have any pets. I do however have a wife and daughter who both have very long hair that gets EVERYWHERE. After I finished all of my cleaning, I flipped the unit over to see how much hair was wrapped around the brush....VIRTUALLY NONE. It was impressive. There were a few strands, but nothing like what I expected. Well done. So obviously, you can see that I do indeed like this vacuum very much. It is much smaller and lighter than my old full size stand up vacuum and cleaned significantly better. So why only 4 stars? There were just a few things that knocked it down a notch. 1. While it is much lighter than my old vacuum, it is still a bit heavy to lift up to clean a high corner. Not too much for me as a relatively strong 5'11" guy, but it was heavy enough to make me think that it might be a bit much for some people. 2. It comes with 3 attachments, but the holder that snaps on to the unit only holds 2. What?!?!?! Why do that? Just make a 3 attachment holder. Now I have to try not to lose one of the attachments. 3. It's a bit top heavy since the power head is on top of the unit. This makes the rollers down on the floor seem really light compared to the handle areas. It's not a big deal, but I did observe that as my son was using the unit, he would sometimes pull the roller off of the floor when pulling the unit back to himself. 4. I did notice that it had trouble with larger pieces of debris than my old vacuum. To be fair, I should have picked those larger pieces of paper up before I tried it, but I wanted to see what it could do. I think the double roller system makes it a little harder to pick up bigger stuff (that you probably shouldn't be trying to suck up anyway), Popcorn was also a bit tough to get picked up. A big fluffy kernel just kept getting pushed along. I made it my personal goal in life to get it sucked up, and eventually I triumphed, but it was noticeable. We eat a lot of popcorn and my teens are messy! I don't think it's a big problem, but just know that if you don't like to pre clean the big stuff off of your floor, you might get frustrated once in a while. So there you go. None of those cons outweigh the general ease of use and the outstanding cleaning power, but combined, they are enough to knock it down one star in my humble opinion. I would absolutely recommend this vacuum to anyone looking for a powerful lightweight (relatively speaking) stick style vacuum that pretty much anyone in the house over the age of 7 could use effectively. I'm also looking forward to trying it out in my travel trailer. It is small enough that I can fit it in the broom closet. It will be much easier to work with than the small workshop vacuum I have in there now. I hope you have found this review helpful. Have a wonderful day. Waggly

Purchased on sale for $180 so the value is fantastic. The canister release button take a minute to figure out but not a big deal. Rated highly on other consumer websites as well. Would purchase again.

Love it. Works great on hardwood floor and tile. I wish it easer with nozzles but over all it has great suction and long cord. Glides effortlessly. Wish it was cheaper but overall worth that it stand.

This is a surprisingly efficient and convenient vacuum to use. It has been consistent in it's ability to keep up, especially in a house with both cat and dog hair!

We love this vacuum cleaner. We have a long haired cat and this does a great. I wish the part that detaches had a longer hose but it’s still very useful. It also fits in our very small linen closet.

We bought to replace the old one that stopped working and had geek squad protection. The old one had better parts and feature but this is good enough for the use