Move the power unit — and the weight — down by the nozzle and it’s now easier to push and maneuver across bare floors, areas rugs, and carpets. Finally, detach the power unit completely and use it as a handheld for stairs. For an upright vacuum that works well on carpets and bare floors, look no further than the Shark NV151 Navigator Swivel Pro Complete Upright Vacuum.
However, despite its size, it offers powerful suction for small messes. While we didn’t test this pick in The Lab, The Spruce’s home product tester put the vacuum through real-world testing, trying it out on pet hair, crumbs, dust, and debris. “I was actually startled by how loud it was ,” says our home product shark cordless tester. “But the suction was really powerful, so it was a welcome trade-off.” In addition, although assembly was simple, this handheld pick needed to be charged fully before use, which took about two and a half hours. I was using a corded upright Dyson for about five years before getting this unit.
Just point the vacuum into the trash, push its release tab away from you, then pull it back. The V11 removed all traces of dander from mid-pile and low-pile carpets without any issues. On hardwood, however, the Dyson missed a stray clump, and a few stands became wrapped around the brush roll, too. Both vacuums had little difficulty pulling sand away from hardwood floors, where there aren’t any carpet fibers for particles to cling to and hide beneath. The Shark came in at a perfect 100% while the Dyson V11 picked up 99.59% of the debris.
All of its accessories fit on to the end of the vac seamlessly and although it doesn’t come with storage, you can clip two to the unit if you need to carry any around in use. Bringing its signature smiley face to stick vacs for the first time, this offering dyson robot vacuum from Numatic impressed on test. It’s nimble to use, felt well-balanced and light, and glided effortlessly across every surface we tried it on. Specks and particles that were invisible in regular light came into clear view when the laser hit them.
However, you’ll enjoy a light on the floor head that does allow you to see into the nooks and crannies of your home. Worth noting is that we didn’t notice a reduction in suction as the battery was running low, at least not as much as other brands. This is something very important that people often don’t consider with cordless vacuums; it’s not so much the time the battery lasts, but how long it lasts at full suction which is really important.
Another difference between the Dysons and Sharks is whether they have a trigger or on/off toggle switch. Dysons have a trigger that you have to hold down with your trigger finger the entire time you’re vacuuming. They do this as a way to conserve battery power and it does come in handy when you mistakenly suck up the edge of a rug as it’s a lot faster to release the trigger than to flip a switch to turn the vacuum off.