Shark PowerDetect AZ3900

I have a fetish for decent vacuum cleaners. 20 year old Dyson wanted long service leave so I brought a brand new LG, which lasted 4 months. 4bd room house, 1/2 carpet and lino. And 3 dogs 1 cat. I went to Betta electrical and purchased the Shark PowerDetect Powered Lift Away. Fantastic, on paper it couldn't be any better. I think it lost suction just lifting it out of the box into the real world. I don't know if there's something wrong with it, but I have to clean the filters around every two weeks. NOT 6 monthly like advised. It lasted maybe 6 months before the turbo head developed a horrendous pig squeal. It developed a dry bearing in the soft roller and that's when I found out that Shark don't have replacement parts like Dyson's or Miele do. At the time it cost me just over 600 ish dollars and it is the most expensive inanimate object I've ever brought. The "better than sliced bread" sensors that detect surface change and walls etc. if you sneeze hard enough or the head hits a wall, sensors light up, drops suction and it turns into a professional ar$eH0le. I clean the soft roller every 2 weeks and nothing stops it from jamming up, I have to stop CONSTANTLY, drop and pull it out, all the dander and lint type stuff stop the roller from turning. All the bigger stuff, like grains of rice successfully jam further up! The carpet, hard floor ,rug etc buttons on the handle... If you breathe on it too hard it changes what ever preference you had it on.So it sounds like an asthmatic bulldog with hayfever when it's fluctuating motor speed. It is just an expensive poxy carpet gremlin that would be OK for a single person in a tiny house maybe, with a car foot mat for carpet. It's never been abused or neglected in anyway and I have only used it in the way that's recommended. Great for families, carpet with pets. It is a white hot smoking heaping pile of abandoned dreams and aspirations. Don't do it to yourself. The resentment you feel when a vacuum having a childish footstomp when it doesn't want to work, really starts to wind you up and ruins your day. This favour to man kind is meant to do all these different things and I have first hand knowledge that it does NOT 1 THING well. It just blows at everything . ( I nearly said it sucked, but I don't want to give anyone false hope)

Just bought a day ago from Harvey Norman. Well built, affordable price, and loaded with essential features. I like the detachable feature for vacuuming with convenience when needed.

I've had this vacuum now for a year and it's time to review. I had been using a Kirby for the last 16 years & was getting sick of how bulky it was so & also having to change attachments every time i went from carpet to hard floors, so I decided to replace it with the Shark PowerDetect. What a great machine. I love how i don't have to change attachments to go from carpet to hard floors. It has a really long cord so you don't have to change powerpoints all of the time. The little powerhead is great for cleaning your car. However, what it is lacking the most is a dusting attachment, making it not a complete cleaning machine!! I have searched everywhere to see if i can get another brand to fit it and guess what, you can't, aaargh!! So you have to use the crevice tool on your skirting, picture rails and cornice which marks your walls, totally annoying!! I did also have an issue with the cord where it split. Its not a flexible cord like you'd expect. I contacted Shark and they replaced it immediately. So 5 stars for their customer service. Would i buy this model again, no sadly i wouldn't. I want a machine where everything is on the vacuum, i don't want to have to clean each room and then go back with a different machine to dust, that's just crazy. If you are after just a vacuum & don't care about the dusting bit, though, this machine is great.