No. There's a Shark Navigator @ the lodge we use to do clean up after construction...it's NOT as good as a Dyson ball-animal. The really old Dyson's were awful. I had a yellow one. We gave it away. My 10 year old purple Dyson ball-animal is still going strong, so hubby purchased a NEW in the box Dyson animal 2 with attachments last week. $199. Here's one. it says refurbished.Link....but it's not....it's just last years model. $179....he gave me the NEW one and he took the old one. It's pretty nice! I LOVE it! He read the reviews on the Dyson ball-animal 3, it basically said to buy which ever one was on sale....they're so similar.

No way would I use a Shark for construction clean up, it'd be a higher dollar vacuum. This is just for rugs and wood floors, blinds, furniture, just the easy peasy stuff. My Dyson ball's were good, I'll grant you that, but for the easy stuff I might as well try something new. If the shark breaks down sooner than expected, it's back to Dyson.

I didn’t have a Dyson, but two Sharks. A Rotator for my house which I love, and a Navigator I had gotten for my parents’ house, which I didn’t love as much. The cleaning was fine, I just didn’t care for the swivel or the lack of storage for the accessories. I think I ended up giving it away in the Great GiveAway the last week before the sale closed.

I love my little Bissell handheld rechargeable, except that it doesn’t have a long handle, and it runs for only 10-15 minutes before it needs to be plugged in, and then it takes a good half-hour to recover. Kind of like me.

During & after our remodel I discovered the best vacuum is a shop vac. I finally returned it to the garage. :(

I always had Kenmore Cannisters ( and still have a relic which I keep in the garage). They were great. Super cumbersome in my opinion, but they were excellent. When we moved here 5 years ago,

I got a Shark Navigator, which is what I still have and use. It's better than adequate, but I don't adore it. Still something to be said for the fact that's never needed a repair. The only thing I've done for it is to buy a new washable filter (so that I can still use it when one is drying).

We do have a 70 lb dog so it is pretty good. I just know when I use it upstairs on our wall to wall carpeting,I don't get the super clean feeling that I used to get when that Kenmore was used.

( the kenmore is so old and it's hard to maneuver so I banished to the garage and I'm almost afraid of what might be living in it which is why I don't let it come into the house)..

I second salonva's comments about the Kenmore canister. It did feel like it did a better job on carpets. That's probably because it was so heavy. One of the reasons why Consumer Reports tends to give uprights a good report is that the weight of the machine itself helps in the cleaning process since the entire weight of the machine is over the vacuum head. The head of the Kenmore canister was heavy - along with the rest of the body. I can't believe that I toted that thing up and down 2 flights of stairs.

When my trusty Kenmore canister finally stopped working and my local repair shop could no longer get parts I bought a Shark. That was at least 15 years ago and it's still working. Since then I've purchased 3 more - 2 for our PA place and a second one for here. I've finally realized that it is much simpler to have a vac on both floors for quick clean-ups.

We've always had large dogs with lots of shedding hair and the Shark easily picked it up - on carpet, hardwood and tile. I appreciate how simple it is to remove the vacuum head and just use the wand to get into corners or under cabinets. I like using it as a hand held to vac inside kitchen drawers or with the tools to vac inside my car. The Lift-away feature lets you vacuum the stairs and underneath the bed. I use the power brush on upholstery. The newer models have LED lights on the vacuum head and the wand. One additional advantage of using a bagless is that I empty it frequently and no longer have a canister vac with a musty smell because I didn't want to replace the expensive HEPA bags until they were full.

I'm somewhat of a vacuum nerd and read the reviews in Consumer Reports, Wireless and Strategist. My DS had a Dyson Ball that he repaired twice and when it needed a third, expensive repair it ditched it and went with a Hoover upright.

We have oneof those orange shop vacuums....nothing like our Dyson for fine dust and sawdust. We also have a hoover carpet shampooer. A dirt devil hand held. And several other brand vacuums...even a cordless...but they just don't pick up like the Dyson ball....and $200 isn't that much money in my world. ie: Last month I got that much money back in credit card rewards.

I was also a Kenmore canister owner. When I replaced it I bought a Sebo canister. While both worked great, there's nothing that compares to the ease of grabbing a cordless vacuum. We have a battery powered upright Riccar that gets used multiple times a day in the laundry room (home to the litterbox) and adjacent areas. I wish there was such a thing as a cordless canister.

I had a little Kenmore canister for years - it was very much like the Shark vacuums being sold at the time - so much I wondered if they might be made by the same company. It was super lightweight and had really powerful suction, but I cracked the main wand after they stopped making them and couldn't find a replacement, so I now have a bagless Bissell canister, which is good, however, I'm not sure whether I prefer the old school bags to bagless, since I need to clean the filters after each use, which is rather tedious.

1 thing I really appreciate is a retractable cord.

I was just staying at a house with a canister vacuum. The hose was so clogged, and I wondered if that is a problem with canister vacs if they are not tended to frequently? Also the bag needed to be changed (that’s probably why the hose was clogged) but I couldn’t find new bags. That’s where a bagless is handy, although it can be a mess to empty. I take it to the big wastebasket in the garage; when I emptied it into the laundry room wastebasket, I had to vacuum up the dust that scattered a bit.

I bought each of my sons a Shark when they were in college or grad school and needed something. I went to visit the one in grad school and tried using the Shark. I hated that thing -- bought him a Dyson --looked at a refurbished one and a Costco sale and bought one of those. The younger son used the Shark while in school, but when he got a place of his own, he bought a Dyson. When I helped my sister before and after her surgery last year, she had a Shark like the ones my sons had. I took my Dyson over and used it -- made her try it. She got one too. We have a shop vac for heavy or clunky stuff, still have an Oreck upright (25 yrs) and the Miele canister. I'll keep the canister for certain jobs., but Dyson is my mainstay -- I have one in my sewing room and one downstairs. Cordless was the reason, but I wouldn't keep using it if it wasn't doing the job and making my life easier. I won't pay $1000 for the latest and greatest, but a few generations ago but still current models work for me (would kind of like the light, may try a replacement head).

To keep the dust under control when emptying the Shark I put a plastic produce bag over the bottom, pull it up a little, then press the release button. That way most of the dust is caught.

Nicole, you need a stronger shop vac for better suction.

Maire, I empty my Shark the same way if it's raining or snowing. What I do with all vacuum dust is stand on the edge of the front porch and either the north or south wind blows it far far away. No neighbors to complain. :)

I think DH & I got bamboozled on a canister back in the mid-90's. Some of you may remember this vacuum, it was a good one but the price wasn't, still we fell for it.

One evening a vac saleman showed up out here in the country of all places. The boys were out so it was just me and DH. We let him bring the display vac inside and I was so young & naive I was in awe of all the powerful things the vac could do!

Of course it made the carpet look great, but when he took a seat cushion off the sofa, put it in a plastic bag, put the hose inside it made my cushion flat as a pancake I was in awe.

The salesman then took the hose off the vac, sprinkled a few drops of scented oil inside the canister, and took it to the back of the house, turned it on, and within minutes our house smelled heavenly.

Little did I know all vacuums can do that. DH said "let's buy one!" and I hesited because it was expensive.

We bought it, the guy left, our boys came home and we showed them what we bought. DS1 asked how much it cost and we said, $1500.00. DS, who never cursed in front of us, said, "Why the he!! did you do that?" We all laughed, and I told him we were bored. :) Good vac but he!! to drag around.

I'm pretty sure this is the one we had.

Eco Fairfax Fax O Matic Canister Vacuum

I HATE canaster vacuums! The vacuum is dragging behind you while you pull it along with the hose. I "had" a Rainbow vacuum as a newlywed. Highly rated! Link to see it $3700 for a current one/used, ...NOT cheap....and I hated it.

Flat as a pancake in a plastic bag is how I put a sofa cushion into a slip cover when upholstering. I can do that with my Dyson! yes...your husband was right....

The canister I have is light enough to carry easily by its handle, and the one I had before was too - even had a strap to attach and sling it over your shoulder.

I also don't have a big house to vacuum, so it's just the right size. I understand that canisters tend to have more powerful suction than uprights.

Merry Christmas to me! Sort of. While getting something out of the storage closet I saw the old handheld vacuum cleaner I bought from QVC 12 years ago. I used it maybe two times, and it's still brand new. 550 cyclonic watts...whatever that is & it's loud. It's powerful as any hand held I've had and the reason I stopped using it was because the dust/filter bag is so small. I'm not so sure about that now,

I don't even remember why I bought it.

My keyboard area was a mess and the vac sucked every bit of dust & crumbs. :)

Today when petting the cat on top of her tower my face hit one of those hanging cobweb thingys... the room has high ceilings. And that is what I'm going to do tomorrow in the back of the house. Much easier to handle instead of my regular vac. Long cord. I think at the time it was under $100. No longer made.

Skim through this old QVC video I found & look at all the attachments. Mine's green.

Nicole, after years of having the no attachments Oreck upright, I loved being able to have all I needed and the ability to vacuum anything esily -- once the danged thing was wheeled around and plugged in. It is still the best for vacuuming blinds or things overhead, so I keep mine -- but generally speaking, I pushed me over the edge to a cordless Dyson.

I keep reading about Dyson cordless so I finally looked at one on their website. When I think cordless I think small dust compartment, lots of emptying and not powerful for the whole house. Wrong. Which Dyson do you all use? I should have bought a Dyson. :)

https://www.dyson.com/vacuum-cleaners/cordless/gen5/outsize-hepa-absolute-prussian-blue?utm_source=google_shopping&utm_medium=organic

I guess I'm not the vacuum ?fanatics? you all are, but I love my Shark vacuums. I think they do more than an adequate job of vacuuming. Emptying the dust is easy. I'll add that I don't have pets. I have a cordless Dyson for stairs that I find JUST adequate, but easy. If I want the stairs done WELL, I use the Shark. I do not like canister vacuums. At one time, we had (guess we still have, but I've closed the ports) a central vacuum system. That was just awful; vacuum tubing was long, bashed into walls, inadequate suction etc.

OK...last night hubby brought home a cordless Dyson. It's a V6 model, not the latest model and it only stays charged for 20 minutes. LOVE it! Plenty of power. We put the brush on the end and vacuumed the wood stairs & the wood blinds. It fits between ALL the stairway rails...much better than using a dusting rag. It's all plastic, light weight and makes getting in small spaces easy. It was put together like this when I used it.

I don't know that I'd spend $300 on a current V8 model, it holds a charge for 40 minutes. The top of the line Dyson cordless holds a charge for 1.5hours. NOW...THAT makes more sense...but the price is $800-$1200. I also have a Dirt Devil cordless, $80. These are NOT...in my opinion...going to take the place of a heavy duty upright, I really like it when put together as shown in the photo for the car...or the walk-in closet, the pantry shelves, basic dusting.

Update: Hubby just put the full wand and motorhead on it...he's vacuuming under the beds....and loving it! Says it's so thin it fits under the club chair! He is emptying it out often....it does have a small dirt receptacle. OK.

Nicole, I like that one. I realize now that my Monster is a faux stick vacuum. lol I couldn't figure out why it has such powerful suction for a tiny dust canister which was actually the filter inside a larger canister. WTG me!

#1 draw back of the shark vacuum is the narrow tube and angle just above the rotating floor brush that gets clogged.

Good luck if you have pets- this gets clogged within a few minutes.

This is difficult to get out and causes the device to overheat and shut down.

Takes atleast 30 minutes to cool off.

Must remove- detached floor brush attachment and use something like a strong metal wire to push or pull out the clog.

An Oakley thread from the past! I hope she is doing okay.