Shark AZ2002 Vertex Powered Lift-Away Upright Vacuum with DuoClean PowerFins, Self-Cleaning Brushroll, Large Dust Cup, Pet Crevice Tool, Dusting Brush & Power Brush, Silver/Rose Gold

Love this vacuum. My friend has two large short haired dogs. I was dog sitting for three days and got to use her vacuum (older model). The suction of hair off the floor was astonishing! I went home and ordered mine. It took 10-15 min for me to assemble. I plugged it in an off I went! The suction was again, astonishing. I vacuumed my shag carpet in the living room and ended up with a full tank! I used the tools to vacuum my patio furniture. The suction was still great but it was awkward to maneuver. I kept accidentally pressing other buttons (high carpet, low carpet, floor) because of the placement. I don’t have that issues when I vacuum. Also, the canister is wobbly when separated from the base. I don’t know why, but it topples every time I try to use it without holding the canister with my free hand. I feel like I’m at war with the canister when it’s free from the base. This makes it frustrating, but if I hold the handle in my left hand and use the vacuum in my right there are no issues. I’d buy this again, for sure! The vacuum is heavy if it’s on auto detect because it’s really sucking hard. But if it’s on a different mode it’s easy to push. I love everything about this! My carpets look new and in the shag, sometimes there are peoples of dirt O can’t see, but they securely get sucked up! I love the side suction and suction froward and backward. My favorite feature, because I have long hair and I shed too, it pulls the hair into its own compartment and wraps it up into a spool for discard. It won’t lock up the roller. I have found a ton of my hair! I vacuum my bathroom floors too…so much easier than sweeping the hair. If I can find their handheld that does this for hair…I’ll buy one! This is an amazing purchase and easy to maintain.

Favorite vacuum I’ve used. I’ve been a fan of Shark vacuums for years but this is my absolute favorite so far. The price is a bit steep but found it while it was on sale so that helped. The vacuum itself is a little heavy but is good quality and can stand getting knocked around a little bit. It picks up on carpet and hard wood super well. I love that you can take the large dust collector off to reach under small spaces. My 2 other favorite features are the self cleaning brush and the scent minimizer. They both work extremely well and will definitely want them in any future vacuums I end up with. Sharks are hard to beat

I am going to predict that this is going to be the best retail vacuum that money can buy. We had a Shark for 16 years and its still running. We had to replace the hoses and brushes on the old unit once during that time. When we bought the old unit it replaced our Eureka which was half as powerful as the Shark Navigator we bought. Fast forward to the Powerdetect and once again we are amazed at its abilities. Filtration is great, suction and brush power is fantastic and the addition of led lights and Infared detection of dirt in the carpet is amazing! Not to mention the large volume canister and cord length is a nice improvement from the Navigator. Touch sensors on the handle to change modes manually for the different floor types is really nice too. Users will probably like the sensor that detects when the unit is close to the baseboards and increases the suction power to pull the Debree from the base of the walls. we personally like the fragrance of the deodorizer but we are also concerned its probably artificially made and not healthy. The first time we used it we used the Infared dirt technology and it took some time for us to deep clean the carpet. Hopefully next time wont take as long to clean as we believe it was just 6 years of built up dust, dander, and pet hair missed by the old vacuum. Now the time trial begins. we hope that this unit lasts as long as the previous Shark we owned but we predict that the sensors will be the first part to fail just like they do in vehicles. Time will tell. Only gripe we could really make is that it is heavier than the Navigator and it does want to pull forward when its on but what can you expect when it has to have a larger motor for the awesome suction power. If we can remember to come back and review this in a year we will. Hope this helps someone make a decision. Oh and don't forget to use those holiday gift cards towards your purchase. :-)