Shark - Navigator Lift-Away XL Multisurface Upright Vacuum Cleaner, CU512
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Last updated: Aug 9, 2025 Scoring
Liked most:
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5
"Love my shark navigator. ... It got clogged probably 60 times (imagine not picking up hay, bunny poops, and litter, before you vacuum 🙃), which was user error, but it still managed to live a long life. ... Got another one no questions asked."
"I also have a near decade old shark navigator that still works like the day I bought it."
"I can attest to them as I've owned two, and the first one I got second-hand. The only reason I had to get a new Shark was because my springer chewed on the cord one day when he was 2 years old."
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4
"my shark navigator is the best vacuum i have ever invested in for my golden that sheds a metric ton of fur every week. highly recommend :)"
"But most sharks or some have anti hair wrap technology on their brush rolls. That's already worth every penny if you've got cats."
"I have two Maine coon cats (the large, hairy ones). I love my Shark Navigator vacuum"
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0
"it's done very well for a vacuum under $200."
"especially for the price ($150 at Costco)"
"It's lasted a long time for a budget vacuum."
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3
"Every part that could get clogged is removable and makes fixing incredibly easy."
"I have an 8 year old Navigator that still does a great job"
"I’ve had a Shark liftaway for 15 years and it still works great."
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"I've had mine for a few years and love it! ... We have tile, vinyl, carpet, and hardwood floors; lots of rugs, and pets, and long-haired humans. I really really like how versatile it is"
"It picks up hair on carpet, floors and furniture."
"Yes, it does."
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6
"I then bought the 3m model Navigator, which lasted a year before it stopped working completely ... and finally tried out the old faithful, base Navigator, didn 't even make it 6 months."
"There is so much weight on the bottom hinge that it eventually gives way. ... Don't expect longevity. ... It was broken by 2023. ... Whatever you do, DO NOT buy the Shark Lift Away models. They are absolutely terrible in longevity, being built with cheap plastic parts at the bottom hinges, which will break in a few years. ... It is very poorly designed in that section. ... Longevity is awful. ... The problem is the weight of the canister/motor on the bottom hinge in the lift-away and other similar designs. You'd expect they would have used metal hinges to take some 15 lbs of equipment weight on it. But when it finally broke, I was shocked to see that it was all plastic. The floor and carpet attachment are now useless."
"I used it fairly gently for maybe a year or so then it bricked itself. ... It's just dead. ... Seems like poorly built garbage."
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1
"the vacuum sucks so well on the squishy padded carpet that it will barely move over the carpet. ... It's a big workout to push it ... it feels like it's tugging the carpet at the seams"
"One of the Sharks had a suction control but that didn't seem to help much. ... just the suction power adjustment which seemed close to useless for our carpet."
"We did try a navigator of some sort but it didn't have the height adjustment"
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4
"I only wish the roller was self-cleaning 😄 ... with lots of pets and long-haired humans the roller bar is a daily nightmare"
"The roller is always encased in my hair"
"the rollers are a little hard to clean ... mine do 💀"
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3
"very heavy and cumbersome"
"it ’s heavy, so it stays in the basement"
"the vacuum sucks so well on the squishy padded carpet that it will barely move over the carpet. ... It's a big workout to push it ... it feels like it's tugging the carpet at the seams"
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"I only wish the roller was self-cleaning 😄 ... with lots of pets and long-haired humans the roller bar is a daily nightmare"
"The roller is always encased in my hair"
"it’s happened 3 times where it just stops working and I had to open up the screws and remove some random clog"
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