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Navigator Lift-Away XL Multisurface Upright Vacuum Cleaner, CU512

Shark Navigator Lift-Away XL Multisurface Upright Vacuum Cleaner, CU512

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Sentiment score79% positive
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Last updated: Apr 26, 2026

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Reddit Iconthefurrywreckingball
4 months ago

Shark stratos XL. Vacuumed with the old Hoover two days before buying the shark. Filled the can with one room. It sucks the best out of all five vacuums in the house.

Reddit IconKbradsagain
about 2 months ago

I have a shark lift away xl pet. I love it. Washable filters. Great for pet hair

Reddit Iconamoore144
3 months ago

I bought a Costco Shark before I got my Kenmore DU3017. It completely died in 3 months with no indication of what had failed so I couldn't even troubleshoot it properly. I was putting off contacting Shark to use their warranty when my dad convinced me to just take it back to Costco even though it was theoretically past their 90 day electronics return policy. Sure enough Costco took it back, and I hope to never have to deal with a new Shark product ever again. Oddly enough my parents have a 2015 Shark NV501 that is still kicking, but that could be because they hate vacuuming and do it probably once every other month.

Reddit IconAngelDoee3
12 months ago

I love our Shark LiftAway. We got it from Costco three years ago and it still runs like it’s brand new. I do fully clean the canister and filter once every 4-6 weeks depending on weather.

Reddit IconTypicalSoil
9 months ago

Yeah my shark liftaway has served me pretty well, I have 2 rabbits so I'm vacuuming up hay and rather large amounts of hair quite often. For the last 4 years I also lived in a college house with a person that had a rather active dog. I really only clean out the filters and other than that abuse the shit out of this thing and it still cleans my carpet very well. Would a sebo be better? Probably. But honestly for like 99% of people they're probably fine with a consumer unit. I worked as an industrial cleaner for a while, and while I liked our johnnyvac ghiblis with the sebo power heads, I found that just like almost every other product there were drawbacks. Mobility and volume being my biggest issue with them, though I'm sure a bagged or bagless standing vac would have resolved one of those problems. This is all really to say: sebo and miele aren't always the answer.

10 months ago

Yeah... I have a shark liftaway that I've had for 3 ish years now. It picks up all the hay dust and rabbit hair my 2 fools can lay down generally without complaint. I do clean the filters fairly often because the hay dust always ends up clogging it fairly quickly, but it's a small price to pay for not having hay stuck to my socks.

Reddit IconWolfWeak845
7 months ago

I’ve used my sister’s Dyson and own Sharks. I prefer my Sharks. We have a cordless stick, a corded stick (used the most), and a Liftaway. They all work really well, I just got sick of hauling the Liftaway up and down stairs so we got the correcting.

Reddit Icongidi103
5 months ago

I recently went down a rabbit hole and ended with shark navigator liftaway. It is about $200 and does a good job on carpet and floor. Also has extensions for sofa/car. Dyson v15 is also for $500 in costco. However I would spend a couple of hundred more to get a robo vaccum than spend the $500.

Reddit Iconoutdoorlaura
8 months ago

I have a Shark Navigator Liftaway that has handled 10 years of shedding and is still going strong! Drawback is that its kinda big compared to other brands, but for carpet I've found it works much better than some of the smaller stick models. You can adjust the suction and my dog lets me use the brush attachment to do some informal grooming while I'm vacuuming.

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