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We have a shark and it clearly picks up a lot because I have to empty it every time I use it. Only get about twenty minutes off it though but it's only £50 or so.
https://amzn.eu/d/gnqZ2FZ Very similar to this but we must have had it a good 5 years or so now.
Welcome - it works pretty well considering the price and size of it !
Have a shark hand held anti hair wrap one. Find it great. Definitely heavier than a Dyson hand held but stronger suction & long battery - does our whole house no issue. Also a light which is very handy. We have no carpets but busy house with kids and pets
Shark handheld (I don't know the name) it's pretty newish 2020+ model and has the anti hair wrap thing. It's fine. Obviously as a handheld the battery and suction is not as good as it could be on a much more expensive Dyson model. But I find it decently acceptable for the upstairs, if run on full power it can run out in 15 minutes though. I would recommend a cord vacuum if you want to do a whole house or large flat. But I do like my sharks, and I think Henry Hoover's are still a solid shout.
I got a Hoto vacuum but it developed a problem where the vacuum cup attachment would not twist on and stay on the body. However their customer service (after I sent them a video of the problem) is good and they sent me a brand new full unit even though they could have just sent me the attachment. I also bought a Shark handvac in the mean time and that works very well too.
I don't think they are a known vacuum brand. They make a variety of tools. I have their screwdriver too. [https://hototools.com](https://hototools.com) This is what I have. [https://hototools.com/products/compressed-air-capsule](https://hototools.com/products/compressed-air-capsule) The hoto is compact so I was keeping it with my coffee gear. I bought the Shark Wandvac as soon as the Hoto broke and while I was interacting with Hoto's customer service. The Shark works fine and has a bigger chamber. The draw back of the Shark is I can't just leave it with my coffee stuff in the kitchen and it uses a special cradle to charge. The Hoto charges over USB-C. The Hoto also works as a blower so you can attach a bunch of nozzles it comes with on the opposite end to blow out stuff or inflate flotation devices etc. Suction wise both are the same. I haven't even opened the new Hoto package and it has been a few months.
We had the Dyson Ball vacuum (corded) and absolutely hated it. It worked terrible, was heavy and just wasn't good. We did regular maintenance on it too. It just was crap. Since then, we've replaced it with shark vacs. We keep one on each floor of the house so we don't have to continually carry them up and down stairs. They work great. I also recently got a handheld cordless shark vac and it is AWESOME. We have some awkward spaces in our home that a vacuum never really fit in so the cordless hand vac does the job. With 4 cat, I vacuum regularly. I use a Fuller hoky (manual sweeper) daily and it works great too!
Shark handheld. £60. Very happy with it for small kitchen cleans.
Check out thrift stores. I found Shark rechargeable hand held for $5 that works great.
I have a 25 year old Dyson cylinder that still works but it's a pain to carry up/down stairs so I bought a cheapo Chinese thing for about 20 quid which...works until it doesn't. It overheats pretty quickly. so I stopped using it. I bought an upright cordless shark, it's "ok" but not great for anything where stuff can wrap around the roller. I swear I've spent more time taking the damn thing apart and unblocking it than actually hoovering. The cordless is great, as is the little light on the front but yeah, I would NOT have this as a main hoover. 30 min battery time is a bit lame too. I also have a shark handheld which is cordless. now that IS useful. Battery is only about 10 mins tho so it's good for spot cleaning, cleaning car or cleaning up a spillage somewhere. Or doing shelves/cobwebs. I also have two Eufy robots, they are pretty fing good. They do 30-45 mins a day up/down stairs (hence 2), they usually need emptying twice a week so they are picking up a lot of dust/dead fern leaves and carpet sheddings. Wouldn't be without the robots. If I had to choose ONE, I would go Dyson. Do not get the shark, it's not a daily driver. The henry is good, I've used them a lot when doing DIY at other people's houses, they are bomb proof. There's also a reason why most office cleaners will use one, they suck like a 10 quid crack ho. I also have two bosch battery ones, one of them is an amazing wet/dry with godly suction power, way stronger than any of the vacs I have, great for skirting boards/edges and stuff the robots can't do or get to. Also attaches to bosch sanders.
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