First of all, you realise that is hasn’t been working well before you noticed it and so it’s been taking you longer to get the cleaning done and then you have to spend 10 minutes with the scissors chopping it all out. Not nice. Shark is one of the top vacuum cleaner brands in the world and has taken on Dyson at the premium end of the market but Gtech is a bit of a hidden gem when it comes to keeping the hoovering simple whilst Shark offer something for all home types but who is the best?

Anti Hair Wrapoffers a self-cleaning brush roll thanks to an in-built comb. This removes pet and human hair before it gets the chance to get tangled. Anti Hair Wrap. How annoying is it when over time the suction and performance of your hoover seems to be getting worse and then you realise that there are huge clumps of hair wrapped around the brush.Switching between carpet and had floors is very easy thanks to the DuoClean brushrolls, which switch over with the touch of a button. It's also possible to go between three power levels, although we found the lowest level perfectly strong enough for the majority of tasks. The Shark Stratos Anti Hair Wrap Plus Pet Pro Cordless Vacuum IZ420UKT marks a big change in design and strategy for the vacuum cleaner company, introducing a host of new features, including a new floor head, an Anti-Odour pod and automatic power modes. It’s a triumph of power, features and design.

No high tech and no digital displays and no attachments that morph it into an alien. It cleans floors really well and its really easy to use. The Shark Stratos Pet Pro Anti Hair Wrap Plus Anti-Odour Upright Vacuum NZ860UKT is an upgrade over last year’s Shark NZ850UKT in more ways than one. With a new Anti-Odour pod and redesigned floor head, this is a far superior product to last year’s cleaner and officially the best overall upright vacuum cleaner that I’ve reviewed. The ICZ160 comes with 50 minutes of cleaning time from one charge and the ICZ300 has 60 minutes and the ICZ300 also comes with “powerfins” allow the roller to get deeper than ever into carpet fibres for Sharks best ever clean LiftAwayoffers a removable central canister that can be lifted around to clean stairs and upholstery. This makes is easier to access tough spots, even cars.

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The Shark Anti Hair Wrap Cordless Upright Vacuum Cleaner with PowerFins, Powered Lift-Away & TruePet has absolutely everything you need (as you might've guessed from the name) to stay on top of the busiest of homes, in a cordless model. The Stratos did leave a line of flour behind the motor head, where the fins on the roller seemed to funnel the flour without offering enough agitation or suction to lift it all up. This amounted to 4% of the flour on that first pass, although that’s still way above average. It was happily collected by subsequent passes made at a different angle.

You can also choose more than one battery if the 30 minutes you get from one full charge isn’t enough for you and it also comes with an optional pet tool if you have stubborn hair that needs dealing with on a regular basis.DuoCleanis Shark's self-adjusting brush roll that automatically adapts to carpet and hard floor without you having to switch over. We really like to get a hands-on experience with the products which we feature across Ideal Home, in line with our testing protocol. It means that we get tounderstand more about whatyouare getting for your money. The main difference between the two is that you get more choice with Shark and they have more features that can make them slightly longer to learn how to use not that they are difficult in the first place it’s just that with Gtech there is nothing to it. What kind of features does Shark have that Gtech don’t?