The carpet roll features PowerFins, which is a rubberised fin that sits between brushes to prevent hair from building up on the roller, and to dig deep into carpet fibres to pick up deeply-rooted pet hair. When it does run out, a three and a half hour charging time means the Lithium-Ion battery will be ready to use again in no time.

I suspect most of the missing flour was lining the tubes or caught in the floor head and would work its way into the bin eventually as I performed other cleaning tasks. uk/product/shark-anti-hair-wrap-cordless-upright-vacuum-single-battery-icz300uk-zidICZ300UK" on this server. The Shark ICZ300UKT claims to have a 60-minute battery life, but this is only when used in ECO mode and on a non-motorised tool. Combined with DuoClean, Anti Hair Wrap technology actively separates and removes hair from the floorhead as you clean – keeping it tangle free. Similar in size and shape to Shark’s corded upright vacuum cleaners – the Shark NV702UK, for example – it’s more than capable of performing a whole-house clean.There is a dusting brush, a wide upholstery brush to work on sofas and on the interior of cars, a 20cm crevice tool to clean hard-to-reach areas, and with the Shark ICZ300UKT you get an anti hair wrap pet tool. If you’re someone who wants a cordless vacuum cleaner but doesn’t want a stick cleaner, such as the excellent Shark IZ320UKT, then the Shark ICZ300UKT is a great choice. However, apart from a small residue near the start of our pass, it certainly didn’t leave 6g of flour behind.

With the Shark ICZ300UKT you'll also get a removable battery which lifts out of the unit and slots into an external charging base. Performance is excellent, with Standard mode cleaning a path through my spilt rice grains, with nothing dropping out at the end. The floorhead can glide seamlessly between floor types and controls on the handle allow you to select hard floor or carpet as well as adjusting between one of the three power levels. You use the display to select the cleaning mode (hard floors or carpets), control the suction power (there are three power levels: eco, standard and boost) and check the battery status. Powered up to the maximum Boost mode, the battery only lasted 11mins 43secs, although that’s not far off the norm for a cordless running at full pelt.And the ICZ300UKT comes with the perfect balance of attachments that give it the ability to tackle any cleaning job. It will struggle to reach under things and unlike other models I've tested such as the Beko PowerClean it doesn't have a hinge at the front of the vacuum to drop down and reach under and around obstacles easier. This is almost 50% higher than the Shark IZ300UKT cordless stick and it comes very close to the power delivered by Dyson’s latest premium models, the Dyson V15 Detect and the Dyson V11 Outsize. So you have to rely on three less precise indicator lights on the battery to know when it's fully charged. The wand and 20 cm crevice tool are ideal for tackling those hard to reach areas such as corners or ceilings.

Assembling it was easy to manage, and there is a chunky instruction book included with the Shark ICZ300UKT to help you get to grips with all the attachments. It's a welcome development, as our tests revealed the IZ201UK lacks cleaning power on carpets and is ineffective on lower power settings. The former has red trim and is otherwise identical to the blue ICZ300UKT, except for the selection of attachments that come with it.

She has been reviewing small appliances, including blenders, juicers, and multi-cookers, for more than 8 years, and also upholsters furniture when she's not testing the latest food tech gadgets. Using an easy switch at the bottom of the vacuum I was able to easily shake out the dust from my kitchen floor. On the flip side, it isn’t quite as good at getting into corners with its main floor head, although the Lift Away unit, hose and wand extension make it possible to reach anywhere when disassembled. As you can see from the image, the carpet was left super-clean right through the path of the vacuum, with traces of dust left towards the outer edges of the floor head. Offering improved battery life over the previous model as well as a new, more efficient floor head, the Shark ICZ300UKT is a cordless upright vacuum cleaner that performs brilliantly on all surfaces.