Shark promises more suction power than any other upright vacuum cleaner brand, which is a bold statement to make with the number of options out there.

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Glide from carpets to hard floors with DuoClean – two motorised brush-rolls work together in one floorhead to seamlessly clean all floors. Two motorised brush-rolls work together – a bristle brush-roll cleans deep into carpets, drawing out embedded dirt, while a soft front brush-roll pulls in large and small debris and lifts stuck-on dust from hard floors. Additionally, our fibre removal from upholstery test involves timing how long it takes to clean fluff and lint from a cushion using the upholstery tool. The power slider lets you choose between hard floor, carpet and deep-pile power modes, which adjusts the speed of the motorised brush bar, plus the slider opens a vent to adjust airflow: closed for hard floors, more open for deep-pile so that the vacuum doesn’t get stuck.It’s an improved controller over the previous model, which had a manual air vent and just a slider for hard floor and carpet modes. Lift-Away mode is, as always, great to see, turning this upright into a handy portable cleaner for getting into tighterareas.

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Finally, I moved to the hard floor test, and sprinkled a teaspoon of rice onto the floor, giving the vacuum cleaner a pass through forwards and back to see how well it could pick up the mess. With the cylinder off, you can clean more easily under furniture, quickly nipping around chair legs and the like. Plus, choosing the correct mode is simple as the controls are located on the handle, so there’s no need to bend down. For our hair and fibre tests we comb real cat and dog hair into wilton carpet and then time how long it takes for each vacuum cleaner to suck it all up, the best can do it in less than 30 seconds, the worst take more than three minutes.

Next, I moved to the harder carpet tile edge test, with the Shark NZ850UKT charged with removing all flour right up to the skirting board. With the NZ850UK you’ll find a Multi-Surface tool for dusting and cleaning a variety of soft and hard furnishings, as well as a handy crevice nozzle. First, the power button has been moved from the top of the dust bin to the top of the handle, behind the slider for power control. With lots of power, flexible cleaning and cleverly designed controls, the Shark NZ850UKT is a great vacuuum cleaner for all jobs.

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This year, we have the Shark Anti Hair Wrap Upright Vacuum Cleaner with Powered Lift-Away and TruePet NZ850UKT, with an improved and updated design making it easier to use.

Flexology bends to reach and clean under low-lying furniture and folds for compact, freestanding storage at the touch of a button.