Should You Buy a Shark Vacuum Cleaner?

Shark is one of the most popular vacuum cleaner brands as well as being well known for its steam cleaners.

We've collated all the key information on Shark vacuum cleaners in this handy guide. We've analysed over 3,500 user and expert reviews and 10 awards from hundreds of different review sites on over 3,500 vacuum cleaners to impartially compare each vacuum cleaner brand.

Shark are recognised for their good selection of mid-range and popular vacuum cleaners. Their vacuum cleaners start at $60 for the NV370 which has a maximum input power of 750W, is a dry vacuum cleaner and an upright vacuum cleaner and go up to $399 for the IF251 which has a maximum input power of §W, is a dry vacuum cleaner and an upright vacuum cleaner. The average price of a new Shark vacuum cleaner is $169.

Is Shark the Best Vacuum Cleaner Brand?

So are Shark vacuum cleaners any good? We give every vacuum cleaner a Kagoo Score by analysing its specs, reviews and prices and comparing this to its competitors. By aggregating this data across all vacuum cleaners we are able to impartially rank all the vacuum cleaner brands.

Our detailed analysis taking into account all of the above factors found that Shark is the 6th best vacuum cleaner brand out there.

Let's look at how Shark vacuum cleaners compare to the other vacuum cleaner brands across each of the key facets that make up the Kagoo Score.

Shark have better reviews than the typical vacuum cleaner brand, with the average rating of a Shark vacuum cleaner being 79%.

There's a smaller selection of Shark vacuum cleaners available compared to other vacuum cleaner brands, with only 11 Shark vacuum cleaners currently on the market in the US. Shark vacuum cleaners also tend to be cheaper than most other vacuum cleaner brands however they are still a less popular choice with consumers.

When it comes to energy efficiency the average annual running cost of Shark vacuum cleaner is $31 (based on a person typically using a vacuum cleaner for 2 hours per week), which makes them less efficient than most other vacuum cleaner brands.

What Do the Shark Vacuum Cleaner Reviews Say?

We've added up all the reviews for every Shark vacuum cleaner to work out the average distribution of reviews for Shark and then compared this to the other vacuum cleaner brands.

Expert Reviews

5 stars		1
4 stars		1
3 stars		0
2 stars		0
1 star		0

User Reviews

5 stars		361
4 stars		58
3 stars		10
2 stars		2
1 star		6

Over 100% of expert reviews and 96% of user reviews for Shark vacuum cleaners are 4 stars or higher. This compares to 86% and 85% respectively across all Vacuum Cleaner brands.

In the table below we compare the average review score given to Shark vacuum cleaners by some of the most popular technology review sites against their reviews for other vacuum cleaner brands. The best review score from each review source is highlighted in green.

Average Review Score	Dyson	Neato	Bosch	iRobot	Russell Hobbs	Shark
	85% 2 reviews		80% 1 review		60% 2 reviews	90% 1 review
	100% 2 reviews		100% 2 reviews
		65% 3 reviews
		80% 2 reviews		70% 1 review
			85% 1 review	78% 1 review
		52% 1 review
				100% 1 review
	100% 1 review
	76% 1 review
		80% 1 review
	80% 1 review
	80% 1 review
						78% 1 review
Average	87% 8 reviews	69% 7 reviews	88% 4 reviews	83% 3 reviews	60% 2 reviews	84% 2 reviews

How Many Industry Awards Have Shark Vacuum Cleaners Received?

After checking thousands of expert review websites we found 2 industry awards for Shark vacuum cleaners. The table below compares the number of awards received by Shark to other popular vacuum cleaner brands. The largest number of awards provided by each review source is highlighted in green.

Compare all award winning vacuum cleaners

Number of Awards	Dyson	Neato	Bosch	iRobot	Russell Hobbs	Shark
	2		2
	1					1
	1
		1
						1
Total	4	1	2			2

How Reliable Are Shark Vacuum Cleaners?

We checked over 3,500 reviews to find comments about the reliability of Shark vacuum cleaners. 20 of these reviews mention reliability of which 80% were positive. Therefore the vast majority of Shark vacuum cleaner owners and reviewers thought the product was reliable.

So, most people think that Shark vacuum cleaners are good quality. Now let's take a look at some of the reviews for Shark vacuum cleaners that mention reliability:

RELIABLE

Excellent Build Quality

best built vacuum I have used

I would love to see this company make a more robust hoover for professional use

Comes with built in removable blade to remove hair from brush bar

The Deluxe is definitely built better

Although I have only had the vacuum for a week it does feel well built

NOT RELIABLE

was so excited as mine had broken (Kirby

The cheap plastic construction makes it nice