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 59,000 user and expert reviews and 240+ 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 $93 for the HV292 which has a maximum input power of 500W, is a dry vacuum cleaner and a handheld vacuum cleaner and go up to $290 for the IF201 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 $217.

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 11th 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 7 Shark vacuum cleaners currently on the market in the US. Shark vacuum cleaners also tend to be more expensive than most other vacuum cleaner brands making them a less popular choice with consumers.

When it comes to energy efficiency the average annual running cost of Shark vacuum cleaner is $22 (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		4
4 stars		4
3 stars		0
2 stars		0
1 star		0

User Reviews

5 stars		4,551
4 stars		998
3 stars		151
2 stars		62
1 star		94

Over 100% of expert reviews and 95% of user reviews for Shark vacuum cleaners are 4 stars or higher. This compares to 85% and 86% respectively across all Vacuum Cleaner brands.

Purchasers of Shark vacuum cleaners frequently mentioned that the product was easy to use, easy to empty and easy to move around. Their vacuum cleaners have also won a total of 4 awards.

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	iRobot	Ecovacs	Neato	Dyson	Miele	Shark
	70% 8 reviews		71% 24 reviews	71% 7 reviews
	80% 8 reviews	56% 5 reviews	94% 10 reviews	94% 10 reviews	73% 3 reviews
	69% 5 reviews	78% 4 reviews	85% 2 reviews	89% 8 reviews	79% 9 reviews	84% 5 reviews
	59% 3 reviews	44% 3 reviews	63% 5 reviews	68% 3 reviews	68% 2 reviews	78% 1 review
	80% 2 reviews		93% 3 reviews	96% 5 reviews	67% 6 reviews
	80% 1 review	80% 3 reviews	80% 4 reviews	83% 6 reviews
	70% 4 reviews	43% 4 reviews	75% 2 reviews	70% 3 reviews
	75% 4 reviews	73% 4 reviews	67% 3 reviews	60% 1 review
	85% 4 reviews	81% 1 review	83% 2 reviews	82% 1 review	81% 3 reviews
	67% 5 reviews		70% 5 reviews		60% 1 review
		78% 3 reviews	85% 2 reviews		76% 4 reviews	89% 1 review
	80% 2 reviews		90% 2 reviews	87% 3 reviews	100% 1 review
	92% 2 reviews	92% 2 reviews	89% 3 reviews	100% 1 review
	90% 2 reviews	76% 5 reviews	80% 1 review
	90% 1 review	70% 3 reviews		90% 1 review	65% 2 reviews
	75% 2 reviews		90% 2 reviews	60% 1 review	80% 2 reviews
	83% 4 reviews		100% 3 reviews
	85% 1 review	83% 4 reviews	89% 1 review	74% 1 review
	78% 2 reviews	90% 3 reviews	80% 2 reviews
		80% 4 reviews	80% 1 review	90% 1 review
Other Expert Sites	77% 68 reviews	79% 77 reviews	83% 32 reviews	75% 53 reviews	64% 11 reviews	86% 1 review
Average	78% 128 reviews	73% 125 reviews	82% 109 reviews	81% 105 reviews	74% 44 reviews	84% 8 reviews

How Many Industry Awards Have Shark Vacuum Cleaners Received?

After checking thousands of expert review websites we found 4 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	iRobot	Ecovacs	Neato	Dyson	Miele	Shark
	3		4	5
	2			3	2	3
	1		3	5	1
	2	4	2
	2	3	2
				3	2
		4	1
		4
	1		1	2
	1		2		1
				4
	2		1
		3
		3
		3
		3
		3
				2
	2
	2
Other Expert Sites	9		2	6	2	1
Total	27	30	18	30	8	4

How Reliable Are Shark Vacuum Cleaners?

We checked over 59,000 reviews to find comments about the reliability of Shark vacuum cleaners. over 840 of these reviews mention reliability of which 94% 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

Well made

built in seconds

Love the Shark products reliable always what I expect

NOT RELIABLE

think that it won't be long before parts of it are broken

was so excited as mine had broken (Kirby

I am not worried about damaging my floors with this vacuum

so I put a couple of heavy duty rubber bands on it to hold it in place

isn't robust enough