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 100,000 user and expert reviews and 350+ 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 popular and good quality vacuum cleaners. Their vacuum cleaners start at $100 for the SV1106 which has a maximum input power of §W, is a dry vacuum cleaner and an upright vacuum cleaner and go up to $200 for the NV480 which has a maximum input power of 700W, is a dry vacuum cleaner and an upright vacuum cleaner. The average price of a new Shark vacuum cleaner is $144.

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 17th 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 5 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 $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		6
4 stars		7
3 stars		0
2 stars		0
1 star		0

User Reviews

5 stars		6,572
4 stars		1,311
3 stars		237
2 stars		133
1 star		201

Over 100% of expert reviews and 93% of user reviews for Shark vacuum cleaners are 4 stars or higher. This compares to 85% and 84% respectively across all Vacuum Cleaner brands.

Purchasers of Shark vacuum cleaners frequently mentioned that the product was easy to use, easy to empty and portable. Their vacuum cleaners have also won a total of 6 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	Dyson	Neato	Ecovacs	Miele	Shark
	69% 5 reviews	86% 11 reviews	85% 2 reviews	75% 2 reviews	77% 11 reviews	84% 5 reviews
	72% 10 reviews	92% 10 reviews	97% 7 reviews	53% 3 reviews	70% 4 reviews
	72% 9 reviews	71% 7 reviews	73% 16 reviews			80% 2 reviews
	72% 5 reviews	70% 3 reviews	78% 4 reviews	43% 4 reviews
	80% 1 review	83% 7 reviews	80% 3 reviews	80% 2 reviews	90% 1 review
	80% 2 reviews	100% 4 reviews	90% 2 reviews		67% 6 reviews
	61% 2 reviews	63% 2 reviews	70% 3 reviews		76% 4 reviews	89% 1 review
	58% 1 review	62% 1 review	63% 4 reviews	44% 3 reviews	68% 2 reviews	78% 1 review
	67% 5 reviews		70% 5 reviews		60% 1 review
	80% 2 reviews	82% 1 review	86% 1 review	65% 4 reviews	81% 3 reviews
	77% 1 review		84% 2 reviews	69% 4 reviews	72% 1 review	87% 3 reviews
	73% 3 reviews	60% 1 review	70% 2 reviews	77% 3 reviews	80% 1 review
	75% 2 reviews	60% 1 review	80% 3 reviews		77% 3 reviews
	60% 2 reviews	80% 2 reviews	80% 2 reviews		60% 2 reviews
		80% 1 review	80% 1 review	73% 4 reviews	90% 1 review	80% 1 review
	88% 3 reviews	93% 4 reviews	91% 1 review
	100% 2 reviews	100% 1 review	78% 3 reviews	92% 2 reviews
	80% 2 reviews	80% 2 reviews	100% 1 review		80% 2 reviews
	30% 1 review	50% 3 reviews	70% 2 reviews		50% 1 review
	67% 3 reviews		50% 1 review	80% 3 reviews
Other Expert Sites	76% 76 reviews	76% 59 reviews	82% 28 reviews	78% 56 reviews	72% 20 reviews
Average	72% 137 reviews	77% 120 reviews	79% 93 reviews	69% 90 reviews	73% 63 reviews	71% 13 reviews

How Many Industry Awards Have Shark Vacuum Cleaners Received?

After checking thousands of expert review websites we found 6 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	Dyson	Neato	Ecovacs	Miele	Shark
	3	8	5		1
	3	7	1		2	3
	1	4	2		1
	1	1	2		3
		4			2
	1		2	2	1
	1	4
				4
	1	2	1
		1			1	1
		2			1
	2		1
				3
				3
		2			1
	1	1
				1	1
				2
	1			1
	2
Other Expert Sites	8	7	4	6	3	2
Total	25	43	18	22	17	6

How Reliable Are Shark Vacuum Cleaners?

We checked over 100,000 reviews to find comments about the reliability of Shark vacuum cleaners. over 1,500 of these reviews mention reliability of which 96% 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

The Shark is a very good vacuum with solid construction

Good Build Quality

NOT RELIABLE

The wands plastic handle broke in half after 5 months of normal use

the demo had the same broken switch ours did

although it was not put together it was very easy

She likes it because of the heavy duty roll brush that allows it to pick up large things

feels great compared to the plasticky look

Poor Build Quality