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 310+ 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 $75 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 $210 for the HV392 which has a maximum input power of 600W, is a dry vacuum cleaner and an upright vacuum cleaner. The average price of a new Shark vacuum cleaner is $143.

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 18th 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 78%.

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		7
4 stars		6
3 stars		0
2 stars		0
1 star		0

User Reviews

5 stars		6,363
4 stars		1,327
3 stars		246
2 stars		123
1 star		208

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 and easy to empty. Their vacuum cleaners have also won a total of 5 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	Ecovacs	Neato	Miele	Shark
	73% 11 reviews	91% 11 reviews	56% 5 reviews	97% 6 reviews	72% 5 reviews
	69% 5 reviews	86% 10 reviews	78% 4 reviews	85% 2 reviews	77% 11 reviews	84% 5 reviews
	70% 8 reviews	70% 8 reviews		73% 17 reviews		80% 2 reviews
	80% 2 reviews	84% 5 reviews	80% 3 reviews	80% 3 reviews	90% 1 review
	73% 3 reviews	60% 1 review	78% 5 reviews	67% 3 reviews	80% 1 review
	80% 2 reviews	82% 1 review	65% 4 reviews	83% 2 reviews	81% 3 reviews
	80% 1 review	95% 4 reviews		100% 1 review	67% 6 reviews
	70% 4 reviews	70% 3 reviews	50% 1 review	77% 3 reviews
	82% 1 review	63% 2 reviews		85% 2 reviews	76% 4 reviews	89% 1 review
	49% 1 review	71% 3 reviews		61% 3 reviews	68% 2 reviews	78% 1 review
	37% 3 reviews	50% 3 reviews		63% 3 reviews	30% 1 review
	67% 5 reviews			71% 4 reviews	60% 1 review
	80% 2 reviews	82% 1 review	61% 3 reviews	86% 1 review	86% 2 reviews
	100% 2 reviews	100% 1 review	92% 2 reviews	83% 4 reviews
	90% 1 review		63% 6 reviews	80% 1 review
	88% 3 reviews	93% 5 reviews
	77% 1 review		76% 1 review	84% 2 reviews	72% 1 review	87% 3 reviews
	70% 1 review	60% 1 review		80% 3 reviews	77% 3 reviews
	60% 1 review	80% 2 reviews		80% 2 reviews	60% 2 reviews
	79% 4 reviews			50% 1 review	67% 2 reviews
Other Expert Sites	76% 72 reviews	77% 58 reviews	77% 59 reviews	85% 30 reviews	70% 15 reviews	47% 1 review
Average	74% 133 reviews	77% 119 reviews	71% 93 reviews	78% 93 reviews	71% 60 reviews	78% 13 reviews

How Many Industry Awards Have Shark Vacuum Cleaners Received?

After checking thousands of expert review websites we found 5 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	Ecovacs	Neato	Miele	Shark
	3	6		1	2	3
	3	5		3
		1		2	3
		4		1	1
	1		2	2	1
	1	4
		3			2
	1		3
		1	1	1	1
	1	2		1
			3
	2			1
		2			1
			2
	2
	1		1
	1	1
	1	1
		2
			2
Other Expert Sites	6	5	4	2	2	2
Total	23	37	18	14	13	5

How Reliable Are Shark Vacuum Cleaners?

We checked over 100,000 reviews to find comments about the reliability of Shark vacuum cleaners. over 1,400 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

The Shark is a very good vacuum with solid construction

it doesn't look very durable

Excellent Build Quality

for the money it's a solid vac that is tough

NOT RELIABLE

Its heavy when it's all put together so not so good for elderly folk etc

the demo had the same broken switch ours did

great suction that is adjustable for more fragile things

Poor Build Quality