Customer Reviews

Euro-Pro UV610SH Shark Cordless Sweeper

5 star:		(149)
4 star:		(46)
3 star:		(35)
2 star:		(42)
1 star:		(109)

 

 

Forget the negative reviews if you have hardwood floors...this thing works great! My entire house is hardwood floors and I've tried several upright vacuums, and they ALL shoot stuff out of the back. The Shark never shoots anything out...and 99.9% of the time it picks everything up: from rice, coffee, dust-bunnies, crumbs, coins, potato chips...anything that other expensive vacuums I've tried can't. It's convenient to use, lightweight, it stays charged (which btw, when calibrating the battery, they suggest you charge/drain the battery twice. I've drained it once so far, and it ran for over 45 minutes). The swivel handle is great, and maneuvers like a steering wheel.

I even use this thing on the back porch to pick up leaves, berries, and stuff I don't feel like getting out the broom & dustpan for.

I don't think this machine is designed for heavy duty work, or not sure how it would perform on deep-pile carpet, but for my hardwood situation it's perfect!

Also, the little wheel for baseboards really works! It throws stuff right in front of the beeterbar to be consumed.

I like this product, I was very sceptacle at first with the classic Info-mertial, but this sweeper can do its job everytime. After living in Europe for a while, one of the biggest selling household items were "electric" brooms, or Sweepers. So I can appretiate a sweeper like this, actually just like the info-mertioal. PLEASE DO NOT buy this to replace your carpet vacuum or you will end up just like the other people here with neg. feedback. If you have tile or hardwood floors this is definately for you, I'm sure It's even great for short "office type" carpet.

Hey guys/gals after reading all the reviews and having this product for a while and extensively testing, here is what ya need to do to get the most out of your shark cordless SWEEPER. At least until the next generation appears: First, this thing has Ni-CAD batteries which are horrible with their MEMORY effect. The manual says let it "FULLY DISCHARGE" once a month before recharging. WRONG you must let it run down nearly each time if you wish to maintain your 45-60 minute runtime for future months (which I have achieved) and maximize battery life. Additionaly DO THIS: let it fully discharge (power on) and then shut it off (power off button). Let it sit for an hour or so and then put it on. You will see that shark will then run again for a few more minutes this is that darn MEMORY effect inherent in NI-CAD batteries. Repeat this and you will have finally fully discharged the battery readying it for a robust 16hr charge enabling a powerful 45-60 minute runtime consistently. What YOU SHOULD NOT DO is recharge it after small or minor usages say after 10-15 minutes. This will wreck the battery. ALSO DON'T exceed 20 hrs as manual states. ACTUALLY avoid 20 hr. charges for they will diminish battery life! TO avoid this use a christmas lite TIMER and set it for 16 hours and plug charger into it! This SWEEPER's design is great but its QUALITY is horrible. The plastic gears are rediculously terrible and not durable and as noted in other reviews they will slowly strip in time and even quicker if you catch something larger like a scatter rug edge or even a small kids sock which I did. Another problem is YUP the rubber strip on the bottom does fall off BOO HOO and without it increases the cleanup time and lengthens your backwards stroke on missed debri. After all this I still like the power and design of this little unit compared to the current competition and would gladly buy a future model if they would just switch to NICKEL METAL HYDRIDE batteries (fantastic) and put some METAL GEARS on motor and drive tips (ya I know don't hold my breath). I would gladly pay 10-20 dollars more if they would do the latter but until then this will be my last SHARK in its current species!

I was very skeptical when purchasing this product. Even more skeptical when I received it, partially due to the fact it was in such a small box and it was very light weight. Well, was I suprised. It's turned out to be an EXELLENT buy. Works wonders on both carpet and bare floors. In fact, it works just as good or better on carpet than many other vacuums I have used. Assembly was a snap. Changing the trash tray is also a breeze. This turned out to be a light weight with heavy weight power. I'm so delighted with it that I am going to purchase 2 more as gifts.

I can't get over this little thing. It just arrived last night; I charged it, and now I just used it in my carpeted room. Not only did it pick up things that I didn't even see on a carpet that was reasonably clean, but the mark of how good it just worked for me is this: about 1 and 1/2 months ago, I dropped an empty wineglass on my floor. Concerned that I would be walking barefoot or in socks in my bedroom, I carefully picked up every shard that I could see, checked it over with a flashlight and picked up whatever I saw, then used a "state of the art" vaccuum cleaner that is down the hall (in a utility closet) from my apartment, and then used a wet paper towel to be certain. I later vaccuumed the whole room to be extra safe (and because the rest of it needed it). Well, when I emptied the tray on the Shark Sweeper, I saw glass (not a whole heckuva lot admittedly)that escaped my previously quite careful scrutiny. Granted, I only just got it, but if this is how it will continue to perform for me, I am absolutely delighted that I purchased it. Again, this is just a first impression, but it is an extremely impressive one at that.
P.S., this is the first time in my life that I have followed up on one of those "I saw it on TV ads" - I've never trusted them before.

This sweeper is GREAT! I could not believe that something so little works as well as it does. Since I have recieved the Sweeper I mostly used it in the kitcken. I was amazed when it pick-up sticky rice. I no longer need a broom and dust pan. It works best on floors and rugs. It is weak on my thick carpet. I use it every time I feed my 17 month old. I normally do not write product feed back, but this is the first time a product has lived up to my expectations.

This was purchased with one small chore in mind...a quick daily sweep of the kitchen floor. We have 3 indoor cats and 2 big dogs (one is a forever-shedding Dalmatian) and their hair seems to gravitate to the kitchen linoleum. This product is NOT effective at removing pet hair from linoleum. It blows the stuff out from in front of the machine and too much time is spent chasing that thin never-ending line of hair that just doesn't get sucked-up. (It did a little better picking up cat litter from around the litterboxes.) In all fairness, the commercial shows it sucking-up nuts and bolts...they never promised that it would remove fine pet hair from linoleum. In my home, nuts and bolts are not a housecleaning issue.

Also worth noting:
The TV commercial shows this machine flowing effortlessly and quietly over carpet. When you push it forward it goes okay...it certainly doesn't "glide." Pull it back towards you and it grinds like it's eating itself from the inside.

The dust cup IS easy to empty and the sweeper is very, very light. This could be beneficial for those with physical limitations.

Not worth the "deal" they offer on TV with their "4 easy payments" and shipping and handling charges. Amazon.com has the best price in town (free shipping, too!) Just don't expect too much from this machine. For crumbs and such it is sufficient. For pet hair on tile and linoleum, shop around for another alternative.

The Euro-Pro Shark Cordless Electric Sweeper is amazing. When my order arrived, I was skeptical that anything this light weight would prove worth keeping. Assembly was quick and simple. I charged the sweeper overnight and gave it a quick trip through the tiled kitchen and carpeted hallway before heading to work. I was amazed to find the (bagless) collection tray full!

That evening I gave the sweeper a REAL test by vacuuming our bedroom. Our five cats and two dogs hang out in the bedroom. No only did the sweeper do a good job removing the pet hair from the carpet, it had no problem picking up the crumbs of cat litter the cats had tracked on the carpet. That made a believer out of me.

I was able to sweep easily under low furniture (goodbye, dust bunny colonies) thanks to the low-profile, swivel head on the sweeper. This sweeper is a real jewel. Go for it!

I was really excited about the prospect of finding a cordless machine for our tile and carpet that would surpass and sweep us right into the new century from our ...putput from Sears. I thought I found it in 'THE SHARK' on Amazon.com.

First day -- worked good. Loved it!
Second day -- could not believe it was true!
First week -- a little disappointed that I was having to spend as much time cleaning out the beater brush as I would have spent just using a broom and dust pan.
Second week -- a strip of foam padding fell off the (undercarriage) unit and sucked up into the dust collector.
Third week -- the beater brush housing unit fell (falls) off repeatedly
Fourth week -- found the foam padding wrapped around the beater brush. It was not salvageable.
Fifth week -- my mother was coming and I tried to use it on the bathroom floors again. It worked great, but I spent about 30 minutes pulling hair off of beater brush. I have teenagers. It might of been more prudent just to ask them to sweep the floor with a dustpan rather than to fathom the depths of 'The Shark'
Sixth week -- I am realizing that this is really no superior to my ... putput from Sears back in 1999. ( A simple 'electric power sweeper')
Seventh week -- we follow the instructions in 'the manual' to discharge battery totally once a month and then recharge fully. We do so, but started smelling electrical wires burning. It was 'THE SHARK.' The motor burned out and it is now fried. Useless.
Seventh week (still) -- just looked on Amazon.com/returns. They have a 30 day return policy. Looks like we are out $.... Our Shark is only two months old. (2-28-03)
CONCLUSION: Anyone getting this product and expecting it to perform as it is presented to consumers will be disappointed. It's really for people who like to hear noise and collect poodle hair. There is no 'heavy duty' or long-term application for "THE SHARK.' ... Don't buy it. It's trendy and a gimic. I would not pay more than $... for this over-rated floor sweeper.

Joey Huestis ~ Oakdale, CA

This sweeper weighs almost nothing - and picks up everything.!!!
It works so incredibly well it's almost embarassing to empty the dirt cup and find what it contains. I think this would be an excellent gift for an elderly person who would have trouble with a heavy vacuum, or for people who are in a hurry and don't want to drag a big vacuum out.