Customer Reviews

Shark Cordless Floor-and-Carpet Cleaner, V1930

5 star:		(34)
4 star:		(26)
3 star:		(14)
2 star:		(10)
1 star:		(13)

 

 

It's a little deceptive. This vac makes very little noise and the battery powered brush doesn't appear to really be doing much. But then your floors and carpets get clean. It really does a pretty good job! It's perfect for 'in-between' use. I use it once or twice a week just to keep the floors in good shape.

Now for the bad news. Battery life does in fact seem to...well...suck. I've had this little guy for about 3 weeks and already I can sense the battery losing charge much more quickly than the first few runs. As this isn't a powerful vac, a full strong battery charge is important.

There's even a sticker on the vac that instructs you to replace the battery every 9-12 months. Not a good sign if you ask me.

So overall, I'm disappointed. It's a good little vac with a cheap battery. With any luck, Shark will take these reviews to heart and really delve into improving the battery life. If and when they do, my review will go straight to 5 stars.

Update: after a total of about 6 hours of use, while rolling the unit over bare marble floors, the main drive has broken. I guess this speaks to the quality of this unit - terrible?

I just bought this today so I cant tell you how wonderful it still works after many uses but I can tell you that it worked absolutely wonderfully on my very yuckie, dirty, Cheerio crumb infested (toddler in the house) kitchen floor. I will never use a broom and dust pan again. Well, maybe the broom, but only to quickly sweep the stuff the Shark can't reach under the lower cupboards (we live in an old apt which may have something to do with that). Not a big deal. I just swept it into the middle of the floor and then sucked it all right up with the Shark. It picks up much more than the broom/dust pan method, even better than my Hoover on the "hard floor" setting! It made mopping the old fashioned not so "yuckie." Now Im starting to eye the steam mops. Here's to no more getting on my hands and knees to clean the floors!

I also tried it out on the carpet (more crumbs!) and it worked the same. Great! This product obviously wont replace your regular vacuum, but for quick, light clean ups, and for "pre-mopping" vacuuming it does the job very well.

After using this product on my entire house for the first time, I find it easy and convenient. It is small enough to get under many things that are difficult for my real vacuum to reach. It is easy to carry upstairs. It seems to work fairly well on carpet, which was a surprise. I find my vacuuming is done faster.

I have many uncarpeted surfaces, though, and found it a bit substandard on those. I had to go over my kitchen and hardwood floors several times in some spots to gather the dirt/dust there. My hardwood floors have grooves between the wide boards, as well, which my regular vacuum does a great job on, but the Shark leaves most dirt in those grooves.

I did try it around the litter box, and after some repeated passes, it did pick up most of the cat litter, except any left in grooves.

The place it did the poorest was on my hardwood stairs. It really did a lousy job, which is a shame, because this is one of the places that is real pain to use my regular vacuum on.

I also felt that on some surfaces, such as the stairs, the Shark v1930 seemed to kick up a lot of dust into the air. My regular vacuum does a much better job keeping the air clean.

That said, I may keep this as my go-to cleaner and save my regular vacuum for better cleaning efforts that I may get to every two weeks or so. It's just so easy to use. It's also so quiet that I can still listen to the TV or music and not bother the rest of the household while using it. That's a big plus.

We are trying to decide whether to return it and opt for the more expensive x3 model. This may be the way we ultimately go.

D. Sansoucie

Please do not buy this. Use a dust pan and a broom. If you read the reviews, the only high star marks are from those that have used the product for a short time and the low reviews are from those with a little bit of history with the product. I have found, after a whopping 2 months of working with this item that it is terrible. First off, you have to baby the battery...don't have it charging too long, don't let it charge too short, let the charge completely die before you charge again... and even after all of that you will STILL need to replace the battery after 6-12 months. This is a level of time commitment and care that I don't usually put into relationships much less a piece of plastic. And what is the advantage of this needy battery? As far as I can see, not much. It is a glorified sweeper-the battery only drives the brush which spins around and gets hung up on only moderately high carpets. Then, after treating it better than my new boyfriend, it broke. First, the charge kept getting weaker and weaker, then it would die more frequently-I only have 800 square feet of space here and it wouldn't make the rounds twice on one charge. Then the brush started working sporatically and then, the last straw, it started making a horrible loud noise. Amazing how this crap battery, that could not keep a charge longer than 5 hours, can be responsible for anything that could make a noise like that. Well, I guess I won't have to buy that replacement battery now.
Shark should honestly be ashamed of themselves for putting a product like this out. It is disappointing when new, lasts only 2 months, dies in a drawn out and annoying way and ultimately becomes a piece of trash within a couple of months. Not only will I never buy another one of their sweepers, but I will never buy another Shark product.

I love Shark products and have owned many Shark cordless sweepers. I sweep every day so I need something reliable. When having to replace my last Shark, I didn't hesitate to buy another. Even though the reports / reviews weren't so glowing about this model, I disregarded them. However, I'm kicking myself for not listening - THIS MODEL STINKS! It never seems to have enough power and stops running shortly thereafter. Forget about it picking up the slightest bit on carpet. Please listen to the reviews and find another Shark.

I've had this for about 6-8 months now. When it worked, it's not horrible for how small it is, which is why it gets the extra star (and I have no storage space, so that was key). But for the price, you can get a much more functional vacuum. The *major* problem is the battery. Even from the start, I doubt it lasted for as long as advertised, but at this point, no matter how much or little I charge it, it doesn't last for more than 2-3 minutes at best. And since it's not very powerful and doesn't pick up everything the first pass, that means I can't even do an entire 8x10 rug. That's totally unacceptable. I wouldn't waste your money.

I bought this item after seeing the ad on television. This thing is terrible. After fully charging it, I used it for the first time on bare floors, and what it picked up was nominal. I even watched it chase a feather across the floor rather than sweep it up and into the dust cup. If I were to buy another cordless sweeper I would get another Swivel Sweeper. Shark has alot of work to do on this thing.

I've had chewing gum that has lasted longer than this sweeper. It started out being the best purchase of the year. On low and medium grade carper, it did great. I could not believe how much dirt and dust this thing picked up. I kept on asking my family if anyone was using it and not emptying the tray. It was fairly quiet, practical and just did a great job picking up the small stuff. However after 10 solid minutes of use...it did start to lose power. I did not mind since I only had minimal carpet in my apartment. BUT....after 90 days while using it...it made a horrible noise, stopped working and never came back to life....even after charging it for two days straight. In about 20 minutes, it's going in the garbage. What a shame.

Just as you may have already read, this Shark VX1 does not replace our vacuums, that's not what it's intended for. It does however offer so much more. It's quiet which is great when the kids are sleeping. It tucks in corners or closets easily. We keep ours right between the wall and couch in our den/tv room because our kids make messes multiple times a day. The only problem is the battery... It was great for a couple weeks, now on a full charge I get about 30 seconds and it's dead.
Even as I write this review, my wife is on her way back to the store we purchased it from, and because she purchased the extended warranty we can return it. We are upgrading to the Shark Vx3 because it has better reviews and twice the battery life. I know a lot of restaurants that use them multiple times per day without an issue, and that's a good enough review for me all in and of itself.
My advice, spend a little more and get the model that is a step above this one.

I am disabled with Fibromyalgia and using a regular vacuum cleaner is very painful for me. However, I also own 4 rescue animals so obviously keeping on top of the hair is a priority. Without my Shark it would be impossible. I try to limit using the regular vacuum to once a month and use my Shark to clean the hair the rest of the time. I guess because I use mine so much and it gets a lot of "wear and tear", I do find that I have to replace it around every 2 years or so. But for the inexpensive price (I usually pay around $39 or so) and the pain to my body that it saves me, well worth the investment.

So I've had about 4 over the years, love every one of them. Each time I get ready to buy they have usually improved on the previous model so each one always works better than the last. When my last one gave out I ended up not buying another one for a couple of months thinking I could get by...WRONG! I will never do that again because I discovered without having it available to me for cleaning, my physical problems got so much worse it became a traumatic experience for me every time I was faced with cleaning my floors.

So, I got on Amazon and ordered my Shark again. I was so excited when it arrived knowing this little machine was going to relieve me of much, much pain. It was sooo nice to get my floors clean again without being so crippled up with pain afterwards. I determined then and there I would never be without my Shark again.

Then on the 2nd or 3rd time I used it the entire handle broke off. I was just sick, I have never had that happen before. The only thing that usually goes wrong with my Shark is that it just eventually gives out and doesn't hold a long charge after using it so much after a couple of years. I was so desperate I even tried taping it back on which didn't work. I've never returned anything on Amazon before so I dreaded making the call. I hadn't saved the box it came in since I've never had to return a Shark before. I had no idea what the return policy was and just figured it was going to mean money for shipping, another wait to get another, etc. But I know now I can't live without my Shark so I made the call. Well kudos to Amazon and the wonderful woman who took my call. She couldn't have been more helpful. She arranged for UPS to pick up my old Shark at no charge and reordered another for me at no charge. Even though I know it was a defect in the product, I've learned that most companies give you such a hard time when you try to return a product. So I was blown away by the customer service experience in doing everything she could to make it easy for me. I felt so good when I got off the phone. But imagine how good I felt when, in less than 24 hours after making the call, UPS arrived with my new Shark!!!

Thank you to Amazon for their AMAZING customer service and to my Shark which helps me keep my floors clean without having so much pain! If anyone out there is considering buying this product who has back pain, etc. when they have to vacuum, get a Shark. You won't believe how much easier and painless it will make cleaning your floors.