Customer Reviews

Shark PS380 Wet/Dry Power Scooper

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1 star:		(4)

 

 

Wow, please please please let me help you save your money.

This was given to me as a gift and I threw it away the next day. I sat there looking at this odd device trying to figure how in the heck this should make my life easier....or cleaner...it doesn't.

So instead of grabbing a mess with a plastic bag or paper towel and being done with it....you use this. Let me tell you how this goes...

You pull a bag out too far and then wrap it around the end, slide it under the pile of poop, and press the magic button. Now you have just gone from one isolated pile of kitty's last night dinner to a smeared mess all over the floor, the outside of the bag, and all over the 'grabber'.

When you first see this thing in action, you will laugh pretty hard at what an utter failure of a device and idea this item is.

Please, save your money!

Just a few days ago -on the day I bought mine- I spotted only one user review for this item, and it was very very negative. And then as I was frist editing mine I saw only one that's very positive. That seems to be because there are two separate listings, the other showing the trademark name "Grab 'n Bag(tm) Powered Scooper" Amazon really should combine these.

I have to say this product is NOT for me. But I believe there are people who might get a lot out of it. I spotted it remaindered at the the store named after a day of the week. The price I paid was less than the Amazon price for the XSB380 refill bags. And my nearby TM store had those cheap too. I do live in a household with pets, so I gave it a work-out in just a couple of days. It does what it promises. But in no way does it do a better job than the human hand. Turn any bag inside-out over your hand, and pick up a mess - many dog owners are very familiar with that drill. Unless you're outdoors where no one cares, you still have to come back with a paper towel and clean the floor or other surface. This tool automates a process very much like that inside-out bag. You still have to wipe, and you still have to deal with closing and disposing of the bag.

If you're someone who has difficulty with such clean up tasks because they're "yucky" then maybe this IS the product for you. It can help with perhaps 90% of the "yuck". Or perhaps if you're partially disabled and can't pick things up that way. But if you're someone who isn't bothered by "yucky" ... well, even at the terrific remaindered price I got, I plan to give mine away.

I don't need it; but I can imagine it being helpful to some.

This product is a piece of crap. It didn't pick up much and it's too much of a hasstle to pull out everytime you want to clean up a mess.

This thing is pure junk. I should have figured that out by the $4.00 I paid. Do yourself a favor and buy a bag of chips and a soda, you'll be better off.

this is the greatest machine when you learn how use it . i have a cat with intestinal health problems that very often misses the litter box.this machine will pickup pudding with ease.my only problem is getting replacement bags to termination of the manufacturing of the machine. i now have to buy replacement bags not made for it and rewind bags on empty reels for the shark scooper.

People who are responsible for a clean household and have patience to learn to use this tool will appreciate the Shark Grab n Bag's unique function. It does an outstanding job cleaning up wet messes; biological from pets, food, spills, you name it. The device is not straightforward to set up and use, but once you get the hang of it, it cleans up wet messes on carpet better than any other system short of a professional deep cleaning; in one pass it just cleans up the mess as close to the root of the problem as possible, leaving behind a residue where the spill was. This goes for hard surfaces as well, the mess is scooped into the bag, release, toss and go. You then wipe the area to remove moist residue. This gadget is fun to use after you get the hang of it because you know that your problem is going to be nearly solved in just a minute and it is kind of neat to watch operate. The worst of the problem is taken care of with the Shark Grab n Bag.

I am sorry to have ran out of bags and will try to find a similar size to use as replacements. Anyone who still has their Shark Grab n Bag is welcomed to contact me to take your device and/or bags off your hands as this well used product appears to have been taken off the market.

I bought this to use it as a pooper scooper for my dog. It takes a bit to manipulate it to work as directed but is just not worth the hassle of setting it up and carrying it around. Easier to just carry the bags and pick it up with your hand!

I bought the Wet Dry Power Scooper because it was on close-out and very inexpensive. It is well worth it. I have 8 cats and it cleans up their hairball messes with ease instead of grounding it into the carpet. I am looking for additional bags because I definitely do not want to run out.

I saw this thing and thought to myself, "$5? Sure I'll gamble that on something that might make scooping easier." I lost that bet.

And I have NOT even tested this thing. Because just from looking at it, I know it will only make the mess worse instead of better. All this will do is smear a mess around, maybe pull in a little bit of it... but them probably splurt that little bit back out like toothpaste sqeezing out of a tube.

And I've tried to imagine some kind of alternate use for this thing... It might make a interesting toy for an especially dumb child, maybe?

The upside is it came with a roll of baggies and those are almost worth $5. They're far more effective without the unit.