Corded Upright Vacuum Cleaner 1.1L with Lift-Away Technology, LED Headlights, Anti-Allergen, 8m Cord, 750W, Crevice, Multi-Surface Tools, Blue/Black, NV602UK, 40/16B-D

It's a great hoover that is very easy to empty, take apart, and put back together. It has strong suction, and is the best hoover I have owned. It also has a light so it is easier to see the dirt on your floor for hoovering. I do simply wish that in handheld mode, it would stop falling on top of me, but I think this is because it is so light.

The new Shark I have just received was a replacement for my old Shark. It has a strong motor, very quiet and picks up dust very well indeed. It is well made, and operates well on both carpets and hard floors. I was very happy with the price and I hope that it lasts as long as my old Shark did.

Bought this Shark NV602UK vacuum cleaner to replace an aging Dyson. We've previously owned 2 Dysons, which have been good purchases - worked well and lasted for several years. However, they were both heavy machines and awkward to use on stairs and landings, and a replacement Dyson would have been fairly expensive... Shark were recommended in a recent Which? survey, and this particular model was on offer when we purchased it, so decided to buy one. It seems to have been a good buy, though we've only had it for a month. It's very good on vacuuming carpets - probably a bit better than the Dyson upright it replaced. It's noticeably lighter, which makes it much safer to carry up and down stairs. It has a "lift off" design - which means you can detach the bottom part of the machine and walk around cleaning the stairs, ceilings, etc. carrying just the wand and suction unit. These are quite light in weight. Are there any drawbacks? Some of the plastic does feel slightly flimsy and you wonder how well it will stand up to frequent use - but there's a 5 year warranty (providing you register with Shark) so they must be fairly confident it's going to last at least that long. Some other reviewers have commented on the suction unit being a bit unstable when detached from the bottom roller, but I've found it still works quite happily even if it's lying on its side! I've found dust collection capacity is sufficient to be able to vacuum several rooms before needing to empty it. Seems to be a good purchase so far.

5 stars , cant fault it as a hoover that is priced at £149,it is not as good as my dyson but that was nearly 3 times more expensive, however it is quite flexy plastic when turning hoover, very handy for the remove cylinder and walk about function up stairs or skirting boards etc,good suction power aswell, light on front fairly bright for edges of rooms or in low light evening hoovering , and one thing i am always checking is db levels of electrical equipment i buy , this hoover is exceptionally quite , so 5*****

This is as close to the perfect vacuum cleaner I have owned (I have had Henry/Dyson, even Amazon hoovers)... But this machine is the beast I have always wanted. It literally filled up in one hoovering session (capacity not a problem, large), and it took seconds to empty without anything getting stuck. The cord length is more than enough. It's very effective at picking up pretty much anything. If anything does get hoovered up by accident it's easy to trace and remove. The speed settings are enough hard/soft. The lights are fantastic, I can see every single piece of dust and dirt there is. It's not heavy to move and makes hoovering fun again. It even looks fantastic. I find it hard to fault so the only thing would be the white dust filter needing to be washed or replaced, but I think it's necessary. Anyway, definitely buy it and ignore the people saying it's cheap, I don't know what they hoover with but it's definitely well made. Plastic doesn't need to be as solid as a 1960s hoover, it adds weight, just like cars didn't have carbon fibre, times change.

I've always had a policy of never buying the cheapest vacuum cleaner but never paying over the top either. Over recent years that's usually meant a cylinder vacuum around the £50 - £60 mark and after a few months finding it's not worth the money. So with the sales on and a bit of spare cash I splashed out on what was claimed to be the number 1 upright in the country - the first time I'd ever paid three figures. It does take some getting used to as it's not that intuitive - pick it up to move it by the handle and the top half separates; you have to pick it up to move by the handle half way down. Press on the foot pedal to pull the handle back to an angle and it's just not having it - the large floor roller part lifts of the ground and the handle stays at 90 degrees to it. I have to get down and push the pedal by hand while leaning the handle back. Emptying took a couple of goes to realise that the cylinder opens at the bottom as well as the top. Having said all that there is no doubt that this is by far the best, most effective, vacuum cleaner I've ever had. It's powerful enough to suck up several years of dust and once you've got used to the above issues it's great to manoeuvre around both in standard upright position and separated for use on the stairs. The crevice tool works superbly although the storage position is less than ideal. The real justification will come in how long it lasts to see if it's value for money but it's certainly off to a great start. I'm starting to regret all those short lived cheap vacuums I wasted money on.

Great product delivered quickly. Picks up every bit as much dust as my £300 Shark but is so much lighter so ideal for anyone with mobility or dexterity issues who struggles with heavier weighted vacuum cleaners. I would say the cord hooks could be higher up but that's a personal thing because of back issues and the crevice tool does fall off its holder when the vacuum is pushed around. So some tiny little design issues but the lighter weight is definitely this vacuum cleaner's best feature ! I would highly recommend it just on that alone ! Two modes, carpet and hard floor. Sucked so much dust out of my carpet and yet it had been hoovered with the £300 Shark earlier today ! All in all, incredible suction, lightweight and simple to use. A little on the flimsy plastic side in places but for £130 you can't complain at all. Thank you Shark x

This only came with the crevice/dust multi tool, not ideal to clean the stairs with. It was heavier than I thought it would be to maneuver and it's not good around our cluttered furniture, but when you actually 'lift away' it doesn't feel heavy at all. The dust collection is a good size and the whole unit is nice and compact to store. I can't feel any suction from the bottom, it just sweeps and I suppose sucks up the bits it's swept so it doesn't get to the edges of the room and is frustrating around the edges of the mats on a hard floor. The old Henry is looking better by the minute. I still have a cheap cordless stick vacuum that swept up as well as this one and was lighter to move around, but the battery was starting to fail on it so I thought I'd go back to a corded version. Don't be taken in by the Shark hype, it's an average hoover and I'm hoping that it will grow on me when I've bought the extra bit to do the stairs with. I don't feel I can send it back now its been used on the floors and it isn't actually broken.