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61 of 62 found the following review helpful:
 Broke after about 6 hours of light use Jan 19, 2009
By Robert Mirabelle
"developer"
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?
50 of 51 found the following review helpful:
 Very Pleased Jul 17, 2008
By mom05
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.
25 of 25 found the following review helpful:
 Convenience is great, cleaning is OK Oct 11, 2008
By Alan S.
"Grill it!"
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
18 of 19 found the following review helpful:
 Please do not buy this-you will throw it out in two months Jul 28, 2009
By tidy cat
"S"
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.
12 of 12 found the following review helpful:
Don't Even Think About It! Jun 16, 2009
By D. Darr
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.
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