Shark Navigator Lift-Away Professional Upright (NV356E)
- Never Loses Suction Technology
- Lightweight, XL Capacity Portable Canister
- Anti-Allergen Complete Seal Technology + HEPA
- Dust Away Hard Floor Attachment with 2 Microfiber Pads
- Easy to Maneuver with Swivel Steering
Shark Navigator Lift-Away Professional Upright, Standard Brush Roll Never Loses Suction and Sealed Vacuum Technology Advanced cyclonic technology that separates fine dirt from the air, preventing dirt from clogging the filters and keeping suction power strong over time. From the first use to the last room, you never lose cleaning power. Shark’s Anti-Allergen Complete Seal Technology combined with superior HEPA filtration to capture and hold over 99.9% of dust and allergens inside the vacuum, not back into the air you breathe. Portable Lift Away Canister with Dust-Away Attachment and Premium Pet Tools An extra large capacity dust cup features lightweight convenience ideal for quickly cleaning stairs, upholstery or accessing small, h
List Price: $ 449.00
Price: $ 449.00
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Shark Keeps Getting Better, but Still Room for Improvement,
I own all three versions of the Navigator, including this one. I am not a professional reviewer, and neither I nor anyone in my family has any connection to anyone in the vacuum cleaner industry. I bought my Lift Away Pro from QVC.
I really like the new Lift Away Pro. For about one-third the cost of a Dyson, you get virtually the same performance. Dyson still has an advantage in the quality of the engineering and materials used, but Shark is catching up. Like the two earlier versions of the Navigator, the Lift Away Pro has Pros and Cons.
PROs:
– Price. You can buy about 3 Lift Away Pros for the cost of one upright Dyson. Cleaning performance is comparable (I have 3 Dysons, so I know).
– Excellent suction. If you have never used a vacuum with suction this good, you are going to be appalled at how much dirt comes out of your carpet. It makes me laugh when I read reviews where people complain about how often they have to empty the dust canister. That means this vacuum is actually cleaning the dirt out of your carpet that your old vacuum left behind. Be happy.
– Easy to assemble.
– Larger dust cup that empties easily and cleanly almost every time. You had to reach into the dust canister on the older Lift Away and yank out dirt-encrusted clumps of hair and carpet fibers every time you tried to empty it.
– HEPA filter. Even though the original Lift Away was advertised as having a HEPA filter, until people started complaining, it did not come with one unless you bought it directly from Shark. This one has a HEPA filter.
– 30 foot long power cord – 5 feet longer than the original Lift Away. You don’t have to keep moving the plug around to vacuum. Shark is finally using better quality electrical cord so it no longer bends and kinks.
– Light weight: about 14.5 pounds. In Lift Away mode, it weighs about 8 pounds.
– Bagless. A real time and money saver not to have to go buy bags.
– Tolerable noise level. It’s a lot quieter than most vacuum cleaners.
– Swivel head. You can easily maneuver around things with just a twist of your wrist. It functions just as well as the Dyson Ball.
– Excellent cleaning of hard floor surfaces and carpeting.
– Adjustable suction. You can vacuum smaller rugs without pulling them up off the floor.
– Beater bar on/off control. Turn the beater bar off when you are cleaning solid surface flooring so you don’t mar the finish. When the vacuum is turned on and in the upright position, the beater bar is automatically disengaged. No more carpet burns or scratched wood floors.
– The pet hair turbo-brush. It easily removes pet fur from furniture, stairs, bedding, etc., and is great for cleaning your car.
– Picks up chunky dirt. My Dysons snowplow anything larger than dust. I can vacuum up chunks of dry dog food without having to use the wand.
– The short hose that leads from the body of the vacuum to the beater bar head and provides the suction no longer comes loose like it does on the first Lift Away. You’d finish vacuuming only to realize the hose had detached and all you really did when you thought you were vacuuming was rearrange the dirt on the carpet.
– Better quality clips securing the dust canister to the body of the vacuum.
– The Lift Away function is simple (one press of a button) and works great.
– Easy release wand. With the press of a button, you can use the shorter hose with your attachments or the longer extension wand.
– Washable felt and sponge filters. Rinse them out and let them air dry and you’re good to go again. A spare set would be nice since it can take a while for the filters to dry and you can’t vacuum without them.
– Small cleaner head. It’s not a space hog, so it’s easy to store. You can also get into tighter spaces more easily when you vacuum.
CONS:
– The hose that leads to the wand is way too short and has no give to it. You can stretch it all you like, but it won’t loosen up. Turn on the vacuum, and the suction pulls it even more tightly back on itself. Cleaning with the wand and attachments is like wrestling with the vacuum. It tips over every single time and makes using the Lift Away mode a real workout. You hold the wand in one hand and have to lift the vacuum body up with the other in order to have any reach at all. If I want to lift weights, I’ll go to the gym.
– The vacuum tips over really easily. If you use the wand or attachments, the slightest pull will make the vacuum fall over.
– No on-board storage for the turbo brush or another extension wand – two essential attachments. If the vacuum had a telescoping wand instead of the heavy clunky one it has now (it is covered by some of the heavy white outer shell of the vacuum), it would be easier to use and lighter, too.
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