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Question: Does the battery have a separate charger or do you have to plug this in to charge?
Document: Lightweight but it does a bang up job on dog hair on tile and on carpet. It goes in places the regular vac can't or can't without a lot of effort. The only issue is the battery time. According to the manual that's 12 minutes on carpet speed, 17 minutes on bare floors. Then you need to charge 4-7 hours. Charging is effortless.Update after several weeks - When you don't have to move furniture, drag a vac, plug and unplug, 17 minutes is plenty of time.
It's a beautiful product and it is light weight. It comes with a charger, which means welcome 2014 no cords! Which is awesome. It has great suction. I hate the fact that it doesn't come with a device for my sofas and stairs. But it's easy to work with, I have it on the charger in the corner and I can just pick it up and go. I don't have to bend over to disconnect it or to plug anything in.
I work full time. I have two long haired cats. When I come home from work the first thing I see is little trails of cat hair all over. The last thing I want to do is pull out the vacuum, plug it in, sweep half the condo, unplug it and plug into a different socket to sweep the other half. I can grab this cordless vacuum off the charger, zip around the condo in like 10 minutes and relax for the evening.
We have a very large house; mostly tile and wood floors. With two little boys at home all day, we vacuum A LOT. The battery lasts us all day and it has good suction on the tile and wood floors. We just make sure to pit it on the charger every night. We have had a lot if cordless vacuums over the years, and this is by far the best one we've had. It's a little more expensive than others, but worth it.
We love this vacuum - it has totally changed how we feel about vacuuming. Lightweight and no cord and not so noisy - a pleasure to use.After several months of doing a great job, suddenly it wouldn't vacuum for more than a few seconds before turning itself off - like it didn't have hardly any charge. But we'd put it on its charger and it would act like it had a full charge.
We purchased this vacuum at Walmart about a month ago. We use it for sweeping the office floors in our business. I do not try to get into every nook and cranny with it, I just sweep the open areas of the floor. We have 4 small room to sweep. I have to sweep fast because the sweeper stops when the battery runs out, and usually I do not get all rooms swept before that happens. It takes several hours for it to charge before I can use it again.
I purchased this vacuum about 9 mos. ago & I am VERY disappointed with it. I purchased it refurbished (BIG mistake!) it worked good at first, the it wouldn't hold a charge. So went on Amazon to get a new battery & they don't carry them so had to order it from Shark. It was back ordered for about 3 mos. or more. When it finally came I installed it & it still doesn't work so I'm out $50 plus I'm stuck with a worthless machine.
Light, easy to use, powerful, easy to dump, and stands up on its own. Charger is easier to use than previous models. Seller met delivery estimate.
Love this vacuum ! I hardly ever get out my corded Navigator because this does such a great job on my hardwood floors AND carpet. Perfect for quick touch ups, super easy to place on the charger and also to empty. My favorite!
This is a very powerful cordless. It picks up better than the Dyson I just returned and was a fraction of the cost. The only reason it is not a 5 star is that it is relatively large for a stick vac, the controls are on the floor rather than the handle, and there is no handheld accessories to vacuum upholstry and behind things.It is freestanding, even off the charger!
Answer: I actually remove the handle from the base and just set the base onto the charger on a countertop that has an easily accessible outlet.