Anyone with pets or long hair will know all too well the struggles of hair wrapping around your vacuum. It can make maintaining your appliance time-consuming and reduce the quality of floor cleaning, but luckily, there's a way around both.
The Shark PowerDetect Cordless, discounted by $150 right now at SharkNinja, is a powerful but affordable cordless vacuum that never got wrapped with hair during our extensive testing sessions.
So, to make cleaning your floors easier, and to say goodbye to painstakingly pulling or cutting gnarly wraps of hair from your vacuum, this is the upgrade you've been waiting for. And hair wrap aside, it's one of the best vacuums for pet hair for convenient, fuss-free cleaning.
The Shark PowerDetect Cordless Prevents Hair-Wrap for Easier Cleaning
Instead of having to use scissors or a seam ripper to cut out wrapped hair from your vacuum's floorhead, the Shark PowerDetect Cordless can vacuum fur and long hair without it getting tangled in the first place.
So, to see this powerful cordless vacuum on offer for just $299.99 is exceptional value. It's already an affordable pick at full price, but considering its performance isn't too far off the best Dyson vacuums, some of which cost more than twice as much, seeing it on offer for below $300 is huge.
You'll be hard-pressed to find a better vacuum at that price.
Our seasoned product reviewer, James Holland, tested the PowerDetect Cordless in his busy household, and wrote, 'I have yet to see any hair wrapped in there and have been using this vacuum in a household with a cat, two dogs, two women with long hair, and three men, two of whom have plenty of facial hair.'
And not only does the vacuum avoid hair wrap, but it's one of the best cordless vacuums we've tested when it comes to cleaning performance.
'In a room where our cat likes to spend most of her time, it pulled up a good amount of hair out of the carpet that I didn’t even see,' James wrote in his review.
Also, I know from experience that this seemingly small task of removing tangled hair from the vacuum can lead to much deeper frustration down the line. Knowing that the vacuum itself will need to be cleaned after every session means it's easier to put off the chore to prevent getting your hands dirty.
And while it can seem easier to ignore the growing roll of hair, doing so would mean you're not getting the most out of your vacuum. Wrapped hair puts stress on the vacuum's motor, often causing a significant loss in suction and potential long-term damage.
With enough hair wrapped around the floorhead's roller, it can stop spinning or go slower, impacting how well it cleans.
The Shark PowerDetect Cordless banishes that worry, but it has plenty of other features we love, including its flexible wand, which allows you to clean under furniture such as beds without straining your back. It also has a multi-surface floorhead that passes from carpets to hard floors seamlessly.
Like the Dyson V15 Detect before it, the Shark PowerDetect Cordless can sense the surface you're vacuuming and how dirty it is, to automatically adjust the suction to the most appropriate level.
It's yet another addition from Shark to make cleaning more effortless, and one of the many reasons why we love this vacuum, especially at such a generously discounted price.
The Shark PowerDetect Cordless is on offer for $299.99 from SharkNinja.
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Our tests have revealed a few more vacuums that also avoid hair wrap, while boasting strong suction and useful cleaning features.
All prices correct at time of publication.
The V15 Detect is the best cordless pet vacuum we've tested, with higher suction than the Shark and a formidable floorhead that has never wrapped with hair in the 11 months I've been using it.
Read more in my five-star Dyson V15 Detect review.
It's not as lightweight or convenient as the PowerDetect Cordless, but for $50 more, you could enjoy one of the most powerful vacuums money can buy. Its suction power is relentless, picking up every strand of hair and every speck of dust in one pass without tangling.
Read more in our five-star Shark POWERDETECT review.
This handheld vacuum docks onto a neat charging base, meaning it's always ready to use whenever you spot fur. I tested it in a local pet shelter and it had no issues vacuuming hair from rugs, carpets and upholstery without strands getting caught in the motorized roller.
Read more in my full Black+Decker dustbuster furbuster AdvanceClean+ Pet review.
To quickly clean fur whenever you see it start to appear on furniture, the ChomChom Roller is an essential cleaner to have nearby, and it doesn't need power or replacements to work. Simply use, empty, and reuse.
Lint rollers are still one of the most effective tools for removing fur, especially from curtains, delicate upholstery, and furniture that can be damaged by a vacuum's suction.
Currently, the best robot vacuum for pet hair that we've tested, the eufy Omni S1 Pro, actually pulls fur from carpets and rugs similar to a full-sized vacuum, freeing up hours and hours of time every week for a home that's constantly spotless. Our Head of Solved, Punteha van Terheyden, has been using it for more than a year, and it still hasn't wrapped with hair.
Read more in our full eufy Omni S1 Pro review.
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