It’s essential that the filters are both completely dry before you place them back into the filter frame.

This tool is great for agitating fabric surfaces and picking up embedded pet hair, making the CH950UKT an excellent handheld vacuum for pet hair. The Shark’s filtration system does an acceptable job at preventing dust and dirt from escaping, although it’s not the most effective or hygienic we’ve tested.During our testing, it picked up both larger debris and smaller items with ease on hard floors and laminate. The charging cable plugs into a hole below the handle, and you can’t remove the battery to charge it or replace it. The long design also makes it awkward to use in tight locations, such as under car seats or around PC monitors.

We found that the combination of lightweight design and mini motorised tool makes the Shark cordless handheld vacuum cleaner excellent for cleaning stairs. This means you’ll have to leave it lying prone on a work surface unless you’re able to rig up your own hook to hang it from. A third generation family company with decades of experience, their parent company, Euro-Pro, originated in Europe, moved to Canada and are now based near Boston, Massachusetts. That said, we found that it offers impressive suction power that can pick up debris of all sizes from a range of surfaces. It’s lightweight and easy to move around, plus it’s plenty powerful enough for picking up both large and small debris – only struggling with the most worked-in dirt.

Sometimes using a standard cleaning nozzle just won’t do the trick, which is why Shark have included three useful attachments to target those awkward nooks and crannies, like down the sides of the sofa, or the stairs: a crevice tool, dusting brush and pet tool. It comes with three different tools, so it’s versatile in use, and offers enough battery life to get around your whole car on a single charge.

This score shows how well this handheld vacuum cleaner sucks up dust and small debris from Wilton carpet. it’s lightweight enough for you to be able to perform a full car clean without tiring your arm, and as handheld vacs go it looks pretty sleek too. We found it great to use on car seats, where the motorised brush bar was able to remove both dirt and pet hair.You can now rinse the filters under a cold water tap to remove any clogging or debris that’s stuck to the surface.