Shark Cordless Upright Vacuum Cleaner [ICZ160UK] 50 Minute Run Time*, Anti Hair Wrap, Blue

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In fact, Dyson has decided that the future of vacuum cleaners is cordless, especially where they’re concerned, which has led to them making the bold statement that they’ll never again make a corded vacuum cleaner! While other brands are doing their best to carve out their slice or the cordless vacuum cleaner pie, this market is currently dominated by Dyson & Shark. What Makes a Good Cordless Vacuum Cleaner? An important but often overlooked (and sometimes misrepresented…) feature of any cordless vacuum cleaner is of course the battery life. It’s all well and good having a hoover capable of incredible power, but how useful is that if you can only run it on full power for a few minutes? The reason I say that this is sometimes misrepresented (and I should really say always, not sometimes, but I’m being kind) is that brands like to quote battery life based on the lower power settings, so we always like to share how long any model will last when it’s run on the highest power setting. Related: Best cordless vacuum cleaner Design – Brilliantly flexible, this is a vacuum that can go where you need it go When you’re evaluating how good a cordless vacuum cleaner might be, there are 6 key elements that I think you need to consider. Complete with handy attachments for effortless floor-to-ceiling cleaning in every room. LED headlights help illuminate dust in dark corners and under furniture.

As I mentioned earlier, brands like to advertise battery life in whichever way sounds the best, so of course they’ll give you average figures or low power figures, and they state that you’ll get up to 50 minutes on the standard-setting with the ICZ160 or 60 minutes with the ICZ300. Another plus for Shark vs Dyson, when it comes to ease of use, is that there’s no trigger to have to continually squeeze with the ICZ160 & ICZ300, instead there’s simply an on/off button, switch it on when you want to use it, switch it off when you’re finished, nice and simple. You do have to hold the boost button if you want to operate in the ultra powered boost mode, but as I mentioned earlier I think the majority of people will only use this mode sparingly, as it’s overkill for most situations and it does zap the battery. Anti-Allergen Complete SealThe Shark ICZ160 cordless vacuum cleaner might just be the best hoover that money can buy – bar none, and then Shark introduced the ICZ300 cordless hoover and made it even better than the ICZ160. Instantly converts into a portable vacuum with Powered Lift-Away. Simply detach the canister from the wand to comfortably clean stairs, ceilings and underneath furniture without heavy lifting. I put the Shark ICZ160UKT through the usual set of tests, first of which assesses suction. Starting on standard power, I measured the vacuum as having a 25-inch water lift capability, delivering airflow of 14.63 cubic feet, which I worked out as a useful 43-airwatts. Upping power to boost, water lift increased to 61 inches and airflow to 22.22 cubic feet, which I worked out at a powerful 159.46 airwatts. All of the above is pointless if you need to re-mortgage your home to be able to afford to keep it clean. Some of the best performing vacuum cleaners can sail close to the ludicrously priced territory, and this is something that we tend to find Shark do a better job of when it comes to combining all of the above with an affordable price tag. As with Shark’s plug-in Lift-Away models, this vacuum cleaner has a pull-out central section that means you carry the cleaner where you need it and use the attached hose to get into hard-to-reach areas.

A cordless upright with supreme suction, ace accessories & fab features, the ICZ160 (& ICZ300) is a stroke of genius from Shark that will keep your home spotless for a price tag at under half the price of a comparative Dyson! In case I didn’t do a good enough job of explaining this neat little feature, just give this video a watch: Giving you all this and more, this Shark cordless upright vacuum for pet owners combines cordless cleaning freedom with Shark’s most advanced upright technologies, engineered for effortless whole-home cleaning. As with most of the vacuum cleaners from Shark, the ICZ160 & ICZ300 do very well in this regard. With the large, easy to read LED interface on the handle, you’ll always know what the battery percentage is, what suction power you’re on and what floor type is selected. You can also really easily toggle between the 3 power modes & floor settings, right from this interface. This is among the most expensive options from Shark, but it’s also one of the best, not just from Shark, but possibly the very best cordless upright vacuum cleaner on the market at the time of writing. Given that some of the Dyson models cost around twice the price of this, the value for money here is very good, comparatively speaking. VerdictEasily clean carpets and hard floors with the unique DuoClean floorhead, enhanced with Anti Hair Wrap Technology to actively remove hair from the brush-roll as you clean. Transform into a lightweight handheld cordless vacuum to clean stairs, surfaces and the car. Enjoy up to 50 minutes run-time* and charge the removable battery anywhere. Most folk with medium to large-sized homes with kids and pets will have two brands in mind when it comes to vacuum cleaners: Shark & Dyson, and that’s for good reason. If you don’t want to get tangled up in cables, thanks to Shark & Dyson, we’ve now entered an era where those who’re prepared to spend a bit more money can benefit from the same kind of power and performance as with heavy, bulky canisters and uprights with lightweight, cordless vacuum cleaners. They’re not the cheapest hoovers you can buy, some would probably argue that they’re quite a lot of money to spend on a vacuum cleaner, but remembering the phrase “buy right or buy twice”, we think these models are probably the most sensible choice when it comes to price vs performance.

Excellent cleaning performance, swappable batteries and a great range of accessories combine to make the Shark ICZ160UKT a super-flexible cordless vacuum cleaner. Shark ICZ160UKT – What you need to know It also means that the power fins I’m about to discuss, remain as power fins and aren’t rendered useless by tightly wrapped hair cutting into them and turning them into “flaps”, which aren’t going to have the same kind of impact when it comes to digging down for dirt.In my humble opinion, the versions without the pet tool are fine for most people, even pet owners. If you have a number of pets and/or you find pet hair to be a real issue, then you might benefit from the pet tool, but for “normal” pet hair, the suction is so good on these vacuum cleaners that you probably don’t need to spend extra on the version with the pet accessory. Battery Life. The suction power is up there with the very best, having been tested independently to deliver almost 36 AirWatts (AW, the units of measurement for suction power) on Eco mode, just under 57AW in standard mode, and a whopping 175 AW in boost mode. What do you want from your cordless vacuum cleaner? Designed for homes with pets? Impressive run-time? Versatile cleaning modes? Easy to use? As I touched on earlier, suction power is only part of the equation, the quality of the tools is the other part of this, so suction power alone isn’t the be-all and end-all, but there’s certainly enough suction power here in standard mode to compete with most other vacuum cleaners on the market, and possibly enough power on in boost mode to actually hoover up all of the other vacuum cleaners on the market! Cleaning Performance

Shark’s unique DuoClean floorhead combines two motorised brush-rolls, working together to clean carpets and hard floors, with no need to stop or change floorhead. A soft front brush-roll actively draws in large and small debris and lifts fine dust from hard floors, while a second bristle brush-roll cleans deep into carpets. Emptying the bin is easy, as it can be completely removed from the vacuum’s body Performance – One of the most powerful cordless vacuum cleaners around On standard power, the cleaner can run for up to 50 minutes (with non-motorised tool), although you get under 10 minutes when running on boost mode.The Shark ICZ160 & ICZ300, however, we believe are probably the best vacuum cleaners you can buy right now in the UK, thanks to how well these models combine cost with performance. When it comes to ease of use from a practicality perspective, though, I think they’ve done a great job of this with the “Powered Lift Away” feature. What this means is that you can easily get to surfaces & areas that would be a challenge for an upright by instantly turning it into a powered cordless portable cleaner by just pressing the “lift-away” button and removing the wand. What if you’re like the people who drive around constantly in sport mode (like I do when I’m driving my wife’s car, shhh, don’t tell her!) and you like to hoover permanently on the boost setting? Well, in addition to potentially costing you more money over time in having to replace your inevitable threadbare carpets and sofas, this will obviously reduce how much hoovering you’ll get on a single charge, to about 20 minutes. In addition to really impressive suction power for cordless cleaners, Shark produce some really high-quality accessories and are constantly working on innovations to improve them, including the duo clean brush and the power fins, and as a result of the quality of the accessories combined with the great suction power, the overall cleaning performance is incredibly good.