We have a small travel trailer with just a couple of scatter rugs. But we also have one black dog and a white dog who both shed like crazy. In an effort to go small and light, I foolishly thought a small shop vac was all I needed for a couple months of Snowbirding. Silly me, not what shop vacs are made for and it picked up NO dog hair. Months ago I had seen an infomercial for a Shark Rocket, and after reading reviews, I bought one locally. I love it so much that I use it every day. It's so light, compact to use and store, and picks up a huge wad of hair every time. Lookng forward to using it at home too. I got exhausted dragging around my heavy cannister vac, so I would put off vacuuming for way too long. Lots of people who own Dysons say they actually like the Rocket better. My friends and family are sick of hearing how much I love my vacuum, so now I have to tell strangers, LOL!

Those little Shark stick vacs are pretty good. I bought one for our RV (we travel with 2 dogs and 2 cats), and it does the job.I loaned to a friend of mine who just installed hardwood through out the main of her house, and she liked it so well, she bought one of the larger models.

Really good vacuums are available, but expensive.

The Shark Rocket is not a stick vac, but a hand-held unit with a beater brush - totally different than a either an upright or a cannister. And at only $150, works better than many more costly units.

Funny. We said the same thing. We had top of the line Kirby. Before retiring we were getting our home ready to sell. Paid a lady to come and help get it presentable.that's what she had. Put the Kirby up for sale and bought one :) we have 2:) hairy dogs and it just works great.

Shark is bagless, right? We tried a bagless, and hated the dusty mess when emptying. Glad it works for you, though.

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robsouth
Explorer II
Feb 02, 2014
Ok, Ok. So I went out and got a Shark Rocket today. WOW. I'm impressed. I haven't used it much yet, but it did a great job on the hardwood and the carpet in the office (3rd bedroom). Very easy to use and like the "snap apart" plan so as to use it as a hand vac. Gonna give it a try in truck tomorrow. Thanks for the "heads up".
ddschuman
Explorer
Feb 01, 2014
We are definitely not vacuum poor. We have a Dyson at the office and upstairs at home. A Rainbow and a Shark Navigator Lift Away downstairs and some cheesy stick vac that needs replacing in the FW. My Rainbow was my favorite vacuum for years until we replaced all the carpet with hardwood floors last year and now it just seems to be too much trouble to deal with. It is much easier for me to just grab the Shark and clean. It also has the hard floor dust attachment which I love. The Dyson is great but occasionally the fittings on either side will come loose and it will lose suction. If it ever seems to not be picking up well, I just reach down and secure all the fittings. Then it will suck the flooring off the concrete if not careful. I have been considering replacing the crappy stick vac in the FW with the Shark Rocket. Glad to hear someone say something about it.
CKNSLS
Explorer
Feb 01, 2014
Some have said it's awkward to hold with the motor so close to your upper body.
frankdamp
Explorer
Feb 01, 2014
We got fed up of humping a big heavy (about 22 pounds) Royal vac around the S&B. We checked Consumer Reports then went to a local store and bought a Riccar Supralite. It weighs about 8 pounds and could probably hold itself against the ceiling with its suction. It's US made, too - another plus. We're so pleased with it (after 4 years), we take it along in the MH.
Hank_MI
Explorer
Jan 31, 2014
my toys wrote:
We have the shark navigator. LOVE IT! Very powerful.

Actually I think that's the model we have. It does lift off the brush assembly if you want. It does steer the brushes by rotating handle. My wife hated the Dyson because it never seemed to pick up the smallest piece of lint of the carpet. You could go over 20 times and it was still there. I don't think the brush assembly adjusted very well to different levels of carpet or from bare to carpet.
my_toys
Explorer
Jan 31, 2014
We have the shark navigator. LOVE IT! Very powerful.
Hank_MI
Explorer
Jan 30, 2014
Luke Porter wrote:
Small...Light...Cordless...http://www.dyson.com/Vacuums/Cordless/DC44/DC44-Animal.aspx

...and more than twice the price. My sister has one and the battery doesn't hold up that long. Okay for bar floors but not so great on carpet.

Funny, my wife was looking through the newspaper ads this morning and said "This looks like a good vacuum for the MH." It was the Shark Rocket. We have a Shark Pro Lift Away in the house. Had a Dyson for a few years, never thought it lived up to their claims, it's been retired now. The Shark cleans better, it's lighter, the canister lifts off the brush so you can do stairs. All around a lot better than the Dyson, not sure of the model, it's the yellow one.
big_bird_2
Explorer
Jan 30, 2014
My wife is not on the forum.
Redsky
Explorer
Jan 30, 2014
Time to get a hobby.
ol_Bombero-JC
Explorer
Jan 30, 2014
big bird 2 wrote:

A good wife. But if she is not treated well, she can be hell on wheels.

Would that make her ....."Sharklady48"..??.:h

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