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Original poster

To ask for a hoover that actually WORKS and will not SHOWER the floor with FILTH !

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HildegardVonBingham · 23/06/2026 08:20

Having a quick hoover before work. Because we have the completely WORTHLESS shark, which spits and sprays the detritus out the back, all my revolting bits of dirt and grit went all over the floor in a fine mist of grot. I then trod on a shard of glass (c/o the Hoover) which I had to pull out my foot with tweezers. I wanted to be sick. Blood all over the carpet. NOT TOLERATING THIS WORTHLESS CORDLESS MACHINE A DAY LONGER !!!

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relaxitsok · 23/06/2026 10:22

Henry all the way. I’ve tried a few others and always go back. Cordless are shit.

FckThisShit · 23/06/2026 10:07

Never had an issue with my shark. Never had an issue like yours with any of my vacuums actually. I'm suspecting a user error somewhere.

scrapple79 · 23/06/2026 09:57

cant beat the good old Henry.

managingexpectations · 23/06/2026 09:36

I hate cordless vacuums
for this reason cove never felt they have enough suction and the get clogged up so easily.

I have the corded shark lift away with anti hair wrap bar and it brilliant. It almost lost the damn rug up when I’m hoovering, I have to adjust the suction
its a hardy wee thing and I rarely clean the filters out, maybe twice a year when I remember.

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HildegardVonBingham · 23/06/2026 08:37

Thank you all. @Twasasurprise I’ve found it to be quite useless since we got it! It lacks the OOMPH and power of the plug-in Dyson! Do also hate cleaning it as have to use chopsticks to really get all the gristly bits out

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Twasasurprise · 23/06/2026 08:30

It does sound like a user, lack of maintenance issue. If it had been useless from the start I'm sure you would have returned it.

I hope your foot heals quickly.

Sunnyyetnotsunny · 23/06/2026 08:28

It should have a filter. Sounds mor elike malfunction.
I have vax air stretch and love it. But yes, you need to clean the filters and from time to time change for new ones.

Chocolatecustardcreamsrule · 23/06/2026 08:27

Have you taken it to bits and cleaned all of the filters? My Dyson started doing this and I realised I’d missed one of the filters and it was all clogged.

Sahara123 · 23/06/2026 08:26

That’s strange. Has it always done that ? I have a cordless shark and I love it. Do you clean all the filters regularly? Shark customer service is very good, I’d give them a call, they can talk you through it.

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