Good Stuff! The Shark
By John D. Brown
The Shark came in a box. It was assembled in short order.
And I proceeded to use it to clean the house. I’m talking, of course, about our
new upright vacuum, which has been terrific.
Our old vacuum weighed about five million pounds. It used a
bag, which was becoming difficult to find replacements for. If things got stuck
in the tube, we had to use coat hangers to get them out. But not so with the Shark
LA500.
This baby is easy to open and extract anything that’s stuck.
A few days ago, I sucked up one of my wife’s special rocks, and had it back
within seconds.
The Shark has a canister, which means you’ll never be in the
situation of having a full bag and no replacement. It has a brush with power
fins that are designed to grab any kind of hair—pet hair, medium length hair, abnormally
long human hair that belongs on Rapunzel—and not wind it round and round the
brush until it looks like a dead muskrat that requires a crew to extract.
The vacuum does have a narrower width. At first, I was
disappointed about that—I mean, don’t we all want a vacuum so wide you can do a
football field in one swipe? But I soon realized the benefits of this smaller
footprint. First of all, I’m not vacuuming a football field. Second, I’m vacuuming
a house, and the narrower width makes it easier to maneuver. Easier to get into
the odd corners.
It’s got all the standard hose attachments. You can use it
to vacuum bare floors or carpet. And this thing is ever so light, which makes
it easy to vacuum the stairs with or carry around as a fashion accessory.
Finally, the Shark comes highly rated on Consumer Reports. A
big thumbs up from the people with rulers. So it covers all the bases.
If you’re looking to replace an old vacuum or are sick of
lugging a monster around the house, give the upright Shark LA500 a try, or one
of the newer Shark models. If you do, I think you’ll find yourself doing an
extra bit of happy vacuuming just for the satisfaction.
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