Very short hose but great cleaning
3/5
I have found the Shark Stratos Pet Pro vacuum to be great for picking up dirt and really cleaning the house well but the device itself is quite annoying. The device is quieter than other vacuums I've used which was a nice surprise.
If you only have to use on carpets and hard floors and no attachments, then it is a brilliant machine however if you want to use the hose and extend then you are in for a heavy time. The device has a very small hose and there is not enough of it to leave on the floor while working up a wall or to the ceiling. You have to lift the whole device and it becomes heavy very quickly. It was also too powerful on any setting for mats and would scruple the mats and jam everything. I've had to do these separate now using the hand tools just to clean something that before took 3 goes of the full head.
Cleaning the stairs is difficult too as the device cannot be put down as if left on a step, it will easily fall down the stairs when you move the hose. It is not a stable device but the plug extension is long - its a shame that isn't a useful thing when the device itself does not give the option to use it.
I wish that I'd went into a shop and tried it out as I would not have bought it knowing what I do now. Cleaning wise, it is excellent but usage wise is difficult and heavy and something I would not recommend to anyone.
Ordering and delivery was fast from AO.COM - I had no problems there.
John C