Shark CH951 UltraCyclone Pet Pro Plus Cordless Handheld Vacuum, with XL Dust Cup, in Black

This portable vacuum is powerful and useful for cleaning our couch. Not too noisy, it's very easy to control and maneuver, it has a strong suction and it's easy to empty. We don't have pets, so I can't say definitively if it works well on pet hair, but based on what I saw it should be perfect. We used to have a Shark handheld vacuum that we used when we had pets with long hair, and it worked great. I'm assuming it works at least as well as that one. Charging speed is adequate but not especially fast.

My son bought me a stick vac that becomes a hand held but I will not give up my Shark handheld. By far my most used cleaning tool. The small brush attachment cleans my wood table, getting in the lines in the wood. The crevice tool gets in corners and cleans ledges. Great suction, easy to use, small and handy. You will love this

Much to my dismay, my 8 year old Shark handheld vacuum finally died recently - not surprising since it was so old and used multiple times daily, but I was still sad to find that the exact same model is no longer made. I'm autistic and I don't generally do well with "change"...even if the new item may be an upgrade. This particular newer model of Shark handheld seemed like the closest thing to my old beloved original Shark.Overall, I really like this new handheld Shark. Suction is definitely more powerful than my previous one, and the two attachments that come with it are helpful. The attachments from my old model do not fit on the new one. This new one is much slimmer design and more lightweight - both improvements from my old model.I appreciate that, like my old one, the power button can be slid on and off and kept in that position, you don't need to constantly hold the power button down while using the vacuum, which is very annoying but for some reason some other popular brands of handheld vacuums still insist on using that style. However, I do not like this style of power button...unlike my old one, this button is recessed and very low profile, and difficult to switch up or down. I actually have to use both hands to flip the switch, which is quite inconvenient while cleaning messes - and it still hurts my hand! The old model had a raised power button that was so much easier to push into position. I wish they would have kept that former design! (Attaching a photo comparison of the two different styles of vacuums in this review so you can see the power button differences).All in all, this is a great handheld vacuum at the price point. It cleans cat litter, crumbs, cat hair and dust bunnies with ease and seems to have good battery life. My only complaint is the difficult to push power button, which is enough of an annoyance that I have to dock a star from the review. Still worth the money, but I hope they rethink this button design in the future.

Just bought another one of these hand held vacuums, the other one I had lasted(and it still working just not as mighty) over 10 years. The Shark brand is the best hand held vacuum I ever had and the newer version that I got is even better. It’s lighter, less bulky but still has plenty of space to pick up a mess with its powerful suction. I give it a thumbs up👍🏼😉.

I originally gave this 5 starts, but after less than 90 days I have to change to 1 star. I'm a huge shark girl. I have owned 2 Navigators over the last 17 years, I have the steam cleaner, and several other products. I only owned 1 handheld vac prior to this one and we loved it it was a Bissel Pet one that lasted 8 years and used and abused regularly. It finally lost suction so I tried this model. I don't like it at all. I'm better off lugging my Navigator lift-away out.!! This hand held has subpar suctions. It tends to blow or spit out what you try to pick up. The dust cup is terrible. I have a hard time opening it. It doesn't release very well and it's a struggle. To make matters worse once you get it open you have to reach in and pull out the hair and particles that are behind the 2 yellow filters and stuck on them. Then you have to roll it over to get what fell into the cup lid. There is now dust and dirt everywhere and all over the trash bin and my hands. The more I use this the more I am disappointed. It does not pick up fine dust, in fact it tends to blow it out all over the side of the vacuum. It really doesn't suck very well. You need to angle it just right for it to pick up. The crevasse tool is not effective. It does not pick up anything. I can't tell if the suction is that poor or if the the plastic is too thick and the tool is too narrow. This model doesn't even pick up a plastic bag. It is very long and awkward to use. I've had no charging issues, but it's done after 10 minutes of usage. This model is also very loud. When I use it on my couch it doesn't even suck up the upholstery let alone dust. We recently we through construction and my furniture had a thick coat of dry wall dust on it. this vac only drew lines in the dust from the side of the plastic. I wish I didn't buy this product. I am so disappointed with this purchase.

This product works but not as good as other shark handheld vacuums that are no longer being manufactured. Battery life is short but I guess it's fine for most of my purposes.