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There is no carpet on my main floor, but I have some upstairs. To move Shark upstairs, I had to move the base and vacuum and have the vacuum delete its map and remap my house, since Shark vacuums can only store one map at a time. It would be one thing if I didn’t need to move the base, but having to move both makes it a pain; If you are hoping for a vacuum cleaner that can clean multiple floors in your home, this is not the place.
But if the carpet is on the main floor of your home, the Shark PowerDetect UV Reveal will still do a solid job with it. At about 3 inches long, it was able to clean under my large storage bed, and what’s more, the tangled carpet looked refreshed after a swipe of this robot vacuum. However, I noticed some clumps of cat hair on the carpet; Apparently the shark was able to pull these items out of the carpet, but it didn’t pick them all up.
UV Reveal also has some useful tools and features for cleaning and getting rid of tough stains. It has what Shark calls NeverStuck technology, which allows the robot to lift itself up to overcome obstacles. This technique works, at least for the awkward flat feet of the side table that the shark stuck on for a minute at my house before lifting itself off of it. I’ve never had to UV rescue on either floor of my house, although I will say I did a pretty good job of moving the floor mats out of the way because I wanted to mop the entire floors. The vacuum will also release a stream of air to dislodge dust, and there is one side brush as well. That side brush does a good job of getting into the corners, even the tough little corners where I intentionally placed the Cheerio to see if it could clean them. (I did.)
Base game
Photo: Nina Farrell
The Shark base station has one of my favorite water tanks. There is an extendable handle for clean and dirty water canteens, and it locks into place around the reservoir when placed back in the base. Makes carrying water a little more comfortable. The clean water tank holds 2.74 liters (or 11.6 cups) of water, while the dirty water tank holds 1.18 liters (or just under 5 cups). After two complete cleanings of the hardwood floors in the basement, the dirty water tank was only a third of the way full. The vacuum itself only takes 0.21 liters of clean water at a time, or 0.8 cups, and it will also use some of that clean water to clean the mop pad while it’s at its station.