If pet hair is the bane of your life, this vacuum is the answer. It also comes with a specially designed motorised pet tool which easily removes embedded pet hair from your sofas, stairs and upholstery in handheld mode, and is enhanced with Shark’s Anti Hair Wrap Technology to help keep the brush-roll free of tangles – leaving you more time to play with your furry friend. The Shark Stratos Anti Hair Wrap Plus Pet Pro IZ400UKT comes heartily recommended. It’s a terrific cleaner at a good price. Its performance in our tests rivals that of vastly more expensive models, and I love the fact that you don’t need to switch the floor head over when moving from one surface to another. The Stratos did leave a line of flour behind the motor head, where the fins on the roller seemed to funnel the flour without offering enough agitation or suction to lift it all up. This amounted to 4% of the flour on that first pass, although that’s still way above average. It was happily collected by subsequent passes made at a different angle. Featured in a striking charcoal grey and copper finish, the IZ400UKT from Shark is the perfect vacuum cleaner for busy homes. Dimensions & Weight Depth

And to give reassurance to allergy sufferers, Shark’s Anti-Allergen Complete Seal captures and traps 99.9%*** of dust and allergens inside the vacuum, so they won’t be released into the air. Featuring LED lights in the floorhead, you can illuminate dark areas, so nothing is missed. This model also includes a washable HEPA filter and an Anti-Allergen Complete Seal which traps 99.9% of dirt and allergens inside the machine, keeping the air you breathe clean. What’s more, Anti-Odour technology protects against bad odours inside the vacuum. Simply insert the dial into the floorhead and rotate it to select an intensity setting. Guard against dust cup odours with Shark. Additional FeaturesIn terms of battery life, the vacuum performed reasonably well. At full power it lasted 10mins 47secs, which is slightly short of the competition. In Economy mode, however, it was only a few seconds short of the more expensive Dyson Gen5detect, while in Clean Sense mode it lasted almost 41 minutes. We don’t move the vacuum during this test, so we’d expect that time to drop in real-world use as the vacuum encounters more dirt and increases the suction. There are also selectable Eco and Boost modes available if you want to take control. Eco can be useful for delicate items, such as vacuuming a keyboard, while the Boost mode is a good choice for when there’s a lot of mess to deal with. This wand has an articulating elbow that allows the vacuum to be folded up and stored upright, and it also allows you to more easily vacuum under low furniture. There’s a large display on top of the handle that shows the battery level and the power mode you’re using.

The IZ400UKT can transform into a handheld at the touch of a button. From floor to ceiling, you can clean a wide range of surfaces and narrow gaps with the DuoClean floorhead, Multi-Surface tool and crevice tool. There’s also a motorised pet tool which is specially designed to remove embedded pet hair from your soft furnishings. And, with Flexology, you can bend the wand to reach under low furniture such as beds, sofas, and coffee tables. It’s horrible having to detangle and cut out all the hair that’s caught in your vacuum brush-roll, but Shark’s improved Anti-Hair Wrap Plus Technology helps to keep it clear so you don’t have to get out the scissors. The unique bristle guard and comb removes long, short and pet hair as you clean – so that’s one less job for you to do. READ NEXT: The best Shark vacuum cleaners to buy Shark Stratos Anti Hair Wrap Plus Pet Pro IZ400UKT review: What’s it like to use?

This performance even beats the Dyson Gen5detect, which left more Cheerios behind on a single pass across hard floor, although it, too, didn’t struggle to collect the remainder on a second pass.

Although the Shark IZ420UKT superficially looks like its predecessor, the Shark IZ320UKT, this new model retains the best features of the old cleaner and adds some new ones into the mix.

If money is no object then the Dyson Gen5detect remains a superior option, but not to the extent that it’s worth paying almost twice the price. Its battery lasts a bit longer and it comes with a few more bells and whistles, but you’re definitely not getting twice the vacuum. The Shark Stratos Anti Hair Wrap Plus Pet Pro Cordless Vacuum IZ420UKT marks a big change in design and strategy for the vacuum cleaner company, introducing a host of new features, including a new floor head, an Anti-Odour pod and automatic power modes. It’s a triumph of power, features and design. Compared to many cordless vacuum cleaners, what you get with the Shark Stratos Anti Hair Wrap Plus Pet Pro IZ400UKT is relatively sparse. Don’t worry, though – on the whole, Shark has simply pared the box’s contents down to the absolute essentials, without losing anything important. It comes with the main dual-purpose floor head, a crevice tool and a smaller “pet” tool.

Experience a revolutionary cordless cleaner with the IZ400UKT from Shark. Featuring Anti Hair Wrap Plus and Clean Sense IQ, this model from the Stratos collection of vacuums will transform your cleaning routine. Shark Technology Tired of bending down when cleaning underneath beds, sofas and coffee tables? Thanks to Flexology, this vacuum’s flexible wand bends in the middle so you can easily clean underneath low-lying furniture without moving it or bending down. And when you’ve finished cleaning, the vacuum simply folds down for compact and free-standing storage. There’s a large 0.7-litre bin on this model, which has an eject button to push open the flap at the front. As long as the Shark IZ420UKT was pushed into a bin, I could easily empty it without spilling dust everywhere. This model is also equipped with Clean Sense IQ technology. Automatically sensing the debris you can’t see, this clever function adjusts the power to clean up to 50% more dirt. An intelligent indicator in the floorhead illuminates the suction power, which increases to meet the demand of the task at hand and decreases again when the dirt is gone. Thanks to the Lithium-Ion battery, you’ll get up to 60 minutes of power – plenty of time to clean a typical home from top to bottom. The battery takes just 3.5 hours to charge on or off the vacuum, so this cleaner will always be ready when you need it.And while we love our pets unconditionally, they can be a bit smelly sometimes, but with its Anti-Odour Technology, the Shark Stratos protects against bad odours inside the vacuum for a fresher-smelling home– instead of leaving you with a lingering musty smell that makes you question if your home is actually any cleaner afterwards. A light on the head lets you know the level of power it’s working at, based on how much dust it can detect and changes depending on whatever cleaning challenges it faces. The Shark Stratos IZ400UKT is a vacuum cleaner designed to provide efficient cleaning results. It features a powerful suction capability, capable of removing dust and dirt from floors, carpets, and upholstery effectively. The vacuum comes with various attachments and accessories, including a crevice tool, dusting brush, and a pet power brush. The dust cup has a large capacity, which means less time is spent emptying it during cleaning.