With the cylinder off, you can clean more easily under furniture, quickly nipping around chair legs and the like.

Shark NZ690UK Anti Hair Wrap Upright Vacuum Cleaner Parts Shark NZ690UK Anti Hair Wrap Upright Vacuum Cleaner Parts

That’s not such a problem, as with handheld tools, you probably just want the maximum power by sliding the selector fully forward. This newer model has a better floor head, is easier to push around, is better designed and its Lift-Away mode is more flexible. A refinement of its predecessor, the Shark Anti Hair Wrap Upright Vacuum Cleaner with Powered Lift-Away and TruePet NZ850UKT is easier to use while retaining the same quality cleaning power. Newer Shark vacuum cleaners put the controls on the handle, within easy reach of a thumb, but the NZ690UKTDB is old school, with a solid red rocker switch that moves between three positions: off, hard floor and carpet.It’s good to see that this is one of Shark’s Anti Hair Wrap heads, which will stop hair from getting caught around the brush bar. Today, we have millions of users a month from around the world, and assess more than 1,000 products a year. With the Shark NZ801UKT, the vacuum had fiddly accessory holders at the back, which required you to line up the notch on the holder with the cutout on the tool; if you didn’t, the tools would drop out.

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Externally, the Shark NZ690UKTDB is similar to other upright vacuum cleaners that I’ve reviewed from the company. With the NZ690UKTDB, Lift-Away mode takes the wand with it, but leaves the floor head behind; on newer models with Powered Lift-Away, the cylinder can be removed, leaving the wand attached to the floor head. From the outside, the Shark NZ850UKT doesn’t look too different to the previous Lift-Away cleaners that I’ve tested. Power alone is an indicator of performance, but the real test comes down to the quality of the components and how well the brush bar can agitate and remove dirt. Additionally, our fibre removal from upholstery test involves timing how long it takes to clean fluff and lint from a cushion using the upholstery tool.There’s a single floor head here, with rubber strips and bristles on the single brush bar; newer vacuum cleaners from the company have a DuoClean head, which uses a brush bar for the carpet and a soft roller for hard floors. First, the power button has been moved from the top of the dust bin to the top of the handle, behind the slider for power control. It’s a useful addition, even if it doesn’t quite highlight dirt as well as the laser on the Dyson V15 Detect. In the box, Shark provides a crevice tool, brush and a motorised pet tool for removing hair from sofas.