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- Detachable, motorized brush head
- Good battery run time
- Durability
- Tricky charging cradle
In informal testing at The Wall Street Journal, the Shark SV736 beat out both the Black & Decker PHV1800 18 Volt Pivot Vac (Discontinued) and the pricey Dyson DC16 Root 6 (Discontinued) in the holiday debris cleanup challenge. Owners posting to Amazon.com, Epinions.com and Target.com like the Shark too, although user ratings on all three sites fall short of the higher-priced Black & Decker's near-perfect scores. We found more complaints about durability for the Shark hand vacuum than for the Black & Decker model. The Shark Hand Vac's detachable motorized brush head gives it an advantage on carpet and upholstery.
The most useful review of the Shark Cordless Hand Vac SV736 comes from The Wall Street Journal, where the Shark is compared against four other handheld vacuums on their ability to pick up a "holiday dirt mix" of potato chips, wrapping-paper bits and other debris. Amazon.com is an excellent source of owner-written reviews of the Shark, with enough posts to provide a good picture of how it stands up in daily use. Epinions.com and Target.com have only a few user reviews each, but posts on both include a good balance of positive and negative. There's also an "Expert Review" of the Shark SV736 hand vacuum on ConsumerGuide.com, but the apparent lack of product testing makes it little more than a description of features.
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In this informal review, five handheld vacuums are put to the test cleaning a "holiday" mixture of potato-chip crumbs, wrapping-paper bits and other debris. The Shark SV736 outperforms its four competitors including the Black & Decker PHV1800 and the Dyson DC16 Root 6.
Review: No Crumbs for Christmas, Charles Passy, Nov. 23, 2007
2. Amazon.com
With more than 100 owner-written reviews, there are enough ratings for the Shark SV736 to provide a good indication of how well this model works under everyday conditions. While the SV736 isn't the top-rated handheld vacuum on the site, it earns a very respectable high average score of 4 stars out of 5. We found some complaints here and there about durability and ease of use, but overall, owners like it.
Review: Shark SV736 Reviews, Contributors to Amazon.com
ConsumerGuide.com's "Expert Review" goes into a fair amount of detail about the Shark SV736, giving it perfect scores across the board and awarding it a "CG Best Buy" rating. What's not clear is how editors arrived at the rating or whether the product was actually tested.
Review: Expert Review: Euro-Pro Shark Cordless Handheld Vacuum SV736, Editors of ConsumerGuide.com, Jan. 23, 2007
4. Epinions.com
Epinions.com has only a handful of reviews for the Shark SV736, but there's enough good information here to be worth a look. One long post with information on features and battery maintenance (with suggestions contrary to the manufacturer's instructions) is particularly insightful.
Review: Euro-Pro SV736 Bagless Handheld Cyclonic Vacuum Reviews, Contributors to Epinions.com
5. Target.com
There are more reviews of the Shark SV736 on Target.com than on Epinions.com, but posts here are less detailed and not as informative.
Review: Shark 15.6V Cordless Hand Vac - SV736 Reviews, Contributors to Target.com
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