Shark Rocket: Review and giveaway

I may have an unnatural obsession...with vacuums. It's a household task I do not mind at all. In fact, I enjoy it. There is just something zen about those beautiful carpet lines that a freshly vacuumed floor has that takes me to my happy place.
Vacuums on the other hand...there is a thin line between love and hate.


Sometime in the last 7 years or so, I sorta became a clean freak. Not Howie Mandel germ phobic, but to the point where messes give me anxiety. It's both a blessing and a curse.
Well, since I became a mother, it's only intensified. When my guys were in their tummy time/crawling stages, it was not uncommon for me to vacuum three times a day. And in these five years, I have gone through more vacuums than I can count. Seriously, I went through three vacuums of one brand within a 90 day period before I finally got fed up and tried another brand.
I won't even bother listing the names of the vacuums I've tried and been disappointed with. You really one need to know one name- the name of the vacuum that has restored my faith in the tool as a whole; the Shark Rocket!

   
Is it possible to fall in love with a household appliance? I think yes.   

Here is Little C when he was about 18 months. He was obsessed with vacuums. He had a little toy vacuum my brother gave him- he went everywhere with it. We foolishly forgot it on a trip and had to stop in Toys r Us to find him another one. He was inconsolable otherwise.The vacuum obsession is hereditary.

I had to fight Little D to get to the vacuum first!

When you spend as much time on the floor as I do, you need to have some kind of reassurance that what you are rolling and crawling around on, is some what clean. But I was always disappointed when I'd notice bits of derbies on the floor after I vacuumed. I was almost to the point of purchasing one of those super expensive vacuums. You know, the one that is about as much as my whole monthly food budget?? Yeah, that one. But thankfully, one of my friends told me about his Shark vacuum. He is also a vacuum enthusiast so of course I took his suggestion seriously. Oh, and he has one of that budget buster vacuums. He swears he likes his Shark better.

Every one of my old vacuums left me wanting.
Wanting better suction. Wanting a longer cord. Wanting more power. Wanting better attachments. Wanting a better design. 

   

The Shark Rocket? Check. Check. Check. Check. Check. And then some.   

Rocket^™ Technology

Shark^® re-engineered the full-size vacuum, focusing on the high-performance essentials and trimming away every unnecessary ounce to give you the ultimate in vacuuming versatility without sacrificing performance.

Look at that sleek beauty.

 Cleaning Power Without
Compromise!

• Leaner and lighter
• Full power
• Deep cleans carpets and rugs
• Cleans bare floors
• Extra long 32' cord
• Ultra-lightweight
• Swivel steering
• No loss of power or suction

 

It has a 32' cord!!

  

Firstly, the power of this thing? Wow. It pulls itself forward! It glides easily and swivels around. I can vacuum almost my entire house without unplugging it and replugging it into another outlet! It has two settings, one for bare floors and delicate rugs and the second for carpets.

 

The hand-held power house is the vacuum. The floor and attachments plug into that. And the attachments...ahhh the attachments. *wistful sigh* I have a sunken living room so of course all the

The crevice tool was excellent to go around the base of my living room

dirt and mess gets in the corners and crevices. With my old vacuums, when I used the attachments I'd have to tug the whole heavy body of the vacuum around like a stubborn dog on a short leash. And for whatever stupid reason, the place where the hose usually attached? - It would just blow the trash and dust back into the room!!! Umm what were vacuum engineers thinking?? It sorta defeats the purpose, doesn't it? Well, with the design of the Shark Rocket, you plug the attachments right into the hand held vacuum. That means it doesn't have to travel through the long hose and lose suction in the process and it doesn't blow the mess back into the house. It was so easy to use, I actually carried it around the house looking for corners and hidden places that needed vacuuming. I didn't have to lug it around behind me. I held the power! It was lovely. I vacuumed corners of the ceilings, and busted out the dusting brush attachment to do the window sills, tops of doors...you get the idea. From floor to ceiling. Those dust bunnies didn't stand a chance! I was even sorta sad I had dusted the ceiling fans and ac vents a couple days before.

When I opened the box, I was worried it would be a difficult assembly. But just two clicks and it was together! It come with a handy mount to hang it away in your broom closet.

Since the vacuum isn't housed inside a large body, it can fit under beds and tables easily too. With my old vacuums, I'd get just as much debris in the canister as the last time. That told me that it really wasn't cleaning my carpets like it should have the first time. But with my Lovely Shark Rocket, there was less in the canister than the first time. And speaking of canisters, getting my other canisters emptied and cleaned were a pain. I had to try to shove my fingers up and around to get the hair that would get wrapped around it. When you empty the canister of the Shark Rocket, it all opens up so I can make sure it's fully emptied. It has a filter that is easy to get to and you just rinse it off once a month to keep your vacuum sucking!

I haven't had time to fully appreciate all the Shark Rocket has to offer and as I look this review over, I realize it is lengthy. After all, the average person probably doesn't get as passionate about their vacuum as I do and probably doesn't give it as much thought as all this...the good news is, with the Shark Rocket you won't have to put too much thought into it nor will you  have to blow your family's budget on it.

And...wait for it...You can enter to win your very own Shark Rocket!! Whhaa? Yup!

Ahhh beautiful vacuum lines.

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