Shark HydroVac WD210UK Review: Powerful on-the-go cleaning

Verdict

Compact and light-weight, the Shark HydroVac Cordless Laborious Ground Cleaner WD210UK makes quick work of most stains on onerous flooring and space carpets, with its cleaning answer destroying odours. It’s easy to make use of, auto dosing detergent onto the ground, and sucking up dust because it goes. Edge efficiency might be higher and people with numerous onerous flooring might discover the battery life a little bit quick; those that need to rapidly deliver commonly dirtied flooring again to their greatest will discover this a helpful companion.

Introduction

It’s onerous to imagine, given Shark’s status in steam cleaners and vacuum cleaners, that the corporate has by no means delivered an all-in-one onerous ground cleaner and vacuum cleaner. That’s till now, with the Shark HydroVac Cordless Laborious Ground Cleaner WD210UK.

Technically, the corporate has two new merchandise, launching the Shark HydroVac Corded Laborious Ground Cleaner WD110UK alongside this mannequin. Except for the facility variations, each merchandise are very comparable, with the corded model costing £100 much less. For the comfort of battery energy, I’d fortunately spend £100 extra.

Design and options

• Light-weight
• Straightforward-empty soiled water tank
• Self-cleaning

At simply 3.95kg, the Shark HydroVac Cordless Laborious Ground Cleaner WD210UK is among the lightest onerous ground cleaners that I’ve reviewed. That’s 1.5kg lighter than the Vax ONEPWR Glide 2.

Having one thing so mild does imply that the HydroVac is fast and handy to seize when wanted, and it doesn’t really feel like a chore to get it out.

Its design is much like different mixed vacuum cleaners and onerous ground cleaners that I’ve reviewed. On prime is a clear tank, which takes a mix of water and Shark’s anti-odour cleaning answer.

There’s sufficient begin fluid to fill this tank seven occasions, with whole-home cleaning utilizing round two clear tanks. The alternative answer prices £29.98 for 2 one-litre bottles, which isn’t dangerous worth in any respect.

Dust will get sucked up into the 500ml soiled water tank, which additionally homes the washable filter. Inside is a solids separator, which catches pet fur, mud and different solids. What’s good about this tank is the spout on prime. Whenever you’re in the midst of a clear, you may simply take away the tank when it’s full, pour the soiled water out of the highest and keep on cleaning, worrying in regards to the stable waste in a while.

After finishing a clear, the water ought to be poured out and solids emptied right into a bin, with the tank rinsed off with chilly water.

The power to hoover and clear on the similar time is beneficial however, as with all comparable merchandise, cleaning out moist solids isn’t a enjoyable job. Normally, I like to recommend vacuuming first to scale back the moist mess you have to take care of.

On the backside of the cleaner is the one anti-microbial curler, which is designed to work on onerous flooring and space rugs.

Operation of the HydroVac is straightforward. Flip it on, pull the deal with again and the system auto-doses detergent onto the ground, sucking up soiled water because it goes. I like auto-dosing programs, as you get the perfect mixture of answer; nevertheless, the draw back is that there’s no vacuum-only mode for cleaning up moist spills, as you get on the Glide 2.

There are two working modes. Laborious ground mode is the default possibility (appropriate for all onerous flooring), however there’s additionally a Freshen Mode, which has been designed for cleaning up space rugs and ground mats. It doesn’t compete with a devoted carpet cleaner, however freshen mode is beneficial for rapidly protecting most ground coverings.

On the finish of the clear, the HydroVac may be dropped into its dock for charging, and the facility button hit to run the automated cleaning cycle. There’s no scorching air drying, as with the Roborock Dyad Professional, so the curler ought to be eliminated and positioned within the dock’s holder to dry, together with the freshly-rinsed filter.

Efficiency

• Fast and simple cleaning
• Edge efficiency might be higher
• 20-minutes of run time

I examined the Shark HydroVac Cordless Laborious Ground Cleaner WD210UK on quite a lot of stains round the home. I began with common dust that had built-up on the kitchen ground. Right here, a number of sweeps was all it took to take away floor dust and produce my tiles again to their greatest.

Subsequent, I moved to cat meals that had bought caught to the ground. Because it dries, this mess is difficult to take away, and all cleaners want a little bit of effort to sort out these stains. I discovered that the best choice with the Shark HydroVac Cordless Laborious Ground Cleaner WD210UK was to run over these messes, then go away them whereas the answer labored its means in; after which sort out them once more.

For some stains, I needed to go away the Shark HydroVac Cordless Laborious Ground Cleaner WD210UK working excessive for round 30 seconds, but it surely did take away each little bit of stain.

Edge efficiency isn’t the most effective on this cleaner, because the curler doesn’t stretch edge-to-edge. For dust working alongside my kitchen plinth, I did must sort out this manually. I discovered that the Glide 2 did a greater job on the edges, though efficiency was comparable for stains away from the sides of rooms.

I used to be impressed with the Freshen Mode, tackling an space rug the place considered one of my cats had had an accident. Not solely did it clear up the rug, the anti-odour cleaning answer eliminated any residual smells.

Battery life is rated at 25 minutes. For normal cleaning of a house, which isn’t too soiled, that form of cost is sufficient to sort out most of it. I discovered that would clear all of my onerous flooring with this stage of cost, bar the kitchen. Due to the cats, my kitchen ground wants fairly a bit of labor, and it took me most of my battery life to get by this.

I measured sound at a reasonably hefty 71.8dB – that’s loud sufficient that you just wouldn’t need to use this ground cleaner late at night time or in a room the place somebody was making an attempt to pay attention.

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