Shark VM252 VACMOP Pro Cordless Hard Floor Vacuum Mop with Disposable Pad, Charcoal Gray

The vacuum it self is amazing quality. However, the quality they use is cheap and terrible quality. The plastic, the fabric or cotton wears out in just a few strokes of vacuum cleaner. The area or compartment that the dust and materials collected is very small. I don’t commend to buy.

We had a similar piece earlier which broke after almost 2 years of use. Hence, we understand the reliability of this material. It is good and we purchased the same product again.

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I really like this vac/map, it’s very practical for my home. It’s great for daily cleaning and also just quick clean ups, it’s very light and easy to carry anywhere in the house. I find the suction to be very good. I mainly use it on the areas of my home with laminate flooring, so the pads do last for a good amount of uses. For tiled areas like my kitchen, that need a deeper clean, I use this more like a broom replacement and then mop with my steam mop, it’s still great because it’s just so much faster than sweeping.

**Not before and after pictures, just pictures of our floor for context** Lightweight/portable, great suction, love this thing!!!! With a 2800 sq ft house, full time job, a messy kid and a cat, our floors have not been able to be a priority for the 6 years we've lived in our house, unfortunately. We have a very old laminate that I love the color of but really needs to be replaced. It is scuffed and has no shine whatsoever, but because of the size of our house (and all the other updates we've prioritized) we haven't been ready to pay for it. For the most part, it's fine for a while (as shown in second picture), but where the light comes in through the windows and doors (first picture), you can see every single imperfection--and spot of dirt, crumb, lint, cat hair, and footprint! Everything on the floor shows up because of the color, so there is usually a trail of all of the above, from the side door that we use to go in and out to the kitchen, near the trashcan, near the cat food, under the edge of the couch, etc etc. I do A LOT of spot sweeping with a little Dirt Devil cordless handvac that I use almost daily just so that the floors don't look DISGUSTING at all times. My floors are not CLEAN most of the time (yes, I do sweep/vac and mop when I can but in this household you'd have to do it daily to be "clean" and it takes at least an hour to do a good job) but I hate looking around daily and just seeing all the dirt/crumbs etc in the light, so I spot sweep/vac. Anyway, using a tiny handvac to spot vac every day seemed really inefficient (plus battery life doesn't usually last long enough on my handvac, about 10 mins) hence, my purchase of the vacmop. When it arrived, in testing it out I went ahead and did the whole main part of the house--giant open living room/kitchen/dining room and hallway (probably 1000 sq ft total), both vacuuming and mopping. I wasn't anticipating the vacmop being able to handle that much space in one charge, but it did! 13 mins runtime is what is advertised and I didn't think that would do it, but it's not using battery during mopping, it squirts out a little water and then you run it over that to scrub. So vac a little area and spray, using the battery, then run it over the area you want to "mop." I did end up "mopping" this whole area, and afterward I felt like my floors were the cleanest they've been in a long time. It did take all 4 pads that came with the starter pack, but I'm not surprised at that, I usually dump my cheap knockoff robovac every 15 mins or so when I let it run. No areas in this device to worry about getting clogged or having to clean regularly-- you just toss the pad. It has a plastic area that collects the dirt and it can fill up quickly, depending on your household. When I got up this morning, I used the vacmop for just a few minutes to roam around the house, spot vac/mopping what needed to be done, and took me about 5 mins. I really think this thing will be a game changer for me, but will depend on your needs and what you want to use it for. For a whole house floor clean, I will keep using my regular Bissell Featherweight Vac (mostly just because I don't want to use 4 vacmop pads lol) and my Shark Steam Mop, for a good deep clean. But for spot cleaning, for me, this device is 5 star. About buying generic pads... I bought this device on sale for $60 but the cost of the replacement disposable pads was almost a deterrent, and figured I would just buy washable/generic ones (like I have for my steam mop). However, I don't understand how the washable ones would work without the plastic piece designed for the dry dirt. Some of them have that piece that you can empty/rinse out, but, meh. Seems a little gross to me and kind of defeats the purpose. There are generic disposable pads with the dry dirt area, just like the name brand VacMop ones, but when I looked to order the Shark ones were actually a lot cheaper than the knockoffs ($27 for 32 Shark pads, $20 for 10 generic pads). So once I used the Vacmop the first time and LOVED it, I went ahead and bought the box of 32 Shark Vacmop pads. There are smaller quantities available as well. The cleaning solution - starter pack came with one 12 oz bottle and it all fits into the device.. It was the perfect amount for the large area I cleaned, worked well, and I didn't notice a smell at all. I would buy it again if I needed to, but I have other floor cleaners here to use (and I like Pinesol and certain other floor cleaning smells) so I don't plan on buying more of that, for a while at least. Nowhere on this device does it say that any other cleaning solution can damage the device (my Shark steam mop says using anything other than water can damage it, but I do anyway without any issues), so if you have anything else that is more cost efficient/you like better, I don't think that would be a problem. I used diluted Pinesol for my little quick spot clean this morning. (Oh and as far as suction power, it got up a huge dead yellow jacket I found this morning, and no worries about clogging or anything like that because it was thrown away in the disposable pad!)

Delivery was speedy. It was easy to put together and is nice and light. Cleanup has been so much easier with 4 kids. The only thing I dont like is that 1) the charge is not that long and takes 3 hours to recharge and 2) I keep hitting the spray button by mistake while vacuuming, but thats just me. Overall I love it!!