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hi everyone Megan Willerton for Sina here with a review of the $200 shark rotator Pro lift-away vacuum cleaner this vacuum cleaner has a removable wand that doubles as the handle it has different brush attachments and it can actually be turned into a canister vacuum you can just lift out the bin and take it wherever you want to go that makes the shark actually the most versatile of all of the five vacuums we tested in the set and that says a lot since it's the cheapest like the others it has a clear bin so you can see how full it is it's easy to remove and incredibly easy to clean it also comes with a HEPA filter like the others and it rotates very well and it even has two headlights which is kind of cute at 200 bucks this is by far the least expensive vacuum that we tested in this group the dyson DC 41 is actually six hundred and fifty dollars so we wanted to see how a $200 vacuum cleaner with similar features would stack up to the dyson I like the design and construction of this vacuum cleaner better than either of the Dyson's we tested but not quite as much as the ORAC or the Electrolux all right let's talk performance instead of a sharks regular fare of fish and hapless surfers we decided to test this one against Cheerios pet hair a mix of sand and sawdust nuts bolts washers and human hair so how does the shark do on dry land overall it did pretty well on every test it didn't do great picking up sand and sawdust from our thinnest carpet it also didn't do great picking up pet hair from hardwood floors although the shark didn't pick up most of the pet hair on the hardwood surface if you turn the brush on it collects everything some folks might think that that will scuff up the floor or scatter some of the particles but it did work so if you're willing to take that risk it will collect all of the pet hair on your bare floors but it did a great job picking up Cheerios it did a great job picking up human hair and it did a great job picking up pet hair from both the thinner and thicker carpet surfaces it did pick up a few bobby pins washers and nuts but most of them actually got stuck in the brush so for $200 the shark is an incredibly good vacuum cleaner it didn't quite stand up to some of the others on performance but for its price you're getting a great value I'm Megan Willerton for CNET and this has been a review of the shark rotator Pro lift-away vacuum watch out more expensive models shark is coming for you