Shark Cordless Pro [IZ562H, UZ565H] Vacuum Review

This vacuum feels well-built. It's very similar in feel to most similarly-designed Shark stick vacuums, with a body mainly made from a dense plastic, a high-capacity dustbin that sits below the wand, and an aluminum wand. Everything fits together snugly, with no evident squeaks or rattles while in use. That said, the clear plastic dustbin does feel noticeably more fragile than the rest of its body.

The Shark Cordless Pro is easy to maintain.

• Dirt compartment: The dirt compartment can be easily removed by pressing the release button, though you'll need to detach the wand as well to remove it fully. A separate button opens the bottom door, allowing you to drop any accumulated debris into a trash bin.
• Brushroll: Unlike the pricier Shark Stratos Cordless, its floorhead features only a single roller. It's also of a different design than the Stratos' main roller, with a soft texture meant to improve debris pickup on bare floors. However, it does have the same integrated fins to provide agitation on carpeted floors. These 'PowerFins' are also designed to prevent hair from getting tangled around the roller, a task in which they're very effective. In a major break from other Shark vacuums, the roller can be fully removed from the floorhead, making it very easy to clear away any small amounts of hair that can get trapped at its very edges, as seen here.
• Pre-motor filters: The foam and felt pre-motor filters sit in a housing just ahead of the vacuum's grip, and you can only access it after you remove the dustbin. From there, you can just take them out. You should rinse these filters under water once a month.
• Post-motor filter: The post-motor filter can be found in its housing within the main body of the vacuum and is only accessible after you've removed the dirt compartment. Per the user manual, this filter should be rinsed under water once a year.
• Sensors: The dirt sensors for the CleanIQ automatic power adjustment system are found inside of the upper wand on the main body, with their location labeled with a set of 'IQ' logos, seen here. You should regularly wipe them down with a clean cloth for the dirt detection system to work properly.

Any part you wash with water must dry for at least 48 hours before reinstalling it.

Note: While there are no specific maintenance instruction requirements for the odor-neutralizing cartridge, it's important to note only to use the vacuum if a cartridge is inserted in the floorhead, even if it's completely depleted.

This vacuum incurs few recurring costs.

• Pre-motor filters: No replacement interval is given for the foam and felt pre-motor filters, but they're very similar in design to other Shark filters that need replacing every two and a half to three years. You can find a new set here.
• Post-motor filter: No replacement interval is given for the post-motor HEPA filter, but it's similar to other Shark filters that need replacing every two and a half to three years.
• Odor neutralizer cartridge: A single cartridge will work for six months. You can buy a two-pack of replacements here.

The Shark Cordless Pro isn't especially hard to store. You can dismount its canister body and slot it lower down the wand to minimize its vertical footprint when not in use. Unfortunately, there's no rack or onboard storage for the included attachments, so you'll have to stow them away elsewhere.

Opting for the UZ565H variant gets you a wand that you can fold, just like the Shark Stratos Cordless. Instead of detaching the main body and mounting it above the floorhead, you can just fold the wand to half its length with the body still attached to minimize its height.

The Shark Cordless Pro's dirt compartment is well-sized. It's big for a cordless stick vacuum, larger than other stick vacuums like the LG CordZero A9. It's made of clear plastic, so you can tell how full it is.

• Vacuum body
• Wand
• Vacuum head/Floor nozzle
• Brushroll
• Dirt compartment
• Duster Crevice Tool (not included with IZ531H variant)
• Pet Multi-Tool (not included with UZ565H or IZ531H variants)
• Pre-motor foam filter
• Pre-motor felt filter
• Odor neutralizing cartridge
• HEPA filter
• Power cable
• Battery
• Quick Start guide

The following accessory is exclusive to the UZ565H and IZ531H variants:

• Anti-Allergen Dust Brush

The following accessory is exclusive to the UZ565H variant:

• MultiFLEX wand

The following accessory is exclusive to the IZ531H variant:

• Crevice tool

Since this is a cordless vacuum, its range is limited only by the remaining battery life and the room left in its dirt compartment.

This vacuum is quite portable. Its weight is just under a pound lighter than the pricier Shark Stratos Cordless, likely due to the latter's bulkier twin roller floorhead and more mechanically complex folding wand. However, both vacuums feel roughly the same when in use. It's far from the lightest stick vacuum on the market, so you might want to consider something like the Xiaomi Mi Vacuum Cleaner Light if that's a priority.

This vacuum's battery performance is decent. It uses an a1900 mAh battery, rather than the higher-capacity 2450 mAh unit used in pricier models like the Shark Stratos Cordless. This results in a shorter maximum runtime of about 40 minutes compared to the latter's approximately 60-minute max battery life. The Cordless Pro's battery life drops to just under 15 minutes when run continuously in its high-power 'Boost' mode, so it's only best suited for quick clean-ups for stubborn debris. When used in its auto-adjusting Clean Sense IQ system, real-world runtime will fall somewhere between those two extremes, though it'll obviously draw more power if you have very dirty floors. A trio of indicator lights will give you a rough estimate of the remaining charge as they go from white to green to yellow. You can always step up to the IZ531H variant of this vacuum if you want a display that shows a real-time percentage estimate of the remaining power.

The Shark Cordless Pro has a few quality-of-life features. There are three suction power settings: the energy-saving 'ECO' mode, the high-power 'Boost' mode, and the default 'Clean Sense IQ' mode, which uses the infrared sensors inside the wand to detect dirt and automatically modulate the vacuum's suction power between the two other settings depending on the quantity of dirt being sucked up. An LED strip on the floorhead serves as a visual indicator of how clean the floor is. Unfortunately, there's no way of changing the brushroll height or shutting it off. There's also a headlight mounted on either side of the vacuum head to illuminate dark areas, as seen here. The odor-neutralizing cartridge mounted in the floorhead smells fairly pleasant too, and you can adjust its intensity by twisting the cartridge in its slot. Still, it can quickly become overwhelming if you use the vacuum daily.

The Shark IZ562H comes with a couple of attachments. There's a crevice tool for cleaning tight spots with a slide-on dusting brush and a combination upholstery tool/hard-bristle brush for cleaning furniture and dealing with stubborn dirt.

The UZ565H and IZ531H models have an Anti-Allergen Dust Brush to collect fine debris from flat surfaces.

The IZ531H model also has a more rudimentary crevice tool with no slide-off soft-bristle dusting brush.

You can use this vacuum as a handheld by removing its wand and floorhead.

This vacuum delivers great performance on hard floors. Its soft primary brushroll does a good job of collecting large, small, and medium-sized debris, so you won't have to spend much time cleaning the same area more than once.

Performance on high-pile carpet is poor. The vacuum is mostly effective in clearing away larger debris like cereal and medium-sized debris like rice within a single pass. However, a second pass might still be needed, especially along walls and in corners. Unfortunately, its soft roller doesn't provide enough surface agitation to lift away finer debris like cereal that's been pressed into carpet fibers.

This vacuum delivers okay performance on low-pile carpet. As with its performance on high-pile carpet, it's mostly effective in dealing with bulky and medium-sized debris like cereal or rice. It does a much better job of dealing with finer material like sand here, but a second or third pass might still be required to get every last bit of debris.

This vacuum provides mediocre pet hair pickup performance on low-pile carpet. It'll clear away lightweight strands that haven't been pressed into carpet fibers very deeply, but you'll need to spend quite a bit of extra time cleaning to deal with any strands that are pressed in a little deeper.

This vacuum's real-world suction performance is poor. It doesn't generate as much power as a flagship cordless stick model like the Dyson V15 Detect. However, that doesn't necessarily mean it's a poor performer, as its fluffy finned brushroll sits close to the ground to improve surface agitation.

Note: The attachment point at which hose diameter is measured is D-shaped and doesn't form a perfect circle. As such, the hose diameter was measured at its widest point.

This vacuum has okay airflow performance. In terms of raw power, it falls somewhere between the pricier, more potent Shark Stratos Cordless, which itself isn't far off segment leaders like the Dyson V15 Detect, and the cheaper Shark Pet/Rocket Pro Cordless, which is fairly weak compared to newer cordless stick models. In short, the Cordless Pro won't clear away heavy debris effortlessly but should still handle light and medium-weight debris without an issue.

This vacuum isn't too loud. It's louder than alternatives like the Dyson V8, with the sound of it running in its 'ECO' setting being unlikely to mask the sound of a nearby conversation. However, it's much louder in its high-power 'BOOST' mode, so people nearby will likely be annoyed when dealing with stubborn messes.

The Shark Cordless Pro is decently maneuverable. It's heavier than most cordless stick vacuums, and its floorhead doesn't pivot quite as smoothly as alternatives like the Samsung Jet 75. The bottom-mounted dustbin can also get in the way when cleaning under some couches and tables. Unlike the Shark Stratos Cordless, it doesn't have a flexible wand, so you must crouch deeply to clean under tables and chairs. That said, it's easy to switch out the various attachments as needed, and the vacuum can easily roll over obstructions like electrical cords. You'll need to be careful around shag-pile rugs, which can get tangled in the floorhead, as there's no brushroll off switch or brushroll height adjustment.

This vacuum does a great job of handling pet hair on fabric furniture with its upholstery tool, as it easily clears away the vast majority of short and long strands of hair within a few passes. Since the dirt-detecting sensors are inside the upper part of the wand, the 'Clean Sense IQ' system still works when you use the vacuum handheld, allowing it to ramp up power when passing over an area with a lot of hair. The vacuum's bulky design can make it a little unwieldy to maneuver handheld.

The Shark Cordless Pro effectively seals fine allergens, thanks in part to its onboard HEPA filter. That said, some fine particulate matter can escape from gaps at the front of its floorhead.

This vacuum does a great job of dealing with debris in cracks and crevices. While it isn't the most powerful cordless vacuum on the market, the fluffy surface of its brushroll can dig into shallow crevices to help dig out debris, like grout lines on a tile floor. Its Clean Sense IQ feature won't necessarily increase suction power when passing over perpendicular crevices. Still, it does recognize debris when moving the vacuum along the length of deeper cracks to them. You can always use the crevice tool to clear out deeper cracks.

This vacuum has no impact on stains.

This vacuum isn't rated to suck up liquid spills.