Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

The Shark ION F80 is a very light vacuum. That being said all the weight is in the handle which is where the motor and battery are housed. I have a corded stick vacuum the Shark Rocket HV380 which is a lot heavier and larger. I found the HV380 to be unbalanced and cumbersome. This new Shark ION F80 is a major improvement in that area. I also found the multiflex storage option of the F80 to be a great feature. It allows the handvac to be stored upright. On the HV380 you had to detach the handle otherwise it would tip over. The multiflex wand is also good for cleaning under furniture. The only real draw back of the F80 is the run time of the batteries. If you want the full power that the corded HV380 provides you have to in-gauge ion boost mode which only give you 10 minutes of cleaning power per battery. I am glad shark included two batteries. The 80 minute run time they advertise is for the handvac only not on carpet. You can get a half hour of use in carpet mode on each battery in regular power mode. If you want to "deep clean" your carpets than you have to use ion boost. This vacuum is good for small jobs or if you have a lot a bare floors in your house. The bare floor run time is a lot longer. I found the F80 to be particularly useful to clean carpeted stairways because of its light weight and compact size.