HydroVac Corded Hard Floor Cleaner with Antimicrobial Brush-Roll, Odour-Neutralising Multi-Surface Solution & 7.6m Cord, Self-Cleaning, Vacuums & Mops Wet & Dry Messes, Navy Blue WD110UK

First off, I want to say I’m not a paid reviewer — I bought the Shark HydroVac with my own money. I’m sharing this because, when I was looking to buy, I struggled to find many reviews from people with genuinely dirty floors. So I held off cleaning for two days (gross, I know!) just to really put it to the test. Let me tell you, I’ve tried everything to make floor cleaning easier — steam cleaners, fancy mops with spinning or scrubbing heads — and honestly, none of them worked that well. I own a few Shark products already and have always been impressed, so I had high hopes. Thankfully, the HydroVac didn’t disappoint. We have large, muddy, slobbery dogs and messy teenagers, so our floors take a beating. The Shark handled it like a champ. It is a bit of an investment, but in my opinion, it’s absolutely worth it. One thing that really surprised me: how dry the floors are afterwards. Usually I clean at night and hope they’re dry by morning — with the HydroVac, they’re basically dry straight away! I did take my time and went over areas multiple times because our floors were especially bad, but if your floors are cleaner to begin with, it’ll be a lot quicker. I just let the machine do the work. This is also a brilliant option for anyone with back issues — it glides effortlessly and isn’t heavy at all. Cleaning the machine is also a breeze. The self-cleaning mode works really well, and all I had to do was empty the tanks and leave the roller to dry. I used it on both stone and vinyl flooring. Our vinyl has deep grooves that normal mops never clean properly — I usually have to scrub them by hand. The Shark got into all the grooves. I was seriously impressed. To sum up: I’m genuinely thrilled with this purchase. It exceeded my expectations and has made a dreaded chore so much easier

Where has this been all my life. Being an owner of a 70kg Caucasian Shepherd I have mud ,hair and slobber in abundance. I have tried many things but resorted to a brush then mop and bucket. Nothing else worked until I bought the Shark hydro vac. Yes, I clean the machine after two rooms but it is easy and I would clean my mop water as often. It's really easy to clean. I don't use the clean function just rince in the sink. It's perfect on flat hard floors ,needs a little more care on my uneven tiles. If your tiles are really cobbly it would not work. It hoovers up hair as it cleans, so no other processes needed. If I find large items of debris I pick those up first. I love it. Well done Shark.

I absolutely love my hydro vac its saving me so much time cleaning my floors. The power on this machine is incredible. With two small kids and a dog it has its work cut but handles it like a pro. Downside is it doesn't clean the edges of the floor

Purchased this on special offer after my steam mop broke. This is brilliant, and cleans my stone floors much better than my steam mop ever did. I also love that it can be used on area rugs, and it leaves my son's mellow mat beautifully clean. People say the solution is expensive, but I find it cheaper than the vax solution I used in my steam mop. It is also much cheaper to purchase from the shark website than amazon or argos (i.e. £26 for 2 bottles rather than £20 for one). The bottle you get with the hydrovac is only a small trial bottle, the regular bottles are much larger. People also complain that the water tanks small and need continously topped up and emptied. My steam mop needed refilled 2 or 3 times when cleaning 4 or 5 areas, and this is the same. So if you're used to using a steam mop it won't bother you. I've also seen people complain that it doesn't get into corners or edges of skirting, but what vacuums or steam mop do?? It's actually quite a compact cleaning head. Cable length is good. Been using for a few months and still pleased with it.

This does not save anytime. I purchased this to be able to clean my tiled utility and kitchen floor. It’s meant to hoover and mop at the same time. I have a Labrador dog and Hoover and mop the floor daily. From my first try it was clear that the floor would need to be hoovered by my upright before using the shark hydro vac. Okay I thought, I have a dog and it will still be better to use this to clean the floor and then put it on the stand to clean its roller, ready for the next use. The reality is even after hoovering the hydro vac wants emptying of dirty water every couple of seconds. It’s roller squeezes out the dirty water on any tiles that’s aren’t quite as level to the grout and the sight of a single dog hair it says it’s full. I spend more time taking it apart and washing it out, to basically find nothing. The time I spend doing this, I could simply hoover, mop and have a cup of tea.

I love this! I have dogs so it effectively cuts down the amount of time I’m vacuuming dog hair up then mopping in half. Good suction and lower level noise compared with the vacuum. Reasonable length cord so if I go for a central socket I have no problem covering the whole of the ground floor. Love that it self cleans after each use and it comes apart easily to clear out any debris and dry all the parts.

I've had the hydrovac for a year now and have found it's performance pretty average. The main problem is that the microfibre rollers (the brushes which spin to clean the floor) very quickly become useless. After a few uses the soft fibres become flattened and are then no good at cleaning hard floors. This happens even though I've run the machine's self clean cycle after every use. I have replaced the brushes several times and you definitely need to factor in this extra cost when you buy this floor cleaner. I would not buy again.

Very clunky and heavy and hard to get small spaces. Needs to be cleaned fully after every use or water and dirt will smell. Does not pick up hair very well. Disappointing