The Shark Cordless Pro is a midrange cordless stick vacuum. It sits just below the flagship Shark Stratos Cordless and shares many of the same features, with the same Clean Sense IQ automatic power adjustment system and odor-neutralizing cartridge. However, there are a few compromises to justify its lower purchase price, with a smaller-capacity battery and a less potent suction motor. It uses a single-roller floorhead instead of the Stratos' dual roller arrangement; in a break from Shark's conventional approach, this fluffy roller with anti-tangle fins is fully removable, making it much easier to clear away any stuck-on hair or debris.
The Shark Cordless Pro is good for bare floors. It's very effective in dealing with solid debris and pet hair on this surface type, thanks partly to its Clean Sense IQ system that boosts performance when passing over dirtier surfaces. The soft texture of its brushroll also helps gather lightweight debris on hard floors or in shallower cracks, like the grout lines on a tile floor. It feels quite well-built, is easy to maintain, and incurs low ownership costs. Unfortunately, its max battery life of about 40 minutes is shorter than most of its peers.
The Shark Cordless Pro is a decent option for low-pile carpet. It struggles a little with fine debris and pet hair embedded in low-pile carpet fibers, but it does a good job with larger material. A small amount of debris can get stuck to the base of its floorhead due to static buildup from cleaning carpets. Battery performance is on the shorter end of the scale when compared to pricier cordless stick vacuums, so you'll need to work quickly if you're cleaning carpets in its more potent suction mode.
The Shark Cordless Pro is a mediocre option for cleaning high-pile carpet. It's important to note that it doesn't have a height-adjustable head or a brushroll off switch, so it's liable to get bogged down on really thick-pile or shag carpeting. It also really struggles with small and fine debris that's been pressed into deeper carpet fibers. A very small amount of debris can get stuck to the bottom of its floorhead. The Clean Sense IQ system is effective in boosting power when required, though it's worth noting that it'll run out of juice fast in more potent suction modes.
The Shark Cordless Pro is an alright choice for pet owners. It has no trouble dealing with pet hair on bare floors, but you'll need to be persistent to deal with large quantities of hair on low-pile carpeting. Thankfully, its upholstery nozzle is a fantastic attachment for dealing with hair on fabric surfaces like couches or car seats. Its odor-neutralizing cartridge also helps in masking unpleasant scents as you clean. Unlike most other Shark vacuums, you can remove its self-cleaning brushroll pretty easily, making it much easier to clear away the small amount of hair that can get stuck.
The Shark Cordless Pro is a great fit for cleaning stairs. While it's a little heavy for a cordless stick vacuum, it's still much more portable than most full-size vacuums, and you won't have to worry about tripping over a power cable as you climb or descend. It delivers good overall performance on bare floors and low-pile carpet, and you can easily reconfigure it into a handheld vacuum to clean tight spots or switch out attachments. However, there's no onboard tool storage.
The Shark Cordless Pro is good for cleaning the inside of your car. Its cordless design ensures that you won't have to park your car close to a power outlet before cleaning, and you can easily reconfigure it into a handheld vacuum to clean any hard-to-reach areas. It comes with a crevice tool that can help you clean tight recesses, like the gap between the front seats and your car's center console, and the upholstery tool is very effective in dealing with debris on car seats. That said, it's worth noting the vacuum is a little unwieldy to hold onto for extended periods as a handheld.
The Shark Cordless Pro isn't designed for workshop cleaning. It can easily handle lightweight household debris on hard floors but isn't meant for cleaning heavier debris like wood or metal shavings. It also can't handle liquid spills.
A few variants of the Shark Cordless Pro are still available, which differ mainly in terms of included attachments. We tested the IZ562H variant, and you can see its label here.
Model Name | Included Accessories | Color | Additional Features |
IZ562H | Duster Crevice Tool, Pet Multi-Tool | White/Black | |
UZ565H | MultiFLEX wand, Anti-Allergen Dust Brush, Duster Crevice Tool | White/Black | |
IZ531H | Anti-Allergen Dust Brush, Crevice Tool | Black/Black | IQ Display |
Let us know in the discussions if you encounter another variant of this vacuum.
The Shark Cordless Pro is a cordless stick vacuum that sits somewhere near the middle of Shark's extensive lineup of cordless stick vacuums. It packs many features for the price, with an automatic power adjustment system, an odor-neutralization cartridge, an onboard HEPA filter, and a self-cleaning floorhead. That said, battery life is rather unimpressive compared to many of its peers, and its attachment set is somewhat limited.
If you're searching for an alternative, take a look at our list of recommendations for the best cordless stick vacuums, the best cordless vacuums, and the best vacuums for tile floors.
The Shark Stratos Cordless is a complete upgrade over the Shark Cordless Pro. The Stratos has a more powerful motor, yielding improved carpet performance and a higher-capacity battery. The Stratos also comes bundled with a folding wand to easily clean under tables and chairs, though you can find the same accessory on some variants of the Cordless Pro. The cheaper Cordless Pro does have its advantages. It's noticeably lighter and slightly easier to maintain by virtue of its removable brushroll, which makes it much less of a hassle to clear out any tangled hair.
The Dyson V8 and Shark Cordless Pro each have their advantages. The Shark feels better built, is easier to maintain, and has a much higher-capacity dustbin. There are a few extra convenience features not found on the Dyson, like an automatic power adjustment system and an odor-neutralizing cartridge. It also charges faster while offering a similar overall battery life. However, the Dyson is lighter, easier to maneuver, and has a broader assortment of tools.
The Shark Cordless Pet Plus and Shark Cordless Pro are similar vacuums, though the Cordless Pro is an improvement in most areas. The Cordless Pro has an automatic power adjustment system and is fitted with an odor-neutralizing cartridge. The Cordless Pro's fluffy brushroll is also fully removable, allowing it to clean cracks and crevices far more effectively than the Cordless Pet Plus.
The Samsung Jet 75 and Shark Cordless Pro each have their advantages. The Samsung has a rack station to hold two accessories, has a higher-capacity battery, delivers better performance on carpeted floors, is easier to maneuver, and makes less noise. Conversely, the Shark has a higher-capacity dustbin, can automatically adjust its suction power setting, and handles pet hair on furniture better with a simple straight-suction upholstery tool.
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.
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.
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.
The following accessory is exclusive to the UZ565H and IZ531H variants:
The following accessory is exclusive to the UZ565H variant:
The following accessory is exclusive to the IZ531H variant:
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.
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'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.