The Shark Pet/Rocket Pro Cordless is a basic cordless stick vacuum. It's an entry-level bagless model with few features. It has manual suction power controls, allowing you to switch between two power levels. You can also choose between two floor surface settings, which will speed up the brushroll on carpet or slow it down on bare floors.
It's worth noting that this vacuum has many variants, which differ in included attachments, accessories, colorways, and can even exhibit slight design differences. You can look at the Differences Between Variants section of the review for further information.
Our Verdict
The Shark Rocket Pro is a reasonable choice for a house. It's ideal for homes with bare floors and pets, as this vacuum does a great job of clearing debris of all sizes on hard surfaces and easily removes pet hair from carpets. Carpet pick-up performance itself isn't quite as strong, though, as it struggles to lift heavier debris from the carpet fibers. Its runtime is sufficient to clean fairly large areas of your home on a single charge or handle a couple of heavier messes. It's sturdy enough, with adequate build quality. However, this vacuum's filter is awful, and it blows fine dust out into the air and all over your room. Also, emptying the bagless dirt compartment releases a cloud of dust, so it's recommended to empty this well away from living areas.
Outstanding pet hair pick up performance on carpet.
Great debris pickup on bare floors.
Has trouble lifting fine material out of carpet or cracks due to low suction.
- Does a terrible job of sealing in allergens.
Emptying the dirt compartment creates a cloud of dust.
The Shark Rocket Pro is an adequate option for a small apartment. This compact stick vacuum is easy to store in a small space. In terms of performance, it's great on hard floors since its brushroll opening is high enough to suck in fine, medium, and large debris, and it's outstanding on pet hair, where the brushroll offers plenty of agitation to snag nearly everything. It's decent on carpet, picking up most medium and large materials, though it struggles to pick up fine debris deeply embedded in the carpet due to its low suction. Unfortunately, the biggest problem you'll encounter with this vacuum in a small apartment is its terrible impact on air quality. Its filter is ineffective for fine particles, blowing them out into the air and onto every surface. Additionally, its bagless design means that you create a cloud of dust when emptying the dirt compartment; it's best to empty it outdoors as a result.
Outstanding pet hair pick up performance on carpet.
Great debris pickup on bare floors.
Has trouble lifting fine material out of carpet or cracks due to low suction.
- Does a terrible job of sealing in allergens.
Emptying the dirt compartment creates a cloud of dust.
The Shark Rocket Pro is a good choice for cleaning stairs. It's lightweight and cordless, so you can easily pick it up and carry it up and down long staircases without tripping over a power cord or worrying about reaching the nearest outlet. It delivers decent performance on bare floors and adequate performance on carpet, though it tends to miss deeply embedded fine material. If you have pets, it does a fantastic job picking up pet hair from carpeted stairs. However, its filter is so ineffective that you'll end up blowing fine particles out of the exhaust and into the confined space of a stairwell. Additionally, you should empty it well away from these areas, as you'll release a cloud of dust.
Cordless design makes it easy to use on stairs.
Outstanding pet hair pick up performance on carpet.
Great debris pickup on bare floors.
- Does a terrible job of sealing in allergens.
The Shark Rocket Pro is an acceptable choice for cleaning your car. Its portable, cordless design ensures that you don't need to stay close to a power outlet to reach every inch of your car's interior. It comes with a crevice tool and a combination hard-bristle brush/upholstery nozzle to deal with messes in tight corners or on seats. It's well-built to last through the work, easy to store when you're done, and reasonably easy to clean and maintain. It offers decent performance on low-pile automotive carpet, and its upholstery tool is quite effective at removing pet hair. However, it lacks suction to lift deeply embedded fine debris.
Upholstery tool is highly effective with pet hair on furniture.
Converts to handheld for tight spaces.
Has trouble lifting fine material out of carpet or cracks due to low suction.
Lacks turbo brush for cleaning carpet and fabrics.
The Shark Rocket Pro is decent for cleaning bare floors. It's not especially powerful, but it still manages to clear away a wide variety of debris types on hard, flat surfaces like hardwood or vinyl. However, it can struggle with debris wedged in cracks and crevices. While the floorhead has a high enough opening to draw in medium and large materials, some medium debris can get trapped in the floorhead and fall out when you pick up the vacuum.
Great debris pickup on bare floors.
Openings in floorhead large enough for medium and large material.
Has trouble lifting fine material out of carpet or cracks due to low suction.
- Debris can get stuck at floorhead.
The Shark Rocket Pro offers adequate pickup performance on carpet. The floorhead has a large enough front opening, and the agitation is high enough to effectively deal with medium- to large-sized debris on carpet. However, it leaves fine material behind due to its lack of suction, especially on high-pile carpets.
Openings in floorhead large enough for medium and large material.
Brushroll has high agitation to effectively pick up medium and large debris.
Has trouble lifting fine material out of carpet or cracks due to low suction.
The Shark Rocket Pro offers outstanding pet hair pickup. Its brushroll configuration is ideal for lifting pet hair out of carpet, with agitation high enough to pick up almost every strand with one pass. On furniture, it does a great job collecting pet hair with its upholstery tool, even at its standard suction power setting.
Outstanding pet hair pick up performance on carpet.
Brushroll has high agitation to effectively pick up pet hair.
Upholstery tool is highly effective with pet hair on furniture.
The Shark Rocket Pro has an awful impact on air quality. Its filter doesn't really trap fine particles and blows them right out its exhaust. When you empty the debris that remains in the bagless dirt compartment, it creates a cloud of dust, which will settle throughout the room.
- Does a terrible job of sealing in allergens.
Emptying the dirt compartment creates a cloud of dust.
Performance Usages
Changelog
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Updated Feb 02, 2026:
We corrected the hose diameter, adjusted the affected usage scores, and changed the explanatory text.
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Updated Jan 16, 2026:
We added text to this review for the new tests added in Test Bench 1.4, as well as the new verdicts.
- Updated Jan 16, 2026: We've updated this review to the latest test bench, adding Runtime, Mobility, Air Quality, and Mopping Capabilities sections, as well as a Swappable Battery test. See the Vacuum Test Bench 1.4 changelog.
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Updated Feb 19, 2025:
We've included a link to the Wyze Cordless Vacuum S in the User Maintenance section of the review to provide an alternative that's easier to maintain.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
The multiple variants of this vacuum differ only in terms of regional availability, color, and floorhead design. We tested the IX141 variant, and you can see its label here.
| Model Code | Included Tools | Self-Cleaning Floorhead | Color | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IX141 | Crevice tool, Upholstery nozzle, Dusting brush | No | Blue | |
| IX140/IX140C | Crevice tool, Dusting brush | No | Orange | IX140C is the Canadian market designation |
| IX144AMZ | Crevice tool, Dusting brush | No | Mojito green | |
| IZ142 | Crevice tool, Dusting brush | Yes | Orange | |
| IZ140/IZ140C | Crevice tool, Upholstery nozzle, Dusting brush | Yes | Green | IZ140C is the Canadian market designation |
Let us know in the comments if you encounter another variant of this vacuum we missed.
Popular Vacuum Comparisons
The Shark Rocket Pro is a basic cordless stick vacuum. It sits below newer, pricier, and more feature-packed Shark stick vacuums like the Shark Cordless Pet Plus, Shark Vertex Lightweight Cordless, and Shark Stratos Cordless. It's missing many features that have become commonplace, and lacks automatic power adjustment, a self-cleaning floorhead, a folding wand, and a bundled HEPA filter. In this regard, the budget-oriented Wyze Cordless Vacuum S offers true HEPA filtration, while the now entry-level Dyson V8 also boasts significantly better filtration. Nevertheless, it still delivers strong overall debris-pickup performance on various surfaces and is decently maneuverable. It excels at picking up pet hair, with its bristled brushroll providing enough agitation to remove almost every single strand from the carpet. But its filtration performance is terrible, so allergy sufferers should look elsewhere.
If you're looking for an alternative, check out our list of recommendations for the best cordless stick vacuums, the best cordless vacuums, and the best cordless vacuums for pet hair.
The Dyson V8 is better than the Shark Cordless Pet IX141. The Dyson is easier to maintain, incurs virtually zero recurring costs, weighs less, is more maneuverable, has a wider array of attachments, and has a more powerful suction motor. Conversely, the Shark has a bigger dustbin and offers a similar 40-minute battery life while recharging in less time.
The Shark Cordless Pet IX141 is a superior vacuum to the Wyze Cordless Vacuum S, particularly for removing pet hair. The Shark comes with an upholstery tool while the Wyze doesn't, so it's more versatile. It's a bit more challenging to maintain, though. It also doesn't come with a HEPA filter, which means it will blow dust and allergens into the room, while the Wyze's filter contains all debris nearly perfectly.
The Shark Rocket Pet Pro is superior to the Shark Cordless Pet IX141, although both vacuums share similarities. The Rocket Pet Pro has all of the same features as the latter but with a self-cleaning brushroll, an allergen-trapping HEPA filter, and an easily removable and replaceable battery.
The Dyson V7 and Shark Cordless Pet IX141 each have their advantages. The Dyson is easier to maintain thanks to its removable brushroll, weighs noticeably less, is easier to maneuver, and does a better job of filtering out allergens thanks to its HEPA filter. Meanwhile, the Shark performs better at cleaning carpeted floors, has a larger dustbin, and offers a marginally longer battery life.
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