The next trend is "do not get tangled in the hair"-Shark's new cordless stick vacuum cleaner

Japanese cordless stick vacuum cleaners are multifunctional anyway. One of the most common is the cordless stick vacuum cleaner, which doubles as a handheld vacuum cleaner. However, there is also a product that claims to be a "handheld vacuum cleaner" just by removing the extension pipe and floor head, which makes it heavy and large and difficult to handle as a handheld vacuum cleaner.

The "Handy Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner" announced by SharkNinja on July 30th is a fairly easy-to-use new product. SharkNinja is known for its powerful handheld vacuum cleaner "EVOPOWER" series, and the EVOPOWER series is very popular in Japan.

The new cordless stick vacuum cleaner "EVOPOWER SYSTEM" has a lineup of two models, the "EVOPOWER SYSTEM CS401" (hereinafter CS401) series for multi-floor and the "EVOPOWER SYSTEM CS200" (hereinafter CS200) series for flooring floors only. .. The price will be open on August 26, the estimated market price (excluding tax) CS401 is around 45,000 yen, CS200 is around 30,000 yen.

First of all, as a stick vacuum cleaner for floor cleaning that you will use most often. The big difference between the EVOPOWER SYSTEM multi-floor compatible model and the flooring model is the head.

Simply put, the multi-floor compatible CS401 has a rotating brush on the head, which powerfully cleans flooring as well as dust such as tatami mats and carpets. On the other hand, CS200 for flooring is not a rotating brush type. Since there is no rotating brush, it is not suitable for cleaning carpets and tatami mats, but the head is slim and compact. The weight of the main body is about 1.5 kg when sticking, which is a fairly light category.

[Video] The body is slim and there are no jamming obstacles around the head, so the head can easily slip under furniture.Good maneuverability is quite good

What I would like to pay particular attention to as a stick vacuum cleaner is the rotating brush of CS401. Composed of short fluffy hair and a soft silicone scraper, these two materials adhere firmly to the floor and scrape off debris.

I'm glad that my hair doesn't get entangled with the rotating brush so much that I'm surprised! If you look closely at the rotating brush, the diameter becomes smaller toward the center, and the entangled hair is drawn to the center more and more during rotation. Furthermore, it seems that the comb-shaped parts of the head remove the hair of the brush by entwining the hair that moves to the center.

I actually sucked a lot of long thread-like dust of about 30 cm, but the brush was not entangled at all. In families with long hair and households with long hair pets, it is necessary to "remove the entangled hair from the rotating brush" every time you clean it for a certain period of time, but it will be very easy just to eliminate this.

[Video] I sucked in a large amount of long thread-like dust at once, but no thread was entangled in the brush.

On the other hand, I was a little worried about the small size of the dust collection cup. Since the dust collection capacity is not disclosed, I do not know the exact capacity, but it seems to be quite compact. Frequent garbage disposal is likely to be required at home with dogs with a lot of hair loss. However, you can dispose of trash with one touch so that your hands do not touch the trash.

[Video] Just slide the switch on the main unit to dispose of garbage with one touch.

As I wrote at the beginning, what I liked about this product was its compactness and ease of use when it was a handy type. The basics of a stick vacuum cleaner are floor cleaning, but sometimes you may be worried about dust in the gaps in the sofa or dust on the TV stand, and you may think, "Clean over there! Clean here too!".

EVOPOWER SYSTEM is quite slim and compact with a handy size of 67 mm in width x 86.5 mm in depth x 500 mm in height. If you find dust, it is a size that you can easily clean. Cleaning high places such as cleaning curtains and on shelves does not seem to be a burden.

Another nice thing is how to take out the vacuum cleaner from the charging stand. If you hold the handle and lift it as it is, it will be a stick type, and if you lift it from the charging stand with the button on the side of the main body pressed, only the handy part will be pulled out.

One of the things I'm worried about with a cordless vacuum cleaner is the continuous drive time. For CS401 and CS200, it takes about 12 minutes for stick time and about 20 minutes for handy time per battery. I feel a little unsatisfied with the continuous drive time when sticking, but since the CS401 comes with 2 batteries as standard, you can replace it and continue cleaning when the battery runs out.

The CS200 comes standard with one battery, but you can purchase just the battery later. Moreover, the price of the additional battery is around 4,000 yen, which is planned to be sold at a considerably low price as a genuine spare battery made by a vacuum cleaner manufacturer.

Another interesting thing is the charging method. EVOPOWER SYSTEM has two types of battery charging methods. One is to set the battery on the charging stand with the battery attached to the main unit. The other is to insert the battery directly into the charging stand to charge it.

If you set the batteries at the same time, first charge the batteries set in the vacuum cleaner. When this is fully charged, it will automatically start charging the battery set directly on the charging stand. It is a good impression that there is no work of "when the first battery is charged, replace it with the next battery".

SharkNinja is a popular vacuum cleaner manufacturer that divides its popularity with Dyson in the United States, and entered Japan in 2018. We announced the cordless stick vacuum cleaner "EVOFLEX" that bends the pipe. However, this product weighs 3.33 kg when pipes and heads are included, which is quite heavy. In addition, the dust collection cup could not be washed, so it was difficult to say that it was for Japan.

This EVO POWER SYSTEM is powerful yet relatively lightweight, and it pursues ease of use in every detail, such as the mechanism that prevents hair from getting entangled with the rotating brush and the construction and functions of the charging stand. To be honest, I felt that I was betrayed in a good way.

Also pay attention to the price. Recent premium cordless stick vacuum cleaners are more sophisticated, lighter and more expensive. If it is a flagship model of a major manufacturer, there are also products with an estimated market price of 50,000 yen or more before launch. On the other hand, the EVO POWER SYSTEM is kept at around 45,000 yen even for the flagship model. The optional spare battery is also reasonably priced at around 4,000 yen. If you are considering a cordless stick vacuum cleaner, this is a product that you should definitely add to your list.