Customer Ratings & Reviews

It works great, use it to clean out my pellet grill.

Great Poduct Does What it says..I Recommend To Anyone

Its a great little vacuum at an affordable price..

The best part it cleans itself and we can use any bag for the trash. Best adult gift for me!

But enough power to suck up small spills on a couch.

Great purchase. My only problem with it is the hose is to short.

Very light weight the tube is very short making it very difficult to use and if u want the longer tube u gotta firk out $20+ and as ur using it any little bang it stops working the suction stops u gotta turn it off then restart it

It gets the job done! Best purchase i have made in awhile!

Additional & Improved Attachments would result in a 5 star rating.

A great device to have around that picks up trash and liquids.

I bought this device thinking it was portable. however, you have to plug it in to use it Nit really what I was looking for but I guess if you need something on the go you may can make it work.

Not working great enough to vacuum car carpet or small particles.

Website says:Shark - MessMaster Portable Wet/Dry Vacuum, Small Shop Vac, 1 Gallon Capacity with Bonus Pet Multi-Tool and Carpet Tool - Blue I did NOT receive the bonus items. I called Best Buy and the lady I talked to said she couldn't do anything except return the item. She blamed the manufacture for the description. So my only options are return the item or accept that Best Buy has misleading advertising practices and very poor customer service.

Initial impressions: There are a couple things I immediately liked about this Shark portable vac over our old famous name brand portable round vac on rollers. When I went to vacuum out the trunk of my wife’s car & the rear bed of my SUV w/this new Shark vac, I was surprised w/just how light it is. The unit itself looks a bit like a vintage hard shell makeup/cosmetics suitcase w/a long handle on top--only the rectangular box is a bit more oval w/rounded corners. Anyway, even though the unit weighs in at almost 10 lbs., even my wife had no problem lifting the entire vac up into the trunk of our sedan or up into the rear inside well of our SUV w/one hand. This is a welcome relief from the weight of the old & long-since discontinued disc-shaped portable vac which was both heavy & unwieldy. Next, I like that there’s not only a locking mechanism for the hose where it connects to the port in the vac housing itself, but there’s also a hook on the neck of the hose nozzle where I can fasten the flexible hose to the vac for easy, secure storing when I’m finished vacuuming. In contrast, my old portable vac offered no way to secure its flex hose, which always meant trying to wrap the flopping hose atop the vac after use. This contributed to a haphazard look in our closet. Instructions: The instructions for setup, use, cleaning, & maintenance are straightforward, as evidenced by the fact that I was using our new vac w/in 5 mins. of opening the box. Aesthetics: I like the conservative dark blue & black colors of the unit which provide a sleek, hi-tech look, even if it’s all plastic. Accessories: There are 3 fixed extension wands if you need extra reach along w/3 brightly marked plastic attachment tools. (Some units come w/5 attachment tools, including a Bare Floor Tool & a Pet Multi-Tool, but ours came w/just 3). Our attachments included a Crevice Tool for hard-to-reach debris found in cracks & other tight spaces, a Wet Mess/Squeegee Tool for liquid cleanups (pull only), & a larger-mouth Carpet/Upholstery Tool (push/pull). The good news is that all 3 tools attach to/remove easily from the angled hose inlet/nozzle. And there are 2 secure plastic clips mounted on the Shark’s housing that allow for storing whichever 2 attachments aren’t in use. Guts: Inside the unit, there’s a heavy-duty, dishwasher-safe plastic dust cup w/a shallow ½-gal. fill line for wet vac use & a high 1-gal. fill line for dry debris. I like the Shark housing’s see-thru design for the dust cup so that we can readily view the dry or wet debris fill levels from the outside, w/o having to open the lid (unless you’re using a liner bag that conceals the level of debris collected). There are also a couple of plastic filter housings & a total of 4 different filters that should be cleaned periodically. Shark also includes a couple plastic bags for use as liners in the refuse container if you’d rather confine your vacuumed debris to a disposable bag rather than having to clean out the container itself. Maintenance/Cleaning: I like that the unit’s entire hinged top lid is removable for cleaning. This makes access to the removable dust cup, large coned debris screen & housing, & various filters even easier. And If you use the Shark MessMaster regularly, then you’ll want to clean it regularly to help preserve the motor’s suction power, optimize its performance, & keep it sanitary. This will help reduce odors, especially if you vacuum any wet debris. After you regularly rinse & replace the filters you’ll want to fully dry all rinsed components & areas. Shark recommends that you clean the pre-& post-motor filters monthly & replace them annually. Room for Improvement: For ease-of-use, I do wish Shark engineers had designed the unit w/a longer flexible hose than the 3-ft. hose included. Yes, there are 3 fixed 1-ft. extension wands that provide an extra 3 ft. of reach, but those are rigid & unwieldy in tight spaces like the trunk of an automobile or the rear deck/well of an SUV. Also, I don’t enjoy the vac’s hot, smelly exhaust practically blowing in my face when I’m vacuuming in the tight quarters of the trunk or rear deck of our sedan/SUV. It’s not good engineering to have both the hose & the exhaust extending from the same end of the vac. Yes, I can turn the vac at an angle to redirect the exhaust flow, but that creates an unnatural positioning of the vac when using a hose that’s protruding from the same end as the exhaust vents. Finally, I’m hopeful that Shark’s engineers can find a way to maintain & even improve the unit’s suctioning power over time but w/a lower noise level. I didn’t see any specs on the decibel rating of this vac but, for me, the volume & pitch of the unit was so loud that I needed to use earplugs. Practical Usage: Dry: We view this Shark model primarily as a good portable dry vac tool for vacuuming our vehicles & a few areas of the house when it comes to light maintenance, spot cleaning, & freshening up sofa & chair seat cushions & backs. We might also use it to vac carpeted floor mats at the foyer entry, rear deck/porch entry, & side garage door entry. Obviously, there are times when dragging out a large upright house vac isn’t practical, quick, or convenient for light touchups around the house. Wet: We don’t see as much practical use for this unit as a wet vac. The problem we found in our wet vac test was that the unit didn’t seem to fully sequester all the liquid debris. Some of the liquid managed to get into spaces other than just the plastic debris cup, to the point that the amount of tedious post-wet vac cleaning, rinsing, & drying required simply weren’t worth the hassle to us. When the post-vac cleanup takes up more time than the spill cleanup itself, the high-tech method becomes counterproductive. We’d rather just grab some old, clean cloth towels that we keep on hand for occasional liquid spills, soak up the mess, & then wash the towels. Suction: I wasn’t expecting this lightweight unit to suck the chrome off a trailer hitch. After all, it’s just a 6.5A/780W/120V/60Hz machine. But I was hoping that it would at least suction enough debris from our 2 vehicles’ floor carpets, trunks, & upholstery to prevent my having to continue buying unneeded car washes in return for a free vac & prevent feeding the machines at my local DIY car vac center amid freezing winter weather & hot humid summer heatwaves. I’m pleased to report that this little portable Shark does the job on our vehicles w/adequate suction (good, but not great) to get the job done. It allows me to clean the inside of our cars from the privacy & safety of our garage at whatever time of day or night I want to clean them.

Great idea but I found the hose to be too short. If the flexible part of the hose was a couple feet longer I would love it but I am returning.

This vacuum doesn't suck, and that's a problem. I can't even get it to suck up cat little without about a dozen passes.

The vacuum works well but the tube keeps falling off despite placing it in the lock position.

The bonus pet tool and carpet tool are really NOT included in the packing sent to Wisconsin. I ordered specifically for the pet tool. Not there. It has been impossible to explain to Best Buy that its not included. I had a store manager check to see if the package they had included it. Also no. This is an ad for a product that Best Buy is not really providing, False advertising??

Works well for water cleanup but does not work well for pet fur on upholstery

This is the first time I have had a smaller wet dry vac. There were many occasions that a smaller vac would have been helpful for portability and ease. This device does a fantastic job of providing quality powerful cleaning. The suction on this device is fantastic. It provides steady power for both wet and dry applications. I have yet to have a clog or issue under both. The wet vac may not hold as much water as a larger device but, again, for day to day uses this works very well. I have used it to clean rugs, drapes, and the inside of me car and it did a fantastic job on all. A very nice feature is you can attach a bag from 2 to 13 gallons in the bin and have it vacuum directly into it. Al you have to do then is simply throw the bag away. It is corded but it has a long 15 ft cord. It also weighs around 10 pounds so, again, portable. There are attachments that come with as well. The cleaning is easy and it will self clean by simply pouring or sucking up a cup of water. Highly recommend!