- The Shark EveryMess 3-in-1 can vacuum wet and dry spills, and act like a spot cleaner
- It’s impressively compact and comes with a range of attachments
- Available to buy now for $149.99 / £199
Shark has expanded its spot cleaner lineup with a multitalented new machine. The Shark EveryMess can vacuum liquid and solid messes, or work as a spot cleaner on upholstery. I saw one in action at Shark’s HQ, where it sucked up a Coke spill from a cream carpet with not so much as a trace of sticky soda left behind.
This 3-in-1 combination is pretty unusual — in this corner of the market, you typically get wet-and-dry vacuums or spot cleaners, but it’s rare for an appliance to do both. It’s available to buy now from $149.99 in the US, and £199.99 in the UK (scroll down to check out the best prices at a range of retailers).
What’s more, it’s impressively compact. The US and UK versions have slightly different proportions, but either would fit into an average-sized kitchen/utility room cupboard. (The US version is 10.5 x 16.5 x 13.5in / 26.7 x 41.9 x 34.3cm L x W x H. The UK version is 22.7 x 36.9 x 36.4cm / 8.9 x 14.5 x 14.3in.)
There are multiple compatible attachments for tackling different kinds of messes: an extending Crevice tool for tight corners, a wider Squeegee tool for covering larger spaces, and a dedicated Stain Eliminator attachment for tough, set-in stains.
Although it’s marketed as a 3-in-1, this doesn’t look like a sensible replacement for a full-sized wet floor cleaner, because none of the attachments are especially big. However, for smaller, trickier cleanups of any kind, it seems ideal — Shark lists broken glass and permanent marker as examples of awkward cleanups this appliance can happily tackle.
Another obvious market for such multipurpose cleaners is pet owners. Not only is the EveryMess suitable for cleaning everything from muddy pawprints on your soft furnishings to the occasional toilet-training accident, but Shark says it’s especially good at picking up pet hair at the same time.
Shark boasts about a ‘Rinse & Ready’ self-clean function, but it’s a little more rudimentary than it sounds: to rinse out the tubing, you can simply vacuum up a pitcher of fresh water. For especially disgusting messes, Shark recommends lining the main bin with a 15-50L plastic bag so you don’t need to get your hands dirty when it comes to disposal.
The EveryMess is designed for use with Shark’s ‘StainForce’ two-part cleaning solution, and the brand suggests you’ll only get that kind of extreme, stain-busting performance with that specific formula. The spray nozzle part clips straight onto the cleaner cartridges, replacements of which can be purchased separately at a cost of $24.99 / £24.99 for two, or $14.99 / £14.99 for one.
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