Customer Reviews for Shark - Refurbished Excellent - R-EX205 CarpetXpert with Stainstriker Upright Deep Carpet Cleaner - Teal
Customer Rating
5
Great unit for the elderly.
on April 30, 2025
Posted by: Frank j
from Las Vegas NV.
Gender:Male
WOW, what a surprise. I bought the EX201 thinking it would work so so. what a surprise. my carpet came out looking so good. I'm 76 years old. This unit is so easy to handle. Very easy to clean after use. Best cleaner I have ever used.
It gets clogged very easily you have to take the guard apart clean it out repeatedly and start again. It does however do a nice job as long as you continue to do that. As far as products the stain remover doesn't work unless its a spill that just happened. the machine is heavy so if you have steps to go up and down be ready. its heavy. But i needed one I picked the one i thought best, and im sure for some, it is.
Response from sharkninja.comBy SharkNinja, April 24, 2025
Hello, Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We're so sorry to hear that the Shark CarpetXpert is too heavy for you. We will absolutely share your feedback with the relevant teams for consideration on future products.
I have a shark vacuum that I our he’d 15 years ago and it still works great. I bought this carpet cleaner a couple of years ago, now it doesn’t work. I spent good money for this and now I’ve waisted hundreds of dollars. Very disappointed.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from sharkninja.comBy SharkNinja, April 22, 2025
Hello Cheryl, Thank you for taking the time to leave a review.
We're so sorry to hear that you aren't happy with your Shark CarpetXpert. A review was done and we're happy to hear that you had the issues rectified. If you you wish to obtain in further info, please don't hesitate to reach out to our team by phone at 1-855-427-5127.
It does do a great job cleaning up most stains, but only with the shark. Carpet cleaner. No other brand or homemade cleaner that I tried works really at all. And I believe the instructions even said only use shark brand cleaner, though I just assume because they just want you to spend more money buying their expensive cleaner. After a month, when I use it even with a fresh cleaned out tank of water and cleaner, it still smells a bit funky. The downside is the spray hose is constantly in the way. I wish there was a better place to put it instead of being right where the buttons and lever are. Also, the dirty water tank only holds a third of its space worth of dirty water before you have to dump it.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Response from sharkninja.comBy SharkNinja, April 22, 2025
Hello, Thank you for taking the time to leave a review.
We're so sorry to hear that you aren't happy with the placement of the hose on your Shark. We don't recommend using another brand of chemical because there's a potential for damaging the unit, not getting optimized cleaning performance and chemicals mixing that are not designed to mix. If you need any help with your product, please don't hesitate to reach out to our team by phone at 1-855-427-5127.
I bought this a few weeks ago and am very happy with the build quality. I have only used a little to try it out but it seemed to work well. I look forward to cleaning the carpet in our apartment in the next couple of weeks.