Customer Reviews for Shark - Refurbished Excellent - R-EX200 CarpetXpert Deep Cleaner for Carpet, Rugs & Upholstery with StainStriker - Blue
Customer Rating
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Two Lemons In a Row!
on November 7, 2025
Posted by: AGryffin
Gender:Male
🍋🍋🍋🍋 The first machine started badly leaking clean water out the back after 3 uses. They sent a new one, which was great. Unfortunately after two uses it also started leaking water out the back and down into the motor, and now there is no power. I can’t believe there aren’t more bad reviews because wow, what a waste of money and disappointment.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from sharkninja.comBy SharkNinja, November 7, 2025
Hello there,
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review.
We're truly sorry to hear about the issues you've had with both machines. That’s definitely not the experience we want for our customers, and we completely understand your frustration and disappointment. We kindly invite you to reach out to our team via phone at 1-855-427-5127 for further assistance. Our hours of operation are Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. ET, and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. ET. Kind Regards, Shark Clean
I love this shampooer it works great except for the hand heard part of have work but once. It runs you can feel it trying to pump it the shampoo from the tub but nothing comes out. I still use it upright. I need to contact shark to see about getting that part fixed but just haven't had time. Best I've ever used when it comes to cleaning carpets.
This is by far the WORST product I've ever purchased. Buy this product if you want frustration and exasperation. Two blinking red lights come on within a minute of use and it stops working. Even after hosing out the machine in our laundry tub it won't last a minute before the red blinking lights return. Yes, I've followed the directions to resolve this issue but it still stops operating. Now I have to find and purchase the tool I need to disassemble the machine as it is assembled with non-standard screws.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from sharkninja.comBy SharkNinja, November 4, 2025
Hello, Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We're so sorry to hear that your unit stopped working, and we’ll take the appropriate steps to get this resolved. We kindly invite you to contact us at 1-855-427-5127, for further assistance. Kind regards, Shark Clean
We are on our 3rd shark stainstriker carpet cleaner and we are happy with the hand tool, but this does not spray and clean carpets well, we love ninja products but shark is poor quality. Our first one broke within 5 months, we got a replacement and that one broke within 2 uses and now, this one is on its 4th use and it's not spraying well, never buying another shark but will always buy ninja products. Shark, learn to also increase your capacity cause it's also poor. After this one takes a dump, we are going back to hoover because they atleast last 4+ years. Waste on money on 3 shark products. (Edit) Tried again today a couple of weeks later and just shut of COMPLETELY! WISH I COULD GIVE 0 STARS WITH THE WAY SHARK MAKES THEIR PRODUCTS.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from sharkninja.comBy SharkNinja, October 7, 2025
Hi Jake, Thank you for sharing your experience. We’re truly disappointed to hear about the repeated issues with your CarpetXpert. We understand how frustrating it must be to go through multiple units and still not get the performance you expect. We’re glad to hear the hand tool has worked well for you, but we take your concerns about the spray function, durability, and tank capacity seriously. Your feedback has been shared with our product team to help improve future designs and reliability. We’d love the opportunity to make this right and explore a solution that better suits your needs. Please reach out to our Customer Care team at 1-855-427-5127, and we’ll do our best to assist you. Thank you again for your honesty and for giving Shark a chance — we’re committed to earning back your trust.
I bought this carpet machine to replace my previous one made by another brand. This machine is phenomenal! Easy to use, powerful suction, great for pet hair and stains, and the cleaning solutions smell so good! Highly recommend.
This carpet cleaner is phenomenal. I cleaned my entire second floor with it, and the tank was full of black water. I never could guess what was gonna come out of my carpet and boy was disgusted. I can’t wait to do it again it’s very satisfying to see how clean your carpets can be with this incredible product!!!
I bought this almost a year ago and it works very well. It works so well that I let my mom use it and now she wants one! She has used bissell for years and is kinda a tight wad. The brush roll is better than most carpet cleaners.
Not very impressed. Its pricey and definitely didnt work how people keep saying.
Response from sharkninja.comBy SharkNinja, October 27, 2025
Hi there, Thank you for sharing your feedback. We’re sorry to hear that the CarpetXpert didn’t meet your expectations. Your experience is important to us, and we’ve shared your comments with our product team to help improve future performance and customer satisfaction. If you’d be open to it, we’d love the opportunity to troubleshoot or explore options that might help you get better results. Please reach out to our Customer Service team at 1-855-427-5127 we’re here to help. Thank you again for your honest review.