The best Shark vacuum just crashed to a record-low price ahead of Black Friday

If you're hunting for a vacuum cleaner deal in the early Black Friday sales, you're in luck – there's an outstanding price-drop on one of my top-rated models: the Shark PowerDetect Cordless Clean&Empty is $399.99 (was $599.99) at Amazon US, and £314 (was £549.99) at Amazon UK. That matches the cheapest price on record in the US, and is a new record low in the UK.

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There are plenty of Black Friday deals around right now, but I'm especially excited about this one, because this is one of my very favorite vacuums. I recently ran a big group test of all the best cordless vacuums on the market, and the Shark PowerDetect cordless won out in the cleaning categories. It's superb on carpet, great on hard floor, and whisks away pet hair ...