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Shark IP1251 Price Tracker Across Five Stores

Shark IP1251 product photo
Vacuums · Shark IP1251
Cordless stickPowerDetect sensingHEPA filtration~70-min runtime
Building price historyPublished August 4, 2026 · Updated Aug 26, 11:01 ET
$394.99at Best Buy · best tracked price today
Price tracking since Aug 1. Verdict after 30 days of data.Go to best price →

Today's best price

5 stores · sorted by price
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Best Buy
Best price
Marketplace seller
$394.99-Aug 26, 11:00 ETGo to store
Kohl's$449.99-Aug 26, 11:00 ETGo to store
SharkNinja$449.99-Aug 26, 11:00 ETGo to store
eBay
Marketplace seller
$449.99-Aug 26, 11:01 ETGo to store
eBay · certified refurb
Marketplace seller
$319.98refurbAug 26, 11:01 ETGo to store
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Price history (building)

lowest new price per day
Day 26 of 30verdict in 4 days
$0$100$200$300$400$500Aug 1: $449.99 (stores $394.99-$449.99)Aug 2: $449.99 (stores $394.99-$449.99)Aug 3: $349.99 (stores $349.99-$394.99)Aug 4: $349.99 (stores $349.99-$394.99)Aug 5: $349.99 (stores $349.99-$394.99)Aug 6: $349.99 (stores $349.99-$394.99)Aug 7: $349.99 (stores $349.99-$394.99)Aug 8: $349.99 (stores $349.99-$394.99)Aug 9: $349.99 (stores $349.99-$394.99)Aug 10: $349.99 (stores $349.99-$394.99)Aug 11: $349.99 (stores $349.99-$394.99)Aug 12: $349.99 (stores $349.99-$394.99)Aug 13: $349.99 (stores $349.99-$394.99)Aug 14: $349.99 (stores $349.99-$394.99)Aug 15: $349.99 (stores $349.99-$394.99)Aug 16: $349.99 (stores $349.99-$394.99)Aug 17: $349.99 (stores $349.99-$394.99)Aug 18: $349.99 (stores $349.99-$394.99)Aug 19: $349.99 (stores $349.99-$449.99)Aug 20: $349.99 (stores $349.99-$449.99)Aug 21: $349.99 (stores $349.99-$449.99)Aug 22: $349.99 (stores $349.99-$449.99)Aug 23: $349.99 (stores $349.99-$449.99)Aug 24: $449.99 (stores $349.99-$449.99)Aug 25: $449.99 (stores $394.99-$449.99)Aug 26: $449.99 (stores $394.99-$449.99)Aug 1Aug 26 ET
First-party lowAll-store lowAll-store range

Across the stores we track, today's price spread is $55 ($394.99 to $449.99).

Is it worth it at this price?analysis

Is the IP1251 worth its current price?

Not yet a call the page can stand behind: with under a month of daily readings, there is no settled baseline to measure today’s low against, so the fair-price verdict waits, as how we track prices explains. Until that record fills out, treat any strike-through “was” price on a listing with caution and judge the machine on the live prices in the table above.

Quick fact, cite usAs of August 26, 2026, the Shark IP1251 PowerDetect is tracked new at four US listings, two first-party and two marketplace, alongside one refurbished marketplace listing.

What the IP1251 PowerDetect offers

The IP1251 is Shark’s PowerDetect cordless stick vacuum. Its defining feature is auto-sensing suction, which raises power when the machine meets heavier debris, paired with a sealed HEPA filtration path and a runtime the manufacturer quotes at up to about seventy minutes on a full charge. As a cordless stick it is a reach-and-maintenance tool for daily passes, stairs and car interiors rather than a deep-cleaning upright, and the sealed HEPA path is the reason to choose it over a plainer stick if allergens are your concern. Treat the quoted runtime as a best-case figure at the lowest power setting, and expect less when the sensing ramps suction on carpet.

PowerDetect stick specsmanufacturer figures
Type
Cordless stick vacuum, bagless
Suction sensing
PowerDetect raises power on heavier debris
Filtration
Sealed HEPA path
Runtime
Up to about 70 minutes per full charge

The EPA explainer on HEPA filters covers what that filtration path actually does for allergens.

Where to buy the IP1251

Two of the four new listings are first-party and two are marketplace, and the new low currently comes from a marketplace seller, with the first-party listings sitting above it. Read the guide to first-party versus marketplace sellers before ordering, and on any marketplace listing confirm the seller, the return window, and the exact IP-series code, so the price you compare is for this unit and not a nearby code in the same range.

When the IP1251 might fall

The new low currently comes from a single marketplace seller while the first-party listings sit above it, though whether that low holds still needs the longer record. Line the IP1251 up against siblings like the Shark NV360 Navigator and the Dyson Slim Ball Animal on the vacuum tracker.

The refurbished IP1251 listing

One marketplace listing offers a refurbished IP1251 below the new prices. A refurbished unit has been returned, inspected and resold, and it usually carries a shorter, processor-defined warranty rather than Shark’s full new cover, so it is a different purchase, not a discount on the same thing. On a cordless stick the battery is the part most exposed by that shorter coverage. Weigh it with the guide to condition tiers and read the listing’s warranty terms before treating its lower tag as this model’s floor.

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