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The Best Shark Robot Vacuum

Shark's robot-vac checks all of the features you'd expect from a midrange machine. It has reliable cleaning performance and a user-friendly mobile app and produces precise home maps.

It also comes with Matrix Clean Navigation, a system that makes two passes back and forth before moving to the side for full coverage. Its base is bagless, unlike many other robot vacuums.

1. Roborock S4

This is an excellent robot vacuum designed for floors with no floor that sucks up debris and has a large dirt storage compartment. The smart pathing feature works well, Shark robot vacuum and the app lets users to control cleaning and docking. The app provides you with an overview of the cleaning process, with the map that shows where the S4 was cleaned, the cleaning time and battery life.

The S4's maximum suction is 2,000Pa which is similar to larger vacuums. With 19CFM the S4's side and combo brush is situated closer to the front than in other Roborock models, which could be an effort to reduce the possibility of clogging.

The S4's advanced mapping system can map a house up to four levels deep and remember the areas that it has already vacuumed. This makes it simple to set up a schedule for cleaning without the need to manually move robots around rooms. You can also mark off areas as no-go zones, which will block the S4 from entering those areas during the cleaning process.

It was able to vacuum the entire floor of our house with ease and was very efficient on flooring that was not clean. It had a tough time picking up dog hair. This is a typical issue with robotic vacuums. The only 8.5 percent of the dog hair it picked up was actually collected in the dustbin and much of the rest was clumped in the brushes and shark robot vacuum suction inlet.

The S4 is smaller and lighter than other Shark vacuums. This increases its maneuverability. It can make tighter turns and avoid obstacles that slow down other robots, and its low-profile design makes it easy to fit under furniture. It has improved climbing capabilities for navigating flooring transitions and different flooring heights. It can reach the bottom of the stairs, and is a great choice for homes with multiple levels. The app lets you create a schedule and comes with an automatic vacuum control. It also has the ability to automatically return to its charging base to recharge between cleaning cycles. It is equipped with a 5200 mAh battery, which is expected to last for 150 minutes or 2691 square feet between charges in standard mode.

2. Shark Easy Robot Self Emptying

This Shark robot vacuum is a great choice for pet owners searching for a device that is easy to use and smart. The self-emptying bagless base of this model is a great convenience, especially compared to other vacuums that utilize disposable dirtbags for their bases. You simply detach the bin and then empty it over a trash container. This can get messy, but it saves you money on bags to replace.

The bin itself is also fairly large, meaning that the EZ Robot is capable of handling a large amount of debris. It's also a good performer on clean floors, but it does struggle somewhat with dirt embedded in carpets with a low pile. It's got good navigation capabilities and a small footprint.

While the EZ Robot isn't as good as the Roborock S4, it's still a solid option for people who are looking for a reliable, budget-friendly robot. It's well-built and comes with many automation options. It also has an impressive cleaning performance, both on bare floors as well as carpets with a lot of pile. Its maintenance requirements are very high and the recurring expenses are very high.

Another excellent feature of this Shark robot is its ability to recharge and automatically resume where it left off when it returns to its docking station after an entire cleaning session. This is an excellent feature, especially when your home is big.

The IQ XL is also equipped with a range of useful features, such as the ability to remotely schedule whole-home cleaning sessions and review the results using the SharkClean app. You can also control the device using voice through Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant to start and stop cleaning sessions. Its row-by-row cleaning mode is a big plus, too - it is able to clean your entire house in neat rows instead of a back-and-forth snake pattern like many other robots.

The IQ XL has a major drawback in that it cannot climb over obstacles such as power cords. It could consider them to be solid barriers and not attempt to climb over them. It's also not as quick or efficient at maneuvering the room when it's stuffed with pet hair, which could make its brushes tangled and slow it down.

3. Shark AI Robot

This is a great robotic vacuum from Shark that comes with a variety of features. It comes with an elongated base that can hold up to 30 days of debris, and it blends the cleaning power both of an automated vacuum cleaner and a mop. It also offers an exact matrix grid cleaning mode as well as advanced smart home integration that supports Alexa and Google Assistant. You can program it to clean, activate it on demand or set virtual boundaries to prevent the robot from entering rooms that contain delicate items or rugs.

The Shark AI Robot carries out a fairly thorough job of cleaning bare floors, picking up debris like rice easily. It has a difficult time getting rid of bulky, large particles from carpets with low pile and is unable to maneuver around furniture with large dimensions. It does have a do-not-disturb mode, which means you can use it while you're at home and it won't disrupt your daily routine.

It also uses LiDAR to map your home. This lets it identify and navigate obstacles more precisely than devices that depend solely on gyroscopes or an infrared sensor. This lets it avoid crashing into delicate objects, and optimize dirt collection on various surfaces. The LiDAR system is also faster than gyroscopes, which can cause the robots to slow down or lose control when they encounter uneven surfaces.

It's got a lot of other features, such as the ability to control mopping with a remote, an automatic system and various vacuum modes. It can recharge and charge itself while working. The biggest issue is that it only maps out one floor. If you have two floors, it will need to be manually moved to the areas, and then programmed to repeat.

It can also be a bit loud especially when in mopping mode. It also has many components which need to be changed or cleaned frequently, which adds to the cost of maintenance. The base self-empty function helps to reduce some of these costs. It's also compatible with a bagless filter, which further lowers the cost per year.

4. Shark ION neato robot vacuum RV700 Series

The Shark ION Robot RV700 Series ticks all the boxes you'd expect from a midrange robot vacuum, including high-quality cleaning performance and a superb mobile app that creates accurate maps of your home. It also has a bagless base that means no annual purchase of replacement dust bags. In our test of cleaning performance, it was able to remove 97.8% of debris from hardwood floors and low-pile carpeting although it wasn't as effective on carpets with high piles. Its maneuverability is solid and it is able to navigate through furniture, climb onto carpeting with high pile, and traverse objects like electrical cords and rug tassels without getting stuck.

The bristles with a helix-pattern pattern are durable enough to manage and untangle long hair strings, as well as other fibers and the brushroll comes with an edge that retracts and can be used when it encounters obstacles. Its thin design allows it to slide under furniture, and proximity sensors allow it to adapt and analyze the obstacles. It can be triggered to begin cleaning at the pressing of a button, or scheduled on a daily basis through the app. The noise levels are moderate, but it can be quieted down by using a do-not-disturb mode or custom scheduling.

The RV700 is a bit more manual than the Roborock S4 and iRobot Roomba j7+ that is to be expected from a non-self-emptying model. It is still more durable and easier to maintain. It charges faster and removes more debris from high-pile and unfinished floors. Its navigation system can create virtual boundaries, recognize obstacles and avoid them, and also create virtual borders. This makes it the best option for robotic cleaners that you can "set and forget".

The RV700 Series doesn't have a cliff sensor that prevents it from falling down a flight of stairs, which can be a problem for people living in homes with higher ceilings. It can't mop and vacuum at the same time, and you have to switch between modes within the app. The RV700 Series offers a cheaper alternative to the more advanced Roborock and irobot vacuum robots with self-emptying features and cliff detection. Its primary selling point is the possibility of being recharged and emptied when docked at its base. This makes it a great option for those who don't wish to empty the onboard dust bin every time they use it.