I have a health condition that prevents me from vacuuming as often as I should to keep up with three shedding dogs. Years ago, I purchased a robotic vacuum but it couldn’t keep up with the fur balls and dust bunnies that were taking over the house. Plus, emptying the dust bin and untangling the roller were tedious and time consuming. Well, my life has been changed by my Shark IQ robot vacuum with its self emptying bin. It really has impacted our household favourably and lifts my spirits when ever I see him doing his job. I have named it “Pierre” and he quietly moves through the house doing a wonderful job. My sister-in-law purchased a unit after seeing Pierre in action. This is a fantastic robot vacuum...Pierre, I love you.
I am SO impressed with this little robo vacuum! I did a lot of research before purchasing as we have a dog who sheds a lot, and this truly does live up to the reviews. We have carpeted floor and it's able to pull a lot of the hair out of the carpet. If you run it once a day or every other day with a shedding dog, you will be in good shape. It mapped our entire floor perfectly in the first run. I was blown away. The technology has come so far! The app is clean and intuitive. It also makes setting up the Shark very easy. After it is finished mapping, you can add labels to each room, and schedule it to run at certain times, and in the rooms that you choose. If it gets full while it's doing the cleaning session, it will find its way back to the docking station, empty the dust and dirt, and then go back to wherever it left off. The only downside is that it can only map one floor in your house. If you're in a two story house, you can still use it on other floors by moving it to the floor you want to clean, and pressing the "clean" button on top of the vacuum, but you won't be able to do this from the app. It is fairly quiet, and has a low profile. It's able to sneak under beds and tight to reach places very well. Battery life seems great and no concerns there. The docking station is small enough that it isn't an eyesore. It comes with a nice little mat that the robot drives onto. When the robot docks itself, empties into the docking reservoir after a few seconds. This part is fairly loud, but only lasts a few seconds. For the money, you truly can't beat this powerful little robot!