Shark - AV2511AE

I got a Roborock S8 pro ultra a few months ago and love it. Great integration with HA. I also have a shark ai for upstairs, carpet only. I think it actually does a better job with the vacuum. I have 2 golden retrievers, so lots of hair. The Roborock is a bit more sensitive and I have to clean the rollers more often. What really sold me on both was the mapping. I had tried an ecovacs x2 and was not pleased at all.

I have the [Shark - AI Ultra Robot Vacuum with Matrix Clean, Home Mapping, HEPA Bagless Self Empty Base, WiFI Connected - Black](https://www.bestbuy.com/site/shark-ai-ultra-robot-vacuum-with-matrix-clean-home-mapping-hepa-bagless-self-empty-base-wifi-connected-black/6471082.p?skuId=6471082) The integration was simple. The roborock provides more information for cards, but the shark provides enough.

Its $400 but this one is great and needs emptied after like 2 weeks. : https://a.co/d/2SiTTyc theres also other options that hold less i didnt realize

My shark robot vacuum tackles my dog hair like a champ. I have 3 dogs, two Chesapeakes and a German Shepard and I love it. I run it every other day and about once a week I check the brushes for any dog hair. Very rarely has it gotten clogged up. The best advice with dog hair is to constantly check the filter because mine self empties and it effects the suction from the machine into the tank.

It’s the Shark AI Ultra

“Oh I haven’t seen Dyson’s robot vac before. Wonder how mu…😐” $1200 for a robot vac and it doesn’t even have auto empty???? I’m more than happy with my shark Ai ultra I got for half off 🤷‍♂️

We have a German shedder in the house and our shark has been amazing (AI ultra). Virtually no issues with hair stuck in the brushes and always amazed how much is picked up after a session

We have a shark and no complaints here. Run it once a week and he keeps the tumbleweeds from our dog under control. Shark AV2511AE https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09T4YZGQR?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

I have the Shark AV2501S. $550 on Amazon. Does a great job picking up dog hair. Only needs emptied like once a month.

I love my Shark AI Ultra. Honestly life changing if I want to be dramatic. I have a german shep and an american eskimo. I do have to clean the brush off daily because it will tangle with hair, but I don't mind doing that considering my floors are constantly hair free now. I have it on a schedule to run every morning at a set time, but I can also start it with the app even when I'm not home if. I can pick "no-go" zones and also pick specific spots for it to clean rather than the entire room. My only complaint is the tangled brush, but I have A LOT of dog hair between the two so I'm not too shocked...as long as I go and pop off the back and pull the hair out once a day I don't have any problems. My house is all hardwood so I can't give fair opinion on rug cleaning.

[Shark](https://www.sharkclean.com/sharkus.product_categories.robot_vacuums). Never seems to get mentioned in these kinds of threads, but they are rock-solid, no bags to replace, not Chinese, excellent vacuums and I highly recommend them.

Ok, I think I will try it out. I usually like to just run it one room at a time because I feel like it works better that way. I never set it to a schedule because I like to make sure the little obstacles are minimal—my kids like to leave their chargers and socks all over the house. I do have the same problem with our current base not being able to empty every time. (AI Ultra with Matrix clean) I was actually went to go look at the Matrix 2-in-1, but decided to splurge a little more. They were both around $300 off. So going to keep checking up on the price until Black Friday.

The Shark AI Ultra with self empty base is super underrated. It is one of the best vacuums I have seen in terms of power for carpets and it has a vibrating mop which is a bonus and is a fraction of the price when compared to roborock or others. The Shark Detect Pro is also good if you have pet poo around the house since it's much better at avoiding short objects but both scan the house using lidar. But the Detect doesn't have a mopping function.

I’m a long-haired person with a Shark robot vacuum with the self-cleaning roll. There are many here who are dissatisfied with this robot vacuum, but I am super happy with it. Occasionally hair does accumulate on the axel of the roll, so I clean that out maybe once every six months. Until other vacuum manufacturers can do better than Shark’s self-cleaning brush roll, I haven’t considered other vacuum cleaner brands.

I have a shark a2501s. Got it for pet hair. It works very well, but gets clogged sometimes because of Belgium malinois fine hair. It has good battery life, I like the recharge and resume feature. However, I miss being able to have the robot clean specific rooms in a specific order like my iRobot did. The shark is very random on the room order it cleans. Sometimes it starts with the living room. Sometimes it starts with the dining room depending on the day I don't know if there is a way to set this feature up because trying to contact customer service is difficult.

I started with one that was $60 to see how I liked it. Now I have one that is about $300 (prime day) on the main and lower levels of our home. When the time comes, I’ll probably upgrade to a $600+ one. I enjoy Shark because of the self cleaning brush roll, but strongly recommend one with room mapping technology. I also do prep the rooms before I send out the vacuums with a visual check for spills and clearing any toys that could get stuck.

What vacuum is this? I’ve been trying difference vac/mop robots I just had the Shark matrix clean and it was terrible would just leak water everywhere when “mopping” was only good as a vacuum but this one looks like it did an amazing job. I also have a carpet in my living room which send the robot for a loop. It wouldn’t know what to do. Sometimes mopping the carpet or skipping it altogether lol.

Fail. The tail furs are too long and strong and the roller kept snapping. I had the pet model too. Gave it away and have been happier with the Dyson and a handheld

I've got a Shark something-or-other that has a "matrix clean" function (Dreame does something similar, I think) where after it finishes an area/room, it goes back and does it again running perpendicular to the run it just finished. I don't have any idea about the *actual* efficacy, but my spouse ("it's not vacuumed until you've gone over the same spot in 3 different directions") ***loves*** it. Since 'perception is reality', our carpets are cleaner because my spouse perceives them to be so.

We got a shark vacuum from Amazon on a black friday/cyber monday deal, came out to about $300 or so. I specifically chose one with the base to auto dump into. We have a long haired 97 lbs dog and 3 cats. The vacuum goes through the house once a day every day. It is noticeable when it doesn't run. Sometimes it gets stuck, either physically on an object, or the long hair is too much and it clogs up the roller and we have to clear it before it can run again. But for the most part, itnis really good at maintaining the floors to look decent. We have a mix of carpet and hard floors. It doesn't get everything off the carpet, but it does enough for the hair to not be noticeable. Without the daily robot vacuums, there are noticeable puffs of fur all over the floor. It definitely was a relief on my mental worries of keeping the floors clean when we got it. I could tell the difference within the first few days.

I’ve been really happy with our Shark. It’s the model with its own tank, so it returns to its dock and empties as needed during the cleaning cycle. You can empty the tank between cleans as needed. It’s able to handle our massive amount of dog hair and go over our low-pile rugs with ease. The only real nemesis has been shoelaces. We have to remember to tuck in the laces in our entryway, or he will try to eat them and stop running.

I have a shark robot vac that does mapping and self emptying. It forces me to be a little more mindful of picking up every night and I love the mapping function because I can keep it out of certain areas depending on how good I was at preparing the house. Highly recommend!

Not BIFL, but our Shark (get the self emptying base!) has withstood 4 cats, a long haired dog, 3 adults, a toddler, and a long haired teenager for 4 years and still doing well. I was incredibly disappointed in the original roomba I tried. If you do buy a shark buy directly from them. Their customer service is phenomenal. I bought one through a home improvement store as it was on sale. It had a charging issue within 12 months and when I called Shark I was told that since I hadn’t bought from them they couldn’t cover the full replacement even under warranty. BUT if I paid shipping they would send me a new one - $34 later I had a new one on the way. Bonus points as I was able to fix the original and had two robot vacs for the price of 1+ shipping.

I like my big Bissell Pet hair vacuum. It was like $250? I think I got it from target. We have a BC, a Sheppard mix, and a yorkie mix. So, with the 2 bigs we have a lot of hair lol ALSO.... if you do not have them already look at chom chom on amazon... it is a little hand held thing that gets hair off of furniture in a breeze!! I have one in the living room and the bedroom. It is like a lint roller without the sticky tape. you just run it back and fourth really quick on the surface you want to remove hair and it picks it up like a charm! I use that on my couch and bed daily! We also got a shark robot vacuum with a tank that it self empties into and we run that every day too. I have found that daily maintenance or every other day is the best way to keep the hair down

We have a self emptying Shark vacuum that is programmed to run in the living room and kitchen at night. As far as baby toys go. Most of that stuff lives in the giant playpen they takes up 1/3 of my living room. We have other toys for when she’s crawling and cruising around, but those get picked up when we’re done, so the dogs don’t get them.

I have 3 golden retrievers and 2 cats. I run a shark robot daily (I paid a little over $300, and is self emptying). I have to clean the brush every time it runs. If I don't run it daily, it just clogs up. Still it is less work than keeping up with all that fur. https://preview.redd.it/ddu3lbzejone1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=25f2be0c57e4ef63f85f3c8e507b9397df9d33aa

Shitty vacuuming every day is better than no vacuuming. Big fan of the Shark line of self-emptying ones. Getting them refurbished for half the price, doubly so.

I have 3 cats, love the shark self empty. It empties 2 or 3 times before its done. They stand by their products, sent me a new unit when the brush failed, came with a 3 yr warranty.

I've been using Roomba's for a while. I have 3 from super dumb to self-emptying... They've been pretty reliable and do a decent job... but are pricier. This year I bought a black friday Shark deal... self emptying... In just a few times of use I find that Shark is behind on the game. This makes me leery to try other manufacturers...

lol saw your post right above this one in the other sub. I’ll copy my comment here too in case: I’m with you and the only robot vacuum that didn’t clog or burn out was the self emptying shark one. It was so expensive but it’s been going three years strong. I turn it on while they’re crated and I’m at work and empty it when I get home. I’ve seen on the camera the poor guy making multiple trips to self empty while in one room but it’s cut the hair buildup tenfold. To me it was worth every penny

I’m with you and the only robot vacuum that didn’t clog or burn out was the self emptying shark one. It was so expensive but it’s been going three years strong. I turn it on while they’re crated and I’m at work and empty it when I get home. I’ve seen on the camera the poor guy making multiple trips to self empty while in one room but it’s cut the hair buildup tenfold. To me it was worth every penny

You still have to empty the base but in my experience it allows it to do more than non self emptying. I use mine daily but I also empty the base daily once I get home. I also only use it when they’re up because they would absolutely eat it

Second the shark self emptying one. They do very well with all the hair.

We have a self-emptying Shark for our gsd, gsd/husky mix, and 2 cats. If it doesn't get run at least once a day, the roller brush will get clogged. We also do supplement vacuuming hard to reach spots with a stick vac.

I have 3 and the best cleaner is by far the not smart ilife a4. They are inexpensive and run well on regular low pile carpet. Only complaint is that it sees black carpet spots as a drop and goes haywire. My ilife v80max Is finicky, battery sucks, same black carpet issue. My shark self emptying doesn't do corners and edges well due to the tiny single brush it has, the self emptying doesn't work 60% of the time due to cat hair. Just get the cheap ilife, hell, get 2 or 3 for the price. Mines lasted 8 years and counting.

I second u/Huntit-Ownit ! Get one that has the auto empty dock. I empty mine every couple of days that way. One huge leg up for a Shark over Roomba is that the brush roller is similar to a vacuum (e.g. hard plastic), whereas the roomba is a plastic roller with a rubber cover that is DESTROYED by dog fur and you have to frequently replace. If you keep an eye on Woot they have refurbished sharks on sale pretty frequently, last one I got for $120.... Edit: Looks like Woot has one refurbished for $129!

I have a self emptying shark and it has changed my life lol.

Love our shark with self emptying feature.

I've tried shark and iRobot. Both self emptying. Shark lasted a few years, my iRobot is needing parts replacement after only 6 months. iRobot also requires you to buy their own waste bags. It doesn't work without them.

I’m obsessed with my shark robot vacuum that self empties. I run it 1-3 times and day, I’ve had it for 4 hours. Still works great and I love having a clean floor!

The robot vacuum is life ! We got one when my baby started crawling . It’s amazing ! We got a self emptying shark. Reports to duty every day at 7:50 pm! Haha

A week ago I would have strongly endorsed my auto-empty Shark, but it’s randomly stopped talking to the app (I’ve troubleshooted it as much as I can short of calling support), so now it’s lost half its functionality.

Shark self emptying from Woot. Work great, don't bang into things.

We have a shark with a self emptying and charging station and I love it so much more than the previous roomba. Sharks clean in a stripe or grid pattern whereas roomba is a seemingly random pattern that drives me nuts. Our shark also lets me pick the level of suction eco, normal, max (I almost always use max) but that feature gives more control over the noise, and also has an option for what they call matrix clean but it’s basically a grid, it’ll do stripes all one way then perpendicular to really get everything. I’ve got 3 kids home all day and it does great with tons of food, hair etc. I use my big vacuum weekly on the main rug, maybe monthly on kids room rugs and shark for all other nearly daily maintenance. The big thing for me is the app and the map. Once it learns the house you can send it to just individual rooms to clean which is a lifesaver with small kids as rarely are all the floors clean at once. My kids know and have learned how to get a room clean and “roomba ready” (shark vacuum just habit), so they go pick it up, I send the robot and it’s amazing. Occasionally with an app update your robot will act like it’s lost and doesn’t know the map and you have to remap the house which is annoying, but it’s still so worth it to me.