Shark - IQ Robot Self-Empty® XL

Ditto this. Shark IQ self-empty with XL dustbin. Their self cleaning roll works for my hair, and *nothin* else ever has. Just clean it off the end of the axle, about as often as emptying the big bin.

3 cats and 2 of the humans in my house shed quite a bit, we have 1xShark with the XL self empty bases on each floor. Both (via cloud integration) link to home assistant well enough. I find they've held up well in the last 2 years (discount prime days) and need less cleaning than my older roomba. Largely I use the integration to nag me every few hours if/when they get stuck that there is a "problem" (usually cat toy caught in vaccum slowed/stopped roller). Their lidar mapping of rooms seems to work great for them to get a good pattern going. Do wish my version had auto hair cutting mechanism lol

My Shark XL has been amazing on hardwood with 4 dogs. It maps your house instead of just wandering aimlessly.

Had a shark xl and it lasted 2 years before the motor went bad. Have an Australian shepherd and German shepherd. Had to clean the rollers, dustbin, and most of the other internal components of the robot itself to get it to function the following day until one day it just died and the company wouldn't warranty or help with anything.

I love my shark ninja! She goes on rugs, laminate, everywhere. She does get stuck under my bed randomly, but it’s delightful to come home and not have dog hair all over everywhere!

I think I’ve had her 2 years, I have replaced the roller once. But I got her at Walmart for around $150. She doesn’t empty herself, I do it. I figured I’d have to empty the deal anyway, so I wasn’t going to pay twice that! Her name is Clean Elizabeth by the way. It was that or Dustin Bieber 🤣 you can have it map your house and just go into specific rooms or do the whole house. It really is worth it!

I use the shark one that empties itself and has gps (to map your home so you can clean individual rooms). Lifehack, order it directly from their site and then call them when you receive it to return it. They'll take 40% off to keep it. It's what happened to me after I got buyers remorse. Works great for my husky and gsd

Don’t get a Shark. I have a Shark IQ self emptying robot and it does terrible with pet hair on carpet. I compared to a roomba (not sure about the model, it’s from around 2015) from a friend and it was so much better, the difference was striking.

We have several Shark IQ self-emptying robots. Our Great Pyrenees & Pyr-Berner mix are both on the sofa next to me (where it’s safe) watching one of them doing its rounds on the floor below them right now. They’ve been really helpful to say the least. The trick is to set them up to run every day & to get in the habit of cleaning them out every day as well (easy to do - takes about a minute each). Also, while they do avoid them, the dogs aren’t afraid of them like the big regular vacuum cleaner.

I have a Shark IQ that self-empties. I run it daily and it often empties 2-3 times when it does the downstairs (about 1600 sq ft). I have a GSD/Great Pyrenees mix, 2 Border collies, and an Aussie so there’s always lots of hair. As long as I do the recommended cleaning and maintenance, I never have a problem with it.

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 have a Shark Detect Pro on my main floor and a Shark IQ in my basement. I also have two long haired GSDs. I run the IQ daily and the Detect Pro twice a day. The rollers do tend to get hair wrapped around them but once or twice a week but I think that’s any robot vacuum. The single side brushes that come on the robots are lame. Amazon has replacements that have 3 brushes, I recommend those. The dust bin also needs to be emptied every week, not 30 days like advertised. I only have hard floors so I can’t comment on how it handles carpet. The app is terrible and I use Google Assistant to have the robots run according to my schedules.

Shark IQ does NOT work with Home Assistant anymore. It used to work pretty well, but Shark disabled third party access a while ago with no intent of bringing it back.

I definitely see the utility of a robot vacuum, but I’d recommend having a good primary bagged vacuum first and then investing in a good bagged robot vacuum as a secondary. Not sure you’ll find that in your budget, so you might need to save up for it. FWIW, I have this one: https://www.tomsguide.com/reviews/shark-iq-robot-vacuum-review-map-out-and-clean-your-smart-home-for-under-dollar400 and it’s a piece of shit 3 years after buying it. It’s constantly trying to throw itself down the stairs and it gets lost a lot.

Please let me know if the app issues end up resolving. My prior Shark never did well mapping, but did clean well when it was running.

My prior vacuum is a now discontinued Shark IQ - I'm sure things have a changed a lot since then, but losing the Shark in the house has been one of my biggest gripes (gets lost at least every other day). Note, it did not have LiDAR. The S1 Pro definitely looks appealing, but I read a few people weren't thrilled with its carpet capabilities.

I just want to tell you how helpful these things are. I bought a SharkIQ (should have bought a roborock) when it was on deep discount on Prime day. What makes this different is that I have a big workshop/shed which is dusty/dirty and an absolute maze. The Shark managed over a few weeks get all the dust and dirt under control despite it not really being designed to work in this way and on rough concrete. I chose the shark specifically because it had brushes, not rubber rollers, not many with brushes and almost bought a Makita DRC300Z as that is more what is technically needed. (no HA integration and it requires connecting to the AP in the vac to control it via app, no infra mode at least when I was looking at it) Robot vacs are worth their weight in gold to many with ADHD. Many of us do not see mess, dust, dog hair etc. HA in general is scaffolding to help with my (and my wife's) neurodivergent wiring, and the vac is just a great addition to all this. Unfortunately the SharkIQ integration is having [ongoing issues with re-authentication](https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/123392) which appears to be Shark changing their API.

My shark IQ died after 1 year due to cliff sensors always detecting cliff in flat surface. Looked online and it seems pretty common with shark robots

I second the shark, gets the cat litter crumbs too

No. We have a 2400' house with mostly stone flooring and a few rugs. We live in Arizona so it's a bit dusty. I had a Shark IQ and it would fill it's bin pretty quickly so I thought it was doing a good job on the floors. Then I got a Roborock from Costo with a mop. I was shocked. The waste water looked like tar for about 2 weeks. SO GROSS! Now it looks just mildly cloudy. Our floors were dirty and I just didn't know it. Ick. Super happy now.

Same one here. Super happy with it. I had no idea how dirty our floors were. They looked clean. We dusted and mopped. We had a Shark IQ. We thought they were clean. But nope. They were gross. For the first 2 weeks the waste water from the Roborock looked like thick mud. Now it's just mildly cloudy. Our floors look way different. Like they had just been honed (that's a thing you do now and again with stone floors - don't ask - its a horrific procedure).

My old Roomba was retired after it found a wet dog turd and poo-buttered my entire apartment. My Shark IQ is much better but it gets tangled up or stuck fairly often. Floor grates, cords but even things like a plate of dog food (which can get gross). My Roborock does a lot better at avoiding things but a cell phone charger cord can still clog him up pretty bad. No way to avoid it, if you want a good job you really do have to pick up clutter.

My shark IQ would do that. Many times we found a shoe that was in run room ended up being in another room he he he. That shark IQ was a brute. Once I did a mapping of the house, it was very graceful and gentle around the boundaries but anything such as dog toys or shoes left about would be pushed away. Basically, I had to baby proof my house for it to work more efficient Anyway, I’ve upgraded to a iRobot that’s supposed to go around any object objects in the way

I like my Shark honestly. It’s an old IQ so I am sure they have even better ones now. It’s quiet, has worked for years, self empties, you can easily get filters, picks up my hair and my cats, dust, carpet fiber, crumbs, good filter system, small dock and the vac fits under furniture. I think the Roomba is really loud got one and returned it. The Roborock is pretty big and good at mopping but worse than my shark at vacuuming. Also hard to get replacements filters and the filter system isn’t the best for allergies.

We have 2 Shark IQ

When I wanted an upgrade from our old roomba that didn’t have a mapping feature we went with the Shark, and I like it way more! Ours is self emptying, has a mapping feature that allows me to pick which rooms it cleans, and the wheels just seem beefier than the roombas, it doesn’t get stuck as often

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.