Shark - Matrix Plus with HEPA Base
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Last updated: Jul 19, 2025 Scoring
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4
"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."
"I’ve got 3 kids home all day and it does great with tons of food, hair etc."
"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."
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2
"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."
"the only robot vacuum that didn’t clog or burn out was the self emptying shark one ... it’s been going three years strong."
"Get one that has the auto empty dock. I empty mine every couple of days that way."
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0
"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."
"the only robot vacuum that didn’t clog or burn out was the self emptying shark one. ... it’s been going three years strong."
"the only robot vacuum that didn’t clog or burn out was the self emptying shark one ... it’s been going three years strong."
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2
"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. ... I send the robot and it’s amazing."
"I love the mapping function because I can keep it out of certain areas depending on how good I was at preparing the house."
"Sharks clean in a stripe or grid pattern whereas roomba is a seemingly random pattern that drives me nuts. ... 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."
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2
"the vacuum doesn't get stuck or lost like my old Roomba did. ... My robot vacuum with LiDAR and Wi-Fi runs every night and hardly ever gets stuck. I might occasionally come downstairs to find it stuck under a counter, but that happens only about once a month—usually because I shifted the anti-fatigue mat closer to the cabinet, raising the floor level. ... I’m happy to say it’s been trouble-free for a year and has run every night for the past 12 months!"
"the toys don't seem to bother it. I leave the rawhide stick out all the time and the vacuum just pushes it out of the way, same thing with the toys."
"don't bang into things"
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4
"the long hair is too much and it clogs up the roller and we have to clear it before it can run again."
"I frequently have to pick them up and pull clumps of hair out from around the wheels and the roller brush."
"If it doesn't get run at least once a day, the roller brush will get clogged."
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3
"Oh yeah, the 30 day bin does not apply to shepherd and husky owners in any way shape or form!!"
"The 30 day bins have to be emptied weekly."
"I’ve seen on the camera the poor guy making multiple trips to self empty while in one room"
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2
"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."
"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"
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4
"the long hair is too much and it clogs up the roller and we have to clear it before it can run again."
"They still seem like they will not vacuum the same spot in two consecutive runs for some reason."
"When we had carpet it required more effort on my part."
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2
"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."
"Sometimes it gets stuck, either physically on an object"
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