Shark - PowerDetect 2-in-1 Robot Vacuum and Mop with NeverTouch Base

https://www.sharkclean.com/products/shark-powerdetect-2-in-1-robot-vacuum-and-mop-with-nevertouch-base-zidRV2820YE Got this bad boy for $450 we love it!

I just bought it, and i will either be returning or exchanging it. I do find the Shark App quite frustrating. I know you have experience with it, but it bugs out and is super slow a lot of times. Also, the live navigation is not always working like it's supposed to while it's cleaning. Only happened once in a span of like a minute. I know my friend is able to see what and where his vacuum is at while he's at work to check its progress. Unfortunately, that's not working for me. The pad plate removes itself way too easily. I couldn't find it at first after it mapped out my place, but it turned out it was completely stuck on the home base. As per the manual, I had the robot vacuum slide back up to reattach itself, but it wouldn't. It was super stuck on the home base. I tried so many times to reattach, like instructed. I ended up having to *gently* remove it from the home base. Even then, if I had to use the mopping function, I would have to manually put the water and cleaning solution in ( I haven't tried it yet). Because the pad plate won't attach, the mopping solution won't put itself into the robot vacuum from the home base whatsoever. Then, if you do reattach the pad plate, you would have to put it back on the home base, and you're back at the same problem where the pad plate is detached. To have to manually put the solution into the vacuum is not the convenience that it advertises it for 😭 I have to say the mapping feature, creating the rooms, labeling rooms, vacuuming, and scheduling vacuum only cleans throughout the week is super nice. I unfortunately can't schedule the vacuum and mop cleans because of the previously explained issues. I also enjoy choosing select rooms to clean at a time. But those problems i listed unfortunately outweigh its benefits. I also wish you had more customization in the app. Like choose and schedule how often to clean certain rooms, etc, like other models. It's not available in this one.

I think mopping by robots, even the more advanced ones, is quite superficial, but the vacuuming can be very good. I have had a 360robot S10 that cleaned my living room carpet for a year, once per week. I also used a Dyson-style stick vacuum to clean the same carpet once in a while. I now received a Shark PowerDetect (RV2800ZEEU) through Amazon Vine and in it's first run over the same carpet, it managed to collect an impressive amount of dust. Not new dust, but dust that the other vacuums did not get out. So good robots can do a deep cleaning, as far as vacuuming is concerned. The Shark is 700€. It's mechanics are vastly superior to the 360robot, which is great for the price (250€).

Thing is - I don't need a new robo vac right now - my shark RV2520AOUS with auto empty is going strong. I run it every single day.. which is about how often it needs to run to keep up with the 3 pets, but it does keep up. It's been going strong for 2 years. As long as no one leaves clothing on the floor, it doesn't really get stuck, and one or two no-go zones take care of some problem problem areas. It does the recharge resume, it returns to base every 30 minutes to empty and resume. I mean.. it's a champ. I don't get all the "Shark sucks" hate.. maybe the Roborocks are better/faster. --= but the Shark is.. "Good Enough for me(tm)" I do have to empty the "60 day" bin every week, becuase it fills quickly, but once per weeks is not bad at all. I could not imagine replacing bags once per week, that would cost so much. I do the recommended foam filter cleaning once every three months, I swap the brush roller about once every two or three months, and the rotating side brushes more often. The best part is I only paid $150 for it as a refurb unit from woot.. so for the price, it has absolutely off the chart value. I have probably spent more on replacing filters, the roller brush and the side brushes than I did on the original unit.

My home is a mix of hard floors and rugs. Last week, on a whim, I got the Shark PowerDetect 2in1 (vac and mop) from Amazon for £477. I was impressed with the cleaning power of it but had to send it back because I was unable to get it to clean under my sofa or up to the kickboards in my kitchen. I would have kept it if it wasn’t for that. Today I got a Dreame X40 Ultra Complete for £699 as I did my research this time and have found it to be a lot better suited to me and totally covered what was missing from the Shark.

Not exactly "negative", but we have been in a rolling upgrade for about 5 years. Each unit was purchased as "best we could afford at the time". They all still work, so I'm passing them on to kids and friends as they are replaced. 1. Eufy 11s. Best budget entry level. The random cleaning pattern is eccentric, it has very limited schedule options, and the brush roller was hard to keep clean, but it was still better than nothing at all. A good affordable entry point to see if we liked robots (I think I paid like $99, and I had a gift certificate so it was only about $50 out of pocket). 2. Shark self empty rv001. Got it as a refurb for a different part of the house. Pretty good for the price, snd the Shark roller is WAY better than the 11s for long hair/pet hair. Good at getting itself stuck in corners and the app sucks, but for the price I paid, an ok self-empty unit. Plan to continue using it until it dies. 3. Eufy g40+ hybrid (replaced the 11s). Mopping as well as self empty vac! That said, you have to remember to fill the tank and attach the mophead every time, and the pads get pretty yucky. Can't say it's a great combo, but still, better than no mop, and the self empty/self fill ones were still around $1800 at the time (vs $289). It is now going upstairs and I'm giving the 11s away. 4. Omni c20 - everything I've been waiting to hit my budget!! I'll keep using the Shark in the living room as it is kinder to area rugs - the mops in the c20 get caught on the edges as they lift (the only negative thing I have to say about it) - but after a week of trying it out I am sooooo happy with it. No going back - active mopping, self watering and self empty for life!

Shark powerdetect with coupon RMN20 is around $279.00. It does really good with pet hair. But it is constrained by its app. It is also good at blowing hair bunnies out of corners and going over large thresholds. I know Eufys c20 should be on sale for under $400 dollars soon for Black Friday. It has an anti hair wrap metal comb that activates when it self empties into the dock.

If your cat sheds a lot I would highly recommend an auto empty base. I like my shark powerdetect. It does good with our 3 dogs, 2 cats, and 1 kid. But other brands do have some nice features like the tricut brush or Eufys metal comb for hair removal.

Shark powerdetect was great at vacuuming. They make a vacuum only model. The narwal pro also looks promising.

Mopping most likely not. Vacuuming we enjoyed our shark powerdetect(can’t state enough how surprised I was with its hard floor performance) and our current Dyson visnav also does an exceptional job.

My shark powerdetect could get over our large double threshold that was taller than this. 90% of the time it worked.

We’ve been very happy with our Dyson. The only big issue we had was it not liking metal floor registers for the ac/heat. We replaced them with wood ones and it’s been flawless in that aspect since. The amount of hair it removes from the rugs/carpets is extremely good; we have 3 dogs and 2 cats. I should also mention that our shark powerdetect robot was also very good at removing dust/dirt from the rugs/carpets but slightly lacking in hair removal. Might be worth looking into as well.

Our shark powerdetect is amazingly good at vacuuming cat litter.

Shark powerdetect. The vacuum only with auto empty can be purchased for under $300 with coupon code RMN20 at Check out. Or the Eufy c20 is on sale for under $400 and that one mops too.

No problem! I have the shark and it does a really good job at vacuuming.

Get the new powerdetect on sharks website. When you add it to your cart it should $350 then apply coupon RMN20 for 20% off. Should be around $280.00 before tax and that will be for their newer model.

I just bought a shark self emptying vacuum/mop robot about a month ago. Haven't had it during heavy shedding, so can't state how it works for that. I run it a few times a week for light maintenance on hard floors. So far I like it better than my old roomba. The roller on the bottom so far has not been getting clogged up with hair, and the self emptying feature is great. In the short amount of time I've had it, i've been really happy it. Hopefully i can say the same in a couple of years.

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 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 have a Shark with a base that it self empties into. Mine is scheduled to run three times a week and I empty the base once a week. I’ve got two cats, hardwood, and a lot of dust. You’d probably have to empty the base multiple times a week with two shepherds. Honestly I love my Shark. It saved me so much anxiety and time because I was constantly fighting to make my floors feel clean. Now I just have to spot clean and vacuum the corners where the robot can’t reach.

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.

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. 

Yeah, it was a process for us, but we finally got down to a manageable amount of toys to where my 3yo can help us pick up most nights, or at least get everything into the playroom and then we block that room off and run the vacuum as we're taking the kids up to bed. We have a small cabinet in the playroom so we can rotate toys, and I'll let her take one extra thing out at a time, but then she has to clean up before we get anything else out. I keep most of the multi pieces toys in there so it doesn't get too chaotic. With my 14mo walking around dropping crumbs everywhere it's nice to clean at least the downstairs most days.

I'm a SAHM and we just run ours as we're taking the kids up to bed each night. We also have an upstairs one (claimed our warranty for it running loud on our hardwood downstairs and they never asked for the other one back) and that one I run a couple times a week, but I just send it into the kids' rooms individually when they're downstairs playing and then run it for the rest of the upstairs. It doesn't seem to ever wake them from naps either, but we do have light white noise running in both their rooms. ETA: OP, if you're going to get one, splurge for the self emptying because if you have to empty it every time you're less likely to use it. We only have to empty ours like once a month and I have a 14mo and a 3yo who drop crumbs everywhere. I don't know the exact model, but both of ours are Shark and they work great for the price point. (And I think Costco sometimes has deals on them)

Not who you asked, but we have a Shark with a large self emptying bin and that thing is great for the price point. We've had it 2 years so far.

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

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!

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.