RV1001AE (XL Self-Empty Base)

Shark RV1001AE, been a great vacuum until about 3 weeks ago. There is a constant message to empty the dust cup, but this vacuum has a base station where it ends itself. There are also no sensors for the dust cup so I have no idea what this error is about. We have emptied and cleaned everything to no avail. This seems to be a widespread issue.

Six weeks ago I bought my first ever robot vac from Sam's Club -- a Shark EZ Robot Vacuum with Row-by-Row Cleaning -- for $92. Low charging doc, works great, deal with cat hair from my 2 cats. Love it!

Looking for some help. Dove into robot vacuums in 2023 with a Shark RV1001AE IQ and while it sold us on the concept of a robot vacuum the model itself leaves a lot to be desired. It just requires to much babysitting and maintenance at this point and I am ready for an upgrade. Some frustrations I am trying to rectify \- If it self empties I want it to actually work. With the shark 1/2 the time i try and start it I get an error and have to pull clumps of hair out of the vacuum to get it to work. Or just go with bags \- An user friendly setup and app experience (shark is terrible with this). I have a map set up but it likes to ignore that. \- ~~No mop function- Not comfortable with my laminate floors being mopped by a machine. We have to do it so infrequently a swifter wet jet and 15 min solves it. Not a problem I'm looking so solve so don't want to pay for that function.~~ Seems like this is just how they come now. So if it has it great I will prob not use it so performance here doesn’t really matter for my decision \- Want to run it at night with lower light and not hear it banging into everything imaginable while I'm trying to sleep (this isn't the biggest deal we can run it during the day but it would be nice) \- Brushes that deal with hair well. Too much time having to de tangle hair our of the brushes. Mostly my wife's hair which is reasonable long House is relatively small with all laminate floors and some area rugs. bout 1400 sq ft. We have a cat and will be getting a dog in the neat future. Budget under 1k but sweet spot is in the $500 area Any help would be awesome

I like my Shark IQ. It's model RV1001AE. Its rollers and mechanism are designed not to get clogged up with fur and hair. It's worked well and hasn't gotten dog fur or hair wrapped around its rollers. It's an old model, but I'm sure that they have current ones designed to work in similar ways. The place that I used it had tile floors and it had previously been occupied by squatters for at least a couple of years. There was an almost endless supply of hair, dog fur, and dust because they hadn't cleaned \*anything\* in that time.

I have had two of the shark iq ones that auto empty themselves for 5 years. Had to replace the batteries this year but they have been the longest lasting robot I’ve had. They’re only $130 or so refurbished on Amazon.