SharkIQ Robot Vacuum AV970 Self Cleaning Brushroll, Advanced Navigation, Perfect for Pet Hair, Works with Alexa, Wi Fi, xl dust bin, A black finish

UPDATE: I like this enough that I ordered a second one for upstairs. The self-cleaning brush roll is GREAT if you have pet hair or your own long hair. I got the second one as "used very good" and it was fine - perfectly clean and works well.I have a 100 lb dog who sheds...a lot. I can't vacuum enough to keep up. I have an eufy for my bedroom, and love it (despite its random pattern) because it's thin enough to go under all of my furniture. But in my great room, it gets stuck on every single thing.The shark does a good job (on carpet) and doesn't get stuck on anything. Goes over an area rug with no issue. Today when it was done, I got out my upright to see if I'd get more hair. Virtually zero!! Once in a while it seems to spread vs. pick up some hair, but it's been rare.It always finds its base, even though I have it in a fairly narrow and hard-to-get-to place.PROS: Does a good job overall. Decent vacuum pattern (usually). MY ROOM GETS VACUUMED EVERY DAY AND I DON'T HAVE TO DO IT!!!COULD IMPROVE: No way to add a second map for a different level or floor. You can run it manually, but it doesn't seem to cover as well. There's also nothing in the instructions to tell me whether a second robot could be added with its own map, or if I'd have to set up two different app accounts. At first it did the long open areas in my room with a long even path. Lately it will come back and criss-cross over that in a weird random pattern. Still beats having to vacuum, but I don't understand why it does that. It's disconnected twice in the 30 days I've had it. Once I had to reinstall the robot (it did save my map though), and the second time it fixed itself when I turned it off and on again.

I love this little monster. No, I seriously love it. I showed up late to the robot vacuum party because I didn't think it was money I needed to spend.Then we rescued a dog. We should have gotten a dog who's hair matched the carpet, but yeah....no.We have hard floors with a lot of area rugs. This dude handles every transition with ease. The mapping feature is top notch. It's super easy to clean. I love being able to run the "ultra clean" cycle on just the living room when someone is coming over. The app has worked flawlessly, even when I start it from work. We also have thickly padded rugs in the kitchen in front of the stove, sink and the main work area. I thought I was going to have to move those when this little guy got to the kitchen, but nope- crawls up and down on them with no issues whatsoever. I don't do the entire house every day, but I do run it every day - usually half the house one day, half the house the other day, and ALWAYS include the living room, just because the dog hair is so noticable there. This thing better last a long time, because now I'm spoiled and don't want to picture life without it.

I was looking for a Roomba alternative and found these Shark Ion robots. I got the "zig-zag" one and then this slightly upgraded model. This one does a pretty good job--sucks up a shocking amount of dirt, is reliable enough, needs some babysitting, has just enough battery to cover my entire upper floor (though that will change as it ages), and has basic integration with Home Assistant.It maps my rooms but doesn't get it perfect, and the only intelligence that really comes in handy is that it vacuums in rows rather than zig-zags. I wouldn't rely on its keep-out features and instead just make sure there's nothing on the floor it can get stuck on when I send it out to clean.There's a really big price difference between this and the Roombas, and I'm still quite happy with this as the alternative I went with.

Had this vacuum about 3.5 months now, running about 4-5 times a week through a 650 sq ft apartment on hard flooring with some shallow area rugs, and I love everything about it. Still working perfectly, nothing broken. I've needed to pull the roller out only twice so far, to remove hair that built up wrapped around the very end underneath the plastic housing where the brush cleaner doesn't touch, but if you just leave the screws out of the plastic piece that secures the brush roller, and rely only on the snap fit, each time you need to clear out any built up hair only takes maybe 30 seconds. (And my roommate has very long hair, so if nobody in your household has long hair, this shouldn't even be a problem you have to deal with.) Overall, this vacuum saves me a lot of time each day, and when I go around on the weekends to sweep or vacuum areas it can't reach, there's so much less dust and cat hair built up, since it's being vacuumed off the main floor daily before it can migrate into the nooks and corners.

The media could not be loaded. I don't have any pets, but I do shed long brown hair constantly. This vacuum chops up the hair so it doesn't clog the roller. I love the linear pattern, too. The metal strips work perfectly to block off sections of the house. The only con is that occasionally the back half gets caught on a sharp corner and "Jeeves" loses his diaper. And he keeps going. He should stop and send me a message. It's fine because I just put it back on and tell him to finish his work. Love this Shark Vacuum.[Previously owned a Roomba 600 series that wasted time and battery cleaning in a random pattern, marred my baseboards, was constantly clogged with hair, and was disgusting to clean.]

Smart and long cleaning time.

Love this little vacuum saves me a ton of time but I was very disappointed I paid so much for it. Day after I went on the actual shark website and it was selling for 319.99 I forgot to add I paid 469.00 from Amazon

Quiet…. Easy to set up…. Good on hard floors and carpets…we have a golden retriever, so the pet cleaner is perfect for us…..

Love the help around the house this product gives! It has made my life so much easier with little kid messes everywhere. I like that you can send it to specific areas. Mapping in general I was a bit disappointed. I feel like if everything is not where it originally was when you mapped your house it soon skips that area. With kids my stuff is always being moved around. So I have remapped my home a few times already which is a bit annoying since it takes a while. But there's are alot more pros than cons. Price is a bit high I feel, but average to similar ones.