Shark AV911S EZ Robot Vacuum with Self-Empty Base, Bagless, Row-by-Row Cleaning, Perfect for Pet Hair, Compatible with Alexa, Wi-Fi, Gray

It vacuumed well and keeps the pet hair off the floor and empties itself which is awesome, but it does not care about the schedule I set on the app, it will cut on in the middle of the night. It also does not seem to care about the nogo zone I set, it’s goes into the no clean zone everyday. Also if I tell it to return to dock from the app, it doesn’t and just finishes vacuuming

I think I’m being generous by giving it 3 stars. First, we have a large single story floor plan to deal with of about 2800 sqft, so I recognize this could be a challenge, but we’ve had a Neato Botvac Connected that handled it efficiently for years, though the robot itself wasn’t that reliable and I got tired of repairing it, otherwise, I’d definitely just buy another. Enter the 2nd generation Shark IQ AV1110ARUS we bought due to the good reviews and self emptying feature. The good: it cleans well and I like the fact that the self emptying bin is bagless, unlike the Roomba i7+ (I tried this as a replacement too). Also, the Shark wanders a bit less and bumps into things WAY less and much more gently than the Roomba. Lastly, it’s much quieter in all phases of operation than the Roomba. The bad: There are many things that disappoint me. First, the very short time between recharge even running at “normal” mode, forget about “max”, of about 45 minutes or so. Then, the unit will return to base and recharge before resuming, which takes nearly 3 hours!! In 8 hours of running, the unit only covered about half of the house at which point I had to send it back to its base for the evening, cancelling the rest of the house. Then there is the mapping feature of the app, which supposedly is much improved on the newer 2nd generation, but you wouldn’t know it from my experience. Yesterday, it generated a map for half of the house, which was pretty rough and not very accurate, but it was a map. So I labeled all of the rooms it found, set up no go boundaries, etc and assumed it would continue to evolve the map as it cleaned more. Nope. Ran it more, even let it discover new places which it went into where the previous map ran out, but it wouldn’t update further. I checked with support and once “accepted”, that map is final, it won’t continue to expand on it so I was told to delete it and start over. Basically, the unit needs to run for an indefinite period and happen to wander into every space on its own before you accept the map or else you start all over. For the record, the Roomba i7+ sucks too at this, Neato Botvac Connected so far puts them both to shame, except for mechanical reliability. I’ll be returning this unit and waiting until the software improves to the point of being more helpful than frustrating. There are plenty of superior robot vacs out there for much cheaper, just really wanted the self emptying capability.

I wanted to write this review for any other pet owners. My wife and I have 3 dogs and a cat. We have also tried two other styles of robot vacuum cleaner. The first was a bog standard one that used a roller with brushes, etc. It was CONSTANTLY getting tangled up with hair and in the end the roller socket was damaged and I could not find a replacement part for it. The second bot was a deebot vacuum with no roller what so ever. It was a pure suction based vacuum for non-carpeted flooring. It worked great with one catch. We had to go around after it and pick up hairballs that it would leave everywhere. Otherwise it was great. If we had ran it daily I think it would have minimized the hair balls, but one of our dogs would attack it went near her. This vacuum does use a roller, but it robot itself is not as loud as the pure vacuum one. However when it docks and the base station activates to suck out the robots cartridge, it does get a little on the loud side. But its a vacuum and that it is very short lived. After owning it for two weeks I can say that I empty the base station tank about twice a week, and ive only felt that I needed to clean the roller once, as some rather long strands of my wives hair. This thing has been exactly what I was looking for. The scheduling is easy and the app is function and straight forward. I have yet to be able to see the map that its supposed to be building, but the vacuum gets all the places. I will say though that like any robot vacuum you will still need to clean the corners of the rooms.

Worth every penny. I have a parrot, and I bought this so I didn’t have to sweep under her cage daily. This little robot thoroughly cleans the hard floors as well as the carpets and rugs in my entire 2b/2ba apartment. The only places it didn’t get really well are odd corners and in front of the stove (which sticks out a little). I watched it clean the entire apartment for almost an hour in amazed wonder, occasionally moving things out of its way. I would recommend to pick any items up off of the floor, push in dining table chairs, and pick up small rugs (I shook mine out directly onto the kitchen and bathroom floors). I am incredibly impressed with this unit, and would recommend this purchase for anyone who does not have fur pets. It might be able to handle a fur home, but since I have a feather home I couldn’t say if it would work well for that.

I was gifted this robot for Christmas (early) and I love it so much. Here’s what i learned thus far: 1.) Before you use your robot, vacuum your floors one good time first with a regular vacuum. Make sure to mop the floors too! This robot was made to maintain cleanliness, it’s not meant to clean up a floor left untouched for several days/weeks/months/years (you know who you are.) 2.) Make sure to set your robot to self-empty every 30 minutes and to also self-charge when the battery is low. Doing this will keep your robot cleaning in between charging sessions if your floor is large. 3.) We like to use pillows to keep the robot out of rooms or nooks he’s not allowed in. I’ll get the strips at a later date. 3.) We run our bot once every other day. 4.) This bot kinda forces you to keep junk off the floor. Want clean carpets? Pick up those clothes/cords/papers! This bot is good for fur control if you have hard floors and standard grade carpets. Thick, plush carpets with long strands are going to get caught in the brush (he got stuck on my super fluffy bath mat). I have an 8x10 rug and standard bedroom carpets you typically find average built (or cookie cutter) homes. Our robot cleans them very well and makes satisfying patterns on the carpets that really set a good, clean-feeling mood. We have two high shedding women and three ultra shedding cats. I clean off the spinner brush about once a week so that it won’t get clogged with hair. Also be sure to clean the filters monthly. If you take the time to care for your robot routinely, it will excel in keeping your floors fur and dirt free!

I bought this after doing a lot research. I thought it was nicely priced and had a lot of features considering the cost. It cleans very well sometimes going over the same area more than once. The self emptying is a particularly nice feature and on a cleaning run, it will often interrupt the cleaning to empty itself then start over where it left off. Its pretty good with hair as long as its not very long. I am not so sure that the bin on the base will go for 30 days as I usually empty mine after a week or at most 2 weeks. It is however not maintenance free... The filter in the robot as well as one in the base does need cleaning every now and then to maintain the great sucking power that it has and I usually take off the brush and remove the hair that is tangled there. As I have a baby in the house and hence lots of food particles on the floor, I activate the robot twice daily and clean the robot every 2 weeks though it is probably un-necessary to do it so often as the filter and brush are usually not very dirty at that time. My only negative comment is that there is no option for a remote to the best of my knowledge bearing in mind that the app to control the device doesnt work in all countries outside of the USA as I painfully found out when I tried to download the app. That unfortunately converts it from being really smart to being somewhat retarded as it learns the position of bits of furniture but if they are removed, it still avoids the area as if they were still there. I took off one star for this reason and would not recommend this particular unit if you live outside of the USA or its territories.

Product is a cheaper iRobot, period. For half the price of the leading brand, I get half the cleaning ability. We have an iRobot and this Shark. Both clean the bottom floor and the iRobot cleans afterward. Always has more debris in its container.

I looked at pros and cons of many robo vacuums before deciding on this one. It cleans quite well—I’m surprised at how much it picks up! I could not go 30 days without emptying, but we do have the two shedding dogs and a fair amount of sand. My dogs have short hair. I can see how longer hair might be a problem. Even short hair can clog a bit if you don’t regularly open things up to clean out. I run mine once a day, empty every day, and have learned that I need to clean the filter and clean the inside about once a week. If you don’t have pets and live in a sandy area, you can get by with a lot less. The filter works really well—do clean it more often than recommended. My only real complaint is that the battery seems to need more charging than I’d hoped. I have had trouble getting connected to wi-fi, but I haven’t called in for help yet—that seems to be a common issue. I will look forward to setting times and doing spot cleaning once I can use the app. All told, I’m very happy with the purchase so far.

A great robot vac. Runs on schedule and cleans dog hair everywhere it goes. The only problem I faced was Wi-Fi connecting it while pairing with my phone. It took three attempts to succeed. Now I am just happy it cleans on its own.

Love it clean my floors excellently! this is my second one that I purchased one for the back part of the house and one for the bedroom and kitchen! sure takes a lot off your back when you don’t have to vacuum.