Shark Matrix Plus Robot Vacuum

3.6

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Verdict

The Shark Matrix Plus offers solid cleaning, an especially powerful app, and a bagless base at aggressive warehouse-store pricing. It performs well on hard floors and reasonably on carpet but runs longer and less efficiently than Roborock or Dreametech and still requires some auto-empty and filter upkeep. It is a strong option if you can buy it closer to its lower sale price and want the most flexible app controls.

Pros

Controls & UI 5.0 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1 review 5.0
Hard Floor — Fine Dust Pickup 4.5 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1 review 4.5

Hard-floor performance is very good, with the Shark typically clearing most fine dust and larger particles and keeping pace with top contenders on bare surfaces.
Carpet — High-Pile Pickup 4.0 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1 review 4.0

The Matrix Plus offers solid carpet pickup for the price, removing a large share of mixed debris but still trailing the very strongest models in direct tests.
Docking & Auto-Empty Reliability (Robot) 4.0 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1 review 4.0
Emptying & Mess Control 3.5 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1 review 3.5
Map & Path Efficiency (Robot Vacuums) 3.5 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1 review 3.5

Cons

Battery & Charging 3.0 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1 review 3.0
Hair Pickup — Carpets 3.0 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1 review 3.0

Carpet hair pickup is decent but not outstanding, with tests showing a moderate amount of long hair remaining compared with stronger hair-focused robots.
Price & Value 3.0 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1 review 3.0
Obstacle Avoidance (Robot) 2.0 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1 review 2.0

Without front-facing AI sensors, the Matrix Plus mainly bumps through smaller obstacles and cannot independently avoid cords or pet messes, though it navigates around larger items like shoes reasonably well.