Shark Matrix Plus Robot Vacuum
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
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Controls & UI ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1 review 5.0
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Hard Floor — Fine Dust Pickup ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1 review 4.5Hard-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.
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Carpet — High-Pile Pickup ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1 review 4.0The 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.
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Docking & Auto-Empty Reliability (Robot) ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1 review 4.0
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Emptying & Mess Control ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1 review 3.5
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Map & Path Efficiency (Robot Vacuums) ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1 review 3.5
Cons
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Battery & Charging ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1 review 3.0
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Hair Pickup — Carpets ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1 review 3.0Carpet hair pickup is decent but not outstanding, with tests showing a moderate amount of long hair remaining compared with stronger hair-focused robots.
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Price & Value ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1 review 3.0
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Obstacle Avoidance (Robot) ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1 review 2.0Without 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.
