What We Loved
- Bin & Baganother significant Advantage is its Bagless Auto empty bin The bin is spacious enough to store up to 60 days worth of dust and debris
- Carpet — Medium-Pile Pickupit scored significantly above average in our carpet deep clean test where we assess how well robot vacuums can remove deeply embedded debris
- Comparative performanceit scored significantly above average in our carpet deep clean test it also performed extremely well in our crevice pickup test where it got a top 10 score out of over 100 tested
- Corner Cleaning (Robot)edge detect feature which I think is unique to shark this technology enhances Edge cleaning by using targeted air blasts to push debris from the corners and edges into the vacuum's cleaning path
- Crevice / Groove Pickup (Hard Floors)it also performed extremely well in our crevice pickup test where it got a top 10 score out of over 100 tested
- Edge & Baseboard Cleaning (Hard Floors)edge detect feature which I think is unique to shark this technology enhances Edge cleaning by using targeted air blasts to push debris from the corners and edges into the vacuum's cleaning path
- Emptying & Mess Controlanother significant Advantage is its Bagless Auto empty bin The bin is spacious enough to store up to 60 days worth of dust and debris
- Filtration / Dust Containmentthe bin also has shark's HEPA anti-allergen seal
- Hard Floor — Fine Dust Pickupit did great in our pickup test picking up everything from fine to extra- large debris on both hard floors and carpets
- Hard Floor — Large Debris Intakeit did great in our pickup test picking up everything from fine to extra- large debris on both hard floors and carpets
- Innovation compared to competitorshas a lot of technologies that are unique to shark primarily having to do with its detect related features it has lots of unique and useful features
- Odor controlas well as the new odor neut neizer technology which is incorporated into the base which works to keep your home smelling fresh
- Overall opinionthe shark power detect excels at its main job of picking up all types and sizes of debris on both hard floors and carpets the shark power detect did not make the vacuum War's top 20 Robot vacuum list on our website mostly because it does not have a mop but even so it came really close for a robot vacuum in its price range
- Pet-Ready Featuresfront-mounted lasers which detect obstacles that are typically missed by traditional sensors such as lowline objects or lightweight items like cords and pet waste
- Price & Valueit's in the lower to midlevel price range probably one of the best robots in its price range for carpets
- Suction & Airflowits airflow which is measured on maximum power was also notably higher than average
Just Okay
- Hair‑Wrap / Tangle Resistanceits hair removal system which works great on other Shark vacuums but with its robot vacuums I just don't see it doing a lot of good it's good for shorter hair like pet hair but like most other robot vacuums it struggles with hair over about 7 in
- Map & Path Efficiency (Robot Vacuums)has lidar navigation and fast mapping and it mapped our floor plan in about 10 minutes in our navigation efficiency test where we run the robot on a fixed floor plan on all of its power settings to measure how quickly it can cover the area and how good its coverage was it was slightly below average
- Obstacle Avoidance (Robot)this includes 3D object detection and front-mounted lasers which detect obstacles that are typically missed by traditional sensors such as lowline objects or lightweight items like cords and pet waste The shark was pretty good with obstacle avoidance certainly better than not having it its obstacle avoidance was below average in our tests at least among Flagship models you could think of it as its obstacle avoidance being effective about half the time
- Runtime (Measured, Default)during our tests it used about half of its battery life to clean our 400 ft floor plan on medium power
Needs Improvement
- AI, Smart & App / Automationthe app it lacks many features commonly found on other lar robot vacuums such as individual room settings for scheduling multifloor mapping you don't have control over obstacle avoidance behaviors and you can't see live progress of the robot as it cleans the app also tends to be buggy in my experience requiring frequent restarts to function properly if you're used to using other Robot vacuum apps you will definitely notice how bad the Shark app is
- Battery & Chargingits battery life was disappointing its battery capacity was only 3200 milliamp hours which is about half the size of many of its competitors during our tests it used about half of its battery life to clean our 400 ft floor plan on medium power it does have a feature called recharge and resume which allows the vacuum to return to its stck to recharge when the battery is low and then continue cleaning where it left off
- Controls & UIthe app it lacks many features commonly found on other lar robot vacuums such as individual room settings for scheduling multifloor mapping you don't have control over obstacle avoidance behaviors and you can't see live progress of the robot as it cleans