20 Best Robot Vacuum For Hardwood Floors And Pet Hair (2023 Updated)

First, my vacuum arrived four days early! I have 3 constant shedding dogs; 1 is long haired, one medium length, the other short haired and hardwood floors. My life was sheer hell when it came to dog hair, dust and sand.

Since the arrival of this sweet machine my life has changed. I don’t keep up with sweeping; this his does. Its quiet, it’s thinner than most so it fits under more cupboards than the other brand does, and she does the job! The bin is a nice large size and handles the dog hair and dirt with ease; without a beeter bar!The amount of fine sand the machine picks up shows impressive suction.

This isn’t a machine I would expect to use on a room to clean a serious mess. It is a machine that does not do a miracle deep clean. This is the fill in machine between the deep cleans and causes those deep cleans to be done less often.

This is my second unit, after having used the first one (which is still running) for more than two years, so I speak from experience. Pros: – Battery life sufficient to clean the room thoroughly – Great with dog hair (my German Shepherd was the reason I got the first robot) – Though more of a sweeper than a vaccum, it will pick up dust and other particles you didn’t realize existed in your house – Can be scheduled to run daily to keep your house cleaner between deep cleanings – Actually pretty good at finding its base and “parking” on the charging dock even in limited space – The more you run it the better it becomes.

Cons: (all very minor and don’t impede the functionality) – It sometimes gets stuck on a rug corner and wastes quite a bit of battery trying to move away, but this fixes itself the more you run it – No WIFI capabilities (but it does come with a remote) – It works best on wood/laminate flooring, not super effective on carpets.

– It will get stuck in loose cords and cables so ensure they’re off thr floor before you run it In conclusion, I would (and have) highly recommend this vacuum robot to anyone with pets or small children to pick up after (for me usually at the end of the day) for a fresh start the next morning.

It will not replace your deep vacuum cleaningbut it will keep you from having to do it daily. Test the rugs and transitions you have in the house to ensure it won’t get stuck and if it does, try to block off that area so it can focus on the rest of the house.

We now have two, one for the bedrooms and one for the living areas and couldn’t be happier with their performance, especially given the price. If you’re on the fence – get it!! As for the shipper, great communication, very fast shipping – thank you!.

Conclusion: a good product for the price ($149), although I must see if it continues working long enough to justify the price (I recommend buying the extended warranty). Biggest improvement it could make is to include 2 “virtual” walls.

Must be supervised on its first outing into a new area as it has a hard time getting out of areas the size of its body that only has one way out, and will also “run aground” on furniture with legs that are a gradual inclined plane (music stand and one end table) and will get stuck under items that are exactly its height.

Once you figure out how to work around these obstacles, it’s easy to use. Look under the cardboard in its box for the dust cloth attachment — both Walmart and abetterlife ignored my emails continually about that before I figured it out — bad foreshadowing for future service calls.

I particularly like the ease with which I can empty the “dirt” collection container and clean the filters. So far, I can recommend this product, but will have to see how long it can go before it breaks.

Oh, and I wish the battery charged faster (takes 4 hours, so I run my robot mopper during that time) or could be swapped out for a freshly charged battery. Still, a good product for the money if you don’t have carpets, especially if you have pets (I do).

The shark AI robot when set on its maximum vacuum power cleans just as well as the Roborock and it has the same LiDAR navigation plus it returns to its base station automatically to empty its dust bin after 30 minutes which the Roborock is not able to do and will just keep trying to vacuum even though it’s dust bin is full.

In addition the Roborock has a mop function but we were dissatisfied in its performance since it always left water streaks on our vinyl flooring-no matter what we did to try to prevent that. Plus the Roborock does not allow you to use anything but plain water when mopping and its mop pad in reality just keeps pushing the dirt around your floor once the pad becomes fairly dirty.

Also the Roborock cost so much more than the shark. The shark also was able to fully map our entire house much quicker than the roborock in order to first start using it after the purchase. The iRobot J7+ was greatly outperformed by both the Roborock and the shark even know the iRobot J7+ is their newest and greatest robot according to the company.

It does not have the Lidar navigation and therefore its mapping was the least accurate. What really bothered us the most was that it was banging rather hard into our furniture – hard enough that eventually it left marks on the wooden feet of several of our chairs.

You would have to install foam padding around the robot to prevent this if you’re worried about the marking. We did indeed purchase form to install on the robot but did not do that since we decided to return the iRobot and get the Shark AI instead and we are so happy that we did.

It vacuums very well plus it does not bang into the furniture & is very gentle compared to the iRobot. The shark is also quieter and it has three different Power settings to choose from & when using the lowest power setting, which is all you need on vinyl & tile flooring, it is extremely quiet and even more so than the roborock.

Plus having a bagless automatic emptying/charging dock will save you money not having to buy bags. We have not found it inconvenient or messy at all when it comes time to empty the baglessdocking station.

We wanted robots to both vacuum and mop our vinyl flooring but since the roborock did not do a satisfactory job of mopping we bought the iRobot Braava M6 as a bundle along with the iRobot J7+. The Braava M6 did a better job of mopping then the Roborock but there again you’re just pushing dirty water around once the mop on the Braava became coated with dirt.

We ended up with the ILIFE W450 mop which is tremendous when compared with the above two mops and are so well pleased with it. The ILIFE W450 pics up the dirty water as it mops and places it in an onboard dirty water tank.

In addition you can add a cleaning detergent to the clean water to further help with its mopping. No more water marks & tire marks and a better overall mopping capability than what you get with a Roborock & the Braava M6.

We now have what we consider to be a top quality robot vacuum and the best robot mop at a price which is even somewhat LESS than the Roborock & the bundle of the J7+ with its Braava M6. Almost forgot to mention that the Shark AI came as a special with a THREE year FULL warranty whereas the others offer just a one-year limited warranty.

One Year since purchase of our RV1101 (the 2502’s previous generation model). I am completely satisfied with our Shark AI self emptying vacuum! 2 Labradors and a cat in our 2400sq foot home ensure that it has plenty of hair and dirt to contend with and it accomplishes its duties admirably.

While the literature indicates “Up to 30 days” between emptying the base dirt receptacle, under these conditions that is a ridiculous expectation! Empty it daily until you determine for yourself how long it takes to fill it based on your actual home cleaning requirements if you have pet’s in your home! That said, this is an incredibly good tool for keeping a home as clean as possible when shedding dogs are a part of your life.

Other than emptying the dust bin every 1-2 days, it only requires washing the foam base filter once weekly and thoroughly cleaning the robot and base including vacuuming out the filters every 2-4 weeks.

A truly minimal amount of time and effort required for a remarkable result. Getting “stuck” is a very rare occurrence if you follow the instructions for preparing your home. The “Empty and Resume” and “Recharge and Resume” features are what enable the Shark robot to accomplish it’s duties in a home this size, Every day it’s full cycle runs for over 4 hours to fully clean our home including 4 clean and dump cycles and a full recharge cycle (2 hours) after the 2nd dump following the first hour of operation.

This includes the time it spends “Going Back” to clean any area where it expects to clean but may have been prevented from doing so on it’s first attempt due to being obstructed by frequently moved furniture or a lazy old dog that refuses to move for “that pesky robot” (yes the old dog will just lay there despite being bumped repeatedly).

All in all a fantastic cleaning machine! PS. Buy additional foam filters right away so you can have 2 in weekly rotation so you NEVER put a damp filter back in the base!.

This thing is a beauty, aesthetically it just goes extremely well with our apartment. It looks very modern, black and a titanium color which blends in and does really stand out like some other products on the market.

This Shark IQ 2 in 1 Robot vacuums and mops but before you can do all that you are able to map out your entire apartment or house. It literally makes life easier knowing I can go to work or the store and come home to a fresh vacuumed home.

Although I still tend to use my traditional vacuum just to ensure I get everything. Although I vacuum hardly anything ever goes into my vacuums canister as the Shark picks everything up. In the box you get a sample of the Shark VacMop Solution.

You can always go to any store and pick up additional bottle for those that do additional mopping. You don’t necessarily need to use this mop feature and can only do vacuum if you want or vice versa but either way you go this will clean your home.

The only knock I would have on this is its a bit noisy. its not too excessive but it will definitely let you know its operating in your home. The Shark is kinda on the big size but this is better because its less time it has to travel around your home to clean.

This product is amazing. If I ever move into a house and have upstairs I will be sure to get this exact model to keep upstairs. Unless of course Shark designs a product that will crawl up stairs. This had made my life so much easier and I couldn’t be happier with this product.

Shark you never cease to amaze me and my family with your line of products. Thank you and continue to make your customers proud.

What can I say, a robotic vacuum that does all the work itself, how can I NOT love it. My wife loves it even more. She usually does the vacuuming and mopping when she works from home so this just saved her a ton of time.

It was VERY easy to set up and map our home. My wife was able to get this up and running within 20 minutes and she is not the most technologically savvy person. It has 3 different levels of clean, “max” being the most.

We have used it on the middle level only and it has gotten the job done on both tile and rugs. It also has a mop feature. this was a bit harder to “map” around our throw rugs throughout the house so we probably won’t be using this option much.

The vacuum does its thing. it takes about 20 minutes on our 615 square foot condo. If you have a big home, you will definitely need to recharge or get multiple of these. By the time it’s done cleaning our home, it has used about 30% charge.

It goes back to hits “dock” by itself and it’s as simple as that. We do make sure to move stray items off the floor before it starts like shoes, dog toys, small throw rugs. I recommend everyone getting one of these!.

The vacuum is easy to use and minimal assembly. Once removed from the box the only thing you have to do is attach side brushes which easily snap into place. Pick a spot for the dock and start charging your vacuum.

You need to download the Shark app in order to register you product and then see the cleaning history map as well as many other features. This robot does not offer the go to a certain room map technology that is out now.

It will clean the same area everytime. The first time it ran I couldn’t believe the amount of dust it picked up. It has a powerful suction that you can control from the app – low, medium and high. It also has 2 nice features – evacuate and resume and recharge and resume.

With evacuate and resume it will return to the base and empty it’s dust cup into the base during cleaning. With recharge and resume it will charge for a few hours and then start cleaning again. I love this because I have peace of mind knowing all areas are getting covered.

The only downside is corners on non-carpeted surfaces are difficult to clean. It will occasionally push crumbs into that spot and i have to clean. I love not having to worry about vacuuming again. It even makes it super easy and you can set a schedule for when you want it to run.

All you have to remember is to empty the dust cup from the base every few runs.

I am loving this machine! It was so easy to set up and very easy to operate. I can just push a button to start it going and if I want it to stop before it runs out of steam I can push another button to dock it.

It finds its way! Then there is the app. I can control it sitting on the couch, from work, etc. Or I can set up regular programming for it to run on a regular cycle I choose. I have checked to make sure it’s truly picking up the dog hairs and it is! I have done a visual check and a sweep check after and it’s definitely picking up.

Although it takes awhile before the bin needs to truly be emptied, I have checked it and there is a lot of fine dust that it picks up. It is also fairly quiet compared to a large vacuum. Dogs have been afraid or bark at it.

They just jump on the couch and watch it. Other notes – I have not used the tape included to prevent it from going into certain areas but it does turn away from objects in its path on its own and has not bumped into anything to cause damage (couch legs, baseboards).

It doesn’t give great coverage to nooks and crannies and obviously can’t get around to everything if it is blocked out from the area. Overall it’s a great tool for between thorough cleanings. It’s like an extra thorough sweep of the house without taking your time and energy and I’m loving it.

I purchased this machine almost 2 months ago and I can’t say enough good things about it. I have two dogs and a cat, plus my husband and I who are constantly in and out of the yard with shoes on. The reduction in nuisance dirt and pet hair is astonishing.

The app is easy to program, the vacuum itself does a very good job, we still have to get into the corners and around awkward spaces with a stick vacuum but for the most part, the shark works great. We have also programmed our Alexa and have dubbed the vacuum Sharknado.

“Release Sharknado” gives us both a giggle every time. We find that we empty out the dust cup where the dirt is automatically deposited about twice a week. It mapped out our house after two or three cleaning services, the only recommendation is to put lamps or other items that might slide around if the robot pushes up against them on a non-slip type material.

It is surprisingly strong, we have a large 6 x 8 2 inch thick shag rug that it crawls over effortlessly. We purchased from Costco, the total was just under 500.

I think this would ideally suit 1-2 people who live in a fairly small space with not a lot of stairs, corners etc. This alone will not really give you a thorough clean, especially for large families.

It’s definitely an improvement, but I think this would work best to top off a thorough clean done with a traditional vacuum. Or for days when you are feeling lazy, it definitely helps. Also, it needs to be emptied out after every vacuum I have found, which can be annoying.

Hairs also get caught in the brush, and the other little gadgets, which again I seem to need to remove with scissors after every vacuum. My dog HATES traditional vacuums, and I was surprised how this doesn’t upset my dog at all.

It’s pretty quiet, and other than making sure all cords are off the floor, it doesn’t really need to be monitored much. All in all, it’s probably worth the price, but manage expectations.

The best home gadget I have ever had! It’s just an amazing! After a long hard day, I have no power to fight with my messy house, this robot vacuum helps a lot. Suction is good enough (not as good as my Shark vacuum) to pick all the small and bigger bits.

Leaves my floor nice and clean. How I ever lived without it before?😂.

We love the Ilife V3S robot vacuum ( pets version of course, for those of us with very hairy fur balls )! Purchased on Amazon after reading pretty good reviews about it! A good price for the product! I’ve had this bad boy for over a year and a half now and it’s still going strong after having been accidentally kicked across the room on numerous occasions.

It really does pick up giant quantities of pet hair – which cut down on my sweeping and manually vacuuming everyday! I docked a star because I really wish it mapped out the areas in which it vacuumed! It just randomly goes from place to place with no real rhyme or reason, but I still love the thing! Does its job!.

Picked this up for a small apartment with hardwood floors, and a few area rugs. We expected to not like it and have it not work well for our living situation, and end up giving it to the wife’s parents, but we ended up keeping it.

The first time the little guy got turned on, he had a lot of work ahead of him. He got right to it, and did a really good job actually. Filled up his little bin, and the floor just felt different on the feet.

I have read reviews that say he kind of sucks on carpet, but actually he did pretty well on the area rugs too. He tends to make a few passes over each area, so if he misses is the first time, he’ll get it eventually.

At one point the wife and I were talking, so we pushed his power button so we could hear each other. After a minute or two he powered back up with the vacuum off, and returned right to his base. Poor little guy musta thought we were mad at him.

=( Overall great product, especially for the price.

We have had Roombas since the beginning (the early ones were more cool toys than real labor-saving devices), replacing them as they died. We bought one of these when it first came out in October 2018 (can’t find my initial 5-star review).

We used it several times a week, in multiple rooms, until it started dying in early 2021. Some of this may be due to something in our house that’s unique: we have two fireplaces, each with a cantilevered hearth, and around it (and below it where it’s dark) rough local stone.

(The house used to be one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s student’s, with a small architect’s studio in the basement. ) The problem in retrospect was that bumping up against this rough stone was scratching the front window, and Roomba was slowly going blind and unable to even find its CleanBase.

Sanding and then polishing the front with progressively finer grit sandpaper or sanding sponges helped, for a while, as did a bumper extension that iRobot was kind enough to send to me. Eventually, though, it wouldn’t even communicate with the CleanBase and automatically empty.

I ended up using it with Virtiual Walls. But finally the CleanBase died: one of the charging contacts came loose, due to the plastic tab inside it was screwed into broke: something simply not fixable, and no longer under warranty.

I recycled both the Roomba and the CleanBase. I’m now back to using my old Roomba 870 with Virtual Walls, and it getting stuck on AC/heat grates on the floor, and under some furniture, reminds me how good the i7 was while it lasted.

We have a dog and two cats, and even with the i7 it left small “worms” of cat fur along the edges of rugs. I’m waiting and hoping there will be an S10 with more noise but better suction, but with the j7’s better navigation.

This is not a pet vacuum. The cleaning pattern does not match normal manual vacuuming practices, it vacuums more like how I would mow a lawn, a single pass unless it is set to a double pass, but this is for all floors.

The vacuum works great on hardwood floors and tiled floors in a single pass but not on carpets with shedding pets, there I need at least 4 passes, twice daily. Since two thirds of my floor is hardwood and tile it takes too long to vacuum on the dual pass, it requires several recharges to complete the task.

Over the past 2 years i have asked customer support to give the cleaning preferences the ability to be set per room but apparently their executives feel their cleaning experience is best. The next program issue is that the application allows you to set up cleaning zones and have cleaning zones within those zones but if I add those additional zones to my carpeted areas in a scheduled clean the application ignores those zones if it was covered by a previous clean in the same zone area.

So I am left with rolled up dog fur all over my light colored carpet. On the good side this vacuum would preform very well with homes that have no pets or non-shedding pets. However, it would be cool if the executives would take advice from people that have operated a manual vacuum to clean pet fur from carpets.

FYI, the dirt sensor can not detect fur. 3 stars for not being a pet vacuum, but advertised as a pet vacuum. Maybe change the pet claim to “Pet vacuum for non-shedding pets”.

Great robot vacuum! Very quiet, great suction picking up debris. The rubber extractors are very easy to clean and maintain. The robot navigates it’s terrain properly with neat straight row paths, although can sometimes bump into objects a bit harder than expected.

Also the side brush spins very fast which can scatter debris in corners onto already swept areas on hard floors, so a double pass is recommended to owners. The clean base is of course pretty loud which is to be expected for strong airflow cleaning the dustbins to the bag, but it does its job great and you don’t have to worry about emptying the dustbin.

The robot can learn its surrounding and be programmed where Not to go, specific rooms, and even more precisely specified zones to clean. It can also learn obstacles and patterns and even assume certain furniture areas, or areas to keep out if it has trouble there.

To be more specific on that, basically it means if you have not labeled where the couch is in a space like living room. Once it detects the legs of the couch after a certain number of run times it could ask you on the app if that area is the couch and would you want to make it a Clean Zone.

Overall very smart and thorough cleaning robot, and will get even smarter with future updates.

INSE robotic vacuum is surprisingly good! I am amazed by it because of its suction power. It cleans the house well and you don’t worrying if it hits the wall because of the intelligent obstacle avoidance.

Using the remote is easy and straightforward as well. It includes all the things needed from the remote to charger. Super convenient to have. It picks up both small and even large debris as it passes over.

The vacuum is easy to empty. It returns to the charging base and charges very quickly. It is able to fit under and around furniture that others cannot. Overall, this is a fantastic vacuum and you will not be disappointed with the purchase.

Great cleaning robot vacuum! this robot vacuum is ultra slim so it goes below all furniture and I like how it goes around the legs picking up all cat hair! Suction power is great, it works out really well for us.

It also has a long run time so it gets to clean on my floors before getting back to charge itself, it is very quiet as well! the remote control is very convenient too!.

I was impressed with the good suction and additional attachments. PLUS the light weight keeps it upright and less tippy. The most important thing is that it does what you want a vacuum cleaner to do, and does it very well.

I would give this vacuum 30 stars if I could!.

I love this product! It does an amazing job. I was leery when my husband bought it, thinking that it would just get caught up on things in our small house. it does not get caught on anything but maneuvers around things and gets the job done.

Wish I had one years ago!.

IšverstiShow in original languageThe iRobot Roomba J7+ is a pretty powerful little machine. This is the second automated vacuum that maps out the home, so most of my comparison will be to that rather than a traditional upright.

My previous automated vacuum was from another brand, and did not have a self-emptying bin. The Roomba J7+ is slightly louder than our previous automated vacuum, but quieter than a traditional upright.

The noise level overall is fine, and comparing it to my previous robotic vacuum the Roomba does a much better job at picking up the dirt. We pretty much have laminated flooring, tile and rugs throughout the house, the vacuum has no problem with the transition between any of the flooring so I don’t need to baby sit or move anything off of the floor in terms of rugs or mats.

The vacuum was pretty quick at mapping out the space, and you can notice areas it avoids such as cabinets, couches or litter boxes since it will not account for this space. Roomba J7+ is pretty good about finding cables, it will mark out every cable it notices on it’s adventure.

Most of the time I will just tell it there is a temporary obstacle here, since it usually spots the cable for a fan we have to give the dog a cool spot during the summer, being a husky in the desert.

There is a little spot in the restroom that has a bench style mirror which we hide the litter box under also, the Roomba avoids the litter box, but somehow thinks it transitions from one room to the other under this space, it didn’t go into the space since someone shut the door so it’s not green in my screenshot, however I circled where the door is, put an oblong over where there is no entry and rectangle the counter.

I need to check out if there is a way to modify, otherwise I may simply see if I can erase the map and have it start a new. The Roomba app is a little nicer than my previous vacuum app, I am able to mark dividers for rooms, label each room and create Keep out zones or clean zones.

I had created a keep out zone based on the suggestion after the cleaning, however I have mostly set up the dividers and labelled the rooms. You can create cleaning schedules, which I have set for the Roomba to just clean everywhere at a time during the week when I know no one is home.

I did create a new job in which I selected high traffic areas like the entry, living room and hallway to keep these clean when a everywhere cleaning is not required. The vacuum has more than enough battery to clean our place and conveniently empties the tray once completed.

The emptying of the bin is the loudest portion of the cleaning, which sounds more like a traditional upright. Overall I am very happy with the Roomba J7+, it helps us keep our space clean after whatever dirt the kids or pets bring it, and it is noticeably cleaner than the competition when walking around barefoot.

I would definitely recommend the iRobot brand, just need to play more with the app but happy with this vacuums ability to clean!Less.

IšverstiShow in original languageEs mi tercera Roomba pero la mejor con diferencia. La pones dos veces y ya te genera el mapa de casa. Reconoce obstáculos y los fotografía y te los ubica en el mapa. La batería dura mucho, es capaz de limpiar toda la casa de una pasada.

El tema del depósito, es muy grande. Hace 2 semanas que la tengo y aún no he tenido que vaciarlo. Se limpia por sí mismo con un sistema de autovaciado Clean Base y ya llevo 4 semanas y no he necisitado vaciar el deposito.

Podrás disfrutar de hasta 60 días en los que tu robot se encargará de su propia limpieza, con un depósito que se vacía automáticamente en la torre de autovaciado después de cada uso. Este sistema es pequeño y se adapta al diseño del robot.

Identifica y esquiva objetos y posibles obstáculos a su paso (además de evitar los objetos, también envía una foto a la app iRobot Home al finalizar su trabajo de limpieza. Última tecnología de software con Inteligencia Artificial para satisfacer tus necesidades por completo.

Gracias al iRobot Genius, tu Roomba sabrá cuándo y dónde limpias normalmente para ofrecerte:- Sugerencias personalizadas, con programación, basadas en tus rutinas de limpieza. – Limpieza mientras estás fuera de casa.

– Mapeado inteligente con sugerencias de nombres para las habitaciones. – Estimaciones de tiempo de limpieza para tener la opción de hacer pasadas rápidas antes de alguna visita. – Desplazamiento silencioso.

– Control por voz compatible con asistentes de voz. – Función inteligente para conocer los planos de tu casa y darte la opción de elegir dónde y cuándo limpiar. – Zonas de limpieza, donde hay mayor acumulación de suciedad y zonas de exclusión, por donde no quieres que pase.

Excelente cantidad de depósito. Estilo premium para que encaje con el mobiliario de tu casa. Su tamaño es perfecto. Una auténtica maravilla!!!.

Bought this Robot Vacuum about two weeks ago. Its easy to set up and operate smartly. The appearance is very good, and the black is very pretty. Functional sound is acceptable, within the acceptable range.

Route planning is good, avoid stuff. Sweeping effects very clean, We do not need to re-clean lt, really free hands and helpful. We all love it.

bObi helps with everyday cleaning but does not replace a real vacuum cleaner. I don’t have pets so I cant comment on pet hair but it does collect a lot of stuff during its journey around my house. Its is easy to use but the pairing of the remote and barrier block is not so easy.

But once its paired, you can use the remote to guide bObi where it needs to go, because it does need some guidance around my house to clean everywhere it should. Much quieter compared to the previous bObi I had, which stopped working within the 2-year warranty and was replaced but I had to pay the $30 shipping fee to get it fixed.

(I was sent a new bObi). I tried the mop attachment once, its too small and the pad does not keep moist for long but neither does a disposable brand name floor cloth. It is much quicker to just manually mop the floor after it is done vacuuming if needed.

bObi gets stuck in some areas like corners of rugs, kitchen mat and it moves my tray/side tables out of place but it does not clean close to my white baseboards. The longer brush sent with the new units helps out that issue but sometimes the brush is on the wrong side to clear next to the wall.

Two brushes would make this unit much better. Never makes it back to the dock on it’s own to charge. I have to pick up or use the remote to guide it after it runs every time, but that could be because the base is next to my tv.

All robotic vacuums have issues, but the Customer Service plus longer lasting battery made the difference. bObi’s customer support is impressive, they respond quickly and fully stand behind their product.

I will start this by saying this is our first and only experience with a robot/floor vacuum. The BobSweep works great but has some issues (as do most I assume) but the customer care team is the best and very responsive.

We have a large lab that sheds seemingly by the hour and Bobi will work to clean that up along with any other dust or debris. She does a great job keeping on schedule and the dog hair under control. The issue we had was the wheel bearings would go out and Bobi would quit working or spinning in circles, and we would have to replace them.

This is where the customer care team was great, they sent them to me and assisted me with instructions written and links to videos. Bobi is very easy to maintain and fix if need be, every moving part is replaceable which is nice when you need to work on the robot.

In summary Bobi works great as a floor vacuum and the remote is easy to use and program.

This is my first robotic vac. Was very nervous about getting one, didn’t think I would like them. My Bobi does a great job. It does not map, which was fine, and you can not use an app with it, does not have wifi capability.

What it does have is POWER! This thing moves my dining chairs around and my bar stools, which are very heavy! I have ceramic tile floors and there are no transitions where it cleans and I have no throw rugs or anything on my floors.

So I can not commet on such as that. It does an amazing job on my tile floors. After two scheduled cleaning days, took a peek in the dust bin and I was totally shocked that it had as much as it did in it.

I had just vacuumed and mopped the same day I set it up, so yeah, chin hit the floor! I have a small dog and a cat, dog does not shed but cat does and man, it picked up a lot of cat hair in those two days!! It navagates pretty well, does not do as good with things that have open spaces down low, sometimes tries a couple times to keep going but then stops and turns but solid walls or furniture, it’s a boss! Does great! I don’t know how well the UV light actually helps sanatize but it’s nice to think it does! I have not tried the mop pad yet, but it’s nice knowing that I can add just water or a cleaner to the pad.

The set up is easy, the remote is easy to use. Just three buttons on the top of Bobi, so it’s simple there. I was skeptical on the set up because it says it needs at 10 feet in front and 2 feet on either side of the docking station for Bobi to dock, but I moved it into a corder with a wall on one side and a buffet table on the other and it finds it’s dock with no problem and we are talking about a 2′ x 2″ corner! The noise is not THAT quiet, but not loud enough to disturb tv viewing in the next room.

I schedule my cleaning times in the morning. It does come with a Bobi Block, which you sync with Bobi and set in inside the door frame of any room you don’t want him in. Or by a pet feeding station, whatever your needs might be.

Over all, I am really enjoying having Bobi around! I gave it 4 out of 5 stars because of not having the mapping and wifi which would have been easier to control on where it went. The dust bin is big too which is a plus.

This vacuum is great! I bought it for Christmas for our house with a cat and a large dog. The entire house is dark wood floor that shows every single spec of dust or hair/fur. Our Deebot vacuums once a day, set on an automated timer via the app.

As long as there are no cords on the ground, you can be sure that the Deebot will 100% complete its cleaning cycle. I am saying that because that was one of the biggest worries I had, reading reviews of people that bought different robot vacuums that constantly needed babysitting, getting stuck on floor vents, rugs and floor transitions.

The Deebot, however, can take 1/2inch high floor transitions or rugs without a problem. It also detects rugs and automatically kicks its vacuum in overdrive to amaze you! If there is a spot or two where you notice your Deebot gets hung up on, i.

e. a low shelf, you can easily exclude that area by drawing imaginary boundaries vie the app. Compared to other vacuums, the Deebot maps out your house and systematically cleans the rooms without vacuuming any area twice, making a cleaning cycle as fast and efficient as possible without wasting unnecessary battery life.

The battery lasts about 75 mins before it drives back to the charging station to recharge. After recharging, the Deebot will automatically resume the cleaning cycle but starting where it last left off.

The dirt compartment, since we are letting it vacuum daily, has to be emptied every other day. The reason I am not giving a 5-star rating is because the first Deebot 900 we received via Amazon was faulty.

After 4 weeks of great service, it started just randomly driving in circles and would not find its charging dock anymore. Even calling customer service and resetting the unit didn’t do anything. I would highly recommend the Deebot, also because of the great customer service.

Ecovac replaced the unit hassle free by providing paid return labels. The entire unit exchange, from initially emailing to having the new unit at home, took about 7 days.

This is our second Deebot vacuum. The first one we bought was the 500 that does not have GPS. After owning the 500 for six months, we were pleased with its performance. We no longer saw the tufts of dog fur hanging around in the corners.

When a coupon caught our attention for the 900 model with GPS, we thought it would be a good idea to put the 500 upstairs and get the 900 for the larger downstairs area. Setup was easy on the 900, and it even came with a set of extra brushes and filter.

It does the job. but it almost never makes its way back to the charging base like the 500 does. It also has to complete an entire cleaning cycle and make its way back to the charging base on its own before it saves the map of your home (which then allows you to set up a virtual barrier for areas you don’t want the vacuum to go).

The worst thing about the 900 is that the vacuum intake gets clogged just behind the main brush. This is due to two metal rods that seem to be supports for the brush cover. Every day, I have to unclog the vacuum intake at this spot because stuff gets stuck on those rods, even though the vacuum canister isn’t even near half-full.

It impedes suction and prevents the Deebot 900 from picking up more debris (mostly short dog hair). This issue started day one with the vacuum, so it isn’t likely that a filter is clogged or a brush isn’t working.

Our Deebot 500 never has this problem. In all, we like the 900, but it is annoying that we have to continually remove debris caught on the small metal rods.

900 series Ecovacs Deebot worked ok for a couple of months. Always had network issues. Was never really impressed with it especially considering the price. We packed it in the original box and moved.

It’s been in storage for the last 7 months. When we unpacked it, reset map, reset network, and attempted to use, It no longer functions. I am out of luck because, I’m just out of the 12 month’s warranty.

So, the unit has only actually been used for 4-5 months and is no longer functional. I give 2 stars because, the functionality of the app works well and when the vac did work it worked well.

My sister has had a Shark Ion for 4 years and absolutely loves it. I finally broke down and decided to try it. My research says Shark is the best and I found Best Buy to have the best price -plus I had some bonus dollars off.

This unit is the low to middle end of the market. I know there are a lot more expensive models that do a lot more things but, I figure I can empty the dust bin myself and my home is only 1800 sq ft – no stairs, not pets, mostly all laminate and tile floors.

Out of the box, I put on the brushes and started it charging. It says the charging station has to have a lot of clearance around it. I actually put it next to an entry way table but, the table is open underneath.

So, to the charging table, it looks clear on both sides even though it is looking under a table on one side. It works! It’s happy. I had a little challenge with the wireless link as it needed a 2G connection.

I finally got it to work and, honestly, I don’t know what I did to make it work. Just keep trying! For the first cleaning test, we closed off the two bedrooms that are carpeted and left open the rest of the 1800 sq ft house.

The unit did a wonderful job everywhere and then returned to its base. It successfully went under the dining room table and over all the throw rugs including thick ones in the guest bathroom and the thick rubber mats in the kitchen.

After it charged (a few hours), I guided it in the carpeted master bedroom, bath and walk-in closet and closed the bedroom door. After 30-35 minutes I went in and the area looked great. I then guided it into the second carpeted bedroom where I got the same result.

Oh, Shark Ion, where have you been all my life! I did link and name the unit through Alexa. If I get the wording just right, Toby (as I called the unit) does start cleaning, pause or return to base, but sometimes I can’t remember the right words.

In those cases, I either have to look up the correct phrases to say or simply walk over to the unit and hita button. It is fun, however, to control the unit through Alexa or on the phone app. Bottom line, for our size home with no pets and mostly non-carpeted floors, this is an excellent robot vacuum.

I highly recommend it.

Seriously, not to be dramatic, but this thing has changed our quality of life. We have 2 dogs, 1 cat, and a bunny. One of the dogs is 100 pounds and sheds so badly; it’s the light weight, all over everything, dust bunny in the corner, floating through the air kind of hair.

Our other dog has the short needle like stuff that embeds itself into furniture and clothing and sometimes the bottom of your feet like a needle. I used to come home from work and be greeted with hair everywhere.

I have no idea where it comes from. I vacuum, and the next thing I know there’s hair literally rolling across the hardwood like a hairy tumbleweed. I finally caved and bought this little shark robot thing and OH MY GOD.

I’m obsessed. I turn it on once a day when I’m not even home, and I come home and there’s no hair! Seriously. None. This poor little robot thing bumps its way around every piece of furniture, getting underneath the tv console, the couch, around the coffee table.

It reaches every part of the room I use it in. It has these little wispy wand things that come out from the sides that are great for catching hair tucked in corners of the room. I downloaded the app and turn it on when I’m gone and then when it’s finished, it finds its way back to its dock.

It’s pretty cool. I bought a new vacuum the same day I ordered this; they arrived the same day and I haven’t even needed to use the vacuum! It’s a pricey little gadget, but if you have shedding dogs, this will add years to your life.

I purchased this as a replacement for a 4 year old iRobot that gave up the ghost. It has 3 suction speeds (eco, normal, max). I have only run it in “normal” but it is so much quieter than the one it replaced.

I can actually hold a normal conversation as this roams around my feet. The “eco” mode is supposed to be even quieter but I don’t see the need. The previous unit made enough noise to occasionally wake me sleeping on another floor.

It is also about half the weight of the previous unit, making it much easier to carry upstairs. The mesh screen in front of the filter should limit the filter replacements. It has a comb to prevent roller from becoming hair bound, but don’t count on that being effective.

I expected the app to map my rooms, that feature isn’t for this model. Alexa integration leaves a little to be desired. As a vacuum, super quiet, with low maintenance, I think we can give it 2 thumbs up.

Okay so before I get started I have a plethora of dogs keep that in mind as you read this review. Retriever, German shepard, great pyrenees, and mastiff mix. So to start odd I have had this item almost 4 months now.

I can definitely tell a difference when it runs versus when it doesn’t. I no longer have to sweep my house daily which is great! It saves me so much time! I have an all tile house and when it’s done running it looks amazing and that’s with 4 dogs that shed a ton and 3 other that don’t shed very much at all.

Now that being said if you have dogs that shed alot do not get the self emptying function it’s not worth the extra cost. Hair will almost always be stuck in the dust bin which will in turn throw an error and the vacuum will not vacuum then.

That is why this product would receive 4 stars. I docked another star making it 3 stars because I owned the item only 2 weeks and had issues with the two little buttons on the dust bin getting stuck constantly.

By the time I had time to return or call customer service I had owned the item 36 days so past the 30day return policy that was fine and my fault for not finding time to return it sooner but hey there’s a warranty right! Well I call the company explain what’s going on they video call me so they can see it for themselves and actually have a name for the part other than thingy that holds all the dirt.

They proceeded to tell me it was a wear item and I would have to pay $80 for a new dust bin. I had issues with the stupid dust bin since my second week of owning it and when I called customer service I had only had it 36 days, and at that point it had ran less than half of those days because it kept constantly getting errors.

I ended up escalating it to a Manger within sharks company and they told me I would have to pay again. At that point asked them why they did not stand behind their product, why it had only ran a full 12 cycles in that 36 day period, and it had broken in 2 weeks of owning it finally at that point they offered a free replacement dust bin.

The replacement arrived and I replaced the one that wasn’t functioning properly and 2 days later the new dust bin was also not working like it was supposed to. So now I just deal with and pull the little pieces out manually.

This item may work phenomenal if you have no dogs but if you have dogs that shed alot save yourself the money get the one you have to empty yourself. And beware the stupid dust bin will probably suck!.

First this is an extremely loud vacuum. We use this on our 1st floor which is less than 1,100 sq ft. The battery life since new has been around 55 minutes. The Shark can NOT complete our 1st floor in a single charge.

It goes back to re-charge for several hours then starts again. unfortunately it doesn’t remember where it left off and overlaps a reasonable area. Now remember I said this is LOUD; listening to this for almost an hour, then having it start again a few hours later for almost another hour is not easy.

In fact many times I’ll shut if off when it starts because I just don’t want to listen to this for that long. Second the mapping process will take months (yes months,or maybe well over 100 cleanings) I expected it would be MUCH shorter.

Worse using the app to create “rooms”, you’re supposed to be able to send it to clean a specific room. It’s never worked, and is a feature I kept trying for a long time because if it did work that’s a nice feature.

BUT the mapping has allowed it to vacuum many areas in straight lines vs my previous vacuum that was so random I never knew if it covered the entire floor. Another downside is there’s only 1 map possible.

If you want to use this on your 2nd floor or basement it will write over the existing map and now you’re SOL. The logic this uses to create a path is not efficient. If you decide to send this back to the dock somewhere in the middle of it cleaning, it will never head back right away and some times doesn’t.

I don’t know what happens and why it takes so long. Watch it maneuver under the legs of a stool and you’ll understand what I’m saying. There things I like very much; it cleans well (but so did my other robot vacuum, plus it was quieter and did so on 1 charge).

It doesn’t get hair wrapped around it’s main brush. We have 1 carpeted room, and it leaves very nice straight vacuum lines. I enjoy not having to empty the dust collection bin after every cleaning.

I was so excited to be getting this robot vacuum! I’ve been wanting to see if this would work for my upstairs as we have a dog that sheds horribly and constant vacuuming was exhausting! There are pros and cons to this one.

The cons are it’s a little on the louder side and takes just under an hour for my living room only. So with the noise and length of time it takes, it’s a little louder than I’d prefer for an hour. I work from home so I do this early in the mornings and sometimes it takes too long to finish.

It does a good job for the most part picking up the bigger pieces of hair but doesn’t do a super great job of the edges. It comes with a strip so you can block off an area that you don’t want it to go into.

This is great except the area I don’t want it to go into is much larger than the strip provided so I have to monitor it and move the strip or it tries to get into that area. The app is supposed to show mapping over time of the area it cleans, which is great if it went the same route every single time but it doesn’t or hasn’t yet anyways for me so it’s always a mystery when I need to go find out if it’s trying to get into the area I’d rather it not go.

The pros are it self empties and I only need to clean out the bin so far once every 3 or 4 days. I think this is more than normal or the average person who didn’t have the amount of dog hair we do. It goes in a straight line every single time which is awesome! I’ve had yet to see one that actually does this.

5+ stars – cannot recommend highly enough. Last month I bought two iRobot Roomba i8+ vacuums. I was most interested in having a self-emptying vacuum that would take care of itself, and Roomba was the only brand I knew.

After two days I returned those Roomba vacuums, because they were so darned noisy. Not only was the operating vacuum noisier than expected, the Roomba only has one volume for its beeps, and that volume is SHOCKINGLY LOUD.

Every time the Roomba started or stopped or needed human attention, it would beep loudly enough to disturb everyone in the house. And although iRobot has had customers publicly asking for a volume control for at least six years, they’ve chosen to not act on that customer feedback.

Let’s just say I’m thankful for Costco’s generous return policy. and that I’m thankful to the folks online who recommended Roborock as an option. I ordered two Roborock Q5+ vacuums, and I could not be happier.

I absolutely love these vacuums. – They clean beautifully and run much more quietly than the Roomba i8+ – They have s more solid-feeling and reliably build than the Roomba i8+ – They have a volume control that is easily discoverable in the Roborock app – They have a “quiet hours” setting (which is enabled by default!) that prevents the vacuum from emptying into the dock at times that would be disruptive Every aspect of these vacuums speaks volumes about the care that went into their design.

The Roborock Q5+ works how I want and need it to work, and has exceeded my expectations in many ways. And perhaps best of all, not only were they each $100 cheaper than the Roomba i8+, I also don’t need to worry about Amazon misusing data collected by a Roomba vacuum about my house.

So far real good. Jumps over thresholds commonly used with plank flooring installation with ease. Fairly quick mapping due to LIDAR. Will always find it’s way home when finished despite the tight area I have the home dock placed with no free space on one side and a little over 2 foot of free space in front of it.

Since it has a Auto-Empty docking station which sucks out the debris in the onboard dust bin it tends to stay cleaner reducing required maintenance. It takes about 80 minutes to vacuum about 850 square feet of mostly hard flooring.

About my only complaints are common with almost all of the robot vac regardless of the brand. Cannot vacuum under some furniture due to the Q5+ height and width and cannot get into corners due to it’s round shape.

For my no pet home we use to dust mop and vacuum once a week. With the Roborock Q5+ we have it vacuum twice a week and we hand dust mop and vacuum every 1-1/2 months in the areas the Roborock cannot reach.

If we had pets and/or children we would double or triple the cleanings our Roborock makes per week.

Easily mapped the whole floor with multiple rooms without any issues, it did a great job of vacuuming including hair, dust, crumbs and also did solid job of cleaning rugs and carpet. As this robot uses LIDAR and cliff sensors, it won’t aimlessly slam into walls and spin in circles but effectively navigate floor to map precisely.

The app has live map with 3D option which provides bird’s eye view of robot’s cleaning status with area its cleaned and duration. The mapping is pretty accurate and allows to do a lot with the robot.

In the app, easy to create invisible walls and no-go zones where you don’t want robot to go. This is really neat feature. I set it to run every day and it empties itself after returning to the base. Definately a time saver for lazy people.

I can’t live without it now! My cat loves it too. We are quite happy with the purchase and would highly recommend this robot as it is affordable and has great functionality.