This is an easy to program model, very mush like the Roomba we had in the past but much more high tech than the older models were. We live that we can program it to vacuum at a set time each day. A pitfall is that we sometimes forget to close a door to a room that has some cords on the floor and scatter rugs and the machine has gotten stuck several times. We haven’t tried the strip that came with it that tells it not to enter. Overall, we really love the convenience of this machine with 2 cats and a dog to pick up after. Our home has laminate flooring throughout. It does a great job at picking up, emptying as many times as needed and recharging. We haven’t needed to empty the big tank that everything gets sucked into yet.

Finally, a vacuum cleaner that works as advertised. I have a large dog that sheds enough to stuff a mattress each day. I own several vacuum cleaners, the best I could find advertised. All of them were rated for animal hair but none of them actually lived up to their advertising. My house needs vacuuming every day to keep up with her hair. I have all tile and hardwood floors which makes the job much easier but all of the other vacuums got the dog hair tangled around the roller, clogged up the internals, and were very difficult and time consuming to clean out. Some of them required complete disassembly with a screwdriver. I bought the shark robot out of desperation. I set it up and started running it. The first day It filled up with dog hair but didn’t clog the roller and emptied itself, just like it is supposed to. I get up every morning now to a clean house and I’m not mad at my dog anymore. Thank you Shark!

Great product! Everything gets caught in it though, I have to be meticulous about picking everything up before running it and it gets stuck on certain bath mats

My 3rd Shark Robot A few years ago I bought a Shark ION RV750 robovac on eBay and was blown away by what a good job it did, so I purchased a Shark R85 on the next Prime Day, but was disappointed as it seemed it wasn't an upgrade, if anything it performed a little worse (it was slightly taller so it didn't fit under as many items of furniture), but it still did an excellent job. So moving into a tri-level home, I knew I wanted to get one more, but was torn between getting another 750 (which I knew worked well - and it's still going strong to this day!) or if I wanted to splurge and get the IQ Self-Empty. The appeal of being able to map and then determine which rooms were to be vacuumed was a big appeal as I've got two teens and their rooms aren't always robovac friendly. I also really liked the idea of not having another robovac to empty daily. We have 3 cats and a dog - along with allergies, so daily vacuuming is a must - and it's always a full bin. I considered the Roomba i7+ and i9+, but figured that I'd already had such a good experience with Shark that I'd stick with what I know works, and works well. So I decided to give the IQ a try. I'm already blown away! It's exceeded my expectations and it hasn't even completed the mapping process yet. As always, set up was a breeze. It's only ran a few times, but I can already tell a difference between it and the 750 that was previously on the top floor. I have a Shark Apex vacuum and the carpets are closer to that level of clean than the ION 750 which is astounding. Unlike my other two robovacs, it sets out and vacuums row by row with an impressive amount of precision. It does, as expected, fail to get debris in compact corners (for example the 4 inches of wall between the dresser and the doorway). It's ability to navigate around items, but then remember exactly where it left off once it has gone around, cleaned and returns to that spot, is equally impressive. The precision in which it finds the dock and loads in unlike the other two robovacs, albeit, I don't give it the suggested space around the dock (all three versions do just fine docking even with minimal surrounding open space). When it self-empties, it is loud, but not any more so than how a normal household vacuum sounded about 20 years ago, and it only lasts for about a minute, if that. I love this little robovac so much that I could see myself replacing the other two older ones with this model in the next year or so. Let me be clear, emptying the bins daily isn't bad at all. It's that the only trash wide enough to easily ensure none of the dust or debris go into the air or on the surrounding ground is the kitchen trash - and that's assuming no one's loaded up the trash to almost being full, and while most of the time, I'll go dump the bins in large trash, if I'm running out the door or in the middle of something else, I do tend to just go to the nearest trash can - which makes a small mess (although much less messy than not having the floors clean at all!).

Like the reviewer Lynda stated, beware of the same SKU and model number!!! I bought this and returned it because it had the older revision of the self emptying part which doesn’t release from the top, but releases from a side messy cup! Be sure you get the revised one which releases from top! Same SKU and part number though so check the pics on box carefully! Otherwise I love the shark iq robot and found the “correctly revised” model in my local Bed Bath Beyond