Shark - Navigator Robot Vacuum + Self-Empty Base - Gray

Great vacuum, I have 3 kitties and it keeps up with their hair easily.

The new shark vacuum is excellent. Moves around thr house and really keep my floors clean.

So far so good. It dues a great job cleaning. I had to call for help when first seeing it up and trying to understand it. The call was definitely not domestic so there was some trouble but in the end it helped. Is as described. I’m very happy with my purchase and have shear recommended it to friends and family.

I have an older model Shark robot (AV2001DRUS) that we use for our 1st floor which I love. It works great enough to replace having to use the upright as often. It was a great convenience before however it has become a necessity, recently. We currently have a 6 month old and we admittedly just don't have the time nor the chance to regularly vacuum like we used to. We also have two cats. We now desperately needed the help for the upstairs which is almost all carpet with 4 bedrooms and closets, a loft and 2 bathrooms so it's a much more involved job. We needed something at least as good as our older model to be up to the task. The Shark Navigator fortunately really delivers. My love for Shark products continues with this robot vacuum. It both mapped and cleaned the floor quickly and efficiently. The suction appears to be as good, if not better than what I currently have. I do find it interesting this model only has one 3 bristle arm on the bottom as opposed to a two bristle arm on each side like the AV2001 has. Though, I can’t notice any difference in effectiveness thus far. Seems it tries to keep that side along the walls when it does the perimeter first which is smart. I was actually quite surprised about the size of the base and was expecting the setup to take up a larger footprint than it does. One notable thing I really like is the base only needs at least a foot of clearance on both sides and 2 ft in front which is an improvement from my older model (and I’m sure others) where it recommends 3 ft of clearance on each side and 5 ft in front. This allows a lot more options when placing in your home. The collection bin appears to hold a lot and it already seems I won't have to empty it that often at all. Emptying it is so easy anyway. You just hold the button on the bin, pull it out of the base and then hit the latch button on the bottom over a garbage can. The fur/hair/dirt/dust/debris was nicely packed into a single mass and dropped right out. The filter is along the inner side of the bin and looks easy to wipe clean when necessary, too. I was also impressed with the self-emptying feature. It evacuated all the dirt and debris cleanly into the base each time, leaving no mess. Make sure you don’t have this in a room where people are sleeping, though. While the vacuum itself runs pretty quietly, the evacuation process sounds like a small jet engine and runs about 5-7ish seconds. That’s the only thing even remotely negative that may be worth mentioning for anyone that it effects. Otherwise, it’s yet another quality product from Ninja.

I tested the Shark Navigator Robot Vacuum on my second floor that has medium pile carpet and bathroom tiles. The vacuum did a great job of mapping areas accurately and the app is pretty user friendly. It also docks well on carpet, and the dust bin in both the vacuum and the self-empty base/dock are easy to access. The vacuum itself isn’t very loud even on its Max setting, though I still wouldn’t schedule it to run during bedtime. Appearance-wise, the Shark Navigator Robot Vacuum was smaller than expected, which was great but its color was navy blue-ish in direct sunlight (apparently this is supposed to be in a gray color if I’m not mistaken). I had trouble connecting ‘SharkCleanPro’ with Google Home - it kept saying ‘added,’ but the vacuum never showed up under devices. Instead, I was able to connect through ‘Shark Clean’ and use simple commands like ‘Ok Google, tell Shark to start vacuuming’ or ‘tell Shark to dock.’ However I still couldn’t get it to clean specific rooms using a Google Home speaker, but the app makes it easy to do so. The sweeper attachment sometimes missed debris and hair in the corners, but running the vacuum a second or third time usually picked up what was left behind. I liked how meticulously the vacuum attempted to sweep in between the stair balusters and it also had no issue with navigating into/around things like slippers in the bathroom (although it did push the slippers away to random spots). That being said, the vacuum’s battery life isn’t the best - from 100% battery, it cleaned about 850 square feet in total for about 133 minutes according to the Shark Clean app - in between this cleaning it had to go back to its dock and recharge for a few hours (about 4 hours or so) before finishing up the job. In my opinion the Shark Navigator Robot Vacuum does an excellent job overall and is perfect for automatic vacuuming in between regular cleanings.