Shark - PowerDetect UV Reveal 2-In-1 Vac & Mop - Black

I absolutely love it. Set up was easy. App easy to use. Mapped my house completely correct. Vacuum and mopping job is wonderful. Nothing like coming home to a clean home!!

An almost perfect combo robot vacuum and mop bot. Honestly at this point, most do a pretty good job of cleaning but there’s certain features and capabilities that really set this one apart and I’m not even talking about the UV light feature (which is pretty neat). The main issue I’ve had with every robot vacuum until now is that my main living area has a 1” transition that they all struggle climbing over. This transition leads to the kitchen and dining room which are critical areas to be cleaned and not being able to access those rooms means only half the job gets done. This is the very first cleaning bot I’ve had that does not struggle with that transition and that alone pushes it near the top of the list for me. Can’t clean what it can’t reach, so big props to Shark for that! The second best feature (maybe the best for most people) is that the lidar and obstacle avoidance works great and this allows me to be super lazy about cleaning. Let me be clear, I barely prep the room at all. I have little cat toys everywhere, charging cables, and random assorted things scattered throughout the house. I will lift the charging cables out of the way, but so far, I simply send it on a cleaning mission without picking up anything else and hope that it avoids the obstacles in the way. And it does! This has also been my experience of lidar vs camera based obstacle avoidance systems and I’m 100% team lidar. Works much better for robo vacuums and cars. This bot isn’t perfect, but it’s close to it and most of my complaints are trivial. It’s a bit loud and can sound clunky. Yeah, it’s a vacuum, but I’ve had quieter vacuum bots that cleaned just as well. The app also only allows for a combination vacuum and mopping run to the whole house, but not to a specific room or for a spot clean. For the latter options it’s vacuum or mop only, which is a bit odd and hopefully gets fixed in a software update. That’s about it for negatives though. Long story short, if you’re looking for a robot vacuum and mop combo that’s super easy to use, can climb high floor transitions, and has great obstacle avoidance, you’ll love this Shark UV Reveal 2-in-1 Vac & Mop bot. CLEANING The highlight feature of this model is the UV lamp that helps spot stains on hard floors for more thorough cleaning. It also works like a headlight for the bot, which means I can leave the lights off and it’ll still be able to see around the house (lidar helps too). I honestly don’t know if the UV light is helping it detect stains better, but my floors look clean and it’s gotten the food stains off the kitchen floor which is great. I used to have a dog for that job, but it’s probably better for the bot to do it. Vacuuming is commendable and on par with leading vacuum bots. Again, I want to emphasize how much I appreciate how this vacuum allows me to be lazy. I’m busy, if it’ll save time in my day somewhere, I’m a fan (we are talking about robot vacuums afterall). The obstacle avoidance detection is fantastic and means I don’t need to pick up everything and stage the room to make it “perfect” before sending the vacuum bot to do its job. Nope. Just send it! And for that, I’m grateful. MAINTENANCE It’s only been about a week, so not much to say on this front. The bot empties itself when it goes back to the home base and it’s estimated to last about 60 days between cleaning out the base dirt tank. The mop pad comes attached and supposedly doesn’t need to be replaced, or at least not regularly, so it’ll be interesting to see how that holds up. The base does clean and dry the mop pad after mopping runs so it’ll at least stay clean. APP Takes a while to do the initial setup, but works smoothly after the cleaning bot is added. Pretty clean user interface and easy to use and schedule cleaning and exploration runs. Maps are simple to edit, merge/delete rooms, and create no-go zones. The only issue I have is not being able to do both vacuuming and mopping on a room or spot cleaning run. This feature only works when doing a whole house run for some reason, but hopefully gets fixed with an update. PROS - Vacuums and mops - Excellent cleaning - Can climb 1” transition without issue - Cleaning runs are quick - UV light spots stains on hard floors - Obstacle avoidance works great - Excellent for being super lazy - Easy to use app - Can live track on map where the robot is during cleaning run - Easy to edit map, label rooms, and create boundaries - Cliff/stairs sensor works great - Spot and room cleaning run is easy to setup - Automatically empties into home base after runs CONS - Noisy - Can sound a bit clunky - Cannot do vacuuming and mopping combo in a spot or room run

This is one of the best robot vacuums I have ever used. It includes ever feature you could possibly want in an easy to use package! I have another shark robot vacuum and it does a really good job of vacuuming/dusting. I also have a irobot vacuum that can do both mopping and vacuuming but requires you to change out dust bins for mopping or vacuuming. The irobot also doesn't know how to skip over rugs if the mop part is attached so it's all or nothing. This shark vacuum is advanced that it knows where a rug is at and not to try and mop it. Setup was honestly a breeze. I plugged in the charger base and placed the vacuum on the charging pad. Once charged it required that I create a map of my home. I was not able to use the prior map my other shark vacuum made, so a new one was required. I thought it would take an hour or more to do the map, but it took like 15 minutes. I think this is in part due to the camera and other sensors on the front of the machine. Once the map was created I was able to create different rooms on the map and also send the machine out again to find places that had carpet or rugs. With the map created I let the machine do a vacuuming. It picked up a good number of debris and only took about an hour to fully vacuum. While working the machine is pretty quiet and not an issue to have running while watching TV, talking, or working. This machine also doesn't run around like a toddler running into everything and anything. The sensors on the front are used to stop/slow down the machine before it makes contact with an item. This helped tremendously on noise the machine makes. My prior shark would sometimes startle me with how much it would smack into furniture, but this one is so good at not doing that. After the machine finishes vacuuming it will then go out and do mopping. While mopping it will uses its sensors to find dirt and debris and scrub them clean. I thought it was just a gimmick, but I watched it go over stains a few times to make sure they are fully clean. Once the machine is done mopping it will show in the app on the map the spots it detected. It's usually the same spots, front door area, dog water/food area, etc. The charging base has everything built in for clean and dirty water, and a debris bin. I have checked it a few times and I believe I could probably let this machine do its job three times a week for a month before having to intervene with emptying dirty water or debris bin. On the debris bin there is an air freshener that helps cover up any smells the machine might have. While I do like this option I'm not sure I will replace the air freshener once it dies out. The vacuum is out of sight out of mind and I'm not super worried about any smells you smell if your super close to it, plus it doesn't even smell. My old shark did get stuck in a few places or required attention, whereas this one doesn't get stuck and actually avoids obstacles to the point I forgot it even is working. Overall, I love this vacuum and my house smells and feels cleaner. My wood floors are always nice and clean without any stains or smudges. I feel like I will only need to bust out a mop when they are super dirty which is hardly ever!

We have been using the previous model of the Shark PowerDetect robot vacuum in the downstairs of our house for the past year and, in comparison to other high-end robot vacuums I have used in years past, this brand and model is our favorite. That’s why we decided to invest in one upstairs as well, not only because I believe their technology and features are better than others in the market but, also because of the price point in comparison to other makers. And one of the best things about Shark technology is they continue to strive to improve their technology and, in many ways, are now setting the bar in the high-performance vacuum industry. This holds true with their updated PowerDetect robot vacuum and mop with self-emptying and refilling base station, but they have also made leaps and bounds in detecting problem areas by utilizing UV stain detection technology combined with hypersonic mopping that claims to deliver 7x more scrubbing power. Since we already had last year’s Shark robot vacuum/mop with base station, we were already aware of the size of the area in our upstairs we would need to have dedicated for the new PowerDetect base station; some may consider it bulky but not tall so it’s easy to hide behind other furniture which is what we did. Therefore, I would suggest ensuring you have the space determined prior to deciding on the robot. Out of the box, the set up was simple and explained well using the included, easy to understand, instructions. Once it was assembled and powered on, the rest of the set up was explained and automated through the Shark smartphone application. It will prompt you to map the area you have it stationed in as well as informing it what areas may have carpet or area rugs so it knows when/where to initiate the water and mopping feature. Once that is complete, the PowerDetect robot is ready to start working for you to keep a cleaner floor. While it’s cleaning, the robot uses its top-notch technology to detect different surfaces and will lift or lower the back end of the robot or disengage the mop pad. If it detects more debris after doing an initial run, it will go back over that area to ensure it is cleaned properly. Once the cleaning is completed, the robot returns to the self-emptying base station, empty the dust bin and clean/dry the mopping pad with its new Thermacharged technology in the base station that cleans the mop pad with hot air and heats the clean water solution when the robot is scheduled to clean again. The smartphone application will advise you when the clean water needs to be refilled and the dirty water or vacuum debris container needs to be emptied in the base station. There is even a feature on the base station for a air freshener so the debris sitting in the base station does not start to smell. Obviously being impressed by the previous Shark PowerDetect model influenced the decision to invest in the newer model. We have recommended this brand and model to friends and family who were in the market as, in my opinion, it does a better overall job cleaning our floors than other robot vacuum manufacturers we have had experience in the past and at a cheaper price. It definitely helps make up for time lost on other priorities in our everyday lives with children and animals to tend to.

I have had many Shark robot vacuums over the years now and can say that for the most part they do indeed keep getting better. So far for the past week I would say that this Power Detect UV Reveal really is the best one yet. Setup via the app was easy, once it had spent some time charging it explored the room and created and extremely accurate map that I was able to edit and name to create rooms. It then did an initial run to vacuum while also determining what areas of the floor have carpet or rugs to avoid while mopping. I set a schedule, filled it with water and the included cleaner and haven’t had to touch it since. It catches corners and cleans area rugs and a section of carpet in the room it is in that the previous iterations could not accomplish. It is quick and thorough in each cleaning cycle, and while it does struggle a bit with the bathroom mat it cleans my commercial grade entry mats better than any other robot I have tried. Thankfully, it also does not get itself stuck on the top stair the way its predecessor frequently did. Mopping is also impressive, it cleans the room with a mix of tile and laminate in about 30 minutes and it looks and feels great. It will refill itself automatically and self clean the mop pad without any input. I have last year’s never touch model on another floor and have been disappointed in the mopping as it has been known to leak or self clean when not necessary, but so far I believe the UV Reveal is much more capable. I set it up in a corner of the room and it can navigate out of the dock and back with no issues. I have a dog as well so I run a daily vacuum schedule to keep the hair from piling up and my floor remains clean and tidy with the UV Reveal on the job. I am very impressed with this model and have high hopes for how it performs in the long run. I definitely recommend it if you have hard floors and want to be able to let the robot handle the cleaning for you.