Shark - ION Robot Vacuum R75 with Wi-Fi - Smoke/Ash

I bought this thing after I moved into a new apartment. This lil’ robot vacuum has changed the cleaning game in my house. First cleaning of my apartment was a huge success, he made it into every room and the battery life lasts long.

been using it for about a week and cleans pretty good. the app lets you control the amount of suction it uses and tells you what percentage your battery is. connectivity was easy and taking it apart to clean was pretty easy too, lets you open up multiple brushes to dust off as well as the filter itself

Just got my ION Robot less than a week. So far, I'm please. When I use the app to go back to dock it does quite work. The product spot cleans for me, so I'm pleased. Got it on sale too.

I got this one in a deal and paid $199. For this price, this is an excellent product. It has larger bin and it is slimmer compared to other similar products. I tried it for a week and I was not able to track if it actually cleaned entire home most of the time. This one doesn’t have map that shows the area cleaned. I replaced it with Roomba 960 which is more systematic and the cleaned area can be tracked. This is a really good product, but I was looking for similar product with more tracking mechanism.

So you're looking for a robotic vacuum to add to your home. You have a lot of things to consider while shopping: price, size, run time, charge time, floor/carpet style, and many more aspects. So does the Shark ION Robot 750 fit the bill? Yes, but with some caveats. UNBOXING: The unboxing experience of the Shark ION was very pleasant and hassle-free. The instructions are printed very clearly on a large cardboard panel , and I had no issues getting set up with the ION. Snap the two brushes onto the bottom of the robot, and you're almost ready to go. Simply place the charging dock against a wall with 3 ft. clearance on the left and right, and 5 ft. clearance in front of the dock. This is crucial, as the robot finds the dock via some light sensors on the dock. USING THE ION: After a full charge of the robot (about 3 hours from 0% to full), you're ready to start the robot! There are several ways to get your ION to begin vacuuming. The first way is to press the "Clean" button on the robot, itself. Also on the vacuum is a power switch (which you can just leave on all the time), a "Dock" button to send the ION back to its dock (but it will do this by itself after it feels it is done cleaning), and a "Spot" button which you can use to have the ION clean a particular spot on the floor more thoroughly. APP INTEGRATION: The second way to use your ION is by using the Shark ION Robot app on the App Store / Play Store. This app will connect your robot to your local 2.4GHz Wi-Fi (NOTE: it cannot be 5GHz Wi-Fi—please temporarily disable your router's 5GHz channel if it uses the same SSID as your 2.4GHz channel; you can re-enable it after setup). Once your robot is connected to the Wi-Fi, you can use the app to remotely start up, pause, and dock the ION. Additionally, you are able to schedule a cleaning time for each day of the week. Unfortunately, you can only schedule 1 cleaning per day—this is a limitation likely imposed by the run time and charge time, as well as regulating the lifespan of the device, itself. If you happen to lose your ION around the house, you can also find it by pressing a button in the app which will cause the ION to make a loud noise. The app will also tell you the ION's status (cleaning, charging, paused, returning to dock), as well as its battery status. What's especially nice, however, is that the app can send push notifications whenever there's an issue with the ION—such as when the ION gets stuck somewhere and can no longer move or when there's a clog in the brushroll. VOICE ASSISTANT INTEGRATION: Additionally, you can use Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant to send commands to your ION. I've personally tested this using Google Assistant. Once you have your ION connected to your Wi-Fi, you can simply open the Google Home app, then under the "Googel Assistant" section, go to "Explore" then search for "Shark". From there, you'll be able to link your Shark account with Google Assistant. Now you can use Google Assistant to say things like: "OK Google, tell Shark to start cleaning." "OK Google, tell Shark to pause my robot." "OK Google, tell Shark to send my robot to the dock." Just like the app, this feature works anytime, anywhere—not just at home. CLEANING ALGORITHM: So is the ION actually good at cleaning? Yes and no. It does a good job and is more thorough in smaller spaces (you can create boundaries using the included BotBoundary Strips), but if you let it try to clean an entire floor, it may not be as thorough. This is largely because the ION's path algorithm isn't as complex as more expensive robot vacuums, as it doesn't seem to map out your house. Instead, its cleaning path will differ each run so that it will attempt to clean areas that it did not cover the previous run. Obviously, this isn't as effective as mapping out the house and having complex object detection to further determine its position around the house. As a result, the cleaning path is somewhat random, so your carpet won't have a nice pattern of track marks—rather, it will seem obscure and random. Regardless, each run I am finding plenty of lint and dust being picked up by my ION. And by scheduling a daily cleaning, you'll ensure a more thorough clean. When a cleaning session begins, the ION runs for about one hour. Given that the charge time is about 3 hours, this means you could theoretically run a full 1-hour cleaning session approximately 6 times in a 24 hour period—now that's impressive, albeit not recommended. CLEANING PERFORMANCE: On my kitchen floors, the ION does a good job sweeping and picking up scraps (when it actually runs across the affected areas). My biggest concern with the ION was whether or not it'd be able to work with my carpet—and it definitely does! It easily transitions between my flat kitchen floor to my living room carpet without any issues. However, Shark warns that the ION may struggle with some high pile carpets. With its brushrull and both side brushes, the ION does a decent job at keeping my floor and carpets clean by taking care of loose debris. DOCKING ALGORITHM: This is one of the ION's weaker points. Because the ION doesn't really keep a mapping of its path, it takes longer to get back to its dock when compared to more advanced robot vacuums. From my own observations, the ION will typically navigate around until it detects the light sensors on the docking station. This means that if you have a more complicated layout or have objects or walls obstructing the view of the dock, the ION will take longer to return to the dock. That being said, as long as you set up the dock according to the included instructions, it shouldn't fail to find the dock. HOW SHARK COULD IMPROVE THE CLEANING/DOCKING ALGORITHM: As a software engineer, I can see many ways that Shark could have alleviated the performance/efficiency shortcomings. For one, they could create a rough route path every time the ION cleans. That way, it could avoid unnecessarily cleaning the same area multiple times, and when it needs to return to the dock, it could use the "shortest path algorithm" to more easily find its way back based on its waypoints. Another possiblity (that requires more expensive hardware) is that Shark could have used a radio wave connection to the dock and used signal strength detection to determine when it is getting closer or further away from the dock. Both of these suggestions certainly have limitations and other issues to consider, but when combined with the onboard sensors, either mechanism could improve the efficiency of the device. CONCLUSION: So, would I recommend the Shark ION 750 robotic vacuum? Yes. It's certainly not as efficient, powerful or as smart as other expensive vacuums, but for a robot vacuum in this price point, it delivers the right features and gets the job done while making acceptable compromises. After all, the purpose of having a robot vacuum is so we can avoid having to vacuum, ourselves. The Shark ION 750 definitely accomplishes that, as it runs daily while I'm away from home. When I get home, the ION is docked and out of the way, and my floors are cleaner than they were before I left for work. Unless you're at home while the ION is running, you kind of forget that it's even there—and that's a good thing. It's not something you'll be worrying about or be thinking about. It does its job and gets out of your way, leaving you to focus on things other than cleaning.

Two things to sell on this - after looking at a few months of history an data, we've determined we've saved at least 30 hours a month by running the Ion. Right there, value reached. Some other interesting points is that this is the same cost, if not cheaper than the rival Roomba iRobot model, except the feature set is explosive comparitively. I learned that there are "linear" robot vacuums and then what are referred to as "drunken sailors"...difference being one learns your home layout, the other wanders and makes no sense then just dies and splat. A great supporting smartphone app, troubleshooting instructions as soon as something happens, and all around great customer experience. Buy it and put cats in the room too. You deserve it for spending the money :)

Wish I would have bought this before. I’m a first time user of a robot vacuum, and I’m impressed of its capabilities. Great for pets’ hair too!

This is not useful at all. No one should invest money in buying this. It doesn’t follow any direction. I will mark this as useless product.