![]() ![]() That means that it doesn't know when its bin is full and will just keep going. Also, unlike the iRobot vacuums, the Shark doesn't have a self-empty automatic bin sensor. Just about the only quibble I have is that the self-emptying function doesn’t always work reliably-I do end up checking it after every run, just to make sure it hasn’t gotten clogged. I also deliberately left millions of minute pieces of cut paper under the counter after a craft project, and it picked those up as well while mopping (the mopping bin also has a rudimentary dust bin). Otherwise, it adeptly navigated the space and picked up all the loose dog hair tumbleweeds. In two months of runs through a veritable Indiana Jones-type booby-trapped temple of robot doom, it only got stuck once, on … well, some unidentifiable plastic figurine that got stuck in the roller. It navigates an additional several hundred feet, for a total of 800 square feet of cleaning per day. The microfiber cleaning pad, which was easy to slide on and off the bin, showed a lot of that dirt.Īfter my kids are in bed, I swap out the bin and set the Shark to vacuum their playroom. If you select UltraMop in the app to spot-clean, you can see the squiggly pattern in the floor as it mops. The Shark’s bin releases just enough cleaning fluid, and most importantly, it wiggles as it mops to scrub the floor. Too much and it leaves your floor a dripping, soggy mess. If it releases too little fluid, it’s not effective. It’s very hard for a robot vacuum to calibrate mopping correctly. I was also surprised by how effective the mopping was. I particularly appreciate that the app offers a time estimate (that is reasonably accurate) for how long the cleaning will take. When my kids are in school, I pick up the kitchen, fill the mopping bin, and lock it into the bottom of the robot vacuum. Once I mapped my house, I designated separate rooms and added a no-go zone around the fireplace, where vacuums tend to fall in. Shark’s SharkClean app ( iOS, Android) is remarkably simple and easy to use. But now that my husband is traveling for work and I am single-parenting two grade schoolers, a dog, and a grouchy hamster during the week, I take my bits and pieces of cleanliness when I can get it. Some people want to pick up their whole house after the kids are in bed, set up a routine, and wake up to a sparkling new house, like a bunch of elves came through in the night. After I plugged it in and it charged, it mapped my (now larger) house accurately after one 20-minute mapping run-a huge improvement over my first Shark robot vacuum.Įveryone uses their robot vacuum and mop differently. I measured it at 14 inches high and 19 inches deep, which isn't too big compared to other auto-empty docking stations. The Shark dock itself is fairly unobtrusive. (If you don’t like it, you can use plain water.) It comes with an effective and pretty innocuous-smelling cleaning solution. When you switch between mopping and vacuuming, you also have to swap out the dustbin, so I needed to find a convenient place where I wouldn’t forget about that too. Some vacuums, like the iRobot Roomba j7+, have storage bins inside the docking station, but others like the Shark require you to empty out a shelf in your closet. Chances are you'll have to move the garbage bin and the dog food bin in the kitchen, as I did, to make room for the Shark AI Ultra. Most robot vacuums I’ve tried can be safely stowed in discreet locations (I’ve even parked a few under the couch), but oftentimes mopping vacs take up more space. That way, the robot doesn’t have to travel, dripping, across your carpet. If you want to be able to start the vacuum from your phone, without carrying it into the kitchen, you have to … well, find a place to put it in the kitchen. ![]() That goes double for a robot vacuum that doubles as a mop. If you’re familiar with robot vacuums, you know that they tend to be pretty finicky about placement.
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