Shark IQ Robot® Vacuum, Self Cleaning Brushroll, Advanced Navigation, Home Mapping, Powerful Suction, Perfect for Pet Hair, Wi-Fi (RV1000)

I upgraded to the J9 self emptying vacuum from a much older model. I LOVE this one so much and am so happy with my purchase. I love being able to choose a room or rooms to vacuum and what order I want to vacuuming them in. I also love that it self empties! We have 2 cats and a dog and it is doing a great job with the hair.

I was skeptical as I did a ton of research before buying this Iq robot andsome of the reviews say it has issues. I have to say, I am much relieved after owning it. It's been totally great And that's saying something as the vacuum we had before was a high end Neato botvac d80 which we had an extended warranty on and we liked very much. This thing is quiet, much quieter than the Neato. It rarely gets stuck on anything ( the neato tended to get stuck semi rarely, but SharkBait gets stuck 10 times less than that. ) Sharkbait has gotten stuck when it got high centered on shoes in my wife's closet and a few other times when things were left out, but even then it usually doesn't get hung up on cords and things. We didn't get the self empty version, but we are fine without it as it saved a good bit of money. It goes over everything twice. The battery life is good. The mapping after a few tries isn't perfect but it's totally usable. We have the map set up for two zones: bedrooms bathrooms and hallway, and a second zone for kitchen dining room and living room. Hair doesn't get tangled in the brush easily but we have three long haired girls in the house hold and the middle of the brush will get a bit of hair in the middle wrapped around. The rest of the hair gets caught in the bin and in the automatic hair cutter part of the dust bin. It's crazy how much dirt it picks up. We have half hardwood and tile and half carpet. Does great on both. It doesn't get stuck on bathroom rugs or going over transitions. I love how it makes straight lines in the carpet. It is very low profile and fits under our bed which was too low for the neato botvac. Cons or suggestions: Being able to make small keep out zones or no go lines on the map would be great. Sometimes the longer golden retriever hair will get stuck in the opening of the dust bin near the hair cutting portion of the bin that runs along the brush. The app could have more functionality. It would be nice to be able to set it to a certain power level in scheduling instead of it just setting itself to normal. ( it has three modes: eco, normal, and max) I think the side brushes would be better if they had little brushes on each side instead of one, like the roomba i7.