I bought this vacuum at the start of this month and I have to say I'm relieved it did so well in your tests and you like it. I discovered your channel only after buying this video and I've come to respect your opinions and conclusions very much. I'm a new subscriber due to the amount of effort and enthusiasm you have towards these devices. Thank you for having such a wonderful channel.
Can you do a video about the brush roll? I’m curious to know how often someone would need to clean it. I previously had a Shark ion 🤦🏼♂️ and had to constantly remove dog hair
I am not surprised, I have the IQ version and it does well for my house, about 90% thick carpet and 10% hard flooring. I have received my new lidar vac and can't wait to get home from Ecuador so I can set it up and get it going. The IQ will go to the basement, this new one will be my main floor vac. I still don't understand why shark won't put a dust bin sensor in it, if they are not going to do that they need to adjust in the app the evac and resume feature to allow a more flexibility maybe 5, 15 and 30 minutes for the evac and resume, should be simple. Thanks for another great video!
@@bernardberben4852 How do you like it? We have 2700 sq ft carpet, tile and vinyl. One Persian cat and 1 girl. Concerned about pet hair and ability to clean carpets. Any issues with emptying the dirt bin or hair breaking or getting stuck on rollers etc? How is the maintenance? Does it auto detect when the on-board bin is full and go back to the base for a clean or does it keep cleaning but doing a poor job because the bin is full? Does the robot detect when the outside waste bin is full? Debating on buying this or the Roborock s7 plus.
@@shanew7361 we have had zero issues with getting hair stuck in wheels so far. The bin inside the robot dies not alert you when it is full, but it has a setting to go back to the dock every 30 minutes to empty its dustbin. As for the outside dustbin. It won't alert you. But it's not a huge deal as it hold a month of debre. Keeping the robot clean isn't that bad either, just an accasonal checkup on the main brushroll sides. Shark just came out with a new lidar robot which I think would be better for you because I hear the navigation is a lot better and the cleaning performance. We bought our shark iq self empty at a bargain store and it works flawlessly. But I wouldn't recommend buying it at full price as some can be buggy. So mabye go for the roborock or the new shark AI robot.
Bought this about a wk or so ago. At first it total sucked getting the app to work, getting it to map the house. I called Shark and they finally called me back 4 days later. Asked me the same questions again then we ended the call. Idk if they did anything. The next day I mapped again and final after 4 tries it mapped most of the house. The app still doesn't work right to be able to clean it single room & the schedule is only for one cycle a day. As far as the bot and base of picking up debris and transferring it to base. Works perfect. Roller will tangle with longer hair, string, ect. App needs a make over bad. My 2 cents Another side note to add. I bought the extended warranty as Best Buy said they will replace any part of the unit, even if it's normal wear and tear. If they can't fix it, they will replace the unit.
@@danimal107 only if the couch or bed it tall enough to clear the unit. Then of course it bumps into frame on front mounted bump sensor, turns and goes another direction
Update on this unit. Idk if it's the app or the bot. This unit refuses to work an individual room or a specific spot. Shark techs had me reboot the entire unit to factory settings to map my home again. It mapped, but only cleans part of it now. So I guess I'll have to remap again. Unit/app still refuses to work a selected room or spot. Have called Shark numerous times. They finally sent me to a "Second level" tech. They couldn't fix it or give me an answer. Said they would call me back 24-48 hrs. That was Thu Oct 21st, '21. Figured I won't hear from them til Mon. Sooo in conclusion, currently do not recommend this product. I'm almost to the point, get my money back and get a Roomba I9 to try. Just trying to save $400ish dollars with the Shark vs the Roomba
@@buildersmark How do you like it? We have 2700 sq ft carpet, tile and vinyl. One Persian cat and 1 girl. Concerned about pet hair and ability to clean carpets. Any issues with emptying the dirt bin or hair breaking or getting stuck on rollers etc? How is the maintenance? Does it auto detect when the on-board bin is full and go back to the base for a clean or does it keep cleaning but doing a poor job because the bin is full? Does the robot detect when the outside waste bin is full? Debating on buying this or the Roborock S7 plus.
@@shanew7361 the machine itself cleans the floors great (carpet/tile). It does get long hair/string/threads stuck in pickup roller. I have to take roller out(which is easy) and scissor that out. 15 mins It's the app that is flawed. Takes several times to map the houses. It does learn more each time it runs. App absolutely refuses to send bot to clean single room or a single spot. I.E. you select those options, it cleans the entire house, not what was requested. Shark really needs to get off their backside and fix the app. After a dozen ph calls, I'm still waiting to hear back about an update for individual room/spot. I just hope they don't screw up something else when that gets done.
@@shanew7361 It works VERY well! This machine is NOTHING like the older robot vacuums, it really works great! You can see that it definitely beats and fluffs the carpet, and makes it look really nice, especially when you use the ultra clean mode, because it cleans in a crosshatch pattern, and really gets the carpet clean. I really had my doubts about this vacuum, and only purchased it because of the 90 day return. But since getting it set up properly, it's mind blowing how well this robot works! Granted, you do have to pick up stuff, like cat beds, shoes, etc.. before running, but other than that, it really does just run around and clean on its own. My only complaint is, it needs to have a shorter interval between empty cycles. 30 Min is way too long, and after say 15~20 min, the collection container fills up, and makes it impossible for the unit to clean, and it gets clogged up when it does try to empty, because the container is cram full of cat hair. I wish it had a selection of times, like every 10/15/20/30 min, instead of the one 30 min choice... The way I get around that issue, is to deep clean one room at a time. That way, it goes back to the base and empties, before tackling the next room. In fact, that would be an awesome feature! If the robot itself would clean a room, then empty, before starting on the next room, automatically. While it can easily handle one room, it's overwhelmed with the entire house, especially when it has to clean 30 min, before coming to the base to empty.
All the other sharks seam to run erratically patterns like they got confused but this ran a much uninformed pattern good for shark. Now self emptying bin test. I think with the j7 you said the bin ran more than once on its own until it empties robot which makes me think does the bin itself have a brain
It is still a shark so I expect above average cleaning tbh. They are great for daily dirt and dust and floating hairs. Now I did not see any of those in the bin when it was emptied.
I dont believe it supports multi-floor mapping, is that correct? Regarding price, it will come down just like their other models. Also, Kohl's carries this now and you can get a good deal there with their coupons. For example, this weekend Kohl's had up to 40% off coupons, so you can get it for low $400's. The 40% coupons are usually on ebay for $3 - $5
If you mean multi floor, as in rooms? Yes it does! I have mine set to living room, dining room, kitchen, hallway, office, bedroom 1,2,3,4. I can chose to clean one room, or the entire house. If they had a shorter timer to returning to the base for emptying, the whole house clean would be awesome! But 30 min is way too much for this little robot, and the bin gets overwhelmed with pet hair. If they had an option like say 10/15/20/25/30 min, it would work great! As it stands, I chose a room to deep clean, when it's done, it returns to the base, empties, and I chose the next room to clean. This way, the bin never gets overwhelmed with pet hair, and each room is deep cleaned.
@@KentuckyRanger How do you like it? We have 2700 sq ft carpet, tile and vinyl. One Persian cat and 1 girl. Concerned about pet hair and ability to clean carpets. Any issues with emptying the dirt bin or hair breaking or getting stuck on rollers etc? How is the maintenance? Does it auto detect when the on-board bin is full and go back to the base for a clean or does it keep cleaning but doing a poor job because the bin is full? Does the robot detect when the outside waste bin is full? Debating on getting this or the Roborock S7 plus.
@@bronzePower There's no way it could traverse between floors, unless you have ramps between floors. Funny, I did make a small ramp between my dinning room, and utility room, because it's about 8 inches lover than the dinning room, and it works well. But to traverse between stories of a house, I just couldn't see it working. You'd have to get one for each floor. As to mapping levels, I don't see anywhere on the app that you can map multiple levels.
I purchase one of these it came in Friday use it 2 days had a problem with it each time getting lost called sharp told me to leave it on the charger for 2 days they would send an update. We'll let you know the results.
Wow, Shark is stepping up its game! Roborock will release a new robot (unknown) in January! I know that because CES is in January, and they will have a booth! Put the Lucy through the Testing Room, or this through the Gauntlet. Any updates with the Neato D8?
@@shanew7361 I have several cats, and when I made that comment, I had just got the unit. I've been using it for a little over a week now, and I can honestly say, it really does a good job keeping the hair off the roller, but it's not 100%. Hair still collects at each end, where the bearings are, as well as right in the center. It's not bad at all, and only requires cleaning about once every 3~4 days. In fact, since starting a daily regime with this, even that has slowed to hardly at all, but yes, it still needs at least weekly maintenance, but it's really easy to clean.
Okay, the last robot vac I've had was one of the OOOOOOLD orignal Samsung ones, Got this thing recently and I can't tell if it's working or not because it makes like zero noise as it's going around the house. Like is the suction that quiet or is something wrong with my vacuum?
can you tell me what software ver is on your romba J7? Mine is 1.0.17 updated 10-6 21 & doesn't have reduced-noise navigation & doesn't show pics of obstacles, instead displays an error message
Unfortunately, only shark is a truly autonomous robot on the market, it cleans its own brush, more than 90% of the garbage always goes to the dust collector. Other robots need attention to the brush and clogging in the dust collector.
Great vacuum, Crappy app. Cant get it to connect to my WiFi even though we have several laptops, cell phones tv's and many other devices all connected. Rebooted router, shark and phone. It is a worthless app that does not work. They wont build a PC app so it was worthless. Took it back tp COSTCO for a refund. If I cant program it then its not worth anything to me.
I bought this vacuum at the start of this month and I have to say I'm relieved it did so well in your tests and you like it. I discovered your channel only after buying this video and I've come to respect your opinions and conclusions very much. I'm a new subscriber due to the amount of effort and enthusiasm you have towards these devices. Thank you for having such a wonderful channel.
Can you do a video about the brush roll? I’m curious to know how often someone would need to clean it. I previously had a Shark ion 🤦🏼♂️ and had to constantly remove dog hair
I am not surprised, I have the IQ version and it does well for my house, about 90% thick carpet and 10% hard flooring. I have received my new lidar vac and can't wait to get home from Ecuador so I can set it up and get it going. The IQ will go to the basement, this new one will be my main floor vac. I still don't understand why shark won't put a dust bin sensor in it, if they are not going to do that they need to adjust in the app the evac and resume feature to allow a more flexibility maybe 5, 15 and 30 minutes for the evac and resume, should be simple. Thanks for another great video!
We love our 2nd gen shark iq
the bin sensor is patented by Roomba.
@@bernardberben4852 How do you like it? We have 2700 sq ft carpet, tile and vinyl. One Persian cat and 1 girl. Concerned about pet hair and ability to clean carpets. Any issues with emptying the dirt bin or hair breaking or getting stuck on rollers etc? How is the maintenance? Does it auto detect when the on-board bin is full and go back to the base for a clean or does it keep cleaning but doing a poor job because the bin is full? Does the robot detect when the outside waste bin is full?
Debating on buying this or the Roborock s7 plus.
@@shanew7361 we have had zero issues with getting hair stuck in wheels so far. The bin inside the robot dies not alert you when it is full, but it has a setting to go back to the dock every 30 minutes to empty its dustbin. As for the outside dustbin. It won't alert you. But it's not a huge deal as it hold a month of debre. Keeping the robot clean isn't that bad either, just an accasonal checkup on the main brushroll sides. Shark just came out with a new lidar robot which I think would be better for you because I hear the navigation is a lot better and the cleaning performance. We bought our shark iq self empty at a bargain store and it works flawlessly. But I wouldn't recommend buying it at full price as some can be buggy. So mabye go for the roborock or the new shark AI robot.
Bought this about a wk or so ago. At first it total sucked getting the app to work, getting it to map the house. I called Shark and they finally called me back 4 days later. Asked me the same questions again then we ended the call. Idk if they did anything. The next day I mapped again and final after 4 tries it mapped most of the house. The app still doesn't work right to be able to clean it single room & the schedule is only for one cycle a day. As far as the bot and base of picking up debris and transferring it to base. Works perfect. Roller will tangle with longer hair, string, ect. App needs a make over bad. My 2 cents
Another side note to add. I bought the extended warranty as Best Buy said they will replace any part of the unit, even if it's normal wear and tear. If they can't fix it, they will replace the unit.
Does this robot go under a couch or bed with the top mounted lidar?
@@danimal107 only if the couch or bed it tall enough to clear the unit. Then of course it bumps into frame on front mounted bump sensor, turns and goes another direction
Update on this unit. Idk if it's the app or the bot. This unit refuses to work an individual room or a specific spot. Shark techs had me reboot the entire unit to factory settings to map my home again. It mapped, but only cleans part of it now. So I guess I'll have to remap again. Unit/app still refuses to work a selected room or spot. Have called Shark numerous times. They finally sent me to a "Second level" tech. They couldn't fix it or give me an answer. Said they would call me back 24-48 hrs. That was Thu Oct 21st, '21. Figured I won't hear from them til Mon. Sooo in conclusion, currently do not recommend this product. I'm almost to the point, get my money back and get a Roomba I9 to try. Just trying to save $400ish dollars with the Shark vs the Roomba
@@buildersmark How do you like it? We have 2700 sq ft carpet, tile and vinyl. One Persian cat and 1 girl. Concerned about pet hair and ability to clean carpets. Any issues with emptying the dirt bin or hair breaking or getting stuck on rollers etc? How is the maintenance? Does it auto detect when the on-board bin is full and go back to the base for a clean or does it keep cleaning but doing a poor job because the bin is full? Does the robot detect when the outside waste bin is full?
Debating on buying this or the Roborock S7 plus.
@@shanew7361 the machine itself cleans the floors great (carpet/tile). It does get long hair/string/threads stuck in pickup roller. I have to take roller out(which is easy) and scissor that out. 15 mins
It's the app that is flawed. Takes several times to map the houses. It does learn more each time it runs.
App absolutely refuses to send bot to clean single room or a single spot. I.E. you select those options, it cleans the entire house, not what was requested.
Shark really needs to get off their backside and fix the app. After a dozen ph calls, I'm still waiting to hear back about an update for individual room/spot. I just hope they don't screw up something else when that gets done.
Just got mine, and got it all set up.
It really does an awesome job vacuuming, and I only paid $475!
Now, if my cats can just get used to it... LOL!
How does it work on carpet? Does it beat and fluff the carpet like a shark upright vacuum? Where'd you get it for $475?
@@shanew7361 It works VERY well! This machine is NOTHING like the older robot vacuums, it really works great!
You can see that it definitely beats and fluffs the carpet, and makes it look really nice, especially when you use the ultra clean mode, because it cleans in a crosshatch pattern, and really gets the carpet clean.
I really had my doubts about this vacuum, and only purchased it because of the 90 day return.
But since getting it set up properly, it's mind blowing how well this robot works!
Granted, you do have to pick up stuff, like cat beds, shoes, etc.. before running, but other than that, it really does just run around and clean on its own.
My only complaint is, it needs to have a shorter interval between empty cycles.
30 Min is way too long, and after say 15~20 min, the collection container fills up, and makes it impossible for the unit to clean, and it gets clogged up when it does try to empty, because the container is cram full of cat hair.
I wish it had a selection of times, like every 10/15/20/30 min, instead of the one 30 min choice...
The way I get around that issue, is to deep clean one room at a time.
That way, it goes back to the base and empties, before tackling the next room.
In fact, that would be an awesome feature!
If the robot itself would clean a room, then empty, before starting on the next room, automatically.
While it can easily handle one room, it's overwhelmed with the entire house, especially when it has to clean 30 min, before coming to the base to empty.
@@KentuckyRanger Wow, great info! I was also looking at the Roomba S9 + and the DEEBOT T9 from Eccovacs. 🤔
Can you do some hair tests with the AI?
Yay a Shark product that doesn't suck!
All the other sharks seam to run erratically patterns like they got confused but this ran a much uninformed pattern good for shark. Now self emptying bin test. I think with the j7 you said the bin ran more than once on its own until it empties robot which makes me think does the bin itself have a brain
You know I had to tune in for the Shark review 😊
It is still a shark so I expect above average cleaning tbh. They are great for daily dirt and dust and floating hairs. Now I did not see any of those in the bin when it was emptied.
Great video. Maybe Shark listened to you on the price. Just got mine for $450, can’t wait to set it up.
I dont believe it supports multi-floor mapping, is that correct? Regarding price, it will come down just like their other models. Also, Kohl's carries this now and you can get a good deal there with their coupons. For example, this weekend Kohl's had up to 40% off coupons, so you can get it for low $400's. The 40% coupons are usually on ebay for $3 - $5
If you mean multi floor, as in rooms? Yes it does!
I have mine set to living room, dining room, kitchen, hallway, office, bedroom 1,2,3,4.
I can chose to clean one room, or the entire house.
If they had a shorter timer to returning to the base for emptying, the whole house clean would be awesome!
But 30 min is way too much for this little robot, and the bin gets overwhelmed with pet hair.
If they had an option like say 10/15/20/25/30 min, it would work great!
As it stands, I chose a room to deep clean, when it's done, it returns to the base, empties, and I chose the next room to clean.
This way, the bin never gets overwhelmed with pet hair, and each room is deep cleaned.
@@KentuckyRanger How do you like it? We have 2700 sq ft carpet, tile and vinyl. One Persian cat and 1 girl. Concerned about pet hair and ability to clean carpets. Any issues with emptying the dirt bin or hair breaking or getting stuck on rollers etc? How is the maintenance? Does it auto detect when the on-board bin is full and go back to the base for a clean or does it keep cleaning but doing a poor job because the bin is full? Does the robot detect when the outside waste bin is full?
Debating on getting this or the Roborock S7 plus.
@@KentuckyRanger How would it differentiate between different floors then? I have a 2 story house with a basement.
@@bronzePower There's no way it could traverse between floors, unless you have ramps between floors.
Funny, I did make a small ramp between my dinning room, and utility room, because it's about 8 inches lover than the dinning room, and it works well.
But to traverse between stories of a house, I just couldn't see it working.
You'd have to get one for each floor.
As to mapping levels, I don't see anywhere on the app that you can map multiple levels.
Could you put the j7+ through this same test? I’m glad to see shark finally put up a fight.
Yes will do.
Which is better, this or the roomba j7+? Money aside
Finally giving shark a little love!
What's better this one or the Roborock S7 plus?
Looks great
I purchase one of these it came in Friday use it 2 days had a problem with it each time getting lost called sharp told me to leave it on the charger for 2 days they would send an update. We'll let you know the results.
Didn't work sent it back.
Thanks!
Thanks :)
Wow, Shark is stepping up its game! Roborock will release a new robot (unknown) in January! I know that because CES is in January, and they will have a booth! Put the Lucy through the Testing Room, or this through the Gauntlet. Any updates with the Neato D8?
Probably roborock g10.
@@Arman-sr7wb Or rebranded T7S Plus (S7 Max Model)
Any update on how this performance in regards to obstacle avoidance?
I agree, how does it perform?
I am so curious about the brush roll? Does it resist tangle well?
It does OK with hair. You will have to remove hair from the ends from time to time
Just received mine and I can say first day out, no hair at all, and I have several cats.
@@KentuckyRanger No hair at all? What you mean? I have a cat too.
@@shanew7361 I have several cats, and when I made that comment, I had just got the unit.
I've been using it for a little over a week now, and I can honestly say, it really does a good job keeping the hair off the roller, but it's not 100%.
Hair still collects at each end, where the bearings are, as well as right in the center.
It's not bad at all, and only requires cleaning about once every 3~4 days.
In fact, since starting a daily regime with this, even that has slowed to hardly at all, but yes, it still needs at least weekly maintenance, but it's really easy to clean.
@@KentuckyRanger How well does it beat the carpet up?
Okay, the last robot vac I've had was one of the OOOOOOLD orignal Samsung ones, Got this thing recently and I can't tell if it's working or not because it makes like zero noise as it's going around the house. Like is the suction that quiet or is something wrong with my vacuum?
The dust bin never lies. That's how you know if it's working or not.
Can this do multiple floors?
Please do this test with the roomba i7+
I believe I already did, Check out my other videos.
What store can you buy the shark ai with self empty bin
How is the object avoidance with this?
I'd like to know too.
I’m gona get one for 612$ total comes with the lifetime warranty
can you tell me what software ver is on your romba J7? Mine is 1.0.17 updated 10-6 21 & doesn't have reduced-noise navigation & doesn't show pics of obstacles, instead displays an error message
10.0.17 updated sept 19
Whwn are you doin the z10. I've had my eye on that one.
Unfortunately, only shark is a truly autonomous robot on the market, it cleans its own brush, more than 90% of the garbage always goes to the dust collector. Other robots need attention to the brush and clogging in the dust collector.
Just snagged this for 450$! They are onsale right now and for under 500$ I don't think there is one that would compete with this!
1daywillhave1,000
Yes you will. Keep up the good work!
Great vacuum, Crappy app. Cant get it to connect to my WiFi even though we have several laptops, cell phones tv's and many other devices all connected. Rebooted router, shark and phone. It is a worthless app that does not work. They wont build a PC app so it was worthless. Took it back tp COSTCO for a refund. If I cant program it then its not worth anything to me.