Shark AV1010AE IQ Robot Vacuum with XL Self-Empty Base, Bagless, 45-Day Capacity, Advanced Navigation, Alexa & Wi-Fi, Multi-Surface Brushroll, for Pets, Dander & Dust, Carpet & Hard Floor, Black

I'm not much for writing reviews, but this one deserves it. I've never had an autonomous vacuum cleaner so my review is solely based on a first time user's experience.The vacuum integrated perfectly with my Google Home, although it does not seem to like cleaning rooms with custom names by voice. For example, if I say "Hey Google, clean the cat room" it doesn't seem to understand. But when I rename the room to one of its 'canned names' then it does just fine. "Hey Google, clean the laundry room" was what I had to use.It mapped the house perfectly on its first run. I have a 2,000sqf 1 story house with multiple rooms. It took the better part of a whole day for the vacuum to map the whole house, but now I can send it to any specific room and it will drive right to it and clean it.After about 4 cleanings, we no longer have cat/dog hair buried in the carpet in our main bedroom. Now you would never know we have any animals at all by looking at our floors because this sucker cleans everything (we run it every other day through the whole house).As for the auto-emptying feature... It works flawlessly. The only issue is that it will not last anywhere close to 30 days unless you already keep your floors clean another way and don't have animals. With 2 people and 2 animals, we have to empty the vacuum base every 2-3 days but this is still way easier then having to keep up with emptying the vacuum itself. It takes all of about 30 seconds to empty the base and it never impedes with the vacuums ability to do its job.Overall, this vacuum has saved us so much time by eliminating our need to vacuum/sweep every day! Definitely a 5 star rating from us with a glowing recommendation. We bought it on cyber Monday so it was a great deal, but it would still be worth the full sticker price in my opinion.

UPDATED 7.13.2022: About 4 months ago, my Shark deleted the map it made of my house. That's what it uses to efficiently clean the house and it lets you design "No Vaccuum Zones" such as under your table where it gets lost for hours trying to navigate chair legs, or where that rug is that is really plush and prevents the robot from getting up onto it. Anyway, I've remapped and re-set up my rooms and no-go zones multiple times only for the app to delete them again. I've read online that it's a very common problem, but good luck getting anyone in Support to look at it.Without this functionality, it's just another dumb robot. Don't waste your time buying it for the "Mapping" functionality._________________________________________________________________________I've been rocking at Roombak 699 for many years. Three batteries, countless brushes, and a new dustbin lever later, and I knew it was time for an upgrade.I purchased this Shark unit, not really knowing what to expect. I should have done this a long time ago.Let's start with the obvious:- The Shark unit has a predictable cleaning pattern. Once it has run several times, it'll create a decent map of your house. You'll want to go in and create "rooms" or "zones" so you can tell it where you want it to clean (or don't). You can also create "no go zones" without having to stick those infrared, battery powered units all over the place. Once this is all set up, this unit will clean your house--taking as long as it takes. For my house, that usually means going back to the home unit to dump its collector a couple of times. Every now and then, it needs to recharge. Roomba didn't do that. It would zig and zag back and forth until it ultimately just lost charge and maybe it cleaned everything, but probably not.- My Roomba was really loud. So loud, you couldnt' work or watch TV or carry on a conversation with it running. My kids even asked me not to run it at night because it woke them up (and it was downstairs and they were upstairs). The Shark unit is at least half as quiet so we don't mind running it when we're all here working or just putzing around.- How well does it clean? Maybe not as well, but that is made up for by the fact that it can climb over rugs and clean the entire house in one day versus maybe it takes 2-3 days with the Roomba and it gets stuck on half a dozen things, including "cliffs" that aren't cliffs.We have a mix of hard floors and fairly thick-pile carpet.If you're wondering if it's worth saving a few hundred dollars on a Shark and "trying it out," you should go for it. I'm glad I did.