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# 120 min runtime 30-day self-empty base 360° LiDAR mapping AV2501S AI Ultra Robot Vacuum, with Matrix Clean, Home Mapping, 30-Day Capacity HEPA Bagless Self Empty Base, Perfect for Pet Hair, Wifi, Dark Grey

**Brand:** shark
**Price:** VT230877
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🤖 Clean smarter, not harder — let Shark AI Ultra do the dirty work!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** AV2501S AI Ultra Robot Vacuum, with Matrix Clean, Home Mapping, 30-Day Capacity HEPA Bagless Self Empty Base, Perfect for Pet Hair, Wifi, Dark Grey by shark
- **How much does it cost?** VT230877 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/393886491-av2501s-ai-ultra-robot-vacuum-with-matrix-clean-home-mapping)

## Best For

- shark enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted shark brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Unmatched Suction Power:** Effortlessly lifts pet hair & debris from all floor types.
- • **Smart 360° LiDAR Mapping:** Adapts to your home’s layout, avoiding obstacles day & night.
- • **30-Day HEPA Self-Empty Base:** Holds dirt for a month while trapping 99.97% allergens—breathe easier.
- • **Hands-Free Voice & App Control:** Schedule, start, or target cleans with Alexa, Google, or your phone.
- • **Precision Matrix Clean Navigation:** Multiple passes ensure no spot is left behind.

## Overview

The Shark AV2501S AI Ultra Robot Vacuum combines powerful suction, advanced Matrix Clean navigation, and 360° LiDAR home mapping to deliver deep, whole-home cleaning. Its 30-day capacity HEPA self-empty base traps 99.97% of allergens, making it perfect for pet owners and allergy sufferers. With up to 120 minutes runtime and seamless voice/app control, it offers hands-free convenience and precision cleaning tailored to your lifestyle.

## Description

Meet the Shark AI Ultra Robot Vacuum, designed to deliver powerful, hands-free cleaning with advanced navigation across carpets and hard floors. It lifts dirt, debris, pet hair, and fine dust while adapting to different floor types for consistent performance throughout your home, from high-traffic areas to everyday messes. Matrix Clean navigation enhances coverage by guiding the robot in a precise grid pattern, allowing it to take multiple passes over areas that need extra attention for a more thorough result. The self-emptying base holds up to 30 days of dirt and debris, reducing the need for frequent emptying, while HEPA filtration helps capture dust and allergens inside the system for a cleaner home environment. Built with pet owners in mind, it features a self-cleaning brushroll with anti-hair wrap to pick up pet hair and long hair without tangling, helping maintain strong, continuous performance. Advanced 360° LiDAR mapping quickly learns your home layout, enabling the robot to clean in an organized path, avoid obstacles, and adapt to changes in your space, even in low light conditions. With up to 120 minutes of runtime, the robot can cover more ground before automatically returning to recharge and resume cleaning where it left off for seamless, uninterrupted performance. Using the SharkClean app, you can schedule cleanings, target specific areas, set boundaries, and control your robot vacuum with desertcart Alexa or Google Voice for a more customized and convenient cleaning experience. Built for powerful performance and everyday convenience, this robot vacuum delivers reliable, automated cleaning for modern homes.

Review: All around great robot vacuum - TL;DR: This robot vacuum is awesome and worth every penny. Highly recommend this vacuum to everyone, my wife agrees! Happy wife, happy life! Might buy another for my upstairs. For a robot vacuum, it does what I expect and makes my life easier. I don't make it pick up large debris, robot vacuums seem to perform best with small debris. Large debris may get stuck or caught. Lidar works phenomenal, but with some hiccups when mapping house (mostly human error). Routing around obstacles works well, slows around objects and if anything is bumped it's so light and cushioned, it's not a problem. 5 stars overall. 4 stars deep cleaning and suction leaving room for improvement, it's a robot vacuum, what do you expect? Probably has Alexa integration, but I use Google assistant and it works great! --- I ordered this back in July 2022 and got it end of the month. I waited some time to let the excitement die a little before posting a review, but it never really did. This is my first robot vacuum and one of the best purchase decisions I have made this year. When researching for the right robot vacuum, I found that most of the highly rated vacuums don't seem to make it past 6 months or a year when reading reviews. Also manufacturers seems to make new models every year, so finding something that is reliable and lasts longer than this timeframe is hard to find. Of course, I am only onto my 5th month of owning this vacuum. When I broke the vacuum out of the box, my first inclination was to take it out and get it started. But thinking about the other reviews I have read on this vacuum and others like it, I wanted to read the instructions first. This is not a regular vacuum that you plug in and push. It has lots of little parts that make it different and potentially not taking care of it properly could damage the device. So anybody reading this, read the instructions first. Understand how to properly take care of it and clean it. Also, comparing to other reviews, clean it regularly. Now for my somewhat long review: Is it quiet? Yes and no. It is a robot vacuum, how loud do you expect it to be? You're not doing the work, but it is. It is quieter than a regular vacuum, but no idea how quiet other robot vacuums are. If a robot vacuum is loud or quiet, who cares? What matters is that it can clean stuff. Can you watch tv while it runs? Yes you can watch tv. Just turn up the volume a little, no need to blast it like when running a normal push vacuum. Can it pick up everything? No, it's a robot vacuum. Don't put too much trust in it. What I typically do is remove all obstacles (cords, bags, blankets) from the ground and any larger debris that might get caught in the motors (cotton balls left from the dog, pieces left behind from chewed up toys, strings from rope toys). Dog hair? My dog constantly sheds, but has short hair. I run it twice per week on thin carpet and once per week on hard floors. I don't notice the dog hair until I see what the vacuum picked up and it does a great job! The majority of stuff this picks up is dog hair and a lot of it. For longer haired dogs or thicker haired dogs, I assume this will get the job done as long human hair doesn't get stuck at all like my regular vacuum does. Small leaves? It picks up small leaves and debris similar size, but may leaf some behind. It also might get caught in spinning brushes and make a slightly louder noise on hard floor. I waited for it to finish and then pulled the leaf out, no harm. Dog kibble? Ok this one was an accident, didn't see it against the brown colored floor before starting vacuum. Sounded like the robot was choking and about to die, literally. I had to stop it right away and retrieve the small rock sized (width of thumbnail) dog food from the vacuum. Can you run it when away from home? I read too many horror stories of vacuums cleaning pet poop, but it is not the reason I don't start it when I'm not home. Like the last two points, if something gets caught, you need to be there to fish it out. I may have spot checked the floor, but even that sometimes isn't good enough. Also, one time a week or two ago, it finally got confused and couldn't move past a futon leg. It kept spinning back and forth (maybe for 5 minutes) until I nudged the futon half an inch, then it broke free of its endless loop. This was the only time this ever happened since I got it. Every other time it does an excellent job of finding its way through, even finding its way through a jungle of table and chair legs. Lidar mapping floorplan? Simply amazing! I had it map 4 different rooms. The first time was great, but missed a few minor areas, of which was my fault. I left things on the floor and in the way of the robot when it mapped the floorplan. The second time, I removed the obstacles, but it didn't map another room properly. The third time, I removed a chair, which the robot vacuum had just enough clearance to fit under (1st time it went under, 2nd time it did not), so that it can map that area of the carpet and not count it as a wall. Lidar in general? It works great to avoid obstacles and get around legs of any sort. Only thing is if the leg is curved, like my kitchen table, it doesn't know when to properly maneuver around it. But no worries! The bumper is amazing! It lightly bumps in to obstacles and the vacuum does a minor adjustment to figure out how to go around it. Damaging furniture? Nope! Doesn't happen. The robot is so careful around obstacles and even when it does bump things, its lightly bumps it and doesn't scratch or anything. When it approaches obstacles (walls or furniture) it moves at a slower pace. This thing is intelligent. Suction? For a robot vacuum, it does everything it needs to and does it very well. There are different levels for suction in the app, I have only needed to use the normal section. The max suction I have never needed to use, but it is an option if things get too out of hand. There is also an ultra clean option, not tried it, but think it just spends more time going over stuff. If I ever try ultra clean option, maybe need to change deep clean star to a 5, but I'm making the assumption that it will never perform as well as a normal vacuum. Battery? I run two rooms per day I run it, but sometimes do all 4 rooms when I forget to run it. It lasts easily to finish all 4 rooms with charge left over. I'm guessing lowest percentage of battery life was 35% or 40% after doing all 4, this is a wild guess though, could've been higher. For 2 rooms it's usually at 60% after it's done, that I know for sure. Emptying? It has a bin that it empties to. If the robot either runs for too long (or not sure if it senses if it is full of junk) it may return to the docking station to empty itself. This system works great, but the bin needs to be cleaned out occasionally. There is also a filter in the bin system that needs to be cleaned, just like regular vacuums may have. App? No issues running it on my Android. Can select rooms and see the layout easily. Drawing rooms works great as well! Robotiness? It makes all the noises a robot vacuum should and it's awesome! Just thought you should know! Beep boop boop! Ratings: I give it 5 stars because as it is a robot vacuum, it meets all of my expectations. 4 stars on deep cleaning and suction because it isn't perfect, but is excellent as a robot vacuum. I haven't used my regular vacuum in the areas that this one runs because it seems to do such a great job. Integration with Google works great! I don't use Alexa with this one. Again, this is one of the best purchases I made this year. Definitely recommend this vacuum to everyone. Don't spend $1k on something else.
Review: Fantastic Little Robot Vacuum - We bought this during the 2024 Black Friday sales event. We previously owned a model from a different maker, but that one was a simple "bump" style that we had tired of over the last couple years. We wanted to try a smarter type that could also self-clean, so when this popped up on offer we took a chance and bought it. We have three large dogs that constantly shed, as well as two cats; all are inside pets. We have hardwood floors throughout the house except for the bedrooms, so the plan was for this little guy to handle the hardwood floors while we vacuum the carpets with a standard vacuum cleaner. I haven't had the chance to do an actual mapping run of the house because we are still in the process of moving in and there are boxes and other items in various areas that haven't been put away. I've only let the little fella roam on his own without mapping, but I hope to have everything put away (or mostly put away) by the end of the year. So far our little robot has done a great job on the hardwood floors. He picks up way more than the other robot vacuum ever did. It's amazing to watch it dock and empty itself into the base station, then get back to work all on its own. One great feature is how it cleans the brush roller. I'm not sure how it does it, but it does a great job. It does leave some hairs behind on the roller right in the middle when the metal support lies on the brush cover, as well as at the edges of the brush where it attaches to the motor. I wasn't surprise by that and it should be expected since those areas aren't easy to access without removing the cover and brush roll from the machine. The hairs came off super easy by hand, though. It was far easier to remove them than with the other vacuum robot we owned. The base station holding tank would probably last 30 days in houses without pets, or with one small pet; however, with our 5 pets it filled up within a few days of running 1-2 times per day. I checked it after about 6-8 days of running and it was quite full. It might have been able to run for another day or two (maybe longer), but I didn't want to risk it and was already heading to the rubbish bin anyway, so I went ahead and emptied it. The one frustrating thing I've found so far is the tall foam filter in the base dumps dirt out when you lift it out to clean it. I discovered that when I was emptying the base for the first time and decided to pull that out to give it a quick clean. Fine dirt just kept dropping out of it while I walked to the front door, leaving a trail of dirt behind. Now I know to only remove that when either outside or above the trash, both of which require lifting the base and taking it somewhere else. I can live with that slight inconvenience since the robot does so much work for me otherwise. Overall I am very pleased with the purchase. I suppose there are more expensive options out there, but this one is fine for our needs. I MIGHT update this review once I have the little guy map the house and start doing fully automated runs.

## Features

- INCREDIBLE SUCTION: Powerful Shark suction picks up dirt and debris on all floor types—tackling even the toughest of messes in your home.
- NO SPOTS MISSED: With Matrix Clean Navigation, the vacuum cleans in a precise matrix grid taking multiple passes over dirt and debris for whole home, deep cleaning coverage.
- IT EMPTIES ITSELF: The bagless, self-emptying base holds up to 30 days of dirt and debris while its true HEPA filtration captures and traps 99.97%* of dust and allergens (*down to .3 microns).
- PRECISION HOME MAPPING: 360° LiDAR vision quickly and accurately maps your home so your robot can methodically clean detecting and avoiding objects in its path, day or night, adapting to everyday changes in the home.
- PERFECT FOR HOMES WITH PETS: With powerful vacuum suction, Shark’s self-cleaning brushroll, and HEPA filtration system the robot captures pet hair, dust, dander and allergens with ease.
- HANDS-FREE CONTROL: Set a cleaning schedule, initiate on-demand cleaning, or activate cleans all with sound of your voice using desertcart Alexa or Google Assistant.
- EXTENDED RUNTIME: Up to 120 minutes of runtime for whole-home cleaning. And with Recharge and Resume, the robot will return to the dock, recharge, and can pick up where it left off.
- BUILT, TESTED, AND PERFECTED: Shark puts their robots through rigorous testing to guarantee reliable, and high-quality performance.
- WHAT’S INCLUDED: 1 Shark AI Ultra Robot, 1 HEPA Self-Empty Base, and 2 Side Brushes.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B09H8CWFNK |
| Batteries are Included | Yes |
| Battery Life | 120 minutes |
| Battery Type | Lithium Ion |
| Best Sellers Rank | #8,531 in Home & Kitchen ( See Top 100 in Home & Kitchen ) #6 in Robotic Vacuums |
| Brand | Shark |
| Brand Name | Shark |
| Color | Dark Grey/Silver |
| Compatible Devices | Amazon Alexa, Google Home |
| Control Method | Voice |
| Controller Type | App Control |
| Customer Reviews | 4.1 out of 5 stars 8,151 Reviews |
| Filter Type | Foam |
| Form Factor | Robotic |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 10622356585757 |
| Included Components | Filter, HEPA Self-Empty Base, Shark AI Robot, Side Brush |
| Indoor Outdoor Usage | Indoor |
| Item Dimensions L x W x H | 13.7"L x 13.7"W x 4.1"H |
| Item Type Name | Shark AV2501S AI Robot Vacuum with HEPA Self-Empty Base, Bagless, 30-Day Capacity, LIDAR Navigation, Perfect for Pet Hair, Compatible with Alexa, Wi-Fi Connected, Dark Grey |
| Item Weight | 14.42 Pounds |
| Manufacturer | SharkNinja |
| Manufacturer Warranty Description | 1 year limited warranty. |
| Model Name | AI Ultra |
| Model Number | AV2501S |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Number of Speeds | 1 |
| Number of Wheels | 2 |
| Other Special Features of the Product | Bagless, Pet Hair Pick Up, Self-Cleaning Brushroll, Self-Emptying |
| Portable | No |
| Power Source | Battery Powered |
| Product Dimensions | 13.7"L x 13.7"W x 4.1"H |
| Recommended Uses For Product | Regular home cleaning, Pet hair cleaning |
| Special Feature | Bagless, Pet Hair Pick Up, Self-Cleaning Brushroll, Self-Emptying |
| Style Name | Matrix Dry Auto Empty (30 days) |
| Surface Recommendation | Carpets & Hard Floors |
| UPC | 622356585750 |
| Voltage | 120 Volts |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Shark
- **Color:** Dark Grey/Silver
- **Model Name:** AI Ultra
- **Special Feature:** Bagless, Pet Hair Pick Up, Self-Cleaning Brushroll, Self-Emptying
- **Surface Recommendation:** Carpets & Hard Floors

## Images

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## Available Options

This product comes in different **Style** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: Does anyone notice dust eeking out of the gaskets on the dust bin? Is this normal?**
A: Mine does and I think its normal.

**Q: I really like my shark robot but the side sweepers keep breaking off.  Does anyone know why?**
A: I've had the bristles bend/curl, but never break off. Do you mean that the  only the bristles break off, or that the whole brush, including the piece that snaps onto the robot comes off? If the latter, are you fully snapping the brush onto the robot? It does take a bit of pressure. If it just won't hold, it could it be a defect in manufacturing and you should 1. Buy and try new brushes, and if it continues to happen, use your warranty. Call Amazon who can help you. Good luck!

**Q: does it work on 5G?**
A: It indeed App commands works with 5G outside of your home.  My wife has been asking me to spot clean while im at work lol!!!

Truly a lifesaver for allergens

**Q: Would this work on Spanish tile floors with 3/4" grout and transition to wool rugs about 1" thick?**
A: It can transition and has good suction. I just had mine vacuum artificial Christmas tree needles. Did a great job my rug.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ All around great robot vacuum
*by B***N on November 25, 2022*

TL;DR: This robot vacuum is awesome and worth every penny. Highly recommend this vacuum to everyone, my wife agrees! Happy wife, happy life! Might buy another for my upstairs. For a robot vacuum, it does what I expect and makes my life easier. I don't make it pick up large debris, robot vacuums seem to perform best with small debris. Large debris may get stuck or caught. Lidar works phenomenal, but with some hiccups when mapping house (mostly human error). Routing around obstacles works well, slows around objects and if anything is bumped it's so light and cushioned, it's not a problem. 5 stars overall. 4 stars deep cleaning and suction leaving room for improvement, it's a robot vacuum, what do you expect? Probably has Alexa integration, but I use Google assistant and it works great! --- I ordered this back in July 2022 and got it end of the month. I waited some time to let the excitement die a little before posting a review, but it never really did. This is my first robot vacuum and one of the best purchase decisions I have made this year. When researching for the right robot vacuum, I found that most of the highly rated vacuums don't seem to make it past 6 months or a year when reading reviews. Also manufacturers seems to make new models every year, so finding something that is reliable and lasts longer than this timeframe is hard to find. Of course, I am only onto my 5th month of owning this vacuum. When I broke the vacuum out of the box, my first inclination was to take it out and get it started. But thinking about the other reviews I have read on this vacuum and others like it, I wanted to read the instructions first. This is not a regular vacuum that you plug in and push. It has lots of little parts that make it different and potentially not taking care of it properly could damage the device. So anybody reading this, read the instructions first. Understand how to properly take care of it and clean it. Also, comparing to other reviews, clean it regularly. Now for my somewhat long review: Is it quiet? Yes and no. It is a robot vacuum, how loud do you expect it to be? You're not doing the work, but it is. It is quieter than a regular vacuum, but no idea how quiet other robot vacuums are. If a robot vacuum is loud or quiet, who cares? What matters is that it can clean stuff. Can you watch tv while it runs? Yes you can watch tv. Just turn up the volume a little, no need to blast it like when running a normal push vacuum. Can it pick up everything? No, it's a robot vacuum. Don't put too much trust in it. What I typically do is remove all obstacles (cords, bags, blankets) from the ground and any larger debris that might get caught in the motors (cotton balls left from the dog, pieces left behind from chewed up toys, strings from rope toys). Dog hair? My dog constantly sheds, but has short hair. I run it twice per week on thin carpet and once per week on hard floors. I don't notice the dog hair until I see what the vacuum picked up and it does a great job! The majority of stuff this picks up is dog hair and a lot of it. For longer haired dogs or thicker haired dogs, I assume this will get the job done as long human hair doesn't get stuck at all like my regular vacuum does. Small leaves? It picks up small leaves and debris similar size, but may leaf some behind. It also might get caught in spinning brushes and make a slightly louder noise on hard floor. I waited for it to finish and then pulled the leaf out, no harm. Dog kibble? Ok this one was an accident, didn't see it against the brown colored floor before starting vacuum. Sounded like the robot was choking and about to die, literally. I had to stop it right away and retrieve the small rock sized (width of thumbnail) dog food from the vacuum. Can you run it when away from home? I read too many horror stories of vacuums cleaning pet poop, but it is not the reason I don't start it when I'm not home. Like the last two points, if something gets caught, you need to be there to fish it out. I may have spot checked the floor, but even that sometimes isn't good enough. Also, one time a week or two ago, it finally got confused and couldn't move past a futon leg. It kept spinning back and forth (maybe for 5 minutes) until I nudged the futon half an inch, then it broke free of its endless loop. This was the only time this ever happened since I got it. Every other time it does an excellent job of finding its way through, even finding its way through a jungle of table and chair legs. Lidar mapping floorplan? Simply amazing! I had it map 4 different rooms. The first time was great, but missed a few minor areas, of which was my fault. I left things on the floor and in the way of the robot when it mapped the floorplan. The second time, I removed the obstacles, but it didn't map another room properly. The third time, I removed a chair, which the robot vacuum had just enough clearance to fit under (1st time it went under, 2nd time it did not), so that it can map that area of the carpet and not count it as a wall. Lidar in general? It works great to avoid obstacles and get around legs of any sort. Only thing is if the leg is curved, like my kitchen table, it doesn't know when to properly maneuver around it. But no worries! The bumper is amazing! It lightly bumps in to obstacles and the vacuum does a minor adjustment to figure out how to go around it. Damaging furniture? Nope! Doesn't happen. The robot is so careful around obstacles and even when it does bump things, its lightly bumps it and doesn't scratch or anything. When it approaches obstacles (walls or furniture) it moves at a slower pace. This thing is intelligent. Suction? For a robot vacuum, it does everything it needs to and does it very well. There are different levels for suction in the app, I have only needed to use the normal section. The max suction I have never needed to use, but it is an option if things get too out of hand. There is also an ultra clean option, not tried it, but think it just spends more time going over stuff. If I ever try ultra clean option, maybe need to change deep clean star to a 5, but I'm making the assumption that it will never perform as well as a normal vacuum. Battery? I run two rooms per day I run it, but sometimes do all 4 rooms when I forget to run it. It lasts easily to finish all 4 rooms with charge left over. I'm guessing lowest percentage of battery life was 35% or 40% after doing all 4, this is a wild guess though, could've been higher. For 2 rooms it's usually at 60% after it's done, that I know for sure. Emptying? It has a bin that it empties to. If the robot either runs for too long (or not sure if it senses if it is full of junk) it may return to the docking station to empty itself. This system works great, but the bin needs to be cleaned out occasionally. There is also a filter in the bin system that needs to be cleaned, just like regular vacuums may have. App? No issues running it on my Android. Can select rooms and see the layout easily. Drawing rooms works great as well! Robotiness? It makes all the noises a robot vacuum should and it's awesome! Just thought you should know! Beep boop boop! Ratings: I give it 5 stars because as it is a robot vacuum, it meets all of my expectations. 4 stars on deep cleaning and suction because it isn't perfect, but is excellent as a robot vacuum. I haven't used my regular vacuum in the areas that this one runs because it seems to do such a great job. Integration with Google works great! I don't use Alexa with this one. Again, this is one of the best purchases I made this year. Definitely recommend this vacuum to everyone. Don't spend $1k on something else.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fantastic Little Robot Vacuum
*by R***S on December 16, 2024*

We bought this during the 2024 Black Friday sales event. We previously owned a model from a different maker, but that one was a simple "bump" style that we had tired of over the last couple years. We wanted to try a smarter type that could also self-clean, so when this popped up on offer we took a chance and bought it. We have three large dogs that constantly shed, as well as two cats; all are inside pets. We have hardwood floors throughout the house except for the bedrooms, so the plan was for this little guy to handle the hardwood floors while we vacuum the carpets with a standard vacuum cleaner. I haven't had the chance to do an actual mapping run of the house because we are still in the process of moving in and there are boxes and other items in various areas that haven't been put away. I've only let the little fella roam on his own without mapping, but I hope to have everything put away (or mostly put away) by the end of the year. So far our little robot has done a great job on the hardwood floors. He picks up way more than the other robot vacuum ever did. It's amazing to watch it dock and empty itself into the base station, then get back to work all on its own. One great feature is how it cleans the brush roller. I'm not sure how it does it, but it does a great job. It does leave some hairs behind on the roller right in the middle when the metal support lies on the brush cover, as well as at the edges of the brush where it attaches to the motor. I wasn't surprise by that and it should be expected since those areas aren't easy to access without removing the cover and brush roll from the machine. The hairs came off super easy by hand, though. It was far easier to remove them than with the other vacuum robot we owned. The base station holding tank would probably last 30 days in houses without pets, or with one small pet; however, with our 5 pets it filled up within a few days of running 1-2 times per day. I checked it after about 6-8 days of running and it was quite full. It might have been able to run for another day or two (maybe longer), but I didn't want to risk it and was already heading to the rubbish bin anyway, so I went ahead and emptied it. The one frustrating thing I've found so far is the tall foam filter in the base dumps dirt out when you lift it out to clean it. I discovered that when I was emptying the base for the first time and decided to pull that out to give it a quick clean. Fine dirt just kept dropping out of it while I walked to the front door, leaving a trail of dirt behind. Now I know to only remove that when either outside or above the trash, both of which require lifting the base and taking it somewhere else. I can live with that slight inconvenience since the robot does so much work for me otherwise. Overall I am very pleased with the purchase. I suppose there are more expensive options out there, but this one is fine for our needs. I MIGHT update this review once I have the little guy map the house and start doing fully automated runs.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.5 Stars +++
*by B***. on December 2, 2022*

This is a new product for us, and I am still learning it. I may modify this review as I learn more. So far I rate it at 4 1/2 stars, as its pretty good, but I can see ways to improve it. 1. I have several of the earlier generation of robotic vacuums, by the company that originated them, a different company. 2. Comparing this unit to those, I find the following: a. This unit will map the floor you choose. You then label the rooms and can add rooms and no go zones. Exactly how to do this is not well covered in the instructions, but it does work. I had to get second level Shark support involved to show me how. First level was courteous but not much good. b. The robot had several opportunities to fall down the stairs. It did not. I set up a "no go" zone for the stairs after that. However, the "no-go" zones can not be narrower than about 7 feet, which I think is a programming error on the part of Shark. Never the less, the robot did honor the no go zone. c. The robot seems to clean well. It did 2+ rooms and part of the hall, then went back to empty and resumed. When completed the bin on the base was 3/4 full (we have cattle dogs) so I think it did a pretty good job. d. Unlike our previous robot vacuums, this one does not seem to move in a random fashion. It moves more like a lawn mower, row by row. I think it does a better job. e. It still cant quite get into corners... corners are square and the robot is round. f. Our older robots could only find their way back to base by randomly hunting around until they caught the light from the base... line of sight. This unit, will go directly back to base to recharge, unload or at the end of the run, without delay. Due to the mapping, it knows where the base is. g. The emptying procedure is a vaccine procedure also. The base acts as its own vacuum, cleaning out the robot. This works well, and quickly. All in all, I am happy with this purchase. Update after owning this for about a week: I like this so much, I went and bought a similar model for the first floor (AV2511AE). The only difference I can detect is the color of the unit, and the 2511 has a larger base waste storage bin. These units perform well, and do not smack into furniture like the older units. My house is cleaner with very little effort on my part. The only thing it does not seem to want to clean is the stairs... I guess this is for future humanoid robots. I do have to clean the filter on the robot about once a week (or more often if you like). The filter on the base is to be cleaned less often. I am happy with these purchases. I am somewhat allergic to dog hair and dander... and this seems to really help. Best wishes to all.

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