Shark IQ Robot Vacuum
Key Takeaways
- Type:Robot Vacuum Cleaner (Cordless)
- Best For:Hard Floor, Carpet
- Features:Cordless
- Status:Out of Stock
- Weight:6.2 lbs
The Shark IQ Robot Vacuum is a robot vacuum cleaner from Shark last listed at $169.44. It offers a 6.2 lb body. It is currently out of stock.
Shark is a mid-range vacuum brand founded in 1998, headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts, USA. Known for: Navigator series, DuoClean technology, Lift-Away vacuums.
Quick Specs
- Brand
- Shark
- Type
- Robot
- Power Source
- Cordless
- Capacity
- 0.57 L
- Weight
- 6.2 lbs
- Filter Type
- Washable
- Navigation
- IQ Navigation (row-by-row mapping)
- Suction
- Deep-cleaning power for large debris, pet hair
- Brushroll
- Self-cleaning (no hair wrap)
- Surfaces
- Hard floors, carpets
- Control
- SharkClean app, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant
- Features
- Recharge & resume, dual side brushes
- Includes
- Robot, charging dock, 2 side brushes, filter, boundary strips
About This Vacuum
The Shark IQ Robot Vacuum maps your home and cleans in methodical rows, covering each room wall to wall before moving to the next area. IQ Navigation handles the layout so you don't have to think about coverage. A self-cleaning brushroll removes pet hair and long hair as it works, so you won't spend time cutting tangles out of the brush. Dual spinning side brushes pull debris from corners and edges the main brush misses. Control it through the SharkClean app or voice commands with Alexa and Google Assistant. You can schedule cleanings from anywhere. When the battery runs low, the vacuum returns to dock, recharges, and resumes cleaning exactly where it stopped. The XL dust bin and multi-stage filtration capture 99% of dust and dander down to 1 micron, making it well-suited for pet owners. It handles both carpets and hard floors with strong suction. At 6.2 lb, it's heavy enough for serious cleaning but small enough to fit under most furniture. Navigation is the weak spot on some units: the map can be imperfect, the pattern can turn random, and a few never build a map at all.
Frequently Asked Questions
Often, but not always. Row-by-row cleaning works in many homes, while on some units the map is imperfect, the pattern turns random, or a map never gets built at all. If the Shark IQ hasn't produced a usable map after a few runs, that's the problem to take up with Shark support.
Sometimes. Scheduling and voice control through the SharkClean app, Alexa and Google Assistant work well in many homes, but others hit disconnects or app logouts, and scheduled runs get skipped. Check the Shark IQ's status in the app every so often.
A lot. In homes with dogs and cats, it pulls up hair on hard floors, carpet and rugs, often leaving little for an upright to find afterwards. The self-cleaning brushroll on the Shark IQ also removes wrapped hair as it works.
Yes. It moves between hard floors and area rugs, including thick kitchen mats, without getting stuck. That makes the AV970 a reasonable fit for mixed floors, where a robot that snags on every mat would need rescuing, and you can leave the kitchen mats where they are.
About 60 to 90 minutes per run is what's reported, which usually covers a floor or an open-plan area. In at least one home it heads back to charge after about an hour. When the battery runs low, the Shark IQ docks, recharges and resumes where it stopped.
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Quick Specs
- Brand
- Shark
- Type
- Robot
- Power Source
- Cordless
- Capacity
- 0.57 L
- Weight
- 6.2 lbs
- Filter Type
- Washable
- Navigation
- IQ Navigation (row-by-row mapping)
- Suction
- Deep-cleaning power for large debris, pet hair
- Brushroll
- Self-cleaning (no hair wrap)
- Surfaces
- Hard floors, carpets
- Control
- SharkClean app, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant
- Features
- Recharge & resume, dual side brushes
- Includes
- Robot, charging dock, 2 side brushes, filter, boundary strips
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