Best Self Vacuum for Dog hair
4.2 out of 5 on Amazon
Lefant Robot Vacuum Cleaner, Tangle-Free, Strong Suction, Slim, Low Noise, Automatic Self-Charging, Wi-Fi/App/Alexa Control, Ideal for Pet Hair Hard Floor and Daily Cleaning, M210
Great for my small space
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2022
All in all, I have been wanting to get a robot vacuum for a long time to just handle a chore that I frequently don’t have the spoons or time for. During Prime week I had concerns that this one was as discounted as it was but figured I can always return it – so decided to get it.
Verified Purchase, Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2022
I have the largest bedroom in the town home, I close my closet and bathroom door and move an object to sit Infront of my dresser, so it won’t go under it (as my cat5 cable threads through that space). I push the button and leave and go to work. I come home and find it returned to its base and I dump its container.
When I first got it, it successfully vacuumed a considerable amount of dog hair that I didn’t even realize was on the floor. My room consumes a full charge as the fan is set to high, so I tend to run it multiple times in a week to ensure that it has gotten everywhere.
because the sweeper arms once bent are pretty much in that shape for forever, i doubt its “deep cleaning” over a full size/power vacuum, but it does a really good job and simple enough to just run it a few times in a week.
Suction Power, I didn’t feel was at 5 stars and admit it might be because of my carpet type. I just felt that it wasn’t doing much unless the fan was set to High. But, Ive kept it on High, and let it do its thing without issue; i just dont think that low or medium are very impactful for me.
The included batteries for the remote are next to useless but that is to be expected for included batteries. The remote isn’t really intuitive and the instruction book is only kinda useful. I found it easier to simply ignore it and push the button.
I downloaded the app, as well as integrated with Alexa – but after a few attempts… it was still easier to just go and push the button.
All in all, I don’t have any other robot vacuum to compare it to, but I definitely like this one and like the effort it puts in and saves me from doing. I may eventually save money for a more name brand model with bells and whistles – but this one works for me and has been working like a charm since I got it. Though I have been attempting to figure out where/how to get more of the sweeping arm things…
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4.3 out of 5 on Amazon
iRobot Roomba 694 Robot Vacuum-Wi-Fi Connectivity, Personalized Cleaning Recommendations, Works with Alexa, Good for Pet Hair, Carpets, Hard Floors, Self-Charging, Roomba 694
Glad we took the plunge.
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2022
Neither I nor my partner are, by nature, fans of tech. It took us two years of toying with the idea to finally take a chance with this Roomba. We live in a dry high desert climate so lots of dust during the hot summers and mud during the wet winters. Add a constantly shedding dog and two humans who go in out frequently (neither of whom is interested in sweeping 2-3 times per day) and we mostly lived unhappily with dirty floors.
Verified Purchase, Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2022
After watching a number of videos, we decided on the Roomba 694 which was about $180. It came in a couple of days, then sat unopened for a couple of weeks, due tech hesitancy.
We needn’t have worried. The instructions are super easy for basic setup. I have not yet downloaded the app, as there were quite a few poor reviews in the Google Play store. So we just charged “Agador” up and turned him loose. We have a combination of wood, laminate and area rugs. We took the obvious potential problems out of the way – some loose electrical cord jumbles and piles of loose papers. He did his thing and we kept an eye on him but the only thing we had to save him from was the tray that holds the dog dishes. He climbed over the low edge and was banging around, slopping water. So that needs to be put up. We only let him work for about an hour, as we had several people visiting and Etta Mae was barking herself into a frenzy every time Agador came near her, but in that time he managed to get in and out of the bathroom, the laundry room and a couple of bedrooms from his original start in the living room. He had no problem going from hard floor to carpet and dealt easily with the area rugs. One had a loose thread on the edge, which Agador tried to pick up, but we noticed and cut it off before it caused him a problem. There was no noticeable pattern, just lots of bumbling around our very cluttered areas but he did fill up his dirt collector. Since then, he seems to have gotten much better. He gets around the table and chair legs faster and cleans that area better than the first few times. By looking at the marks on the carpeted area, I can see that he is getting more effective at covering the entire area in the bedrooms and our hard floors in the high traffic areas look really clean after each of his twice daily cleaning sessions. (Bonus: It makes me want to mop more often when I don’t have to sweep first.)
Every few days I use the broom to get in/under a couple dust collecting places where he doesn’t fit or I don’t allow him, like under the computer desk where there worst tangle of cords lives. I just sweep that dirt out into the open area and turn Agador loose. Etta is getting used to him and the noise level he produces is not enough to bother me since I usually have an audiobook or something playing in my earbuds when I’m stuck indoors.
If and when I download the app, I will report back here. But I could happily use him just the way I am now for a long time.
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4.2 out of 5 on Amazon
iRobot Roomba i3+ EVO (3550) Self-Emptying Robot Vacuum – Now Clean By Room With Smart Mapping, Empties Itself For Up To 60 Days, Works With Alexa, Ideal For Pet Hair, Carpets
This is a real time saver
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2021
I always thought these were gimmicky. But I got one for Christmas and liked it so much I bought 2 more. I have all hard flooring, no carpets, and 2 dogs, a cat, and two birds that all contribute to mess. So I had to sweep everyday or I’d get those pet-hair tubleweeds blowing around. Having to sweep all the time I get lazy and let it go; or when I do it I spend an hour or 2 sweeping or vacuuming. These robots save me hours of time and get the job done better because they are relentless. I set them on a schedule and they do it everyday completely. I have one robot that I manually have to empty the cup everyday. He’s in the bedroom, since I’m in that room every day that’s convenient enough and only takes 2 minutes. I bought an i3+ and an i4+, they self empty and I have to change the bag about once every 2-4 months. I don’t mind the cost of the vacuum bags because they give me so many hours of my time back.
Verified Purchase, Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2021
The first one I got is the little guy. The little guy’s name is Finigan. Finigan isn’t too smart. He vacuums in a random pattern. I started with him in the main part of the house. He did a great job but his battery usually ran out before he considered himself done. So the space is a bit more then he likes. He did a great job though. But I loved it so much I got more to cover the whole house and moved him to the smaller bedroom area. In the bedroom suite (bedroom + bathroom~350sq ft), he spends about 45 minutes zipping around to cover everything. When his battery is low he docks himself. I have to empty his cup everyday. At first his cup was usually about 3/4 full to full. The first day it filled and he stopped. I had to empty it and re-start him. After a few months of daily vacuuming, the cup is about 1/4 full each day. So I switched him to a MWF schedule. He’s still about 1/4 to 1/2 full each use. He even goes under the bed and keeps that clean. It’s really great.
The i3+ is Dixie. Dixie does the downstairs. Dixie is smart. She goes in straight line patterns and covers the entire space using a very planned straight line methodical routine. The first day she poked around learning. It was about 1.5 hours. After that, the entire job was planned out and she did the whole thing in about 45 minutes. She has no problem when certain doors are opened vs closed. When it’s open, she goes in and vacuums. If it’s closed, she skips it. Her cleaning time varies from about 45 minutes to 1hr 15minutes depending on whether the extra rooms are included (doors open vs closed). She drives back to her base when done and docks. And the base sucks out what she collected. I love the base, it means I do not have to tend to her everyday. I actually only need to change the bag about every 3-4 months. There’s not a lot going on downstairs. The litter box is there and so the cat pays visits. But we aren’t down there daily tracking things around. Thanks to Dixie, there’s no fur balls, hair-tumbleweeds, dust, or dirt. Always a nice clean floor. It’s awesome. Her map in the app shows where she found ‘extra’ dirt. Usually right in front of the litter box. It’s so awesome not having to sweep up litter daily. I have her on a MWF schedule too and that is more than enough to keep the place clean.
I recently got Nick, an i4+ for the upstairs. He’s quieter. He’s like Dixie in is planning and map reporting, so he’s smart. It’s very cool. He also gets the job done quickly. First day was like 1.5 hours learning. Now he’s done in 50 minutes. The base sucks everything out so I don’t have to tend to him as much as Finigan. He’s in the main part of the house and it gets the most dirty. The dogs spend all there time here. The cat is up here most of the time. And we have two birds who send seeds everywhere. It’s amazing how far from the cage those birds can flick seeds. And their feathers and drift everywhere too. Nick takes care of all that. I do need to manually get under the couch and behind and under furniture which I do once every month or so. But this robot is awesome. Saves me the day in and day out sweeping and vacuuming.
Having robots spend 3+ robot labor hours each day vacuuming is an awesome human labor saver. Once they’ve hit the whole house for a month or two I’m able to step them back to MWF schedules. Their brushes do a great job in the corners, better than me sweeping or vacuuming; mostly because they hit those corners every day and spend the time swirling that brush to work on it. That constant day in day out effort pays off over time. I really can’t imagine going back to manually doing this. I look back at the hours I spent doing it thinking that was Neanderthal days. I look forward to telling my grand kids how I used to walk to school uphill in the snow everyday, dial rotary phones, select music off of CD’s I had to manually put into a machine, and now, that I spent hours sweeping the floors in the good old days.
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4.2 out of 5 on Amazon
ILIFE V3s Pro Robot Vacuum Cleaner, Tangle-free Suction , Slim, Automatic Self-Charging Robotic Vacuum Cleaner, Daily Schedule Cleaning, Ideal For Pet Hair，Hard Floor and Low Pile Carpet,Pearl White
Great for Corgi hair.
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2022
I reviewed many vacuums probably over 30 looking for something within a good budget but also has suction power and the ability to do something that I feel like most vacuums don’t seem to do well or if they do it well do it for like crazy price.
Verified Purchase, Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2022
I was looking for a vacuum that did well on low carpet hardwood floors and didn’t have to do stairs.
But the main factor I was focused on was dog hair and small leaves.
Anyone who lives in a rural area will understand that dogs come in the house and they bring leaves and dirt on their feet and also dogs especially corgis have a insane amount of small fluff hair that comes off overtime and you don’t always see it.
I needed a vacuum that could take care of this small hair without me vacuuming and spending hours trying to find every bit fluff turning around and fluffing around like tumbleweeds in the desert.
I got this vacuum because it was on sale for $100 on Black Friday and that was the sweet spot for the price.
The runner-up was the Wyze robot vacuum because of reviews about dog hair.
The iLife is a dumb dumb robot so it runs around bumping into things but it does a great job cleaning it does not map your house so if that’s a concern you don’t have to worry about that.
Pros it does a great job cleaning picking up hair you’ll still need to vacuum with a real vacuum to get the deep deep down dirt but if you run the iLife robot every 3 days it’s getting a large amount of surface and medium level dirt and hair.
The downfall of this particular robot is it will run for about 2 hours bouncing around and the battery may die before it gets home because of its dumb dumb nature of just bouncing around.
Not always bad because later on you find it on the ground you pick it up you put it in it’s charge station and that’s that.
While it’s cleaning you might hear it be occasionally asking for help because it’s cleaner basket is full you dump it real quick it keeps going.
Honestly the first time second time and third time this thing ran I was stunned with how much stuff was in that basket.
Overall if you can get this for a hundred to $150 it’s a great deal if you’re looking for a basic dum dum vacuum to help you get some surface level hair leaves and dirt in the house.
If you have a gym mat or workout mat that’s a permanent fixture in your house that is 1 in tall it may have trouble initially going up on it but when it approaches it from an angle it seems to be able to pop itself on top of it.
Something to look out for is if anyone ever leaves a string or your carpets have a loose carpet fiber it may pick it up and it will spin around the bristles. But I believe this would happen with any vacuum.
(Note this robot was NOT tested on shag carpeting. So if you have that in your house I have no idea how it would handle it but it handles carpet and hardwood and vinyl well)
If you’re looking for something that’s going to do everything make a map of your house and you can turn on from your car from work.. All the special features This is not the one for you This is the one for people who just want a vacuum to run around the house clean up and if for some reason somebody breaks it you won’t feel so distraught from the price loss.
Cleaning effectiveness 4/5
Suction power. 4/5
Special features 2/5
Value 5/5
battery life 3/5
Ability to climb 3/5
Overall if you’re on a budget and you’re worried that you might have someone in your household who may break an expensive tool this is a great value for what it does.
Also if you have a corgi this is definitely a good vacuum on a budget that’s going to take care of the hair. Just be ready to empty the basket while it’s cleaning.
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4.3 out of 5 on Amazon
Shark RV1001AE IQ Robot Self-Empty XL, Robot Vacuum with IQ Navigation, Home Mapping, Self-Cleaning Brushroll, Wi-Fi Connected, Works with Alexa, Black
Best purchase for our home so far
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2021
Since we bought this in late November, which I suggest getting since it was newely half off its retail price of 600 (gotta love black Friday), I have only had to get out the old vacuum once. I was worried that we would have to get it out more than that to get under our cabinets in the kitchen, but that is luckily not a problem. If I see something under there now I just push it to the middle of the floor if I know shark is going to clean that day.
So here we go…
Pros:
-it literally cleans about 95% of your floors. Hair is not a problem, tangling on the roller is not a problem, larger debris is generally not a problem (I had some things here and there get missed the first go around, but I mostly see that it has problems on carpets, which we have mostly hardwood floors so not a big deal).
-it mapped out our first floor, which is sizeable, in about 2 go cleanings. I was worried about this as a large amount of reviews stated that it took 30 or more cleanings to map their house out and it still didn’t map it correctly. The one thing I noticed about these reviews is that they are mostly from from a year ago, so I’m assuming that there has been a software update since then to address this issue. It was super efficient at mapping.
– I see this as a pro, but some might not, is that it teaches you to adjust your cleanliness behaviors. You need to keep the floors free of obstacles (as much as possible) in order for this robot to do its job, which means moving your shoes, picking up toys, moving chairs, etc. It was good for my wife and i to adapt better habits anyway and this was a good way to Kickstart that for our household.
– if you have allergies, this thing picks up a ton of dust. Since we don’t have a pet (yet) it mostly picks up some food, hair and dust on the floor. Man does it help. My allergies have been much better over the past 2 months.
– some people gave the app negative reviews, but I found it helpful overall. It is simple, easy and quick to make adjustments on.
-you really don’t have to empty this but once a month. And, honestly, I could get away with maybe once every 2 months instead. Don’t forget to do a monthly maintenance check and clean the filter, but this is a 5 minute routine once a month. Much easier than busting out the bulky vacuum all the time.
CONS
-speaking of the app, it needs a no go zone feature. The magnet strips, while great, don’t effectively help in managing the bots path all the time. Make sure to tape it or use 3m sticky stuff to keep it on the floor otherwise your bot will try to suck it up and take it for a ride with it. The no go zone feature would be helpful for wire areas, furniture, or kid play areas. I hear it is supposed to come along sometime in the future, hopefully soon.
-carpet cleaning is a little bit of an issue. We have a giant area rug in our living room and it sometimes has issues with picking up stuff. Luckily, the bot does 2 or 3 sweeps, which most times gets the debris or fuzzies on our carpet, but not all the time. This is indicated on YouTube reviews that I watched before I purchased this, so I knew what to expect.
-it is slightly noisy and takes a while to clean. I advise to make the schedule while you are not home, because it can change your daily routine pattern. Generally, it takes about an hour and a half to clean our 600 square foot first floor. I keep it on normal mode, but there is a higher power suction mode that is louder. So get ready to turn the volume up on your TV. I did hear from a roomba user though that this bot is quieter, so I guess it’s subjective.
-this is more if a personal gripe, it might not be a big deal for you, but I was hoping to have a meet the Jetsons vibe when I connected it to my alexa. I wanted to say “alexa, clean the kitchen” and it do just that. Unfortunately, it doesn’t do different room commands, it just does its normal full routine. You can do this through the shark app, which is simple and easy enough. So designate room names and tell it to clean just that room. Still, if you have a kitchen mess and you want to use verbal commands through alexa skills to do something while you are continuing chores or cooking, it would be a nice touch if it did it. Oh well, that’s just me.
Overall a great purchase. Currently, I got mine for roughly 315 and I am doing monthly payments with Amazon, which I love this feature of Amazon’s payments. I pay it off in March in monthly installments of 64 bucks. It is worth the money compared to those roombas that cause double or triple the shark bot. I did a ton of research on different vacuums and this one is in the top 5 (as of right now). I highly recommend this to anyone with similar lay out as us (mostly hard wood floors with area rugs). I found the cons to be just nit picking at its performance, and overall it makes our life 80x easier. I give it a 4.5 out 5 for my personal home and I hope this review was helpful.
1 year update:
Dog hair: Still going strong and still highly recommend for those with mostly hard wood floors or linoleum. In fact, I recommended it to my mom and dad and now they have one and love it. We did finally get to test it with some serious dog hair. We had an Australian Shepard (which has super thick and clingy fur) and another dog that visited for several days. Both are extremely active and were all over our floors and our one carpet area. They left a ton of fur and it did take 3 or 4 cleanings to get up about 80% of the hair. Whatever was left over was bunched up on the carpet and was easily removable thanks to shark. Just be prepared to wait a few days for the fur to be cleaned up in the carpet. If it’s hardwood then it is cleaned up instantly.
Hair and roller blade: I have not had any issues with the roller blades and hair tangling. I had to untangle some hair that rolled to the center twice. It is an easy fix. Take scissors and a quick snip and boom solved the problem. The big thing is that it doesn’t hinder the cleaning ability of the vacuum.
Parts: I haven’t had to replace any of the parts yet on it. Just keep up with monthly maintenance and it will hold up. Clean the filters and the dust cup monthly and it will run smoothly. The battery life is still the same too. No issues with battery degradation.
Errors and software stuff: so the errors are minor with this robot. It is the occasional bumper is stuck and that the dust cup needs to be emptied, which is nice if you forget to keep up with maintenance. The only issue I have with the software is that it used to be able to clean specific rooms when I originally got it, but now it doesn’t allow me to do that at all. It’s a bummer since sometimes I still stuff in the kitchen and I just want it to do that room, not an entire cleaning again. Also, and this is a small gripe, but I wish that I could have the robot automatically go to max suction mode every cleaning. Instead, I have to go to my shark app on my phone and change it from normal mode (which is its default cleaning mode) to max.
Overall, I would still say this is a 4.5 out of 5. Minor issues, but still totally worth it.
Verified Purchase, Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2021
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