What you can expect from the Shark Navigator Self-Empty
What testers say about the Shark Navigator Self-Empty
Mid-room, the Shark Navigator Self-Empty will halt and turn a full circle to work out its position. Just A Dad Approved traced the habit to a laser that looks forward only, where most laser-guided robots carry one that spins on top, and counted it the robot's chief irritation, since every pause adds time to a clean. It also made the robot clumsy among clutter, with 5 out of 10 for obstacles from a tester whose robots mostly get 7.5. Vacuum Wars, testing it under another model number, gave no points for avoiding objects and a navigation mark of 2.94 out of 5, below its 3.145 median.
The station is the better part. It collects dust in a bagless bin, as roughly one in eight stations of this kind do, and Shark says it holds 60 days of dirt, so no bags need buying. Inside the robot the bin is a 190-milliliter one, with 305 milliliters usual, which sends it back to empty more often on a dusty floor. Door sills are less of a hurdle, with 1 inch cleared where 0.8 inches is the norm.
Cleaning was middling in both labs. Just A Dad Approved gave carpet 6 out of 10, one point below its norm, and saw long hair wrap the single roller, and the 2.42 out of 5 Vacuum Wars gave for pet hair falls well short of its 3.735 midpoint.
