'Really smart' Shark robot vacuum cleaner is £200 off for Prime Day - its best ever price

Take all the grunt work out of cleaning your house by investing in Shark's high-tech robot vacuum.

Ever wanted to take some of the legwork out of cleaning? A robot vacuum is a total gamechanger - and snapping up this futuristic bit of tech doesn't have to break the bank.

With a 40% discount, the Shark PowerDetect Self-Empty Robot Vacuum Cleaner is just £299.99 this Prime Day, reduced from £499.99. Available in black or white, this automatic vacuum cleaner has a remarkable feature set that overcomes all but the most challenging obstacles; we’re looking at you, stairs.

By automatically selecting and switching between its three modes — Dirt Detect, Edge Detect, and Floor Detect — this nifty vacuum optimises its suction, orientation, and behaviour for the surface, mess level, and position within each room as it works tirelessly to eradicate every last crumb and dust bunny. Using LiDAR technology, famous for acting as self-driving cars’ “eyes”, the vacuum cleaner’s laser navigation develops a 3D map of your home so it can detect and avoid obstacles and no-go zones, even in the dark.

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Its wheel base also allows it to raise and lower itself, meaning it will have a hard time getting stuck on a threshold or the edge of a carpet, and it even comes with a self-emptying feature. Once its job is done, or it’s at capacity, the Shark PowerDetect returns to its base to unload up to 60 days’ worth of dirt into its anti-odour, anti-allergen tank. If all that wasn’t enough, this automatic vacuum cleaner can also be controlled via a companion smartphone app, and it can be hooked up to Alexa smart home ecosystems too!

Shark is so confident in the build quality and capabilities of the Shark PowerDetect Self-Empty Robot Vacuum Cleaner that it offers a two-year guarantee when you register. But amidst all these promises, how does it hold up under customers’ close scrutiny? From 42 ratings, the Shark PowerDetect Self-Empty Robot Vacuum Cleaner’s Amazon user rating sits at 4.5 stars, with 68% of customers awarding top marks.

One user highlighted how its features justify the price, and that’s without today’s 40% discount: “This Shark PowerDetect Self-Empty Robot Vacuum Cleaner is a very impressive piece of kit! It is quite futuristic and even though it comes with quite the price tag - I believe it does so because it takes advantage of pretty much every piece of technology in this market at once.”

Another shopper was impressed by how detailed its cleaning can be: “It did all other cleaning robot can do, and I found it did the edge better, noticed that on the side there is a air jet that can blast the hidden dust and let the brush and vacuum clean them up, that’s more effective than side brush alone.” A third customer added: "It feels well built, and clearly well engineered. For the level of technology you are getting here, this is worth the money."

On the less positive side, some users mention that it can be bamboozled by unexpected obstacles. One wrote: “It does tend to bump into things more often than I'd like.” And another warned: "If you have lots of furniture it can get tripped up and fail to clean some areas like under tables and desks."

If you’re looking for something with even more oomph, Roomba’s top-end Roomba Combo® 10 Max robot + AutoWash dock at £1,099, down from £1,499, includes a deep scrubbing feature alongside mopping capabilities to take automated cleaning to the next level. A cheaper option worth considering is the eufy G50 Hybrid on offer at £219, with a more limited feature set that will nevertheless do plenty of the heavy-lifting for you.