Shark PowerDetect NeverTouch Pro RV2800ZEEU (robot vacuum cleaner): our review

A regular circuit through the breakfast crumbs and hallway dust is the appealing job here. With advertised battery life of 110 min, the RV2800ZEEU offers a decent cleaning run before returning to recharge. Its runtime is less suited to longer cleaning routes, so a house with a lengthy route through several busy rooms needs more thought than a compact flat.

Could a daily run take vacuuming off your evening list? That is the sensible ambition. Advertised endurance comes from the gentlest setting; stronger suction or mopping shortens it. Nor should the duration become a promise about how much floor gets cleaned.

Charging takes 4 h, a leisurely pause that fits a daily routine better than repeated cleaning sessions close together. If you want another clean soon afterwards, the 4 h recharge is the catch.

LiDAR navigation and no-go zones give you a practical way to organise where cleaning belongs. The useful detail is control: a corner occupied by a child's sprawling construction project can sit outside the cleaning area, while the route towards the kitchen remains available. No-go zones let you set boundaries around parts of a room.

That suits homes where the floor has several jobs besides being clean. Perhaps the sitting room becomes an exercise space in the evening, with a mat and equipment left in a particular corner. A boundary gives that arrangement somewhere to belong.

Before a run, follow manufacturers' guidance and pick up charging cables, socks and small objects. The robot has a cleaning job; it has not applied to become the household's sock archivist. Would that quick floor tidy fit into your departure for work?

A runner between the kitchen and sitting room can complicate the appeal of a robot mop. Here, the mop lifts on carpets, giving this model a relevant feature for a route that includes hard flooring and carpet. We like that attention to the change beneath the robot, because mixed flooring is an everyday arrangement in a British home.

Think of kitchen tiles needing a damp pass while the carpet beyond needs vacuuming. Mop lifting addresses that transition, although it does not establish how thoroughly embedded hair will come out of the pile. There is no reason to turn a useful mechanism into a promise about every carpet.

For unfinished, waxed or poorly sealed wooden flooring, manufacturers advise checking that the surface tolerates moisture before using a mop. A cleaner floor should not leave you fretting about the boards.

The DJI Romo A has higher battery life of 180 min, making it better suited if you want to cover the whole home in one go. That extra running time matters when the cleaning route stretches from the breakfast area through the hallway and into bedrooms, although the gentlest setting still underpins the advertised duration. The DJI Romo A also has a lower charging time of 2.5 h, shortening the wait before another cleaning session. The DJI Romo A is better rated overall.

The Shark sits well placed overall in our scores, but the onboard dustbin also needs thought. At 280 mL, it is small and needs frequent emptying when pet hair builds up. A dog shedding beside the sofa gives that capacity real significance: collecting the hair is only part of the chore.

Your routine should make the decision. Regular cleaning across mixed flooring gives mop lifting a useful purpose, while no-go zones help you organise the areas included.