Shark vs. Roomba: Comparing top-rated robot vacuum lineups

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The new 2025 Roombas just changed everythingThis would have been a very different article to read had you stopped by any time before March 2025. Before then, iRobot and Shark were both kind of plateauing in terms of the variety of their respective lineups. It was like a competition to see who could be the most mid — especially compared to the robot vacuums announced at CES. But the lukewarm rivalry got i