Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

So this is more of a rebuttal to those that said this is the "Poor man's Roomba". I can say that I have owned the Neato, IRobot, and now the Shark. Yes folks I have even owned several models of both to clean both upstairs and downstairs. So, sorry to go against what some have said but... 1. It sounds like a helicopter, so much louder than the iRobot (FALSE), it's actually much quieter. 2. The dust bin is harder to empty (FALSE), It's really easy to clean and has a washable filter, it also doesn't use bags so no extra waste if your about protecting the environment, also saves some money on the wallet. 3. "Second, the machine takes a long time to return to its dock - if it returns, that is. In all my times running it, it would make it back to dock about 50% of the time. The other times, I would have to go around hunting for it." (So far, FALSE), Mine has returned 100% of the time. My iRobot on the other hand returned half the time.. the other half I would have to search for it. 4. "it's difficult and awkward to connect the power cord to the back of the machine" (Wha?!)... I feel like the person is just reaching at this point to hate the Shark for any reason they can find. 5."the robot bumps into furniture aggressively", (FALSE) compared to the Neato and iRobot the Shark is way more gentle. Good God you should have seen my iRobot ram things. No wonder Sniffles 2000 died. Probably brain damage from ramming things full speed. Disclaimer, I don't work for Shark, I am just irked by some of the reviews that seem to me like they are just bashing the product. Maybe the claims are legit, but I have not had those issues. And I have owned enough different models to be a snob about it. With that being said.... Things I would improve section... 1. Needs a better design for the base station mat. Granted iRobot needs work in this area as well.. but Shark needs to make it compatible with hardwood floors. I had to put it on a small mat as 75% of the floors I have are hard wood. So either some non-skid feet or even some removable double sided tape would be awesome. But overall better than the iRobot base. 2. Small change to the software... if you put in the wrong password for the Wi-Fi when setting it up you have to close the software and go back to the beginning and start over... ehh! 3. Ummm, that's all I got. So far I am impressed.