ILIFE V3s Pro Robot Vacuum Cleaner, Tangle-Free Suction, Slim, Automatic Self-Charging Robotic Vacuum Cleaner, Daily Schedule Cleaning, Ideal for Pet Hair，Hard Floor and Low Pile Carpet

Purchased the iLife v3s pro at end of November, 2021 on Black Friday sale. So it has had daily use for 2 months. I had soured on robot vacuums after going through 2 expensive iRobot vacs 7-8 years ago that got pet hair hopelessly entangled in its main brush gears and constant hangups under chairs. The iLife caught my attention first because of the low price and the high customer ratings. My interest piqued when I read that it had no central brush, just two counter-rotating side brushes. Simple design. One thing that did work well on the iRobots was their single side brushes, which had few issues. The iLife having 2 seemed like a good idea. I have a super shedder Golden. Reviews confirmed that this did great on pet hair. So I sprung for this vacuum, and so glad I did. I programmed the schedule for it to run automatically every morning before I get up to clean a large great room, kitchen with a table rug with short tassels and runner along the island, attached mud/laundry, an entry with a thick rug, and a long hallway. The v3s bin is full every day, mostly with hair, but also a lot of small crumbs and fine dust. It’s pretty impressive what it picks up, actually. It climbs up the entry rug, which is almost and inch thick, with no problem. It has never tumbled down the staircase near the entry. Sometimes the side brushes catch a corner of the kitchen rugs, but the vac does a maneuver where it rotates 90 degrees and goes to one side or the other and disentangles from the raised rug. I never have to intervene. It does well on the carpet in the great room. All of the rugs are very low pile, and the carpet is medium pile. I don’t know how it would handle shag rugs or carpet. It does dishevel the kitchen table rug tassels a bit. You do have to tie up electrical chords a few inches off the floor, and it did get hung up a few times on the Christmas tree skirt. If you let it run, it cleans for about 1.5 hours and returns to the charger. The return is hit and miss. But I found about an hour is long enough, so after that time I pick up the unit, take it over to the hallway down which the charger is located, aim it at the charger and push the start button to start it on its way. After a few seconds I press the Home button on the remote and it reliably finds its way back and starts charging. All of that takes about 15 seconds. Daily 5 minute or less maintenance involves wiping dust from the front and back screens with a wet paper towel or kleenex, and emptying the dust bin. When I dump the dust bin, I take out the main filter and tap it clean against the inside of the garbage can. I tap the open dust bin gently against the garbage can to dislodge dust from the fine filter. Every few days I take the fine filter out and tap it against the inside of the garbage can to dislodge even more fine dust. I haven’t replaced the fine dust filter yet, but I did buy a box of 10 from iLife on Amazon, which I think will be about a 2 year or more supply. After about 6 weeks I noticed some fuzz coming from underneath the bases of the side brushes. They were easy to unscrew and both had dog hair and lint wound around the stem of the brushes that was easy to pull out. No hair down in the gears. This took about 5 minutes and will probably be needed on a fairly regular basis. Does it clean perfectly? No, but almost. Along the kitchen runner where it has one wheel up on the rug and one wheel on the wood floor, it misses a few crumbs that I have to pick up with a broom or my Dyson. Occasionally there is a crumb that I wet a finger and pick up by hand. Now and then the corners need to be cleaned by hand. But overall it has almost eliminated the need to vacuum regularly. Bottom line, I love this thing. Praying that it holds up long term.

***08/07/2020 UPDATE*** I don't write a lot of reviews, but I had to come back and update this review from 4 stars to 5 stars. Is the vacuum perfect? No. But is it one of the best purchases I've ever made? Yes. For the money, this thing is a life changer. We haven't had to vacuum or sweep (except in corners and hard to reach places) since we bought it more than 2 years ago. For the most part it has run without issue. I change the dust bin every night (and knock the dust out of the filter), and clean and remove the pivot wheel and brushes occasionally as they can pick up some hair and fuzz. It has started acting a little strange where it won't run automatically after it's been powered off (I only power off if we go on vacation and can't empty the dust bin). But if I just adjust the schedule by an hour and then back to original time it seems to correct itself and run the next night per schedule. Anyway, there are fancier models with more features, but for hard surfaces and the price, I would buy this again in a heartbeat. I sometimes wish it would die so I could get one with a bigger dustbin - but now that I'm used to emptying it every night it's just part of my nightly routine. If you're looking for your first inexpensive robot vacuum - I can't recommend this one highly enough. ***09/05/2018 UPDATE*** I've now had the V3s Pro for 6 months and had to come back and upgrade my rating from 2 stars to 4 stars. This vacuum has proven to be so effective it has really improved our cleanliness around the house and I am constantly recommending this vacuum to friends and family. It is very noticeable when it hasn't run for a couple of days as the dog hair shows up on my dark floors. The vacuum still has a few issues - the dust bin is so small that it fills beyond capacity every night. We have a pile rug that sheds like crazy along with 2 dogs so there is no shortage of material for the vacuum to suck, but its a pain to have to empty the dust bin every night. My next robot vacuum will have a larger dust bin. Additionally you need to do a good job picking up the floor every night before it runs (also forces good habits). Shoes with long laces, dog toys, clothing, sloped lamp base, dog bowl - all will find a way to tangle or disrupt the vacuum. Also, I've gotten over the gripe I mentioned about the scheduling and charging. Yes, it's a dumb glitch or programming decision, but in reality it doesn't really matter since I just run the vacuum every night anyway. ***ORIGINAL REVIEW*** Only had the vacuum for 2 days but so far it seems to function well as a vacuum. However, there is an odd programming bug (or feature choice) on the remote that won’t let you cancel the schedule time. The included instructions state that the only way to keep the robot from running at a scheduled time is to turn it off with the power switch. Problem is, the instructions also state that the vacuum will only charge when the power switch is in the on position. Alternate instructions found online suggest that you can set the schedule time to 00:00 but this functionality is not available on the remote I received. Instead it just rolls from 12 to 1. Perhaps this was a safety feature to keep people from leaving it on the charger in a chargeable state for days or weeks without a discharge? Or it’s just an annoying bug in the remote programming. Either way, it’s an annoying situation. I now have to remember switch the robot off after it docks to make sure it doesn’t start by itself at the scheduled time, but if I switch it off when it docks it won’t charge. For the time being, I don’t trust it to just run unsupervised and prefer to start it when I’m available to keep an eye on it. Tried to reset the schedule to 00:00 and discovered that you can’t. It may be that if you never set the start time in the first place you won’t have this problem so keep that in mind as you set it up.

I owned one of these 20 years ago, probably a first generation make/model. Well, they've come a long way since then, that's for sure. We own two dogs who shed, so much that we have to sweep daily, sometimes twice a day. I had enough and wanted to give these robotic vacuums another chance. Ok, so let me first say that the area we need the vacuum for is about 1000 square feet, all hardwood floors with no breaks or thresholds. We have the living room, family room, dining room, kitchen and breakfast area. Its a relatively open floor plan, so no doors of any sort. The reason I'm explaining this is because its important to understand your space and how these vacuums will work within it. It even says this in the owners manual. I got it out of the box and turned it on right away. I let it roam around while I installed the remote batteries and started reading the manual. I watched this thing work for an hour. First, it has 4 different modes, the main one being the automatic mode. It moves around, does its turns and all that, and when the battery gets low, it finds the charging station. The charging station must be placed against a wall with adequate space on either side and double the space in front of it. About 3 feet on either side and 6 feet in front of open space will be required or else the vacuum will have a hard time finding the station and connecting. This is important if you don't have enough plugs or too much furniture. On auto mode, the vacuum started to work and would make its way under tables, against walls, and go in a straight line until it hits something. It has sensors along the front, so it won't hit anything too hard and even stop before bumping. It also senses if there's a step or drop off. It does a great job of getting itself out of a corner or in between chair legs. It'll bump and turn until it finds its way out. All good with this. It got caught on a thin phone charger cord so it shut down, but it didn't get stuck on thicker extension cords. I would just make sure all cords are off the ground. It also was having an issue with some long drapes, so I had to make sure the curtains were nice and tight against the wall. The vacuum will work an area for a while before it moves on. It kept bumping and turning and just came right back to the same spot. I thought this was going to be a problem but after allowing it to go longer, it eventually left that area and moved onto another. It took about 90 minutes to find the kitchen. It wasn't fully charged out of the box, so once the battery got low, it started its way to the charger. It didn't find it right away, though. It took about 10 minutes and it would go close, bump against something and then go in the opposite direction. Like I said, you need to have open space around the charger. Once docked, I opened the top to clean out the canister. Its small, so it won't hold a ton of debris, but it get a lot of dog hair and dirt. This was my main objective, so it did what I needed it to. I let it charge all night and started it back up in the morning. You can program it to auto start, but I just used the remote because I may want to run it at different times. It worked for two hours and went back to changer. I came home after work and did it again in the evening. My dogs barked at first, but they learned quickly that its not a threat. I will keep using it twice a day and report back if there are any updates. But so far, not bad and it was relatively cheap. *UPDATE 12 DAYS LATER* Since using this device, I have not had to use the broom at all. It has kept our dark hardwood floors clean and dust free. Notes: You can't rely on any of these devices to ever do it all for you. You will have to broom some hard to hit areas sometimes. Each house is different, but I've noticed that it misses some spots here and there, especially hard to get areas like under chairs. Also, its not "learning" your house as other devices may do. This one does not, but its priced on the lower end so I would imagine some higher priced ones have better tech and AI capabilities. The battery life is about 2 hours which sometimes is not enough for our house. Because it lingers in certain areas and hits it over and over again, it eats up battery life and doesn't get to clear the entire space in one shot. We tried running it once a day but I think twice is better for our house.

This little thing has been going for 2 hours! Now mind you, it bumps into stuff and kind of roams randomly but it has gotten all the hair from my 5 dogs!!!! It requires no wifi which is a big plus for many people. Just charge it up and go! I love this little thing so far. I got a Roborock which requires wifi and is more complicated so we will see how they compare.

The good: This robot vacuum does a great job picking up pet hair that is difficult to get with a regular broom. If you live in an area with a lot of dust, it also does great at picking up small particles in general. The bad: This robot vacuum doesn’t pick up traces of cat litter very well. The dust collection reservoir is very small and fills up quickly, it only has enough space to clean a couple of rooms at a time. The robot sometimes gets stuck cleaning the same room over and over and you have to pick it up and take it to the next room. It struggles to home itself so you have to place it close to the charger then press the home button or it’ll take forever to make its way back to the charger. The suction power is not that great for larger particles. I usually have to go back with a room and get what it didn’t get. For reference, my house has tile and vinyl floors, no carpet. Maybe this vacuum is better for carpet.

SECOND UPDATE - ILIFE has some great customer service. I sent an email about the problem I described below and within 24 hrs I heard back from them. They asked for some basic ordering and product information, which I provided. Today I got an email saying hey are replacing the unit at no cost to me due to the unexpected cliff sensor failure. I'm a happy camper, again. I'd recommend this vac and this company. I'm impressed with their prompt response to my needs and I'm looking forward to having Sidney back in action. UPDATE- Well, it turns out Sidney had a death wish. He took a leap from my main floor to the lower level under the railing on the staircase. The 'cliff sensors' apparently did not work. I had worried about him going down the stairs so I put something in front but there are two pieces of railing on opposite sides of the spiral stair case and he got under and flew down to the floor. It cracked the bumper piece and while the unit still runs, it now keeps trying to climb the walls and furniture and gets stuck every few minutes, so it's essentially useless unless I can get it fixed or replaced. It hadn't happened the first few times I used it so I thought it was safe to not block that opening. I sent an email to the manufacturer (No answer when I tried calling) but haven't heard back. I'm not sure if this is a defect or just bad luck. I still like the concept of this type vacuum so I'll get another one with barrier strips from another company - I'm not wanting to spend the 500 to 600 dollars to get one with a virtual wall but I am willing to spend a little more because I now know I like not having to vacuum and dust myself and that they essentially do a good job. I'll be blocking the stairwell and railings with the next one. I still think this would be a great vac for someone wanting an entry level vac but who doesn't have stairs or drop-offs on the floor plan. I've never had a robot vac before but have been looking at them for awhile. I didn't want to spend $300 plus on something I may not like (I have a vacuum grave yard in my house for all the vacuums I've purchased but don't love (including Dyson). Anyway - this little guy was on sale on Prime Day for about $110.00 and I thought it would be worth it to purchase it as an entry level vac to see if I liked the results. I'm pleased to report that I was surprised, delighted and horrified by the amount of hair and dust it picked up on it's first run. I had just dusted the day before but was anxious to see how it worked and let me tell you this little guy (I call him Sidney) was worth every penny. My house is very open and I have a spiral staircase from the main floor to the basement. I was worried about him falling down the stairs but he just kind of tried to go on the stairs then backed off. I put a air cleaner in front, though, just to be sure after the first attempt. I have floor registers and he got hung up on one but then maneuvered over the others just fine. He did wander into my spare room, which is carpeted. I didn't think he'd be able to work in there , the carpet is a deeper pile than the area rug in the living room - but her made a few passes but then stalled on the register in there, which is an older metal one that sits up high He made all the transitions from room to room if there was a lip at the door. I basically only used him on the wood floors but I do have an area rug in the living room and he navigated that just fine. In fact he fit under the couch and cleaned up there. I can't tell you the last time I pulled it out because its awkward and I don't have help. Yesterday, I put him in the bedroom upstairs, picked up everything on the floor and set him loose and closed the door for about 90 minutes and he picked up so much dust and hair from the bedroom and bathroom floor, it was amazing. . I'm pleased as punch, my floors never looked cleaner. When I do it manually there are little bits of dirt left behind but Sidney didn't leave a one. One thing I did do was pick up everything, fans, ottomans, trash cans, etc off the floor and it was so much easier for him to make his passes. So, if you are looking for an entry level robot vac I would highly recommend this one

This is my first robot vacuum cleaner. This ILIFE V-2 performs beyond my expectations. We like everything about it, great cleaning performance, well built, easy to clean, great battery strength and price. Orv We’ve had Freddy (our ILife robot) now for about 2 months. He is still performing well. A couple of things about Freddy: he gets hung up on thicker throw rugs and lamp cords but no problem you just have to keep them out of his way. Also his charging dock needs to be on a hard level floor, not on carpet. It also helps if you mount his charging dock up against a wall on a piece of double sided tape so it cannot move around. Still very pleased with Freddy. Orv

We've had Count Vacula going on three months now, and we're pretty happy with him. With two cats and a yellow lab mix who sheds constantly, the Count has really reduced the amount of "hair tumbleweeds" blowing through the house. I think this is a sentiment expressed by most people who have a robot vacuum, but it was surprising just how much stuff was in there the first time we ran it (and is in there every time we've run it since). For the reduction in pet hair alone, this was well worth the cost and we'd purchase again. Pros: 1.) Sucks up pet hair and dust like nobody's business. 2.) Super easy to empty. 3.) Mostly pretty good about spitting things out that don't fit. He tried to vacuum up my phone charger once and ended up just kind of dragging it around the house until I rescued it. No harm done. 4.) Related to #3, the way that it works, there's no destruction done if it does run over a cord or something. 5.) We usually put it up manually (either pick him up and set him on the charger or hit the home button) but we have come home after the scheduled time once or twice to find that he's run and is sitting happily on his charging dock--that said, he does have some issues with getting stuck (see cons). 6.) Came with some replacement parts so we won't have to buy them ourself for a good while. 7.) The remote is nice and the scheduling feature works perfectly (FYI you have to hit the play button once or the vacuum has to be already running for the machine to receive any scheduling changes you make. It'll beep if you've successfully sent the schedule.) Cons: 1.) If you have anything that's around the height of the vacuum, he will shove himself under it and get stuck. He will also get stuck on top of things around an inch high if possible. - In our house, the bathroom vanity and a trunk with legs are the exact height for him to drive himself beneath them and get wedged. When this happens, he will eventually beep for help and turn off, so if we weren't home, the worst that would happen is we'd come home to find him asleep under the bathroom vanity. - We had an inch high piece of trim going from one room to another (that we have since taken out because it was a temporary remodeling thing), but he'd drive himself onto it and then decide he could go no farther. I suspect as most homes don't have stuff like this going on, it won't be a problem for most people. (As a Note: I do plan to e6000 something onto the little ridge that is supposed to help sense places he won't fit in hopes that it'll end the wedging and let him run smoothly. So maybe an idea for anyone else with this problem?) 2.) The vacuum doesn't stop when it's full, which means it'll sometimes keep on running even when it's not doing anything. I won't complain about the size of the bin because given the size of a robot vacuum, how much bigger could it really be? But I do wish the vacuum sensed when it was full and beeped and turned off until emptied. 3). I think all robot vacuums have problems with the color black, but he won't go over a mostly black rug. 4.) He pushes his home charger around a lot. I'm not sure why he doesn't have some internal sense of like "my home is always in X spot and maybe I shouldn't shove it along the wall while I'm vacuuming next to it" but he doesn't. If he comes at it sideways, he will crash right into it. I suspect some command strips or something that wouldn't damage the floor could fix this though. We just haven't bothered with it since it takes a whole second to deal with. 5.) Not so much a con for us, but I can see how it could be for others so I'm including it: he usually senses a drop and doesn't go past it, BUT he has, two times in the past three months, launched himself off the little dip into our living room. If you live in a single level house or have a low drop like we do where it won't harm the machine, this won't matter much, but this might not be ideal if you're going to run him in an upstairs area. Takeaways: This vacuum is exactly what we needed. For now. Are there better models out there? Definitely. Do they cost what this one does (especially considering there were some steep discounts on at the time of purchase)? No. For the most part, despite some issues, we're pretty happy with it and what it's done to keep our home cleaner, reduce how often we have to clean, and just keeping the air less dusty and dandery. Our hope is that we can upgrade in a year or two when there are more affordable self-emptying models on the market, but Count Vacula definitely gets the job done and is a welcome addition to our home for now.

Es una maravilla, le he regalado una a cada uno de mis hijos Muy bien de precio y súper efectiva

Facil de usar, funciona excelente, supero mis expectativas de limpieza, podría decir que aspira practicamente igual de bien q mi aspiradora convencional (de una marca muy reconocida) solo por las esquinas q obviamente no aspira pero personalmente no es un problema, solo saco la basura de las esquinas y la dejo lista para q la aspire. No sigue un mapa o un patrón pero la dejo aspirando mientras hago otras cosas y despues de un rato reviso y si falto algúna área la firijo con el control y listo. Aspira cabello largo y anque se enreda a veces en los cepillos, no le afecta en el desempeño sin embargo si cuido que se mantengan libres mientras aspira para evitar q vayan a dañarse. Muy satisfecha con la compra Edité esta receña hoy 27 de enero de 2022 pues ya tengo año y medio con mi aspiradora dandole un uso casi diario y no ha dejado de funcionar, ni ha bajado de calidad su desempeño, pero cada vez q la voy a usar me aseguro se q este vacío el depósito, limpio bien los filtros con el cepillo q trae incluido, los cepillos los retiro para quitar el cabello q pueda estar enredado y listo la pongo a trabajar (nada de esto es complicado ni bromoso de hacer, es rapido y no te lleva más de 5 minutos) y cada 4 meses cambio el filtro HEPA (el blanco). ASI QUE SIN NINGUNA DUDA LA SUPER RECOMIENDO Compra hecha el 23 de Junio de 2019 y a la fecha 25 de Agosto 2023 sigue funcionando excelente siguiendo los cuidados mencionados anteriormente.

I've been using the robot vacuum for two weeks and I'm amazed by it! I have long black hair that sheds a lot. Throughout my life, I've had to constantly vacuum and pick my hair off the floor by hand. I had considered a robot vacuum before but expected I'd have to regularly cut hair off the brush like I have to do with my regular vacuum. I recently went in search of a robot vacuum that sucked hair off the floor without having it get tangled in a brush and the iLife was my first choice. I thought because it was a budget-friendly vacuum that it wouldn't be this good, but I was wrong. What you get for the price is incredible! My floors has never been this bare; totally free of hair, dust, and crumbs! It catches everything! Even goes under my furniture, which I'm super lazy at cleaning. There are some cons, but I still give it 5 stars for its unexpected capability given the price. #1 Pro: It vacuums hard floors perfectly without your having to lift a finger. No more hair, dust, crumbs! Minor Cons: - The sensor could be improved. Remote is not sensitive. I.e. You have to be fairly close and pointing at the vacuum with the remote. Often have to press it a few times before the command is registered. -Also, presumably, a sensor problem: The vacuum struggles to "return home" when you press that button on the remote. Even if it registers the command, it'll wander aimlessly...even if it's right beside the dock to return home. I called iLife customer service about this and they said that there has to be at least 6 feet of free space in front of the dock. If you live in Toronto, in a 450 sq ft apartment, that's a difficult ask. The robot has to have a clear view of the dock because the sensor is not smart. I was told that it also won't find the home dock if there's a dark coloured rug in the way. I have a white and grey rug near the dock (2 feet away). CS said my rug shouldn't be a problem, but it is. I did a test by removing the rug and it was able to find home more often (although, still not always). This con is a very small one imo, so I just have to physically move the robot back to its dock when it's done. No biggie! -Hair does get caught in the sweepers and it'll stop and go into error mode when this happens. This is also a super small con because all you have to do is turn it over and pull them out of the sweepers, then restart it. Compared to using scissors to cut through a mountain of rolled up hair in a traditional vacuum, this is a miracle! -It does climb on my rugs (and this impressed me because I wasn't expecting it to), but it's not great on them. I knew this going in because the vacuum suction is not as powerful as you'd find on more expensive robot vacuums made for carpeted floors/rugs (I compared). I bought it specifically for hair on my hardwood, so if that's your purpose too, this does the perfectly! The pros trump all the cons. I 💯highly recommend this for anyone with long hair that sheds a lot!

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