Shark PowerDetect ThermaCharged NeverTouch Pro

The ThermaCharged NeverTouch Pro is Shark's late-2025 flagship, and its pitch is the dock: it washes the mop pads in 185°F water and dries them with 175°F air, which directly fixes the perpetually-damp-pad complaint owners level at the standard NeverTouch Pro. Reddit sentiment on the NeverTouch Pro line is genuinely mixed — about 55% positive on aggregators — with real praise for hard-floor mopping and carpet protection sitting next to real anger at the software. Notably, Vacuum Wars tested both versions head-to-head and picked the cheaper standard model as the better robot; neither made their Top 20.

Day to day, the vacuuming is the strong suit: roughly 90% carpet deep-clean, 95% pet hair pickup, and a rear end that lifts 2-3 inches over rugs. Mopping is where it gets messy — the ThermaCharged lays down about twice the water of its cheaper sibling (4.5g vs 2.25g per area), you can't turn the water down in the app, and some owners report dirt streaks even with regular dock maintenance. The app is the loudest complaint across every source: slow, buggy, no room cleaning order, no power or water controls, no multi-level maps. Tom's Guide liked the hands-off dock experience but still flagged occasional navigation trouble.

This is for people who want maximum hands-off maintenance — heated pad wash and dry, bagless self-empty — and who run mostly one floor with simple layouts. At the frequent ~$700 sale price it's defensible; multiple Reddit owners put its real worth at no more than $650, and at the ~$1,200 list you're in Roborock and Dreame flagship territory where the apps and navigation are simply in a different league.