(Super long rambly but detailed review) I love this. I researched robotic vacuums for a while before settling on this one. For the price it had a lot of great reviews, and I completely agree. No it doesn't dock itself, and it doesn't connect to my smart phone. lol But I knew that going in and it explains why its so much cheaper than other robotic vacuums out there. Those things have not been an issue. When you get your vacuum there is already a filter installed (and an extra comes with). So set up is super simple you just click in the little spinny brushes (there are two extras of those too) and then plug it in to charge. The light slowly flashes as it charges and then beams solid without blinking when it is finished. I purchased this item to keep my maintenance clean level higher. Before getting it I used a shark vacuum for quick vacuuming and spot vacuuming (love that too but just for that) and then I use my 'Big' vacuum for a deeper clean every so often. I knew it wasn't staying the level of clean to reduce my allergy issues... so this was the solution I came up with that wouldn't hardly add to my workload and would allow me to multitask. I set it in a different room every day and let it run until it dies. lol Each time the dirt receptacle has been completely full. It beeps to let you know its shutting off.. and then the light is solid red. You just pick it up.. dump out all the dust etc... and plug it in. Y'all my house is next level now and I feel so much better knowing that much stuff isn't on my floor anymore. I knew there was dust and such I was missing, but I didn't KNOW until I saw it. I would not use this to replace regular vacuuming though. Unless maybe you only have hard floors. I have hard floors and carpet and it does well on both. The only issue I had wasn't with the vacuum it was with my own patience. lol The first few times using it I really had to fight myself to not pick it up and redirect it myself a bunch. And what happened after I left it alone... is that a few minutes later I noticed it is programmed to get learn the room... get the edges.. get the spots in the middle.. and even rotate itself in a circle on the spots it wants to get a bit better. It boggles my mind. It's like it has a personality and kind of freaks me out that it learns and changes things up. In time it stops bumping into things. It knows its there now and turns before it hits it. So weird. Anyway its great. Sorry I'm a rambler. Oh also the first time just walk around and pick up things that might get it stuck. The only time its actually gotten stuck was on a hallway runner rug I have. It sucked it up. So rugs on hard floors... pick up. Straps and chords.. etc. Things that any vacuum cleaners normally gets stuck on... it will to! haha. So just pick those up. And know that it can seem like its stuck when it starts spinning in a circle but its actually just cleaning that spot really well. lol It gets back going when it decides it is sufficiently clean. Its weird but it does. This all might be TMI but its little things I love to know. So maybe someone else wanted to know them to.