To regret not getting a robot vacuum sooner

Mine are called Doris and Gertie.

I love, love, love ours. To the point whereby we’ve two - one upstairs and one downstairs.

That’s what I have and it’s fine 😄 the entire ground floor is LVT plus a rug and some mats

Incidentally, I’ve noted that we all seem to give them male names!

Ones that mop as well as vac are more expensive. The main difference is whether they use sensors to detect furniture, or whether they have the ability to map out a route which they will then follow in future. The cheaper ones like my Eufy G50 will just have sensors, I find it’s okay but it doesn’t always cover the whole of a room, it takes random paths. Doesn’t bother me too much because I send him round every day, so eventually he’ll cover everywhere.

My friend had a more expensive brand and it actually plots the area, and is much more thorough. You’ll also pay more for one that empties itself. If Robert broke, I would definitely upgrade to one that maps the area.

My hoovering took me a while , was hurting my shoulder ( I’m older ) my Eufy goes under the sofa , love seat and footstool !
works its way around obstacles well too .
My downstairs is quite large and all hard floors , one rug in the living room and a couple of large turtle mats elsewhere .
It deals with the transition from hard floor to rug well and it mops too 😄 .
The upstairs of my house I hoover that myself, or husband occasionally does it .
I would need a 2nd one for upstairs as it found it needs to go back to base to empty itself or wash its mop

Oh no ! I hear you !
I am older and gave spent ( wasted 😭) years of my life hoovering and mopping.
Apart from our first 2 homes , all the houses I have had to clean were large , including our latest home .
i was beginning to get a sore arm and shoulder from endless hoovering and mopping.

I had one which was gifted from a company I did some work for who sold them. I didn’t find it very good, got stuck a lot and picked up ok on hard floor but was useless on the rugs/carpet. It was a £100 model so maybe the more expensive ones are better?

I’d love to buy one that did actually do a good job.

My son has just bought a Shark one which hoovers and mops. He says it’s a game changer! I have been thinking about building a ramp between my kitchen and living room step so that I can have one too 😂

I have this one, upgraded from my old Eufy G40 and its fab. Goes over rugs happily, even up and down the threshold of my kitchen to get into the bootroom without fuss (an inch or so high). It empties itself, has a mop function (although I haven't used that yet) and you can plot no-go areas. Brilliant!

The only carpet we have downstairs is in the hall and it is split level so a robot vacuum wouldn't work for us. :(

All mine did was attack the spinny side brush a few times, then ignore it. Boring!

I have 2 golden retrievers. Will any robot vacc be able to cope with the copious amount of hair??

@Verytall Can anyone tell me about why they vary so much, are the more expensive models genuinely worth it?

I think there are a few reasons for the price differences, these are only my guesses- I'm not a vac engineer or anything:
-Does it mop and vac, or just vac?
-Does it recognise say a rug and can lift itself onto it?
-Better technology to recognise toys/obstacles
-Brands that advertise on TV in particular, tend to me more expensive

We did a lot of online research before getting ours. Reading techradar and similar comparison sites to narrow them down, then asking about say 2 models on MN.

I've always felt that if my floor magically became un-cluttered enough to let a robovac do its job, manual cleaning would be trivially easy! It's FINDING the floor that takes the time!

I've got a basic Eufy with mop and I love it. I've got 3 cats and it's great for clearing all the hair on my hardwood floor!

Genuinely no idea, they're identical! I have the black one which I bought because at the time of purchase, it was cheaper than the white one...

Amazing 😂

This thread has got me tempted I must admit - though the prices vary so much, from £150 to £1500! Can anyone tell me about why they vary so much, are the more expensive models genuinely worth it? I heard the early robovacs were very temperamental and I'd hate to splash out and find it was too awkward to use.

I love our robot, or at least I love what it does. I'm slightly terrified of it creeping around like a sinister little mini Dalek!!!!!!!! We set it to come on and do its thing while we're out...

I’ve been hovering over buying one. You guys tipped me closer. Just had a look on the John Lewis website. I don’t always buy from them, but they are my go to to see which brand they sell. My sister has an Eufy And it seems to be coming out top here as well. But John Lewis don’t sell them🤔🤔

You could also go for a bath, come back and its all done

Our house is clutter free so it works for me

Sorry! Wandered off - Eufy X10.

Edit - to be fair about the edges, the issue is that whoever designed my kitchen is an idiot. I have stupid, intentionally uneven concrete slab tiles with massive grout lines, and all the kitchen cuboards have little legs with recesses between which the previous hoover could get in, but the new one is too tall for.

I should just figure out a way to fill them in TBH.

Vacuuming twice a day? Your house must have been spotless with all beige carpets.

Ours is called Alan