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To regret not getting a robot vacuum sooner

165 replies

JudesBiggestFan · 31/01/2026 14:37

Oh my days. What a game changer! Bought it on Wednesday and the joy of seeing him pootling about, vacuuming and mopping my floors while I get in with other things! I have three kids and I think I’ve vacuumed twice a day for the last 16 years. Hours of my life back. And it does a great job too. Am I alone in my new obsession?

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Somersetlady · 01/02/2026 07:54

BambinaCucina · 31/01/2026 23:25

Genuinely one of the best things I've ever bought. Ours is very slow, but it's that very lack of speed which means that it picks up everything. I'd say it picks up more than my main hoover run over quickly.

What make model is this please @BambinaCucina

Somersetlady · 01/02/2026 07:49

LVhandbagsatdawn · 31/01/2026 17:14

I’ve vacuumed twice a day for the last 16 years

Sorry but that's massive overkill. Unless you're liberally pouring crumbs on the floor and all through the house at every meal, once every few days is more than adequate, even with dogs or cats.

It is ok for other posters to have higher hygine standards than you!

Tontostitis · 01/02/2026 07:47

Our Derek is a Eufy and my best ever purchase. We have a white long haired Chihuahua and Derek keeps our dark coffee coloured oak floors immaculate. I do sometimes do the corners and around radiator pipes with a hand held but compared to the constant rowing over whose turn it was to sweep every morning that's minimal. We are now very tidy as a robot vac gets you in the habit of tidying up which isn't a bad thing. Derek copes with the little step up into the kitchen and goes from hard floors to carpets no bother his brush gets right into edges and under stuff I'd give up my washing machine before I'd give up Derek.

JudesBiggestFan · 01/02/2026 07:38

@TeenYearsAreBrutal he is named Mark Owen! Because I rediscovered my adoration of Mark Owen watching the take that documentary this week and told my husband I might have to leave him to pursue my original life goal of marrying mark. I do quite enjoy it when he tells me Mark’s in the bed room (yes, I am definitely having a mid life crisis!)

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Ladybugheart · 01/02/2026 07:31

ChocolateCinderToffee · 31/01/2026 20:40

Do it. You lift everything liftable, leave it for 20 minutes, then move everything a bit and leave it for another half hour or so, so that it has had time to get behind everything.

Yeah see that's the thing, I could just vacuum the space myself in 10 minutes!

LucyLoo1972 · 01/02/2026 04:03

JudesBiggestFan · 31/01/2026 14:51

I feel like people should talk about this more! The joy of seeing the kids dropping crumbs and sending the robot vacuum after them instead of knowing I’m going to have to wrestle Henry out of the cupboard…immense! We have the Riborock S10…it was only £169.99 so I wasn’t sure how good it would be, but no complaints. So so clever how it maps the rooms!

wow its not even expensive. my husband refused to have anything like this thinking it was too expensive

Ringthebell26 · 01/02/2026 01:48

I upgraded in the big gun Eufy S1 about 2year ago. I think it’s normally £1500 but I got It in Black Friday for about £900. It’s great - washes and drys mop etc. lots of children, farm and pets so I think I’ll go crazy without it. I had a problem with mine about a year after I got it and Eufy replaced it no problem

MaJoady · 31/01/2026 23:38

ShowmetheMapletree · 31/01/2026 16:18

Do they not get stuck/caught under furniture etc? I assumed they are more suited to a very open plan apartment, than a multi room house? Our is open plan in bits, but mixture of tiles and rugs. I always thought it wouldn't do a thorough job, and need emptied too often?

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We have a Dreamer L10 and it goes under our sofas etc and around chair legs etc fine. It knows where the rugs/carpets are and lifts the mop pads up so they don't drag on the carpet. It also knows which threshold is a bit higher than the others and takes a run up at it. It also has a set of long bristles that stick out at an angle that is uses to flick dust out of the corners.

It also empties itself into a bigger dust bag in its base when it needs to and then will go back to cleaning if it hasn't finished. It also cleans it's mop pads periodically during mopping

The older ones were a bit rubbish, but they have improved so much.

Crispynoodle · 31/01/2026 23:32

We love our eufy one and having read this might actually get another for upstairs

Jimmyneutronsforehead · 31/01/2026 23:28

We've got 2 in use, but they're really old and really quite past their prime, but they've been invaluable.

We have a brand new one in our garage unopened because the kids have formed an emotional bond with our 2 geriatric robot vacuum cleaners. They've even stuck googly eyes on them and named them.

We did get a Dyson Eye when they first came out after having such wonderful luck with the 2 smaller ones, but I sent it back almost instantly as it was just terrible.

BambinaCucina · 31/01/2026 23:25

Genuinely one of the best things I've ever bought. Ours is very slow, but it's that very lack of speed which means that it picks up everything. I'd say it picks up more than my main hoover run over quickly.

Hillsmakeyoustrong · 31/01/2026 23:22

Bought mine in the Black Friday sale. Love Bob (Eufy) Best purchase ever. He manages the carpet and hardwood surfaces just fine, he does like to get under the coffee table and console where he can get stuck and I'm not sure why he insists so I don't send him off if I'm not in. I do clean alongside him though which means all surfaces get wiped down, kitchen cleaned, glass polished whilst the floors are done. I do still do a proper mop now and then but honestly it's brilliant day to day.

Unicornsandprincesses · 31/01/2026 22:35

Mine mops too. Best thing I’ve ever bought.

BrendaSmall · 31/01/2026 22:30

JustGiveMeReason · 31/01/2026 19:48

But why ?

If you have vacuumed before you leave for work, wtf would you then vacuum when you return from work ? Confused
You've not even been there.

To be honest I think it’s just habit now 🤣
my husband dusts our house everyday 🤣🤣

Flicktick · 31/01/2026 21:55

I've had two and they both died after a couple of years. Never replaced the second one because overall they are so needy and whingey they aren't worth the bother.

Costacoffeeplease · 31/01/2026 21:45

Love mine. I have three that do different areas. We have a lot of animals and it always picks up more than you think

Next time I’ll get one with a bin that empties itself

isthesolution · 31/01/2026 21:33

I’ve been looking in and off for ages but you’ve tempted me ….. I’ve just ordered one!

CotswoldsCamilla · 31/01/2026 21:31

We have fallen out of love with Svetlana, our old Eufy. Not sure I can be bothered getting another one because our ground floor has steps. We had her for 5 years and it’s probably night time she retired.

JMSA · 31/01/2026 21:09

I don’t get it! I thought it would be the answer to my prayers, but in the end it’s easier just to whip out the Miele. I sold my Eufy robot vacuum within days. The love is lost on me!

Beachtastic · 31/01/2026 21:03

NaeBither · 31/01/2026 15:47

I got one recently, which I love, and was hoping the cats would hop on like the YouTube cats. But they have not attempted to climb on it even when it is docked. I am very disappointed in them

Honestly, I would sellotape them to it until they get the idea 😄💗

ChocolateCinderToffee · 31/01/2026 20:43

I love mine, I'm on my third and wouldn't be without one. The current is a Eufy and it's the best I've had, also the cheapest. Away with the bloody drudgery of lugging the Miele about. That's down to once a month, max, because I have stairs. I tell all my friends to get one, it's just bliss not to have to do vacuuming.

PS: I've got a cat but he doesn't ride on it, he just ignores it unless it bumps into him, when he'll move.

ChocolateCinderToffee · 31/01/2026 20:40

Ladybugheart · 31/01/2026 14:41

I'm so so tempted to get one. I have a pretty small space and feel like it will spend more time getting stuck around chair legs etc that actually cleaning!

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Do it. You lift everything liftable, leave it for 20 minutes, then move everything a bit and leave it for another half hour or so, so that it has had time to get behind everything.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 31/01/2026 20:37

Our FemaleCat glares at it but it doesn't phase her . MaleCat screams if a moth farts .

PieLoe · 31/01/2026 20:34

ObelixtheGaul · 31/01/2026 14:57

I haven't got one, but must confess I thought about getting one purely to see if our cat would ride on it like they do on YouTube...

Hilarious

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 31/01/2026 20:30

Ours is in the bedroom.
I wafts about , gets stuck, leaves DH sock fluff on the carpet (black fluff) and fluff from my slipper socks ( red fluff) , declares it is finished and trots back to the charger .

And it vacuumed up a pile of cat vomit under the bed ( luckily dry biscuit) which I had to brush up as I didn't want my other vacuum getting clogged up with it , and clean the bloody robot vac.

I vacuum on a Friday , this thing shoofties round with bugger all to pick up and still makes a rubbish job of it

Shark Stratos is far far superior .

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