To regret not getting a robot vacuum sooner

I don't think they'd be good as an only vacuum. I run the proper vacuum around once a week to get into the corners properly.

We have an eufy that vacs and mops. He's ok but doesn't collect much dust so the dirt ends up getting pushed around by the mopping action. Previous ones we've had have collected plenty of dust, so I think this must be a fault with this model.

Do people use these as their only vacuum? I’ve found them to be awful on carpets, there is just not enough power for a good clean?

@JudesBiggestFan LOLOL 😝. Mine just vacs and we don’t really use it much. When it gets stuck under the sofa or bed it keeps talking until the battery runs out. Our dishwasher also plays music to us and I just love it. Maybe we’d use it more if it mopped?

But why ?

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

I bought a basic Eufy in the Black Friday sales, bit of an impulse but oh what a gamechanger! My only regret is not buying a higher spec.

So glad to hear that others have named theirs and attached googly eyes. Robert isn’t perfect, he will miss areas (the cheaper ones don’t map the area, they use sensors) but he cleans every day, something I’m never going to do. The amount of dust and fluff picked up every day is astonishing.

Yes, you need to lift phone chargers or cables out of the way. No, he doesn’t vacuum under the sofa cushions or lift the rugs - but he does go right under the sofa. I don’t have to do anything except click the little dust container out and empty it. I still use my Shark once a week for a ‘proper’ clean,

Because I have cats (one long-haired) I don’t programme him to clean automatically, I like to check for feline bodily emissions and dead mice first. My cats don’t ride him, disappointingly, but they are much less scared of him than of the big vacuum. If I can afford it I’ll upgrade next year to one with the ability to map the route rather than just avoid obstacles.

I have to say the novelty wore off a bit over time, but probably partially because my house is quite untidy so I have to clean before I turn him on lol

Omni X10 pro, or a slightly older version of it. We splashed out quite a bit for it, but my god it's been worth it.

We have schedules set up so each day it does something slightly different. For example a couple of times a week we get him to do 'edge hugging' mopping. Other days he just does the main traffic areas. I set this up ages ago so he automatically runs the schedules each day

He actually goes twice a day thinking about it, but just hoovers up first thing on a morning.

Goals!!

Im so tempted to get a dual mop/ vacuum one for downstairs so the vacuum one can live upstairs, which model do you have?

DH loves mowing the lawn but if he annoys me...

Yep.

We've got 3 robots.

Moppy, who does our downstairs daily as it's mostly floor so he vacuums and mops (a Eufy).

Vaccy - a Eufy vacuum who sorts the upstairs outside daily as it's mostly carpet.

Snippy - robot lawnmower!

Does it really negate the object though? If it’s that or continuing to hoover manually all the time?

What an ozone cleaner?

I hoover every day, sometimes twice a day!
Theres just 2 adults who live here and we both work most days.
Somedays I’ll hoover when I get up and then when we get home from work, I’ve got a 3 bedroom house and it only takes a matter of minutes to do the whole house

@JudesBiggestFan you are only being unreasonable if you haven’t given him a human name.

What are the downsides,

We had a Eufy which was good on wooden floors (though would often get itself stuck) but I wouldn't have it near any carpeted areas. If there is a slight end of a carpet thread, it will find it and pull it, and keeping pulling it...

I came upstairs to find it had gone side to side repeatedly down one side of the bedroom with a thread of carpet and there was an inch wide gap between the carpet and the wall!

It's now in the garage and I use the Dyson!

i don’t have one, but you are selling it to me OP.

I love ours. They vary a huge amount for features and how smart they are though.

Our last one was a bottom of the range Eufy and we routinely had to rescue it when it got stuck. Still loved it though.

We upgraded to a mid-range Roborock and it does everything itself. It even has water change and a large hoover-bag in its base station so changes its own water and empties itself. It also has a little arm that comes out so it gets right into the corners when hoovering and mopping.

For this saying it’s only 10 minutes a day … that’s 60 hours over a year! And the reality for us was that with the robot hoover it gets done every day, without it it was more like once every 7-10 days.

I’m on the look out for an equivalent robot mower now. Any recommendations? Something solidly mid-range, so doesn’t need all the bells and whistles, but does a good job without too much human intervention.

Our Eufy has been relegated to the upstairs, where it runs on max power twice a day in the bedrooms and bathroom.

We also have a Deebot now that vacs and mops the downstairs floors, again, twice a day. The tech of this one though is so much more advanced- it switches between stone tiles, wood, rugs, carpet, even the hearth tiles with ease. Empties and cleans itself.

I do get that robovacs can't do the full job- my friend's argument for not having one, is that they don't pull out the furniture to get underneath, and they can't get right in the corners. My argument FOR having one, is that even if i could vac/mop twice a day, I ain't got the time nor the inclination to be pulling out furniture to hoover underneath, nor am I getting right into the corners every time.

So for her, a robovac would make her house less clean. For me, they make it cleaner. I'm a lazy cow, no argument.

Totally disagree. Mine sucks up so much cat and dog fluff.

It must be the model
Mine negotiates stone kitchen floor, wooden floor , rugs,hearth, coffee table , sofa etc
Hall has a doormat etc
I do hook long curtains up though
My rugs have quite a deep pile and its fine
The diagonal lines in the rugs are particularly pleasing !

It not that my house is particularly cluttered, it just can't cope with the rug (or distances between rugs and wall, hearth etc), coffee table and chairs. We have a cordless vac now which is quicker and does a better job!

They arent miracle workers
If your house is cluttered it will get stuck
If you leave cables lying about it will eat them.

One very pleasing side effect is that DH is much more tidy as a result
If it gets stuck under things like the sofa you can get raisers so it zips under

This is my experience too, I'm thinking of selling out Eufy as we just don't use it.

It would be best to have the dock and robot in one place to do one area, and move the dock to do the other area to do that area. If you get one which scans the area, you will then just have two maps for each area. The step shouldn’t be a problem as my robot (and I assume others) know where the here’s a step so won’t fall down. Don’t think helping the robot up the step would work. As others said, it defeats the object. I guess my suggestion of moving it does too, but it’s that or get two robots. It’s then a case of where to put it/them. Against a wall near a plug with a bit of space around preferably on a hard floor. It narrows the options down.

I wouldn’t be without mine though. Game changer. Wish I’d got one years ago!

Interestingly we have an Ecovacs that's hoovers and mops and love it.