Our Robot Vacuum Competition Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-r2EOMJchU
Our Favorites:
Neato Lineup (Smart Laser Navigation with Nogo Lines_
Neato D3 on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2GL8IRp
Neato D3 Pro on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2RlZPBS
Neato D4 on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2BJiFci
Neato D5 on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2BKL8yp
Neato D7 on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2SdRX64
Roborock S50 (also smart Laser Navigation)
Roborock S50 on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2RqvHoM
As far as the really cheap dumb Navigation robots. These two are pretty good.
#1 Eufy 11s on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2BNDoLX
Eufy 11s Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMTifQMt0SY
#2 Ecovacs Deebot N79s on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2CG1p9t
Deebot N79s Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt1YpLl7UXs&t=2s
So you want to know if robot vacuums are worth it? Do they really work? And if so which one is right for you.
Well your in the right place we have tested quite a few robot vacuums, in all kinds of price ranges and this video will give a brief overview of everything we have learned, and Ill link a few of our favorites, as well as our big robot vacuum competition video in the description. And lets get started
In terms of the quality of vacuuming, we have found that at least on hard floors robot vacuums are as good or even better than most upright vacuums. For example Most uprights have trouble with larger debris on hard floors, but every single robot vacuum we have tested no matter the price, did excellent with larger debris on hard floors,
I should mention here that robot vacuums often have a low and high power setting and its better to run them on high power with hard floors, especially if they are a cheaper robot vacuum, as having a higher airflow is important for getting fine debris on hard floors. Though More expensive robots like this Roborock S5 or Neato Robot vacuums do excellent on hard floors regardless of their power setting.
On carpets it’s a little different, while in terms of pickup ability on carpet robot vacuums are pretty much amazing across the board, picking up everything they come across from fine debris to pet hair to extra large debris, in other words they are all pretty much excellent at picking up whats on the surface of the carpet regardless of the price point. However robot vacuums not as good at deep cleaning carpets. We have yet to find a robot vacuum that can get more than 76% of the embedded sand in our deep clean test where regular upright vacuums usually get between 90% and 100%.
For carpet deep cleaning we have found that power is the most important factor and many robot vacuums are starting to have a feature where they automatically switch to high power when they detect that they are on carpet.
Probably one of the most important aspects when trying to decide if robot vacuums are worth it is the navigation and obstacle avoidance because if your robot vacuum is always getting stuck on cords or other clutter in your house you will probably wontlike your robot vacuum at all. Thankfully this problem has recently been solved but it will take a bit of explaining.
So all robot vacuums originally were random navigation robots meaning they kind of pinballed around randomly to clean your home. For this kind of robot its really important to buy one with a lot of battery life so it has time to get to the whole house by random means.
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1:15 Roomba S9
Definitely worth it. The S5 Max is one of the best purchases I have done. We run it daily and our 160m² house is done in about one hour. We used to vacuum 1-2 times a week before but the floors and carpets looks way cleaner now with the robot. The mopping function also works great. Sure it's not as effective as a dedicated steamer, but since you can have it done on a daily basis its not needed. And the little bastard is quite smart.
I have a question. We are about to buy our first house and my wife is starting to mention she might want a robot vacuum. Our house is a two story house. Is there a robot vacuum that can map each story and I tell it which story it is on? Based on your channel, I like the Shark IQ or the Roomba i7 or i9 because I like the cleaning dock station. But I can't tell if either of these can map different stories or if it is best on one story. Thanks.
total waste of money
I love my robot vacuum. I‘m 20 and live alone. No carpets and when I‘m at work I turn the vacuum on through my app and by the time I get home everything is already clean. I only spend 160$ on my Roboter vacuum and later I want one that also cleans the floor with water.
if we have to clean the cleaner itself regularly, why not clean the room yourselves?
you are so good at making videos
Having a robot vacuum saved me so much time. Now I have plenty of time to watch my robot vacuum vacuum.
These machines are spying on you dude. They are mapping your home, they are even photographing everything if they have cameras.
I bought it to clean my dog’s poop. Doesn’t work but scares the flys and send them away.
So it’s a plus…I guess.
My robot works wonders even I have a dog at home. Once I week, I vacuum the house with a real vacuum cleaner. The house is clean enough and it really work for me.
4:35 If i need to clean my vacuum cleaner regularly, whats stopping me from cleaning my house regularly?
Honestly I bought the shark iq with auto empty and I feel like all the flaws I’ve seen with it are with all robot vacuums for starters the price most decent ones are $300+ and your still gonna have to buy a regular vacuum to get a lot of other areas such as stairs furniture and spaces the robot can’t fit into. Second, they are more of a chore than what they are marketed as such that they get stuck on everything especially if you have pets and they have toys in the house for the 6 months I’ve had one it only made it back to the dock a hand full of times so my house would never get fully cleaned while I was at work because it would always get stuck on dog bones or drapes or cords. Third, the amount of time you spend on maintenance you could just vacuum your house the traditional way with all the tight airflow passages through the machine if it picks up anything larger than pet hair it’s going to get clogged ontop of constantly cleaning the brush roll and censors and filters and then since I have the self empty base I have to clean the filter for that too along with literally pulling everything out of the bin. So essentially in my eyes these things are a gimmick for what they are marketed as considering I only have a 1500 square foot house it takes me maybe 30 minutes to vacuum the whole thing and EVERYTHING will be cleaned and no spot will be missed my shark apex cost me a good $200 less than what the iq did so for less money you get a better deep clean no missed spots less maintenance less trouble and a more versatile machine for almost half the price