Robot Vacuum - Pros and Cons
 

I’m considering purchasing a robot vacuum. Would like to hear from other TOTV folks who have purchased. What do you like, what do you not like? What brand/model did you purchase, and are you happy with your model purchase? I’m considering roborock Qrevo S Robot Vacuum and Mop. As always, I appreciate those that take time to respond.

The wife loves it. We just purchased a new bed. When they removed the old one there were absolutely no dust bunnies anywhere. We have no carpet anywhere in the house so I think it’s a perfect solution for us. If there are any drawbacks I would say sometimes it tries to climb some of the round chair bases we have. And once in awhile it just gets lost.
One thing we did find out is that it will set off the motion sensors of an alarm system. Not a great thing to find out when you’re in the middle of the Atlantic on a cruise ship-lol. One other thing, a few times it has gone into a room and closed the door locking itself in until the battery died. At least that room was clean.
We have a Shark. Not sure of the model but it’s three years old and still going strong.

I did that once to my x-wife.

We got an iRobot J+ & happy with it on the hard manufacturer floors. Too late for us but Costco has an identical iRobot for the same price but has a larger battery and has more spare filters and bags. I don't recommend a mop in the same unit but that is up to you.

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You heard the expression, jack of all trades but master of none. That is why I don't recommend a vacuum and a mop in one unit.

We have the iRobot J7. Works pretty well. Also have the standalone mop unit. I would not buy a combo unit. The J7 works well on our tile floors. We use a regular vacuum on our rugs. The regular vacuum gets a lot more dirt out of the rugs.

You don't have a dog do you?

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The iRobot J7+ advoid animal waste and wires.

We have an EcoVac Deebot 900 series. We bought a robot vacuum because of a shedding Lab. This brand was highly rated by Consumer Reports for picking up dog hair. The Lab is gone, but we still have the Deebot. It did a good job of daily cleaning of the dog hair and now does a good job of daily cleaning. We have a vacuum only model. Like others have mentioned, it will occasionally get stuck. There is nothing like hearing at 4:30 in the morning “I am stuck and shutting down”! EcoVacs are a bit on the pricey side. I don’t think I will get the same brand when the current vacuum conks out, but will definitely get another robot vacuum.

We have two dogs that shed, I vacuumed daily and sometime twice a day, I am amazed how great a job this thing does, under the beds and under the couch, chair and love seat, no issue with the area rugs also, it does a better job vacuuming than I did, the washing the floor works well also. this is the model I bought at Target. Shark Matrix Plus 2in1 Robot Vacuum & Mop with Sonic Mopping, Matrix Clean, HEPA Bagless Self Empty - RV2610WA
Shark Matrix Plus 2in1 Robot Vacuum & Mop with Sonic Mopping, Matrix Clean, HEPA Bagless Self Empty - RV2610WA

Shark Mop/Vac 2in1.

Maps entire house, send to do one room, multiple , or all. Comes home when full, auto empty and return to complete task.
Give you est time to complete and will recharge then return to complete task.

Mop have to change front unit to mop head. Mops from rear, while vacuum in the front. It will tell you when fluids are low and when to add. I will send out to mop couple areas, remove mop pad, RINCE CLEAN, THEN SEND BACK OUT.

I have hand mopped room, then sent out R2D2 (yes named, pool robot is C-3PO)
I can’t believe how much the mop pad comes back dirty.

One drawback you have to manually empty vacuum when mopping.

That said I have had two iRobot one just vacuum, one mop/ vac.

Shark did a better job after iRobot cleaned, because clean path is better on shark.

Note if you have a pet, don’t run robot while you are gone. Our pets challenge it, treat it like a toy.
If no pets send it out when you are leaving, clean floor when you return.

I gave our oldest iRobot vac, he has trained his dog to hit the button on command “Esme clean your room” to start cleaning.

iRobot mop/vac is up north and our granddaughters cat rides on it while it runs.

Best investment ever. Entertainment for pets and clean floors

How lazy can you get?
For the elderly, vacuum cleaning is one of the best forms of exercise.

Yea, but how do you get up off the floor after vacuuming under the bed, LOL

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I was walking by the clearance aisle at Walmart and they had their cheap-o brand on sale for $30. I bought three. My daughter loves hers. She has mostly carpet. Ours does fine on tile and carpet, but it gets confused in some rooms. We have one for tile/hardwood waiting to come down to TV. I expect it will do well. They may not be perfect, but for $30, I'm not complaining.

Of course you are aware of this being a significant cause of heart attacks right?