So, anyone got an iRobot Roomba or other robot vacuum cleaner?

Bumping the thread to see what the best robot hoover for £130-150 is. Must be friends with Alexa.

We bought a Deebot 79S last year but have just returned it under warranty as it developed a fault. It wasn’t smart, but it did the job surprisingly well.

Any suggestions?
 
tom_nieto said:
Have ordered the Eufy 15C. Came in a little over budget at £180, but it looks like we missed a couple of deals at the very beginning of January.

Will report back!
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They always come on sale.
Got the g30 verge in November 2021 for under 200 and its amazing. It goes around in its grid then does the edges and goes home.

Only reason didn't get the 15c was that it didn't have the mapping
 
throwaway4372 said:
Impressed with the Roomba 692 (£169) - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B088KBQ4PV

It replaces my old Neato Botvac D85 (£360) which kept needing replacement batteries. I also have a Neato Botvac D602 (£560) which is fairly modern and performs basically the same as the D85.

Observations:
- Roomba app setup was slicker, I actually uninstalled the Neato app it was so nagging with firmware updates that would make the bot worse.
- Roomba's round shape is massively better than Neato's D-shape for navigating around without getting stuck and bashing against stuff to get unstuck.
- Roomba is a bit quieter, but both are annoyingly loud so run it while out.
- Roomba moves a lot faster, but overall clean time is similar.
- Amount of dust collected is similar.
- Roomba is less tall so can get under some furniture the Neato couldn't.
- Neato needed magnetic strips on the floor to stop it getting stuck in the same places every time, Roomba doesn't need that.
- Roomba is massively cheaper.
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6 weeks extra feedback:
- Roomba more-often-than-not fails to find the base station when done. It continues to zip around in "going home" mode seemingly forever, i.e. until I pick it up and put it there.
- I heard that newer Roombas cover a room by moving in parallel lines (like the Neato) instead of like a spirograph (like old Roomba). That defo seems like a better and faster way of doing it.
 
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throwaway4372 said:
6 weeks extra feedback:
- Roomba more-often-than-not fails to find the base station when done. It continues to zip around in "going home" mode seemingly forever, i.e. until I pick it up and put it there.
- I heard that newer Roombas cover a room by moving in parallel lines (like the Neato) instead of like a spirograph (like old Roomba). That defo seems like a better and faster way of doing it.
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I thought roomba were meant to be really good?


The little eufy g30 always finds its home. And it does a grid pattern. That's why I picked it. Didn't want a random one.
 
I've returned my eufy x8 after 8 months of use, a great vacuum but it developed a fault and since the x9 is due out they've removed all the discounts so this time I've gone for a T10 plus. I don't want a mop function or additional waste bin dock but these seem to be the norm now on anything with decent navigation.
 
xb8browney said:
I've returned my eufy x8 after 8 months of use, a great vacuum but it developed a fault and since the x9 is due out they've removed all the discounts so this time I've gone for a T10 plus. I don't want a mop function or additional waste bin dock but these seem to be the norm now on anything with decent navigation.
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I would love a self emptying one. Every time it goes out the bin is rammed full. All dog hair!
 
Silly question, but do those of you with robot hoovers also have a regular hoover, to deal with things like spills? Or can you tell your robot hoover to go to a specific part of the room to sort out a spill?

And will a reasonable but not top end robot hoover deal with eg spilled cereal (without milk!)
 
manic111 said:
Silly question, but do those of you with robot hoovers also have a regular hoover, to deal with things like spills? Or can you tell your robot hoover to go to a specific part of the room to sort out a spill?

And will a reasonable but not top end robot hoover deal with eg spilled cereal (without milk!)
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I also have a dyson handheld, need it for doing the stairs and the car, and random bits I notice and want gone, and bugs.

my neato can spot clean, just pop it down and press the spot clean button and it'll do the area in front of it quickly. haven't tried that with the roomba yet.

I wouldn't let a robot loose on a bunch of cereal on the floor, I'd clear the bulk of it up by hand and then hoover the last bits, probably with the dyson - but I don't go yeeting cereal on the floor either, that sounds more like a thing kids would do, and I think if I had kids I'd just get a regular hoover.
 
throwaway4372 said:
I also have a dyson handheld, need it for doing the stairs and the car, and random bits I notice and want gone, and bugs.

my neato can spot clean, just pop it down and press the spot clean button and it'll do the area in front of it quickly. haven't tried that with the roomba yet.

I wouldn't let a robot loose on a bunch of cereal on the floor, I'd clear the bulk of it up by hand and then hoover the last bits, probably with the dyson - but I don't go yeeting cereal on the floor either, that sounds more like a thing kids would do, and I think if I had kids I'd just get a regular hoover.
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Fair, I rarely do either! It was just the first "annoying big spill I'd use a hoover on" I could think of!
 
Have a ~7yr old Roomba at home. Currently eyeing up the Xiaomi Mop 2S which is on sale for €170 so ~£150. Anyone used one? Not really seen it mentioned but they look reasonably new models.

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Where we are renting is fairly high up and so just a thin layer of dust which we're then walking into the house all the time. Thinking having it run each morning outside before we get up (in Spain), and then drop it into the house later on. Mopping would be handy too.

I would like the idea of the self empying ones, just not sure i can justify the jump to £600+

(For reference, we're moving out here in the near future so i'm not buying something just for 3 months use!)
 
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