I hope the list will be updated to reflect the new 2024 models, too, especially coming from ECOVACS and Eufy.

How about i8?

Why nothing about Abir x8?

Hey! I'd love to see a way to sort and filter based on all the data points in your reviews.

I want a robot that does not use wifi. which do you recommend for wood floors?

Thanks for the detailed analysis. I have had 2 roombas, eufy, and I bought an s7 based on your reviews. Interestingly, my prior 3 robots would easily go over the thresholds dividing my rooms. The S7 will not cross my thresholds. I saw that you place 3/4" plywood for the test, but because my thresholds have a slight angle/slope the s7 will not climb it. I think the performance is excellent, but having to pick up the robot and bring it to separate rooms really defeats the point of the Lidar mapping and smart map. I want a Lidar enabled vacuum/mop combo and the roboroks won't climb my threshold. Do you recommend the dreametech d10 as a possible alternative? I don't have pets.

9/20/23: Currently unavailable on Amazon with suggestions for models with much higher prices. Looking at the Roborock shop on Amazon, it appears that they are only offering higher end models with mopping capability and automatic dust bin emptying (neither of which I need). Do you have an alternate? The Wyze model is still available and priced at approximately $200. I'll probably go with that if I don't hear from you.

By the way, thanks for your excellent video! I haven't looked into subscribing yet but I plan to do so. I want to make sure that you receive any possible commissions related to my ultimate purchase, so let me know if there is a "better" way for me to purchase the vacuum!

Thanks again!

You list the Roborock S& MaxV Ultra as top machine. After 5 month I can confirm that, when it's working as it should, it's a good machine. We paid $1600, incl. extra pads, vac bags etc.

Here is our experience after 5 month of ownership. 3 month after purchase, its flaws began to show: very frequent 'water filter cleaning' became frequent in, spite of a super clean household, no pets, no children, no street shoes.

The second biggest problem is the 'bleeding' of the various room- or zone colors into other mapped rooms, resulting in the RR's frantically buzzing to other rooms to 'clean' those areas it's not meant to go; and with our machine, this problem is pervasive. We have, at least 9 areas where room colors seep from 1 room into another, or even outside our house walls, prompting the RR's frenetic attempts to 'go there and clean'.

Another big problem for us is that its software, suddenly and on its own, changes the assigned docking station spot to another area in the house, resulting in utter confusion for the RR to find any room and perform any requested service, and only by tricking it and the software, can be, with much patience, reversed.

This get's me to my # 1 problem I experienced with our RR: The 'customer assistance and help' line. Their simple response to the color bleeding or involuntary docking station move is: "You have to redo your whole house mapping". The original saved map has long since been used up, so for us, it's a problem, we have a 2200 sq.ft. house and various objects must be removed when cleaning. That's OK, as we clean 1 room at the time, but not with 10 rooms plus three

hallways all at once.

My question to RR: How come the machine suddenly changes its mapped docking station, but the engineers who developed the software, don't know how to undo that ... where does one turn to find help with those flaws??

I was wondering if you might be able to help me out.

I am looking at buying a robot vacuum cleaner in the next few months.

UPPER FLOOR

My highest priority is to be able to vacuum pet hair and dander (if possible) in the Living Room, Dining Room, Corridor and Kitchen which have timber flooring. This area also has an open floor plan.

The other rooms ( 3 bedrooms and a secondary Living Room) have low pile carpet. I have three bathrooms/toilets with ceramic flooring that have an inch step from the surrounding surface

LOWER FLOOR

The lower floor consists mainly of ceramic tiles. The two levels are connected via an internal stair case.

OTHER INFORMATION

I live on my own, so 90% of all content collected by the vacuum cleaner is pet hair from 2 Labradors who live inside the house as I am retired and home most of the day. Pet waste is not an issue as the dogs are house trained.

The timber flooring needs daily cleaning as the pet hair shows very easily on the floor and the dogs shed a lot all year round. All other areas need to be vacuum 1-2 times a week.

Washing of the timber flooring is not a high priority and a light moping with a micro fibre mop is usually sufficient.

A docking station would be required to keep up with the volume when the dogs are shedding pet hair.

The robot must detect the edge of the stairs and a reliable navigation system would be ideal.

Budget is not an issue and I would rather spend my money on the best robot vacuum cleaner that money can buy and meet the above needs rather than saving a few dollars.

Cheers

Excellent review. What I think is most important is how does the robot "robot". AKA how does the vacuum navigate? If it gets stuck or misses places who cares what else it does. I also think you need to consider why type of flooring you plan on cleaning with your robot vacuum.

I have a Roborock S7. Love it. I have all hardwood floors, tile and a few very short pile area rugs. The S7 works awesome. I wouldn't however recommend this if you are going to use it on medium to deep pile carpet. It doesn't really do that great a job of pulling out the cat hair out of my short pile carpet. But it does a great job of cleaning the hardwood floor, and doing a decent job of damp mopping them. I rarely if ever have to go fetch it because it got stuck.

When I get rich, I want the S8 Ultra...because I expect it to do better on carpets and it will clean the mopping pad, fill the tank and empty the dust bin!!