Smart Vacuums

All depends on what you want to spend, but we got a Roomba 960. It was already discounted on Bed Bath and Beyond with the introduction of the i Series. It also qualified for the 20% off coupon. We love it!! It is way better than the Deebot we had before. The smart mapping feature is really a game changer for us compared to the random bouncing around of the Deebot. Both cleaned well, but the Roomba thoroughly cleans my entire space with each cleaning cycle. We have two dogs and I couldn't imagine life without it. It runs every other day and I come home to spotless floors. Depending on your budget, we would be able to provide recommendations. Any of them is better than none, but there really is best bang for the buck among them depending on your price range.

Roborock is a lifesaver for Labrador hair. It’s $400 less than the Roomba with mapping built in and has more suction power and better battery life.

Roborock



End thread. Unbeatable for the price. Period.

Have a Shark one. It picks up dust and dog hair like a champ but I'm not convinced the thing doesn't just move around randomly.

I run a Neato Botvac D5. It's got "lasers" on its fricking forehead. I can set up virtual "do not cross" lines once it maps out the house to keep it out of areas I don't want it in. Once it does have the house mapped, it figures out where it is no matter where you start it up and cleans. If it runs out of power, it just goes to charge up and then picks up where it left off after it charges up. It has three separate floor plans that it can store so you can clean multistory houses by just setting it down where you want it to clean and it figures out which map it's on and off it goes. It's a fricking godsend and it entertains the cat for 45 minutes as she stalks it around the house.

Whichever you end up with, a side brush is a MUST. Non-negotiable. If you don't get one with a side brush, it'll leave a ring of dust around your baseboards because its main brush doesn't extend all the way to the outside of the robot. The side brush throws that dirt out in front of the robot. Also, round robots can't get into corners. Robots with square fronts can better get into those corners.

I must warn you with pets, though, to never, Never, NEVER set it up to run unmonitored while you're away or without doing a quick inspection of the area you want to clean first.

Bought a Roborock S5 (sometimes branded as a Roborock S50) and that thing is fantastic, especially for the price.

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I want a smart vacuum. It will really just be for hard floors (tile and wood). I'd like it to be affordable but good at working 1-2 times a weak just to control pet hair/dander.

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I've got a "dumb" Roomba 655, but you can manually set a schedule on it. We have it run every morning and the only thing you really have to do is empty it a few times a week and occasionally rescue it from things it gets stuck under. Since you're looking for affordable you may not need "connect to my wifi and control with an app" smart if it has a schedule feature.