I have one and i have not used it in a while I found the prep to be just as much work as cleaning the apartment myself.
Modern top tier models are more expensive but they take care of all these issues. I’m on my third Robot vacuum and I know exactly the prep and work you’re taking about.
New models can identify obstacles like shoes, cords, socks, and pet waste to avoid them entirely. So no need to clear obstacles before running it.
They also can mop, refill the mop water, and clean and dry their own mop pads. You can even get docks that are fully plumbed in that don’t have tanks to be refilled or emptied at all.
They really have come a long way, as long as you’re willing to spend the money.
We have ours set to run in all the main rooms of the apartment every day, including a deep clean in the kitchen. We just have to empty and fill the tanks on the dock about every day to day and a half. The dock portion that cleans the mop pads needs cleaning about once a month.
We have a dog so that little bit of maintenance is more than worth it.
Mine cleans itself like 85%>
Base station empties the contents into a small bag, emptying the vacuum.
Base has a hair cutter for anything stuck on the rollers, runs before emptying.
I just maintain it, change brushes periodically, change bags and filters.
Even have dog gates high enough that it can still bass by and clean the room.
But there are limitations
Is that one connected to some server somewhere or is it “dumb” and self reliant?
It’s eufy, has lidar cameras. So it’s connected somewhere unfortunately.
I have their cameras and everything is local (or at least that’s what they claim). I wonder if it’s truly different with their vacuums. Outside of that, do you like it?
Love the vacuum, app could use some work. If you e got a pet that sheds, this is amazing. It does probably 95% of the work, then once a month or so we do a deeper clean. It literally picks up pounds of hair and debris.
It’s the Eufy L60 SES version. There are better versions available, this fits this household well.
Robot vacums are the best technology to have come out of the past decade
It can’t clean entire apartments. Only suitable floors. You could also teach it to fall into water.
To be fair my mop doesn’t clean the carpet, neither does the broom really
Can’t clean anything over 1/8" tall, including itself.
