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Risking this turning into some sort of ‘Wired Top 5’, but what is the go-to robot vacuum? My Roomba has become a hatefully little chaos monkey. The house small

Risking this turning into some sort of ‘Wired Top 5’, but what is the go-to robot vacuum? My Roomba has become a hatefully little chaos monkey. The house small and has wooden floors, so it shouldn’t be too tough.

JamesSwift 10mo ago
Just check out Vacuum Wars on YouTube to find the best based on your own criteria
shawabawa3 10mo ago
I'm a fan of the roborock S8 (now the S10 i guess) It's a vacuum + mop combo which imo is way better for hard floors
- HPsquared 10mo ago
  Does it choose based on the surface, or just let both run all the time? (Mop on carpet doesn't sound ideal)
  - baby_souffle 10mo ago
    They have an ultrasonic sensor to measure the type of floor and will not pump water when carpet is detected
  - imp0cat 10mo ago
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz6U9QkXn5I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz6U9QkXn5I Check this for a short overview of the available robovac mop technologies - modern roller mop equipped units have ultrasonic carpet sensors and will actually cover the entire mop to avoid getting carpets wet.
Nihilartikel 10mo ago
Seconding Roborock - we have a mid range one and it's effective and a huge step up in smartness from my old Samsung. I love being able to dispatch it to one or two different rooms and walk away knowing that it will get the job done. As a bonus, there are open source drop in replacements for the mfg's cloud service so you can self host your floor maps and stats, if that's your jam. (this isn't roborock exclusive though).
- forbiddenlake 10mo ago
  Can you link them? It's not valetudo is it?
  - Nihilartikel 10mo ago
    Valetudo is what I was referring to. For the vacuum, it's the Roborock Q5+ back from 2023. Not top of the line, but it works well on our mixed hardood+ rug floors.
baby_souffle 10mo ago
Anything valetudo supports is a good choice. Roborock has a semi official API that you can use to get ok levelers of integration with home assistant but valetudo is the gold standard.

JamesSwift 10mo ago

Just check out Vacuum Wars on YouTube to find the best based on your own criteria

shawabawa3 10mo ago

I'm a fan of the roborock S8 (now the S10 i guess) It's a vacuum + mop combo which imo is way better for hard floors

HPsquared 10mo ago
Does it choose based on the surface, or just let both run all the time? (Mop on carpet doesn't sound ideal)
- baby_souffle 10mo ago
  They have an ultrasonic sensor to measure the type of floor and will not pump water when carpet is detected
- imp0cat 10mo ago
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz6U9QkXn5I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz6U9QkXn5I Check this for a short overview of the available robovac mop technologies - modern roller mop equipped units have ultrasonic carpet sensors and will actually cover the entire mop to avoid getting carpets wet.

Nihilartikel 10mo ago

Seconding Roborock - we have a mid range one and it's effective and a huge step up in smartness from my old Samsung. I love being able to dispatch it to one or two different rooms and walk away knowing that it will get the job done. As a bonus, there are open source drop in replacements for the mfg's cloud service so you can self host your floor maps and stats, if that's your jam. (this isn't roborock exclusive though).

forbiddenlake 10mo ago
Can you link them? It's not valetudo is it?
- Nihilartikel 10mo ago
  Valetudo is what I was referring to. For the vacuum, it's the Roborock Q5+ back from 2023. Not top of the line, but it works well on our mixed hardood+ rug floors.

baby_souffle 10mo ago

Anything valetudo supports is a good choice. Roborock has a semi official API that you can use to get ok levelers of integration with home assistant but valetudo is the gold standard.