Robo vacuum

I bought both of mine on amazon, and they were one of the cheapest, they mop too.and I bought spare brushes etc over time

Agree. Had mine a few years now. Works a treat. I bought it when my health deteriorated .
Eufy. No regrets. 💗

The one upstairs can also cut hair/yarn off the brush and empty itself into a bag.
The basic ones such as we have downstairs are not so clever.

I have a Roborok Qrevo S that has two water tanks, one clean and one dirty, and it empties it's little dustbin into a bigger bag in the base. It mops and vacuums happily on my mix of lino, Karndean, rugs and carpets. You can set it to do just one room, just mop, just vac, or both. On its's first amble around the house it learns where it can go and what the surfaces are - nope, no idea how it knows.

Aveline

LVT?

Luxury Vinyl Tile. Well, it's plank, really - LVP? It's a hard floor, and is washable, but there is a large rug over some of it.

Our house is messy.
We lift up wires and just leave it to do its thing.
It goes round stuff we've left out and is perfectly happy.
They can cope with most things except wires and ribbon.
Our "upstairs" one can be blocked from messy places on an app.

LVT?

I like the idea of one of these, but we have a big heavy coffee table that can't be moved, as well as occasional tables, plants on stands, a bookcase and a bureau as well as the TV and sofas.

Would it navigate that lot? I'm happy to pick up bits and pieces that might be on the floor, but it would be easier to run a vacuum round than to shift everything out of the way.

I like the idea of one that will wash the kitchen floor - is that a possibility? Also, the dining room has an LVT floor with a rug - would it cope with both, or would we have to roll up the rug (similar effort v results dilemma).

I have a eufy downstairs, which is great, and one from Lidl upstairs which is crap

If your floors are so tidy that normal hoovering would be easy, they're great. For the rest of us, not so much!

It's not cleaning the floor that takes the time, it's FINDING the floor!

Not a white l'phant I hope!

Just remembered, my first one was a l'efant.

Mine cane with magnetic (?) strips, which you can put down on the floor, and the vac won't cross the strip, so you could put them down so it avoids tassels.

The problem is, how convenient is it if you have to modify the room and shift lots of stuff around before you can happily leave it to get on with things?

I have a Dreame x50 ultra, washes and vacuums or either washes or vacuums. The best piece of kit I have bought. My floors are gleaming.

Thanks. That's what would worry me. All the rugs have fringes. We also have a very long haired cat.

Aveline

We have carpets and also Persian rugs on them in places. Would that be asking too much of a robot cleaner?

Mine does.
It changes how it sweeps according to the surface.
If you've tassels on the rugs, they could get caught up in the brushes, though.

I think if I dared to buy one of these chaps & bring it into my home it would lay on it's side and have big cry! What with a hairy mutt & a snacky, crumb-making husband!

We have carpets and also Persian rugs on them in places. Would that be asking too much of a robot cleaner?

This is mine, Roomba 800 and yes it will clean hard floor and carpets. You can leave chairs etc in situ, the only things I must lift are wires and I loop them out of reach

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f6whsU9m3M&t=4s

No other bells and whistles with mine, if I want it to clean two rooms then I leave the door propped open, personally I would look on ebay and look up the price of a new battery and a sweeping kit (amazon) you could get a real bargain simply by changing those components for replacements

Mine is a Eufy and she's wonderful. The best household item ever. I call her Rosie the Robot. She has an app and will do the whole house or just one room. I find her fascinating to watch.

We have a Neato one , which is great but u have to empty the dust bin before every use as we have a dog . It does get stuck under some furniture, but the app lets you know . Having a dog it’s great for daily use but for a deep clean my GTech hoover is better .

Notagranny44

I love mine - I've an upstairs one and a downstairs one. One of them mops as well as vacuuming, but leaves the floors far too wet and I wouldn't bother with another that "mops".
They both vacuum pretty well though but of course they can't really do the corners. However that really doesn't bother me!
One's an Eufy and one an Ultenic.

Downstairs we have tiles in the kitchen, cloakroom and hall, laminate in the dining room and carpet in the lounge. Does it adapt to cope with hard floors and carpet or would we have to close the door into the lounge? They sound very tempting as we get older but I am completely in the dark as to how they function.

They have buffers on them, so they bump a few times (gently) against a sofa, and gradually change direction.
The brushes are spinning all the time, so with every bump, they're sweeping up just under the edge of the sofa.

If it comes up against a sofa or similar does it turn around. What about under a table with chairs around it.? Does it have to learn the lay out of the rooms in some way?