Best robot vacuum (1 Viewer)

[Big League Chew]

We had a Roomba for a few years. Thing was pretty good but it’s old and started sucking so I’m looking for a replacement. Costco has the e6 and the 985 models. Both have iffy reviews. Any recommendations?

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

I recently did a lot of research for this and, for the money, the Eufy 11S is the best I could find.  We've been using it regularly for a year and have no complaints, especially at it's price point.

 

[simsarge]

We had a Roomba for a few years. Thing was pretty good but it’s old and started sucking so I’m looking for a replacement. Costco has the e6 and the 985 models. Both have iffy reviews. Any recommendations?

Shouldn't it have been doing this all along? 

Sorry, couldn't resist.  I have a Roomba model 614. it cleans fine, but it's constanly getting itself stuck. On the stair ledge, under furniture (the worst), behind furniture, under cupboards, around wires and shoe laces, etc.  To the point that I have to de-Roomba trap the house before i can run it when we're not home or babysit it when we are. It does pick up a lot of stuff, when it's doing its thing. But too often it ain't.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

I recently did a lot of research for this and, for the money, the Eufy 11S is the best I could find.  We've been using it regularly for a year and have no complaints, especially at it's price point.

Yeah we have this, for the price it’s great.  If you’re looking for something you can program routes or control from your phone I’d look else but if you just want something  that runs into stuff and cleans this one is worth it 

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Shouldn't it have been doing this all along? 

Sorry, couldn't resist.  I have a Roomba model 614. it cleans fine, but it's constanly getting itself stuck. On the stair ledge, under furniture (the worst), behind furniture, under cupboards, around wires and shoe laces, etc.  To the point that I have to de-Roomba trap the house before i can run it when we're not home or babysit it when we are. It does pick up a lot of stuff, when it's doing its thing. But too often it ain't.

That's my favorite feature of the Eufy 11S---it's the slimmest robot vac on the market.  It fits under every piece of furniture we own and has never gotten stuck.

 

[simsarge]

That's my favorite feature of the Eufy 11S---it's the slimmest robot vac on the market.  It fits under every piece of furniture we own and has never gotten stuck.

Regrettably I totally never thought about the furniture clearance thing before I bought mine. It does it's job well enuff, but can be a PITA

 

[Big League Chew]

I recently did a lot of research for this and, for the money, the Eufy 11S is the best I could find.  We've been using it regularly for a year and have no complaints, especially at it's price point.

How’s the suction on that model? Says it’s 1300Pa whatever that means. There’s a model that’s not slim and $30 more with a 2000Pa

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

We predominantly use the 11S on our hard floors and it's great.  It still works well on our carpeted floors but there is a noticeable difference.  If you have mostly carpeted floors it's worth the extra $30 to get the 11S Max.

ETA that the 11S Max is also only 2.85" so fits under almost all furniture.

 

[Big League Chew]

We predominantly use the 11S on our hard floors and it's great.  It still works well on our carpeted floors but there is a noticeable difference.  If you have mostly carpeted floors it's worth the extra $30 to get the 11S Max.

ETA that the 11S Max is also only 2.85" so fits under almost all furniture.

It’s on the way. Feels like Christmas again

 

[beef]

Roborock is having a nice anniversary sale. Some people on Slickdeals are having success using additional coupon codes on some + models.

https://us.roborock.com/pages/roborock-deals

 

[Galileo]

We had a Roomba for a few years. Thing was pretty good but it’s old and started sucking so I’m looking for a replacement. Costco has the e6 and the 985 models. Both have iffy reviews. Any recommendations?

Shouldn't it have been doing this all along? .

From a physics perspective, there is no such thing as suck.

We have an iRobot purchased from Sam's Club several years ago. My wife wanted it so badly. It is a piece of sh!t. Always getting stuck, passing over debris and leaving it there, taking forever to cover the area...so inefficient. It is so much easier to pull out the upright vacuum and knock it out. We don't use it much.

 

[Galileo]

I recently did a lot of research for this and, for the money, the Eufy 11S is the best I could find. We've been using it regularly for a year and have no complaints, especially at it's price point.

How’s the suction on that model? Says it’s 1300Pa whatever that means. There’s a model that’s not slim and $30 more with a 2000Pa

Pa is the abbreviation for Pascals which is the basic unit for pressure in the SI system. Pressure is force per area. So, in theory, the higher this number is the more force there should be to "suck" with. But there are other factors that play a significant role such as the amount of airflow through the vacuum.

For comparison purposes, atmospheric pressure is 101,325 Pa. If you have ever used a straw, it is the atmosphere that is responsible for "sucking" the fluid through the starw. In reality, to suck, you expand your lungs to create an area of low pressure at one end of the straw, and the atmosphere pushes fluid through the tube as the forces will be directed from higher pressure areas towards lower pressure areas. HTH