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A robot with only a charging dock is the cheapest and smallest way to have your floor vacuumed daily. You empty the bin yourself, every few days in an average home, and if the robot mops you clean the cloth yourself. The dock is no bigger than a book and fits anywhere.
With these robots, look mainly at navigation (laser is more accurate than a camera), suction on carpet and the size of the bin. Many models also exist in a version with an auto-empty station, usually with a plus in the name, for a few tens of euros more. The order below is our score: lab tests first, then owners’ ratings and the maker’s facts. The price is today's lowest including delivery.
The three station types compared
Without station this page
The station
Charges the robot. It is no bigger than a book and fits anywhere.
Left to you
Emptying the bin, every few days in an average home, and rinsing the mop if the robot mops.
Charges the robot and after every run sucks its bin empty into a bag that lasts for weeks.
Left to you
Replacing the dust bag when it is full, and rinsing and drying the mop if the robot mops.
Median price today
232 € · 27 models on sale
Dust bag
lasts 75 days by the makers' own figures (median of 23 models)
The price is the median of today's lowest price per model, delivery included. How long a dust bag lasts is what the makers state themselves: new bags are the running cost of a station.
Mopping freshens the floor; real stains rarely come off. Spinning or roller mops paired with self-cleaning stations deliver the most effective floor cleaning.
Score out of 10: 60% lab tests, 25% owners’ ratings at the shops that deliver to Germany, 15% the maker’s facts. Price does not count. Only models a lab has tested are ranked, and only models sold in Germany count. Method.
In our ranking
These models are in our ranking, but their station type has too few ranked models here for a table of its own. The number is their place within their own station type.
#ModelScoreLowest price
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Tikom G8000 Max2025 · rank 1 of 3 without a station · ★ 4.4 · 4,566 reviewsTested by Vacuum WarsPosition 148 of 151 · Vacuum Wars