The 10 best low-profile robot vacuums you can buy in the Netherlands

The Roborock Qrevo CurvX is a flagship with two spinning mop pads of which one extends, a split anti-tangle main brush, an extending side brush, a retractable lidar that keeps the robot under eight centimetres tall, and a lifting chassis for thresholds up to four centimetres. The station empties the bin into a bag, washes the pads in 80-degree water and dries them. Vacuum Wars tested it for weeks in the studio and then for three months in a busy family home, and rated it higher as time went on.

On carpet it lifted 92 percent of the embedded sand, tied third among more than 200 robots tested, and nothing was wrapped around the brush after the long-hair test. The battery lasts: 220 minutes according to Roborock, and in the measurements well above the average efficiency, good for an estimated 135 square metres per charge. The retractable lidar took it under furniture a fixed turret cannot reach, and the camera-based obstacle recognition is among the better ones.

The criticism from the real-world period was mostly about mopping: only after adjusting the settings did the robot leave clean floors. In the first review it scored lower than expected; after Vacuum Wars revised its test method it climbed to second place in their list. Compare its price with the standard Qrevo Curv and the newer Curv 2 Pro.

Based on tests by Vacuum Wars.

The Roborock Saros 20 is a flagship with an embedded lidar and no turret, keeping it under eight centimetres tall, a lifting chassis that carries the robot over thresholds of more than four centimetres and adapts to thick carpet, two spinning mop pads that detach automatically, and a station that washes in boiling-hot water, dries with hot air and doses detergent. TechRadar names it the best robot for carpet, Tom's Guide the best for pet hair, and Vacuum Wars ranks it 11th of 20.

All three testers see the same strength: embedded pet hair and sand in carpet. Tom's Guide measured the effect of the 36,000 Pa of suction, the highest in their guide, and saw the twin anti-tangle brush stay clean even after heavy runs; Vacuum Wars lifted 89 percent of the sand out of carpet and 88 percent of the pressed-in pet hair, with a perfect score in the long-hair test. Obstacle recognition dodged toys and bowls reliably, and the low build takes it under furniture a turret cannot. The pads press with adaptive force and use less water than average, which limits streaks.

The criticism targets mopping and price: Tom's Guide saw patches missed and visible streaks in the lab, TechRadar still finds sticky spills a job for a cloth, and both call it more machine than many homes need, at a price to match. TechRadar also saw the odd strange behaviour on certain tasks. For homes with plenty of carpet, thick rugs, high thresholds and shedding pets it is one of the best choices; if mopping is the priority, look at a roller-mop model.

Based on tests by TechRadar, Tom's Guide and Vacuum Wars.

The Roborock Saros 10R is a flagship with an embedded lidar and no turret, keeping it under eight centimetres, two spinning mop pads of which one extends and which the robot can leave behind in the station, an extending anti-tangle side brush, and a station that washes in 80-degree water, dries with hot air and doses detergent. RTINGS names it the best robot vacuum overall; Vacuum Wars called it the best it had seen when it appeared.

Vacuum Wars measured a perfect 24 of 24 obstacles avoided, including the smallest objects most rivals miss, thanks to a camera with object recognition, a vertical light beam and a rear sensor. Nothing was wrapped around the split main brush after the long-hair test, pressed-in pet hair was picked up at 92 percent against an 80 average, and 80 percent of the embedded sand came out of the carpet. The pads lift on carpet and, for the first time on a Roborock, can stay in the station automatically, after which the robot collects them for the mopping run.

The reservations are small: the carpet score is good rather than the very best, the quoted 19,000 Pa of suction sits below the newer Saros 20, and the station is large. For anyone wanting a low robot that dodges nearly everything on the floor and looks after itself, without needing the latest suction figures, this is one of the most complete robots around, and often discounted since the Saros 20 arrived.

Based on tests by RTINGS and Vacuum Wars.

The Roborock Qrevo Edge 2 succeeds one of Vacuum Wars' favourites, with two spinning mop pads of which one extends, a split anti-tangle main brush, a retractable lidar and a body eight centimetres tall. The station empties the bin, washes the pads in hot water and dries them with hot air. Vacuum Wars ranks it 10th of 20 and calls it a strong all-rounder in the upper mid-range.

Vacuuming is the big step forward over the first Edge: 94 percent of the embedded sand came out of the carpet, the second-highest score ever measured, and pet hair pickup reached almost 90 percent where its predecessor stayed below average. After the long-hair test nothing was wrapped around the brush. Mopping and route efficiency scored well too, and the low build fits under furniture the previous generation could not reach.

The criticism: obstacle recognition scores below average, threshold height is down to two centimetres from the first Edge, the onboard bin is small and the battery lasts a little shorter. The station does not dose detergent. For homes with plenty of carpet and pet hair, no high thresholds and not too much clutter on the floor, it is one of the better buys whenever it is on offer.

Based on tests by Vacuum Wars.

The MOVA V70 Ultra Complete is the current flagship of MOVA, Dreame's sister brand, and sits at the top of Vacuum Wars' top 20 right now. Rated suction is 42,000 Pa, the spinning mop extends up to 17 centimetres and the side brush about 12, and a lifting chassis clears 4.5 cm thresholds and two-step obstacles up to 9 cm. The lidar sinks into the body so the robot fits under low furniture.

What Vacuum Wars highlights in its description: the bagless EcoCyclone station holds up to a hundred days of dust in a washable container, washes the pads in boiling-hot water, dries them with air of around 70 degrees, doses cleaning solution and cleans its own washboard. The pads detach automatically for a vacuum-only run on carpet, the 6,400 mAh battery charges quickly and the obstacle recognition knows more than three hundred kinds of objects.

One caveat: its place at the top rests on the hardware and first measurements; Vacuum Wars has not yet published a full test report with carpet, hair and mopping scores for this model, and the other test sources we follow have not rated it yet. If you want the most complete station and the longest reach along edges without buying dust bags, this is the model the testers currently put first.

Based on tests by Vacuum Wars.

The Dreame X60 Pro Ultra Complete, sold in the United States as the X60 Max Ultra Complete, is Dreame's current flagship: a retractable lidar that keeps it under nine centimetres tall, a climbing system for thresholds of more than five centimetres, two spinning mop pads with warmed water that extend and detach automatically, and a station that washes in boiling-hot water, dries with hot air, doses detergent and odour control and can be plumbed in. Tom's Guide calls it the best robot vacuum of 2026; Vacuum Wars ranks it 4th of 20.

Tom's Guide watched it pick up everything from hair to flax seeds and mop away dried soy sauce and mud without sticky residue, with a map ready in under ten minutes and an app that makes scheduling easy. Vacuum Wars measured 89 percent of the embedded sand out of carpet, a rare 100 percent on pressed-in pet hair, 22 of 24 obstacles avoided thanks to two cameras that see objects from a centimetre up, and a five-centimetre threshold taken without effort. The battery charges in about 80 minutes.

There is criticism too. On carpet with lots of hair and coarse debris performance dips slightly, the station is large and needs floor space, the route is a little less efficient than average and it covers less area per charge than rivals. Vacuum Wars finds the onboard bin small at 235 millilitres, but that is the US version: for the European version Dreame gives 310 millilitres. The price sits above most competitors, which both testers mention. For anyone wanting the most complete package available today and with room for the station, this is the reference.

Based on tests by Tom's Guide and Vacuum Wars.

The Dreame Matrix10 Ultra is Dreame's most elaborate model: a station that swaps automatically between three mop pads, a soft absorbent one for the bathroom, one with nylon bristles for scrubbing and a standard pad, with three separate compartments of solution for wood, general use and pet odour. The robot itself has retractable legs, a retractable lidar, an extending side brush and mop, and a station that washes in boiling-hot water and dries with hot air. Vacuum Wars tested it for weeks and compared it with the far cheaper L50 Ultra.

Pad swapping worked reliably in practice, bar one error message that vanished after a restart. Bench suction was above average and well above the L50 Ultra, nothing was wrapped around the split main brush after the long-hair test and pressed-in pet hair was picked up at an above-average rate. Debris of every kind came off hard floors and carpet, and the complete station takes almost all maintenance off your hands.

The criticism is mainly the price: nearly every feature is also on the L50 Ultra, which Vacuum Wars names the best robot under a thousand dollars, and the Matrix10 costs a lot more for the swapping station alone. The testers also reserve judgement on the durability of all those moving parts, as user ratings were still scarce. If you want a different pad and solution per room without lifting a finger, this is unique; if you do not, buy the L50 Ultra.

Based on tests by Vacuum Wars.

Three months of running left no hair wound around the Dreame L60 Ultra's two rollers. Pet hair earned it a 9 on Just A Dad Approved's ten-point card, two and a half points clear of that tester's middle mark, and vacuuming an 8.5, a point and a half up on the usual. A suction rating of 35,000 Pa backs that up, since most rivals with a mop-washing dock manage 20,000 Pa.

The body is 89 millimetres high, 8 millimetres lower than its peers at the midpoint, so it slips beneath sofas and beds that stop many of them. Pads are washed at 100 degrees, when 75 degrees is what the others typically run, and the dock's 589-millimetre height is worth measuring against a shelf or worktop, as the usual one is 500 millimetres.

Its weak point is the map. The tester's first maps drew walls further in than they are, and the robot then stopped short of the real edge, so a strip along the skirting board went unmopped until a third mapping run improved things. Mopping came out at 7.5, exactly that reviewer's middle score.

Based on tests by Just A Dad Approved.

The MOVA V50 Ultra Complete is an all-in-one robot with two spinning mop pads of which one extends, an extending side brush, a retractable lidar and a climbing system for thresholds up to six centimetres. The station empties the bin into a 3.2-litre bag good for about a hundred days, washes the pads in hot water, dries them with hot air and doses cleaning solution or a pet-odour formula. Vacuum Wars put it first in its own top 20 after testing; it now sits 19th, overtaken by newer models.

In the tests it lifted 88 percent of the sand embedded in carpet, a top-ten score of all time at Vacuum Wars, and pressed-in pet hair was picked up at 88 percent against an 81 average. The twin main brush channels hair to one side and came out of the long-hair test spotless. The extending side brush made corners noticeably cleaner, and the testers praised the price, clearly below similarly equipped Roborock and Ecovacs models.

The criticism is limited and mostly relative: rivals have since mopped better and climbed higher thresholds, and Vacuum Wars publishes no threshold measurement for this model. Without a water hookup you refill the clean tank yourself. For flagship equipment at a mid-range price this remains one of the better buys.

Based on tests by Vacuum Wars.

A 9.2 for hair, on a ten-point scale where Just A Dad Approved's middle mark is 6.5, is the widest lead the Roborock Saros 20 Flow holds over the field. The tester saw long hair come up without winding round the brush. Vacuuming got a 9, two points over the middle, on suction rated at 36,000 Pa, when 20,000 Pa is common among robots that come with a full wash-and-dry station.

The roller mop went higher again, to 9.4 where 7.5 is the tester's norm, and the review remarks on how little water it needed. That roller is washed in the station with 100-degree water, where the stations of its peers stop at 75 degrees. The climbing system is rated for thresholds of 45 millimetres, more than twice the 20 millimetres others manage, and it crossed the thresholds in the tester's studio smoothly.

With stain detection switched on, the robot still did not recognise spilled ketchup and sucked it up when it should have mopped it, which left the tester with more to clean. In a kitchen that means wiping up anything sticky by hand before a run.

Based on tests by Just A Dad Approved.