Best pick within your filterscharging dock only
#1 Roborock S8 Rank 1 of 5 robots without a station in our ranking
Score 5.7 / 10★ 3.6 (93) · Tested by Vacuum Wars € 620 black · incl. delivery · checked today
The best robot vacuum without a station in 2026 in the Netherlands
94 models with a charging dock only. Ranked by our score from lab tests and owners’ ratings, with today’s lowest price.
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Not sure what you need? Find out in 7 questions →#1A 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.
- Median price today
- € 199 · 94 models on sale
- Dust bag
- none: you empty the robot's bin yourself
With all-in-one station
- The station
- Empties the bin, washes the mops with water, often hot, and dries them with warm air. Most also refill the robot's water tank.
- Left to you
- Filling the clean-water tank and emptying the dirty one every few weeks, and replacing the dust bag now and then.
- Median price today
- € 554 · 172 models on sale
- Dust bag
- lasts 90 days by the makers' own figures (median of 129 models)
With auto-empty station
- The station
- 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
- € 288 · 67 models on sale
- Dust bag
- lasts 60 days by the makers' own figures (median of 49 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.
Score out of 10: 60% lab tests, 25% owners’ ratings at the shops that deliver to the Netherlands, 15% the maker’s facts. Price does not count. Only models a lab has tested are ranked, and only models sold in the Netherlands count. Method.
Without station
A charging dock only: emptying and mop care are up to you. 3 models, ranked by our score.
Roborock S8 Position 88 of 151 · Vacuum Wars
€ 620 free delivery · 1–2 days checked today
Roborock Q7 M5 Best cheap model · RTINGSBest pick · Wirecutter
€ 129 free delivery · 1–3 days checked today
Roborock Q7 L5 Position 138 of 151 · Vacuum Wars
€ 119 * incl. € 6 delivery · 2–4 days checked today
Lowest price at every shop that delivers to the Netherlands, VAT and delivery included. * = delivery cost and VAT estimated for a foreign shop.
Other models we track
Models no lab has tested yet, so they are not in our ranking. We do track their prices.
€ 124 * incl. € 6 delivery · 2–4 days · checked today Prime −11% · € 109
€ 147 * incl. € 8 delivery · 3–6 days · checked today
€ 158 * incl. € 6 delivery · 2–4 days · checked today
€ 169 * incl. € 6 delivery · 2–4 days · checked today
€ 199 free delivery · 1–2 days · checked today
€ 199 free delivery · 1–3 days · checked on 27 September 2026
€ 239 free delivery · 1–2 days · checked on 3 October 2026
€ 249 free delivery · 1–2 days · checked today
€ 299 free delivery · 1 day · checked today
€ 361 free delivery · 1–2 days · checked today
€ 399 free delivery · 1 day · checked today
€ 493 free delivery · 1–2 days · checked on 3 October 2026
€ 567 free delivery · 1–2 days · checked today
€ 1,331 incl. € 30 delivery · 1–2 days · checked today
Best at every budget
Under € 300 Roborock Q7 M5 score 4.4 · charging dock only Everything under € 300 → € 129
Under € 500 Roborock Q7 L5 score 4.2 · charging dock only Everything under € 500 → € 119 * * delivery cost and VAT estimated