Comparing 3 robot vacuums
Your shortlist side by side: today’s price, our score and every fact the maker states.
Green is the best of these 3, also when they share the lead.
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| Most important facts | |||
| The lowest price today at a shop that delivers to you, delivery included. A price with an asterisk comes from a shop abroad, and its delivery cost is our own estimate. Lowest price | € 231bol.com best | € 249bol.com | € 429bol.com |
| Our own score out of 10: 60% test-site results, 25% shop ratings and 15% the maker’s facts. Price does not count. Score | not in our ranking | best | |
| The average of the stars buyers give at the shops, with the number of reviews behind it. We only compare it from 20 reviews. Customer rating | ★ 4.5 · 6 reviews | – | ★ 5.0 · 7 reviews |
| The test sites that have tested this model, each linked to its own review. Tests | – | Vacuum Wars | Vacuum Wars |
| Suction in pascal, as the maker measures it. More pascal helps on carpet, but it says little about how well the robot picks grit off a hard floor. In this comparisonWhen it matters
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| 4,000 Pa | 4,000 Pa | 6,000 Pa best |
| How long the robot cleans on one charge, at its quietest setting. After that it recharges and carries on where it stopped. In this comparisonWhen it matters
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| 240 min best | 120 min | 180 min |
| The highest threshold the robot takes, as the maker states it. Measure your own: the step into a bathroom or onto a balcony is often higher. In this comparisonWhen it matters
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| 20 mm | 20 mm | 20 mm |
| How tall the robot is. It decides whether it fits under your sofa, bed or cabinet. In this comparisonWhen it matters
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| 9.5 cm | 7.2 cm best | 9.7 cm |
| How far the robot lifts the mop when it drives onto a carpet. From about 10 mm a medium pile stays dry. When it matters
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| – | – | 5 mm |
| How long the maker says a dust bag lasts with daily use. With pets or a lot of carpet it is shorter. In this comparisonWhen it matters
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| up to 90 days best | up to 60 days | up to 49 days |
| How the robot maps your home and follows that map. Lidar measures with a laser and works in the dark, a camera looks along and recognises more. When it matters
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| LiDAR turret | LiDAR turret | LiDAR turret |
| Rank | |||
| Where the model stands in our ranking, among the robots with the same kind of station. Rank | – | rank 8 of 11 with an auto-empty station | rank 1 of 11 with an auto-empty station |
| Mopping | |||
| How the mop is built: flat pads, two spinning discs or a roller. Discs press harder on dried-on dirt, a roller rinses itself while it works. When it matters
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| flat or vibrating pad | no mop | flat or vibrating pad |
| The robot leaves the mop at the dock before it vacuums a carpet, so the carpet never gets wet. When it matters
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| no (assumed) | – | – |
| The dock washes the mop for you, so you do not rinse it by hand. When it matters
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| – | no | – |
| Drying is done with warm air instead of cold. It is faster and it helps against smell. When it matters
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| – | no | – |
| Station | |||
| The station the robot returns to, and what it does by itself, such as emptying the bin or washing and drying the mops. Station same on all | auto-empty station | auto-empty station | auto-empty station |
| Brush and obstacles | |||
| A brush that guides hair to the side instead of letting it wind around the shaft. It saves the cutting work in homes with long hair or pets. When it matters
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| no (assumed) | yes (best) | yes (best) |
| How the robot sees loose things on the floor, such as cables, socks or a pet accident. A camera with depth sensing sees more than a bumper that reacts on contact. When it matters
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| none | – | 3D sensor (structured light) |
| An extending leg or wheel that carries the robot over a high threshold. Without one it usually stops at about 2 cm. When it matters
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| no (assumed) | no | – |
| Noise and age | |||
| The noise in decibels while cleaning, in the setting its source names: makers mostly give the standard setting, shops often the highest. 65 dB is like a vacuum at half power, 55 dB like a conversation. Emptying by the dock is louder and listed on its own. In this comparisonWhen it matters
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| 55 dB | – | 68.5 dB |
| The month the model first went on sale. It shows how old the technology in it is. On the market since | May 2024 | December 2024 | March 2023 |
| Suction and brushes | |||
| What the roller under the robot is made of. Long hair and pet hair slide off rubber rather than wind round it, bristles reach deeper into carpet, and two rubber rollers turning against each other do both. Source
| rubber and bristle | – | – |
| The side brush swings out in a corner or along a kickboard, so the dust there is swept in too. When it matters
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| no (assumed) | yes | – |
| The robot notices when it drives onto a carpet. Most then raise their suction, and a mopping robot lifts its mop or leaves it at the dock. When it matters
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| detects carpet | – | – |
| Whether the robot copes with pet hair: a brush that hair does not wind around and a dock that empties the bin for you. Where the maker does not say so itself, we read it from those two. When it matters
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| – | yes | – |
| Mopping | |||
| The pad slides out along a wall or a kickboard, so the last few centimetres are mopped as well. When it matters
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| no (assumed) | – | – |
| The robot returns to the dock during a run to rinse the mop, instead of pushing dirty water around. When it matters
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| no (assumed) | – | – |
| How much clean water the robot carries. It sets how long it mops before a refill, which a dock does by itself. In this comparisonWhen it matters
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| 300 ml | – | 300 ml |
| The robot or its dock works with steam. It loosens dried-on dirt and grease, or washes the mop hotter than water alone. When it matters
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| no (assumed) | – | – |
| Dock | |||
| The dock empties the robot’s dust bin, usually after every run. You only empty the dock’s bag or bin. When it matters
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| yes | yes | yes |
| The dock collects dust in a bin instead of a disposable bag. No bags to buy, but you empty it yourself. When it matters
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| no | no | no |
| How much the dust bag in the dock holds. In this comparisonSource
| 4 l | 3 l | 2.5 l |
| The dock dries the mop afterwards, so it does not sit there wet and start to smell. When it matters
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| – | no | – |
| The dock mixes detergent into the water itself, from its own bottle. When it matters
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| – | no | – |
| Navigation and obstacles | |||
| An arm on the robot that picks up small loose things such as socks, so they are not in its way. When it matters
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| no (assumed) | – | – |
| Sensors under the robot that see a drop, so it stops at the top of a staircase instead of falling down it. When it matters
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| – | yes | – |
| Robot | |||
| How wide the robot is. Narrower gets between chair legs more easily, wider usually means a bigger dust bin. In this comparisonWhen it matters
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| 34.5 cm | 32.5 cm | 35.3 cm |
| What the robot weighs. It counts most if you carry it up a staircase every day. In this comparisonWhen it matters
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| 3.09 kg | 2.5 kg | – |
| How much dust the robot holds before you empty it. It matters less with an auto-empty dock, which empties the bin after every run. In this comparisonWhen it matters
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| 350 ml | 240 ml | 350 ml |
| Battery | |||
| The capacity of the battery. It hints at the runtime, but how much the robot draws counts just as much. In this comparisonSource
| 4,930 mAh | 2,600 mAh | 5,200 mAh |
| How much floor the robot cleans on one charge, as the maker states it. Mopping or a high suction setting makes it less. When it matters
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| 300 m² | – | – |
| How long an empty battery takes to charge fully in the dock. When it matters
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| 5 h | – | – |
| Smart features and warranty | |||
| Matter is the standard that lets devices from different makers work together. With it you can run the robot outside the maker’s own app. When it matters
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| no (assumed) | – | – |
| Which voice assistants the robot works with, such as Google Assistant or Alexa. When it matters
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| Alexa, Google Assistant | Alexa, Google Assistant | – |
| The warranty the maker gives in the Netherlands. Consumer law here stands apart from it and can last longer. When it matters
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| 2 years | – | – |
| You set days and times, and the robot starts by itself, also when you are not at home. When it matters
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| – | no | – |
| Whether the robot works with Home Assistant, the home automation software you run yourself. Official means the integration comes with Home Assistant itself, community that volunteers maintain it. When it matters
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| – | – | official integration |
Facts as the maker states them. A dash means the maker does not name it. Each model’s page gives the source of every fact. Noise is the maker’s own figure, so we do not judge it, and a customer rating only counts from 20 reviews.