Comparing 2 robot vacuums
Your shortlist side by side: today’s price, our score and every fact the maker states.
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- Cheapest today
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* Foreign shop: delivery cost and VAT to Netherlands estimated.
Prices updated at 06:04Test results read on 9 Sept to 17 Oct
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| The facts that decide most | ||
| 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 | € 203 *Lidl | € 111Roborock (brand store) best |
| 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 | |
| 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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| 15,000 Pa best | 8,000 Pa |
| 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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| 130 min | 180 min best |
| 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. When it matters
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| – | 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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| 9.7 cm best | 9.9 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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| – | no |
| 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 |
| Tests, rank and ratings | ||
| The test sites that have tested this model, each linked to its own review. Tests | – | Vacuum Wars |
| Where the model stands in our ranking, among the robots with the same kind of station. Rank | – | rank 5 of 8 without a station |
| 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 | ★ 1.5 · 2 reviews | – |
| 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 | 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 both | charging dock only | charging dock only |
| The dock can be connected to the tap and the drain, so you never fill or empty a tank. It does need a connection nearby. When it matters
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| – | no |
| 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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| – | yes |
| 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) |
| Noise and age | ||
| The month the model first went on sale. It shows how old the technology in it is. On the market since | – | January 2025 |
| Suction and brushes | ||
| The floors the maker says the robot cleans well: hard floor, wood, low-pile or high-pile carpet. High pile is where most robots struggle. When it matters
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| hard floor, low-pile carpet | – |
| 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) |
| 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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| – | no |
| Mopping | ||
| 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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| 280 ml | 270 ml |
| 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) |
| 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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| – | no |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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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| 2.8 kg | 3.3 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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| 240 ml | 400 ml |
| How wide the robot is. Narrower gets between chair legs more easily, wider usually means a bigger dust bin. When it matters
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| – | 32.5 cm |
| Battery | ||
| The capacity of the battery. It hints at the runtime, but how much the robot draws counts just as much. In this comparisonSource
| 2,600 mAh | 3,200 mAh |
| How long an empty battery takes to charge fully in the dock. In this comparisonWhen it matters
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| 3.8 h | 4 h |
| Smart features and warranty | ||
| The year until which the maker promises security updates for the robot and its app. After that, new weaknesses in a robot on your network stay open. When it matters
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| 2032 | – |
| 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 |
| 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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| – | yes |
| 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. * Foreign shop: delivery cost and VAT to the Netherlands estimated.