Does anyone have any recommendations for the best robot vacuum under $500? If it also has mopping feature - that's even better.
I live in approximately 80sqm apartment, hard floor (no rugs or carpet). Since the floor is beige, even a little bit of dusts or crumbs etc would look quite dirty, hence looking for some alternative on robot vacuum.
Also would be good if anyone has any experience in using robot vacuums, are they actually good in collecting all the dusts? And are they actually good in mapping areas or do they often just get stuck and we need to fix it ourselves (which defeats the point of getting a robot vacuum in the first place).
Had a look at the Ecovacs Deebot which has great reviews and reasonable price but happy to take other advice or if it's available at cheaper price somewhere else.
Thank you!
We grabbed a Deebot 920 when it was on special (I think something like $650 from Godfreys on clearance, so probably more than what you are after) - its awesome. We needed multiple level mapping, and something that has decent suction too (as upper levels are carpeted versus wooden floors downstairs). Love it. We find ourselves using it little and often and it works great in that sense. It maps the floor with lasers and then stores the map, so you can tell it places to avoid (eg wires if tangled under a cabinet for instance), or get it to do a specific area of interest (eg kitchen if you have just made a mess). Also does mopping, but we don't use it at all for that.
Only thing I would note is that sometimes with really light things, the little spinning things on the front can inadvertently flick really light things away and back to a place that has already been vacuumed so gives you the impression that it missed something. But that is really minor tbh. Otherwise, lifechanging.