D10 Plus

I got a d10 plus cheap about a year and a half ago, she's a champ! Not super duper feature rich, but it's been robust being that it runs alongside all the xiaomi stuff. Map and everything sets up nice with home assistant also!

Check Bestbuy.ca, surprisingly their deals on robot vacuums have been wild lately. Good portion of them are on for 66% off or more. There was a high end bObsweep vacu/mop combo that was $1599 down to $399 just last week. I also abused the sale to get myself a Dreame D10+ Self emptying for $199 down from $599

I wasn't planning to spend more than £300 when I wanted one. None is worth 1000s for me. After lots of research I decided on the Dreame D10 Plus, mostly due to hair trimmer accessory and the HA integration. I'm extremely happy with it. I don't understand why people pay so much money for these.

Dreame D10 Plus. Lovely little robot. Very confident. Would glide onto my tiled floor, locate a wet patch the size of a coin near the stove, and proceed to spread it into an abstract mural covering roughly two square feet. Every single time. Like it had artistic ambitions nobody asked for. I started following it around with a towel like a caddy at the world's saddest golf tournament. Replaced it once and then moved to another contender. Then I went with Dreame W10. Marketed as a wet dry all in one. What it actually did was locate every damp patch on my tiled floor and smear it into a thin glistening film across the entire surface, like it was prepping my kitchen for an ice skating competition. The dock would proudly flash green when it was done. Job complete. Floor ruined. Currently watching the xLean TR1 beta with my full attention because it claims to do everything in one swipe without turning my kitchen into a Jackson Pollock. Hopeful but cautious. Mostly cautious. Should I go for this?

Robots are mechanically and electrically much more complex than normal vacuums and despite the higher relative price they are not built as well as normal vacuums. Depending on your definition of "long term", none are reliable. You can expect 2 or 3 years before a serious failure. And that's with regular maintainence. The marketing for robot vacuums is so overblown it's ridiculous. They can be helpful when run very regularly. They keep clean-ish floors looking clean-ish. They do not vacuum as well as even average corded vacuums. Really you need to do a thorough manual vacuuming right before running the robot regularly, this allows the robot to "keep up" daily rather than trying to vacuum very dirty floors. Most will clog when used on previously uncleaned floors. Models to check would be the roborock Q10 S5+, eufy C10, dreame d10 plus, yeedi C12/ecovacs N20e (same machines different names). Of those models, the roborock and yeedi/ecovacs would be my top choices based on experience. Vacuum performance is good for a robot, anti tangle is ok (still, clean the brush regularly). And if longevity is a concern it might be worth getting a 3rd party extended warranty.

I have the Dreame and I really like it I think it’s a good deal.

I've had a dreame for 3 years now, paid 350 on Amazon, it's the one that cleans and empties its dust bin itself, but just dust. Has a separate mop for water you have to install manually. Use it several times a day. If you have basic needs you can find I think the updated version. Mine is the D10 plus. Works with HA of course