Check out the ECOVACS DEEBOT T30 or X2 series - they're solid for cat hair. The rubber brushes don't tangle up like the bristle ones, suction is strong enough to handle shedding season, and they're pretty quiet for apartment living. Mopping is built-in, and accessories are easy to find on their site or Amazon. The auto-empty stations help a ton with all that fur too. Should fit your budget depending on which model you go with.
Look, if you are looking at the Dreame L series or Mova, you are basically asking for high-end features on a mid-range budget. I was in the same boat (wanted the L10s Ultra originally).
For under 600€, you should absolutely look at the Ecovacs Deebot T30 Pro Omni.
It hits almost every single one of your must-haves and actually beats the Dreame/Mova specs in a fewkey ways:
* Hot Water Washing: You asked for 60°C; the T30 actually does 70°C hot water washing. It dissolves grease and sticky messes way better thanthe standard 55-60°C.
* Anti-Hair Tangle: It has the ZeroTangle brush. It uses a special comb array that actively cuts hair off the brush while it cleans. If you have pets or long hair at home, this is way better thanthe standard rubber brushes.
* Mop Lifting: It lifts the mop plates 9mm when it hits carpet or goes back to the dock, so it doesn't drag a dirtywet mop across your rugs.
* Edge Cleaning: It has TruEdge, where the mop pad physically extendsout to scrub corners and edges.
* Sensors & Maintenance: It has the dirty water/clean water sensors you wanted and auto-empties the dust bag. The station is also shorter and more compact than the others, so it fits under cabinets easier.
I feel you on the 2 kids + 3 pets struggle, floors are basically a combat zone.
If the Qrevo isn't doing it for you, definitely check out the Ecovacs Deebot line (especially the T series when on sale). Their "Ozmo" mopping tech is a beast for sticky messes and pet tracks. You can often snag them under $500, and they might actually give you the "oomph" you're missing.
We have an Ecovacs Deebot and it integrates well with HA.
BUT
The vacuum itself loses itself in it's map if the power gets turned off to the base unit and then I need to go through the mapping process again.
The after sales support has been good overall from my own experience, some of the issues seem to be pretty rare. Since I started using the t30, that smelly mop problem hasn’t happened again. And the mapping is easy to set up too, I usually clean by zones, it just feels more quick that way.
Got the t30 pro for low price 250 Euro a few month ago.
Had a roborock for many years. S5max
And an roborock s5
The roborock navigation is way better then the ecovavs.
The Roborock station really sucks the dirt out of the back.
The ecovavs I have to clean regularly by myself.
And we got no pets .
So I do not recommend the ecovavs at all.
I've a Ecovacs T30s Pro OMNI. Firstly the service has been really good in Bangalore, where I'm at.
Just last week called for a service to de-dust the internal electronics thinking it might have gone inside after this long (because usually dust is the reason these things fail). The technician came very next day and he opened it up and surprisingly it was really clean but what little dust was collected we blew it off using an air blower. Have not had another issues as such personally.
Bought it in Jan of this year. Initially spares were not available and the OEM ones were expensive so waited for a couple of months and many 3rd party ones popped up. Spares right now are very affordable and I'm using some 3rd party and it works fine.
Maintenance:
1. Once a week clean out the dirty water and refill the clean water. (~10m)
2. Once in 2 weeks clean the robot itself and clean the mop pads. (~30m)
3. Whenever the part replacement alarm comes up change those after inspecting the actual part for wear and tear. If the part still has some life I usually use it a little more before replacing them.
I have been mostly hands-off with the vacuum and it just works. Have a schedule for everyday morning before we wake up. House is spotless before we come out of our rooms.
Welcome! Yes it's better than nothing. A lot of people say and will keep saying it's costly and maintenance etc etc but if you can afford it get the one with the dock when you can. The factor of convenience alone is amazing for us. We do not have to rely on maid or anyone else to keep the house clean. We have a retriever at home so for us this is an indispensable tool.
I'm not an expert but I did buy / return many and found one I liked a year or so back.
Roborock Qrevo Curve. Was over $1000 when I bought it. Down to $700 now I think. It seldom gets stuck. Can run multiple programs. Mine currently vacuums only the whole house 2x week. Washes/mops only the whole house 1x a week. It mops and vacuum combo the kitchen floor every night after 9p and all the cooking is done. It has been easy to maintain. I fill the water tank once a week, empty the waist water tank at the same time. I get about 3 months out of a vacuum cleaner bag before swapping. It handles high thresholds better than anything I've seen. I have an old house with a 2" threshold in one of the rooms. No issue getting over. Great mapping with good options to limit it from rooms or areas in the room.
Dream L40 - Was the first high end mop/vac I owned. It's AI obstacle avoidance was the best I've ever seen. The issue I had was it dropped the mops automatically when running vacuum only. This should be a good thing and was until it somehow lost the ability to pick them up and would fault out. I returned it. Mapping was excellent. It did have pretty good threshold passing but could not get over the 2" threshold.
Ecovac T30-AI. I still own this because I had some shit hit the fan at the end of the return window and missed the return window. Worst mapping of any I've mapped with. It missed rooms and had a very hard time crossing thresholds. All the thresholds. Once a map was made, it didn't' update it at all. The others all add rooms or areas if they find them. If I map with a door of a room closed and later open the door, that room will never be entered by the ecovac, the others all just updated their maps. As far as cleaning goes, if the path is flat, no thresholds, it does a pretty good job on the vac+mop setting. But it can only program one setting. So I can not vacuum 5 days a week and mop one of those days. It runs at the time you set, on the mode you left it last. I have a sunken room that the Roborock can't get to. I used to just move the Dream and later the Roborock into that area once a week. Now the Eco lives in that room. Should be a perfect case. But here is it's biggest flaw. If the batter runs dead, it will not charge from the dock. You have to dismantle the robot, pull the battery, charge the batter on an external charger, and then reinstall the battery. This is not practical for 90% of the owners. Most don't have a batter charger for that type of batter. If I wasn't an RC Car guy in my youth, I'd have no idea what to do. I own it. It's been running for over a year and doing an OK job. I would not recommend it to anyone.
Various Roomba. I've owned 4 or 5, bought my parents 1 or 2. set them all up. These are very basic machines and over priced for what they do. They are existing on name recognition these days. They don't suck but there are better out there for less money. My parents love theirs.
I own a RoboRock QrevoCurve and a EcoVacs T30AI.
The Qrevo RR has been running for nearly a year now with little to no issues. It crosses thresholds well, better than most. It seldom gets stuck and when it does, 70% of the time I can just send it back to base from my phone and it clears itself of the obstical. You can set multiple programs. I have it vac and mop the kitchen every night. Vacuum the house 3 days a week and mop the house 1 day a week.
The EcoVac has also been around for about a year, a month longer than the QRevo. It would have been returned after I got the Qrevo but I missed the return window. It has caused me to post on here about dead batteries. If it gets stuck, it will run it's batter dry. When the battery is dead/dead, it will not charge in the dock. I have to take the bot apart, pull the batter and charge it on my RC car charger using a MickyMouse wired rig. This takes 30 min or so, start to finish. I've had to do this 4 or 5 times now. Once because it got stuck on a business card. No joke.
Other than that, EcoVac does a good job mopping and vacuuming. It does a poor job mapping and crossing thresholds. I use it in a single room and I still occasionally have dead battery issues. It will only run one setting. You can make multiple schedules but can not change the function. IE I can vacuum M-T-W in the morning and T-F-S-S at night if I want. But I can not program it to Vacuum on Monday and Mop on Tuesday. The function of Mop/Vac, Mop Only or Vac only cannot be programed into the schedule. It runs the schedule on whatever function you have set.
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