RoboVac 25C

As far as Eufys with a roller mop, I recommend the E25. It works well with our 4 dogs, but I can’t speak to how it does with pee spots. Though according to this video (4:45) it picks up liquid spills just fine. [Eufy video](https://youtu.be/0ZDzKtfwVRo?si=WQvWfNcmDwZ1qjuG) For more details about the E25 with dogs, search my comment history. Good luck!

The biggest issue I’ve had with robot vacuums and pet hair is the auto empty feature. With 4 dogs, we have a lot of dog hair. I’ve had 2 robot vacuums not be able to auto empty (a Yeedi vac station and Roborock Quervo QV 35A) which is hugely frustrating. My Roomba j7+ auto emptied just fine, but didn’t have a mopping function. My current vacuum, a Eufy E25, auto empties and has a roller mop. The roller mop is key for reducing mop smells, since it rinses the mop as part of the cleaning process (as opposed to the spinning mop heads which only get cleaned when the robot goes back to base). Now that I’ve had a good vacuum/mopper, I’m never going back. Mopping keeps my floors soooo much cleaner, especially when it’s wet outside and my dogs track in mud. I like that the E25 has an auto-dispense function for the cleaning solution, which makes paying extra for the proprietary cleaner totally worth it. Another thing that’s really helped reduce smells is running the robot twice a day. First I run it on vacuum only to pick up as much dog hair as possible, then about 2 hours later I run the vacuum/mop setting (the E25 does not have a mop only function). This keeps the mop head mostly clear of dog hair, and prevents a wet dog smell. If you let the hair build up on the mop it transfers to the tray in the base station, where it stays damp and smells like wet dog. The E25 is good at avoiding dog toys, but struggles with socks and cables. Overall I’m very happy with it and it’s currently $649 on Amazon. As a side note, I highly recommend buying on Amazon so you can use the Asurion protection plan. Yes, I know Amazon is a terrible company. Unfortunately I am stuck with them because of the Asurion insurance subscription. It works great and I’ve made a lot of claims with them. Insurance is a must for any robots, because they will break. The Roomba I had died when our Rottweiler peed on it. Asurion refunded the purchase priced because it couldn’t be repaired, and that’s how I paid for the next vacuum!

It’s good for as long as you pay the subscription. If you don’t want to do a subscription there’s an option to purchase a warranty for a set period of time (up to 3 years, I think). Before I had a subscription this is what I did. They do not depreciate the value. You get your purchase price refunded back as an Amazon credit. For example, I bought the Yeedi in 2021 for $501.80 (after tax) and it died in 2024. I got a refund of the pre-tax price of $468.97. This has been consistent with all of the claims I’ve made over the years… you get the full purchase price minus tax. If you read the subscription fine print you’ll see that there’s a $5,000 maximum for warranty claims annually. They look at the previous 12 months, not the calendar year. Making multiple claims per year I haven’t come anywhere near the maximum, but something to keep in mind.

I don’t know if the rotating mop heads are crap, but I did notice dirt build up around the edges of the room after a few weeks of daily vac/mopping. I get this issue on a much smaller scale with my roller mop. So in my experience, the roller mop cleans better, but I would take rotating mop heads over no mop any day. FWIW I think you can get the roller mop that I have (Eufy E25) for less than $500 now, so a roller mop is in your price range. I’ve commented a bit on my experience with the E25 so you can search my comments for more details, but overall I’m happy with it and would recommend it

I had a Roborock Qrevo last year and had to return it because the auto-empty function couldn’t handle all the dog hair in my house (4 dogs). This made the vacuum basically useless for me, even though I loved everything else about it. The crazy part is that customer service said they wouldn’t recommend any robot vacuum for my situation, so I would stay away from Roborock completely if you have a lot of pet hair. I knew this was not true for other brands, as my old Roomba would auto-empty just fine. I ended up getting a Eufy E25 and it works great. Search my comment history for details about the E25, or let me know if you have any specific questions. Here’s what I wrote to Roborock’s customer service: “Do you have a recommendation for a Roborock vacuum mopper that can auto empty lots of dog hair (I have 4 dogs)? I was quite happy with the QV35A otherwise, and the customer service has been excellent. So I would be happy to purchase a Roborock again, as long as it has an auto empty feature that works for my needs.” See screenshot for their reply lol https://preview.redd.it/i6hu95axmi5h1.jpeg?width=1525&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f071d62afeb2fc156f368a2f380a5125780d1a0b

I have 4 dogs and what’s made the biggest difference for me is running my Eufy E25 twice a day… first on vac only, then on vac/mop. This way most of the dog hair/dried mud/leaves/etc is gone so it’s not clogging up the mop