Roomba s9+

S9+ Roomba also. In theory any D-shaped bot

D-shaped robots are superior in some regards, but in most they are worse. From navigation to main brush pressure, to side brush placement. It's just very difficult to make it work. It makes sense why the round ones won. That's coming from someone who owned a Neato D5 and a Roomba S9+, on black friday I will finally switch to something more sensible, a Dreame Aqua 10 Roller (maybe the Mova Z60, I will see what deal is better I guess).

Going from the Roomba S9 plus to the Mova Z60, I can report the same thing. The S9 cleaned so well that following it with my Dyson I saw almost nothing left. The Mova, well, it makes a lot of noise but nothing happens, it is very much like Jeremy Clarkson that vacuum. Top Gear references aside, it really isn‘t great. One option is to just run it at max settings, since like that you make sure that the advertised power is also used. Another option is to increase its bin emptying frequency. Because clean filter = more suction / airflow. They really don’t make em as they used to before, the fact that I am missing my Roomba S9 is proof of that.

Skip roomba. I was in the exact same scenario as you and went with the s9+ with mop bundle and my vacuum battery stop taking a charge after only about 25 uses over the span of 4 years. The main issue is the iRobot doesn’t stock replacement batteries anymore and updated their software to no longer accept aftermarket batteries. Let me know what you end up going with because needless to say I’m in need of a new one.

I was going to get a dyson visnav cause I have a similar situation as you. I decided on a roomba s9+ because of the auto empty dock and its carpet performance is still one of the best to this day. So far I have been extremely impressed

at the end of the day most modern vacuums do a great job just with different convieiences. However there are also a lot of older vacuums that also do a great job at a fraction of the price. I ended up going with an older separate mop and vacuum setup. A narwal t10 and a Roomba s9+. Both can be had for less than $100 each. Floors look great.

I guess the benefit of buying the latest is so your technology doesn't feel outdated as rapidly. The downside is a drop in reliability when you're buying the latest experimental stuff. I got an S9+ with a Braava that's held me down the last 5 years. I feel if I hadn't bought the "best" at the time the robots wouldn't have been kept for long. But the first year or two I probably went through about 5 replacements due to reliability issues. The last ones have held down much better once they got the parts and software correct. I do agree they get updated often. As I continue to search for my next combo to replace the iRobots I'm looking forward to getting a happy medium between technology, reliability backed by a proper warranty. Dreame L50 seems to be the best fit for me so far.

Yes, I got mine on Black Friday deal as well for 50% off. I would never have bought it otherwise... a massive upgrade over my older trusty iRobot S9+. Speaking of the obstacle avoidance, that actually might push me to another Saros for upstairs in fhe bedroom areas where my kids rooms are, or I might move the Z70 upstairs since it has the arm and have a 10R on my main floor for mopping and vacuuming.