M1 Navigation Self-Charging Multi-Floor

On a tighter budget and mostly hard floors a slim puck does the job, like this [lefant one](https://google.com/share.google?q=a7V1cBTgoCAzoLNFK), it slides under sofas and has a simple app. Don't forget to set a daily schedule, throw a couple no-go zones where it snags, swap filters and side brushes on a calendar. That routine will prob extend it's life by a lot.

I don’t see this brand often suggested but my Lafant (with LiDAR) has been a great investment for our household. I was able to integrate using the Tuya integration. And the mapping function works real nice. https://preview.redd.it/zxg65tu0ea2g1.jpeg?width=1320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c1ac20230081c476e947de1a6221e6a9ee1fd21

Reading this I wonder if robot vacuums are ready for prime time -- all of them. I have two Lefants. One worked great for years, the second one required a call to Amazon's tech help within the month. They told me how to do a factory reset. That worked for about a month. Then it started beeping continuously and wouldn't run. What it had must be contagious (snark) because the one that worked great started doing something similar -- runs about one minute then stops and starts beeping. Tech help was no help. My guess is it might be something to do with my wireless so I'm not sure I can blame the robot. Maybe if they went back to the drawing board and just made a robot you didn't have to use your phone to work. That would take one unknown out of the problem of fixing them when they go wrong. Just an observation after reading the posts here.

lol what the fuck got up OPs ass about robot vacs? I have a LeFant I got for $90. Thing runs 4 hours or so on one charge. I run it every day. I only empty it once a week. The maintenance I put in takes literally 3 minutes. It saves me at least an hour worth of sweeping a week.

My son has Roborock mop and vacuum and it works great. I have tiny home and bought the Lefant one from Amazon just for vacuuming and it does great for my small space. If you run it everyday, you'll be shocked at what it finds, especially if you have pets. It easily goes under furniture which is nice. It does a little of the baseboards, but you might have to wipe them down depending on the style and height.

I have a cheap Lefant robot vac that I run every night that is well worth it, only paid $100 and it keeps my floors very clean with 2 dogs. Like it better than the shark I paid 5x as much for.

A robot vaccum is worth it, IMO, but there are cheaper models than a Roomba. We had an Ecovacs Deebot for several years and now we have a Lefant model. We bought both heavily discounted on Amazon Prime day.