M213S

I have a lefant m213s. Its super basic, not a lot of options, but its tuya integrated - localtuya in my case. It literally works out of the box with the tuya/smart life app, but if you use localtuya, it is fully supported there too.

I bought the lefant m2 from walmart.com for $229, and it's done well.

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.

We have a couple rumbas (irobot) 2 are the ones you don't have to empty each use. The one that needs to be emptied every use is the oldest we named her Roberta (12 years ago?) I have 3 levels so ended up buying a vacuum for each level. The self emptying ones are great but expensive! I bought mine on Amazon in the warehouse section so didn't pay full price. We also have a lafant brand. Some knock off it also works great but is very generic and the app no longer works. Most of our flooring is hardwood, tile and carpet in the bedrooms. The rooms that don't have carpet do have area rugs. The problem with all of them is: They get stuck ( wedged under the corner of the sofa-type situation) Roberta has a habit of getting stuck in the center under the king size bed. Not always but happens. The light weight washable rugs are a problem - same with any vacuum. They can't get in the corners. They close a door behind themselves and get locked in a room then run their batteries down and can't return. Sometimes it's like they never docked ( think of being at the boat ramp watching a 1st timer getting their boat on the trailer now think of them drunk) before and don't get back on the charger. You don't notice until you realize the floor needs vacuumed. Finding a permanent location to keep them is an issue. You have to make sure everything is up off the floor, including cords, cat toys, dog toys, your socks... They can be noisy - but not as much as a regular vacuum. Some people ( this is what I was told when I was looking) say the batteries fail. I knock on wood haven't had this problem. Roberta is at least 12 years old , Rob is 8 and Mildred is 6 ish. The white guy (Lefant brand- it's a white vacuum) is also 6. Pros: All of the ones we have no matter the name brand or generic work amazingly well. it's fantastic to come home and the floor is vacuumed. They can vacuum under the bed and any furniture that has legs about 4" off the floor. They don't have a problem making the transition from hardwood to area rug or to carpet. They don't fall down the stairs. They can be programmed to vacuum on a schedule. One thing about the name brand is there are generic supplies and parts ( brushes, and whatever the bigger green things are- they aren't brushes but work like brushes) .

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.

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.