They are cheaper. It used to be 2k, but the older versions are like under 400, for the versions that were 2k before. Look especially around black Friday. I have the narwal freo x ultra, used to have the original narwal freo
The dreame L10S ultra was coming out at the same time as that, and now that's under 300. Idk how reliable it is a I never got it and decided not to after some research and clogging. I went and stayed with the narwal freo and got the automatic water exchange system so I don't have to empty or fill the water again. The original lasted years, and the new one is running even better than that one. You'll have to look at features and pricing. Don't get the best and newest version if price is an issue. The older versions used to be top of the line and those work really well still. Do research and look at the prices and see if they're what you're willing to spend.
I bought an inexpensive one a few years back that just randomly bounces around vacuuming until the battery gets low enough for it to return to the dock. I liked it for keeping up with small debris and crumbs but it wasn’t the best. Ended up upgrading to the Narwhal Freo and I love it. It runs every night and gets a lot of the dust, dirt, and crumbs up. I basically don’t need to sweep daily anymore. It doesn’t replace a deep clean and the mop feature on it isn’t great, but the time saved is the real seller for me.
Id skip the Dyson as well. The Narwal Freo X Ultra or Freo would be solid choices for your mostly hard floor setup - their mopping is genuinely top-tier with the rotating pads and they handle the transition to low pile rugs well. I'd honestly put the Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra or Qrevo MaxV in the same conversation though, as they have slightly better obstacle avoidance and the sonic mopping matches Narwal's quality. Skip the Dyson Spot Scrub AI - it's overpriced for what you get and the reviews have been mixed on reliability. For your specific use case with LVT and hardwood, any of those flagship bots will crush it running daily, but make sure whatever you choose has good edge cleaning since hard floors show dust buildup more obviously than carpet. - I don't know much about the Flow 2 that u/ChimkinIsYum mentioned but from what they are saying I would check that out.
Got a Narwal Freo via Costco. It vacuums tile and low pile rug fairly well (it also gets stuck on rug corners a LOT). It mops better than I do - bc with 2 toddlers, an ancient cat, a large potato of a dog, I do not mop. It runs at night. Floors are clean when we wake up (75% of the time, 25% of the time we find it stranded on a rug corner or shoelace or similar). Well worth it: that’s cleaning time I don’t have to do it myself and money I’m not paying a cleaner (who isn’t there daily anyway).
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