Samsung - Jet Bot (Base Model)

We have a Samsung Jet Bot that patrols the downstairs of the house twice a day. I wanted it anyways before I adopted my cat. I have actually NEVER found fur on the floors or trapped to my socks, but I do find fur on the sofa or fabric spots that he sleeps on regularly. My clothes probably come second. I brush more than daily as a bonding routine so that helps. I'm in the opinion that any Lidar robot vacuum will help out a lot.

After lots of trial and error, I've come up with the winning recipe of a robot mop (but with the dry swiffer-like pad on) runs every day at 615am. The robot vacuum then comes along about an hour later and gets any missed tufts and dirt. This method saves the robot vacuum from getting clogged daily. Since the pads are dry, the hair all sticks to it and I just pull the blobs of hair off and replace it when it gets actually dirty.

Samsung Jet Bot Vacuum and an iRobot brava jet

I had a Samsung Jetbot that broke after a year and a half, and would have cost me $150 to fix. I went back and forth on fixing it, but ultimately realized that I could buy a brand new robot for that price. The Roborock Q5 happened to be on sale for exactly that price, so I ended up buying it, and have been using it obsessively to clean up the buildup from the past several months. I didn’t realize how much dust and hair had accumulated on my carpets in that time (I live in an apartment, and don’t own another vacuum), and looking at what a difference it’s made to have a freshly-vacuumed carpet has just given me so much tranquility. I have a cat, but really the buildup had come from me, because I have long hair that tends to shed. There was literally a mouse-sized amount of hair tangled up in the side brush after running the vacuum four times, with the main rollers covered in hair. The advice that was given to me by folks in this subreddit is to make sure you get a robot with Lidar. Lidar is the mapping technology that actually allows the robovac to clean every inch of the floor. The robovacs without Lidar just kind of bounce around, and aren’t nearly as effective at cleaning because they don’t keep track of where they’ve been. They go in zig-zag patterns, and Lidar robots go back and forth. It’s more expensive, but to me the difference is worth it. I’ll also say that what convinced me to get a robovac in the first place is that someone told me it forces them to keep their floors clean. You can’t have your floors cluttered because it will block the robot and stop it from doing its job, or even get it tangled up. So that’s just one more reason to get one.

We started with a Eufy X8 in 2023 (for £320) after our second child arrived and the hoovering just wasn't getting done. We were very happy with it but it lasted 13 months before one of the sensors gave up and it wouldn't operate any more. It was outside the 12m Eufy guarantee so they were useless. Luckily had bought through amazon who happened to have a 24m guarantee on it. We switched to a Samsung JetBot at similar price point with a 5y guarantee. Am happy with it but I think the eufy did a better job of hoovering, particularly with my wife's long hairs from the carpet. But I was disappointed with eufy's longevity so wouldn't go back to them unless they increase their guarantee. Both of these had mapping software so they went around in an organised/efficient route. The Eufy mapping was better than Samsung. Samsung can't cope with multiple floors. Ours lives in the kitchen where it goes around 3 times a day clearing up crumbs etc. We live in a house so we have to carry it to different floors when we need other rooms done.

We had a Samsung jetbot in Korea.. came with the apartment (our owner was gem of a person).. It was very effective especially during "asian dust" season i.e. March/April..