I got a shark with lidar and self emptying on sale for $120 (doesn’t mop)… it replaced a very early model Roomba where the new battery was going to be about the same price, and it’s much better in every way. You can get pretty decent pretty cheap.
The one I got is a Shark UR2360S. Looks like it's about $250 new checking now, but if you're willing to play the Amazon renewed game (ie. just send it back if it's not like-new) they sell for $99 and the first one I got was perfect/untouched. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CYHHPZHD
I had a few others close to $200 in my short list that were similar but that one seemed like the best value, and wasn't a complete no-name. No issues so far, it maps pretty well, gets more up than my manual vacuum does, etc -- although the Shark API (if you want to control it with your own home automation) is an epic PITA if you care about that.
Regardless, I'm sold on self-emptying now...so much better, and easier to not fuss with. Might be moving to a two-story soon, and if so, I'll just get a 2nd of the same.
I have 3 dogs. I just bought my first robot vacuum. I got the shark matrix plus . I honestly didn't expect a lot. Little guy is amazing. Does a great job with edges. Gets all the fur and mops too. I caught a sale got it for $200 . It navigates under my 8 seat dining table beautifully. I don't have carpet have tile and wood and it's great. It does a good job with my rugs too but I do.tuck the tassells under for the one rug with tassels.
I recently got the Shark Matrix Plus at Costco for about 300. It vacuums, mops, avoids rugs, and mapping was really easy. I absolutely love it. Some people do say it’s loud, but we have 5 cats, 4 dogs, and 3 kids, so noise isn’t even really noticeable. This thing has our floors looking better than ever, and it has cut our daily cleaning and Sunday chores down drastically. It looks like I deep clean the house every day. Highly recommend it.
I don't know why people don't understand not wanting a mop! I figure the dust bin will be bigger if there is no water dispenser. Plus I have a separate mop robot that does a fine job already. I just picked up a shark matrix, kind of spur of the moment, found someone selling 2 on Facebook and they were barely used and the price I was thinking of spending on 1 so I figured I'd take a chance. I'm happy with it after a few runs, it's quieter than the roomba. Neither are perfect, the shark app is kind of dumb and won't let me program the 2 vacuums to run at different times.
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