I recently caught the Yeedi C12 Pro Plus on sale and it has been great so far. Seems to be stronger vacuuming than the Shark I had previously. The base station uses a cyclone vacuum to auto empty. This unit has a vibrating mop pad, though I haven't tried it yet because I just wanted a vacuum.
I mainly got my C12 for clean my garage, it's a pretty big space. My old robot was easy to run out of battery halfway and had to go back to recharge, got really annoying. I got a cost-effective new one and it doesn’t happen. Also the mop doesn’t get all gross after vacuuming, so it’s easier for me to deal with.
I think you should spend an extra $100 and get something with LiDAR navigation and auto empty base which you can get if you spend the extra $80-$100
Yeedi C12 pro+ is $237 right now
Dreame L10s ultra is $284 right now and that will get you auto empty, lodar, spinning mops and self cleaning base.
Yeah, I don’t think you should buy any roomba. Not because of the bankruptcy, but because they just aren’t very good robots.
Meanwhile the yeedi c12 is really good for the price
Yeah you dont really have many good options at your price point.
If I were you I would spring for the L10s ultra. If $280 is too much, I’d go with the yeedi personally.
Honestly don’t love any of these options but I’d actually go yeedi here.
Aqua 10 still has unresolved leaking issues and may other issues
E28 is fine I guess but idk I’d go e25 over e28 personally.
Robots are mechanically and electrically much more complex than normal vacuums and despite the higher relative price they are not built as well as normal vacuums. Depending on your definition of "long term", none are reliable. You can expect 2 or 3 years before a serious failure. And that's with regular maintainence. The marketing for robot vacuums is so overblown it's ridiculous.
They can be helpful when run very regularly. They keep clean-ish floors looking clean-ish. They do not vacuum as well as even average corded vacuums. Really you need to do a thorough manual vacuuming right before running the robot regularly, this allows the robot to "keep up" daily rather than trying to vacuum very dirty floors. Most will clog when used on previously uncleaned floors.
Models to check would be the roborock Q10 S5+, eufy C10, dreame d10 plus, yeedi C12/ecovacs N20e (same machines different names).
Of those models, the roborock and yeedi/ecovacs would be my top choices based on experience. Vacuum performance is good for a robot, anti tangle is ok (still, clean the brush regularly). And if longevity is a concern it might be worth getting a 3rd party extended warranty.
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Qrevo S
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Reliable, great mopping (lifts pads), but poor cable avoidance.
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