A question I get often is whether a cheaper robot vacuum is worth it.
The thing is, it really boils down to what you need, and how much extra work you want to put in to make sure it’s running well. When I got my first robot vacuum a long time ago, it was an expensive Neato that I had a friend help bring back from the US.
It was designed for pets, and featured a higher suction power to suck up all the cat fur. But that was about it. The navigation wasn’t very good, and I had to do so much maintenance, as well as order replacement batteries just to keep it running.
For some time after it finally died, the Neato put me off getting a replacement due to how frustrated I was with the technology. Plus the cordless handheld Dyson DC35 was doing a much better job, despite it being a manual job.
But that sorta changed when I got my hands on the Ecovacs Deebot T9, which came with a dock that automatically emptied the dust bin, and came with built-in mopping pads. …
