Kitchen appliances chat

dont get roomba, they are shit, deebot is better, I want to try eufy too

Mopping is dumb.

Auto emptying just means you empty the big bin every few days, otherwise it's every time. You get alarms being for it being full either way.

You don't need anything near as expensive as the market makes you think, robovacs are only good enough to keep things a level of clean... You'll still need something to deal with deep cleans, emergencies, etm.

We have a Xaiomi Mi, it is a mop-able one, but we just use it for a quick sweep up of dog hair/dust/crumbs and the like.

Was about £200 if memory serves - doesn't completely replace the need to do a 'proper' vacuum from time to time, but keeps on top of the small stuff.

We have an Eufy one, cost about £200. It's good.

Auto emptying is unnecessary unless you're planning to set it off on scheduled cleans and entirely ignore it for weeks on end. Mopping is average at best. Will get a bit of dust/surface dirt off but anything vaguely stuck won't come off.

It's not as good as the super-fancy Roomba I picked up cheap but on the other hand that broke and had to be returned. That had room mapping and you could send it off to clean specific rooms, highlight areas that needed extra cleaning, etc.

I have an Eufy G30 now, Cost a couple of hundred and it's one of those things where prices massively fluctuate so keep an eye out for discounts, reductions, etc Good at picking up dirt, we send it round the kitchen most days to keep on top of stuff. The floor needs to be pretty clear, can't leave stuff out unless it's substantial enough not to be pushed round or sucked up.

You'll need something else too (I got a Dyson from the refurb store) for cleaning stairs, occasional spills, awkward corners, skirting boards, etc

If your place is suited to one I'd definitely buy one. Wouldn't spend more than a few hundred though unless you really wanted fancy apps and stuff.

They are good if

• you have pets that shed a lot
  
• you have a large area they can easily navigate around
  
• you have furniture they can get under
  
  

They are noisy on suspended floors.

You don't need auto emptying unless the area you have is so big that they would fill their bin before they complete it.