Kitchen appliances chat

I asked this, might have been in the home automation thread will likely get one made by anker who make all those iPhone chargers and power things. Or another brand that was recommended. Don’t want a mop function and no bin sized base station. Couldn’t believe how much those roomba things are!? £250 is all we are going to spend.

I have an Eufy one, a G30 I think. It's good for the money (couple of hundred quid) and gets used most days. It's not as good as the fancy Roomba one I briefly owned but that cost a lot more and I'm not convinced all the bells and whistles are worth it unless you live in a place that is all on one level and the floor is always uncluttered.

On the floor they are good, obviously they can't clean your skirting boards, get into crevices, etc (but they can get under your bed, sofa, etc).

More expensive ones you can program to do stuff. A roomba one I had generated a map of your property and you could label different rooms and areas. Obviously only useful if your place is all on one level and your floor is always tidy. I didn't think the price premium was worth occasionally carrying it into the room, closing the door and pressing go.

They will all cover your whole house but cheaper ones do it a bit randomly, more expensive ones will generate a map and follow that.

I also came across this important view point when searching for my previous comments:

I got one of these a couple of weeks ago and very happy with it so far

Have been using Roborock S5 since ‘19, still solid (bar some regular sensor/cleaning alerts, which seems normal)