Robot vacuum cleaner

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I have a friend with some mobility issues and they are considering buying a robot vacuum cleaner. They have a mix of hard floors and short pile carpet. There is a Robot Vacuum cleaner coming up in Lidl. Does anyone have any experience of their vacuum cleaner or any other make of Robot Vacuum cleaner?

saajan_12

We have one that works well between different surface types, it mops hard flooring and vacuums carpets, and manages to get over the small strip between the two. The robot goes back to its 'home' which is much bigger and heavier to deposit the dust and clean the mops.

However my biggest pain is managing different floors. We currently have to take the whole home machine upstairs half way through the week and back down at the end of the week. It doesn't work well by jsut moving the small robot as the dust collection is tiny. This could be difficult for someone with mobility issues. I suppose the alternative could be separate units per floor but these feels excessive to me.

[It also doesn't vacuum behind couches and on the stairs, but I expected that]

NoaandIndie

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81881474#Comment_81881474

Sorry not my thread but could I ask which make/model you have? I'm looking for something exactly like this for my flat.

saajan_12

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81881532#Comment_81881532

One of the Eufy X10 machines, I don't remember exactly but it was £500.

Its great for sorting daily messes so I don't constantly have the dustpan or vacuum out. Still have to clean properly behind furniture and sometimes between chair legs as in can't move chairs, but that's much less frequent now. The home device is pretty big, meaning very infrequent changing water / emptying dust collector (though a pain when you stairs).

Also its pretty loud for a couple of hours drying its mops after vacuuming. So I'd suggest scheduling it to run when at work or out of the house.