Robotic Vacuum Vs Cordless Vacuum

thenextsaint on 17/11/2024 - 12:18
Last edited 17/11/2024 - 13:13 by 1 other user

With Black Friday fast approaching I’m needing a new vacuum after our cordless vacuum had enough after 10 years.

Interested to hear people’s thoughts on whether to get another handheld stick Vacuum (I.e Dyson Gen5Detect) or a good robotic vacuum (I.e. Roborock Q Revo).

We have an 8 month old baby who loves to make mess at feeding time. We have a big vacuum but it’s kept upstairs so the convenience of a cordless vac appeals being able to pull it out quickly for a spot heat or there, but then the idea of going to bed and waking up with clean and washed floors (especially with a baby crawling around on them every day) is appealing too, especially when time is already limited working during the day.

Would love to hear people’s thoughts and recommendations and what they use more of they have both.

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  Cordless Vacuum Cleaner
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  Robotic Vacuum Cleaner

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  AustriaBargain on 17/11/2024 - 12:28

  +8

  I'd get the robot vacuum and a cheap but powerful corded one for the occasional deep clean. The cheap robots will wipe your floors with these wet swishers, but you will also need to give it a proper wash sometimes too.

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    Avolin on 17/11/2024 - 13:50

    Yes agree with this. We just got the Dyson big ball barrel corded, but also we have carpet upstairs. Will probably also get a cordless for spot cleaning and downstairs on hard floor.

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  MrThing on 17/11/2024 - 13:07

  neither, corded vacuum any day of the week

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  conan2000 on 17/11/2024 - 13:15

  +2

  Robo vac for sure. It takes care of 95% of what we need, and we very rarely need to do anything else. We have a cordless as well and it only ever comes out to do the stairs or to get into small spaces that the robovac can't fit.

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  Benoffie on 17/11/2024 - 13:34

  I have a cordless but looking at a robo just for the daily scut work. Robo vacs arent good enough to do everything

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  sumyungguy on 17/11/2024 - 13:56

  +1

  Narwal Freo X Ultra is on special but still a huge price jump from non-robotic, if that matters?

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  arkie0 on 17/11/2024 - 14:50

  +4

  We have an 8 month old baby who loves to make mess at feeding time.

  Depends on the kids but for the next 4 years you will have tiny bits of toys, lego being the most annoying, clothes, stuff like crayons everywhere, puzzle pieces everywher. Robovac constantly gets jammed sucking these things up.

  Being a time poor parent you'd think the robo vac would save you time but you spend a lot of time clearing the house for the robovac to be "ready", just for it to be just as messy the next day so you can't run it daily.

  I've got both if I had to give one up it would be the robovac (only when the kids are younger), once they get +4 they're usually neater you have the robovac go daily without have to prep the house.

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    Subere on 17/11/2024 - 23:35

    +2

    Came here to say this. Used my Robovac regularly a few years ago but as the kid(s) got more mobile and left stuff around, you basically have to clean the entire vacuum area before you start. I did love setting it to clean as we left the house but there's prep involved. Now with two 5yo and under it barely gets used. Didn't help that it kept getting lost or kept banging into furniture 100 times trying to get somewhere that clearly was blocked. Then it shat itself and lost my entire map after I had to factory reset it.

    I'm looking at cordless deals this week now 😂

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      John Kimble on 18/11/2024 - 07:46

      +1

      you basically have to clean the entire vacuum area before you start

      Don't you have to do this when you vacuum manually also? 🤔

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        Subere on 18/11/2024 - 08:54

        +3

        Kinda but you're a human and can manoeuvre around things. the Robovacs freak out when the map is a bit different and sometimes get stuck or lost.

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        arkie0 on 18/11/2024 - 12:40

        +1

        The cordless, I've got a Dyson so it may vary, doesn't have a gap on it - so you can use the head to push things around as your vacuuming whereas the robovac has a gap, I've got a roborock, so again models might vary. You can avoid little things on the floor where as the robovac doesn't have that capacity - I've read there are robovacs with cameras and AI features to avoid small bits of toys but the reviews aren't too positive. In the future this might change as the robots get better.

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    Dinjay on 18/11/2024 - 12:16

    +1

    Thanks, this info is very helpful.
    I may as well just vacuum quickly using a cordless instead of prepping for the robovac.

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  salamanderk on 17/11/2024 - 19:15

  +1

  In the exact same boat as you (10 month old), was researching for ages and ended up impulse buying a Narwal S10 pro from Costco for $750, best purchase we ever made.

  Cleans tiles using electrolysed water and cleans carpet because it has a suction only mode, makes cleaning up after meals a treat. We don't even stress when she throws food around the house anymore!

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  Downvoter on 18/11/2024 - 08:08

  Depends on your flooring - tiles, hardwood, bamboo?

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  TheBilly on 18/11/2024 - 16:27

  +1

  We have a Robot Vac.

  One of our best purchases ever made.

  It is so helpful day to day.

  BUT

  You need have both.

  The robot vac is very good for staying on top of the cleaning as you can run it every second day.

  But you need a stick vac to give it a solid once over every month or fortnight and get in all the gaps everywhere.

  The only problem is, the mop function is a little weak.

  What I would suggest is buy a top of the line, best vac and mop robot.

  Or buy a cheaper vac only.

  The middle of the range that do both mop and vac, don't do a good mop.

  Buy one with good mapping and lidar, don't get the bounce off the wall types as they suck.

  Roborock Q7 is fantastic and super effiecient.