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Roborock, iRobot, Ecovacs, Dreame – who makes the best robot vacuum?
by Lorenz Keller
Robot hoover buying guide: Who really cleans?
25.9.2019
Translation: machine translated
While I go to work, the little robot hoover keeps my home tidy. That was my idea when I wanted to buy my first electronic butler. But the range on the market is now very large - some robots are particularly flat, some have a lot of power, some mop at the same time and others are intelligent and draw a map of the home before they get started.
To help you find the right model for your home, the following overview sorts the most important functions of robot hoovers into four categories.
Hassle-free, but flexible and affordable
The cheapest robot hoovers have no idea where they are or where they have been. They don't draw a map of your home and simply criss-cross through the room. But they are very flexible. You can simply place the robot in the room to be cleaned and start it up. They are also flatter than six centimetres and can therefore get under a lot of furniture such as sofas, beds and cupboards, which I can't reach with my normal hoover, or only with a lot of effort.
The top class among robots
Combination appliances that vacuum and mop
Mopping robot
Conclusion - general buying tips
Before you buy a robot hoover, it is important that you either put any cables lying on the floor in a cable duct or at least tape them to the floor. Otherwise, the robot hoover will "eat" them and cry for help. Then you have to rush to it and unravel the tangled cables. People with severe allergies should always wear gloves when emptying the dust container, as the robots do not use bags.
Finally, some dreams of the future:
Most of the time I'm living between bits and bytes, testing alternative Android operating systems and trying to make my life smarter with Open Source technology - always with a focus on privacy and data protection. When I'm not testing cool gadgets, I'm developing video games, writing stories and playing the accordion.
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