Wyze - Robot Vacuum
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"A good robovac is a life changer. Even a $350 basic S8. It is a great place to start. ... I promise you that you will not be disappointed by a basic S8. It will change your life even if it can't fit under every piece of furniture you own. ... My two S8s just finished vacuuming our entire house in about 46 minutes. ... While my floors were being cleaned, I sat comfortably on our patio in the cool shade with a slight breeze and composed my far too long response to you while sipping a diet soda and relaxing. ... I will have to spend about four minutes maintaining my two S8s. This will be my entire contribution to my home floor cleaning effort for today. Four minutes!"
"Like 500$ these robots are currently the steal of the century ... You can get a mova p10 pro ultra (cannot remove its mops), equivalent to the l40/x40 for 500$ after a discount code"
"For an open style earbud, these genuinely surprised me with their overall performance in sound at this price point. ... IMHO, these Soundpeats PearlClip Pro are probably the best I’ve heard in this under $50 price category when it comes to this style of earbuds. ... These are one of the best clip-on earbuds in this price category especially when it comes to price to performance in sound quality and feature set"
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"The roborock I have kicked and smashed with my foot so many times out of anger when it doesn't collaborate, and still he rocks 4-5 yrs later and no broken parts"
"they are extremely durable. ... I’ve got well over 1000 miles out of a pair and they still have grip and the uppers are in great shape"
"I've used them for 1500 miles of multi-day hiking with no issues!"
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"I’ve seen on the camera the poor guy making multiple trips to self empty while in one room but it’s cut the hair buildup tenfold."
"With three they can just make it to a full week for emptying. ... Life changing."
"The roborock cleans the carpet so well I haven't seen or felt any litter anymore."
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"I absolutely do not regret buying the robot vacuum. ... My room is a lot cleaner and dust-free now, and I can tell just by wiping my floor with a wet toilet paper and seeing barely anything picked up. ... I've been getting allergens a ton less, most of which not even in my room. ... All this for the commitment of a weekly emptying is miles more convenient than vacuuming traditionally, as opposed to making a few taps on my phone. ... looking back it was definitely worth the investment."
"I also have two giant long haired (nonshedding excessively) cats. I shed hair a LOT. Worse than the cats. It works so well."
"I found that it was even able to get up caked on Kitty vomit if I simply sprayed those areas with cleaning vinegar beforehand. ... I was pleasantly surprised."
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"amazing mapping ... Do not get a robot vacuum that doesn’t have lidar. I had iRobots and they are trash at navigating — they just bump into stuff over and over, very inefficient, take ages to clean a room unless it’s an empty square, god help you if you move any furniture."
"Just going to a lidar robot vacuum is a huge bump for most people."
"you can set up no-go zones"
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"We bought a S7 and it broke down just a little over a year. ... Then it broke down again after a couple of months and we gave up on it."
"The sensors stopped working after 2 years. ... A year later, the sensors again stopped working ... A friend of mine who bought the Deebot 1 year after me had the same issues with the sensors."
"I don't trust them anymore with their built in capacitors that died."
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"I also have to be careful to pick everything up or it will get stuck after destroying my kids toys."
"Not only does it stop and turn every couple of minutes, but in almost every run through my flat, it missed something. ... sometimes it didn go underneath my table, sometimes it missed a corner, . this was actually the main point why I returned it eventually. ... You need to be able to trust your robot vac to clean everywhere. ... these were not impossible to reach places, and there was no feedback at all why it didn go there."
"The amount of times it got stuck on regular furniture is maddening. ... tries to go under furniture it is clearly too tall for and wedges itself stuck ... randomly ignores “no go” zones i set up in the app such as high pile carpet and gets stuck ... gets stuck pushing against an ottoman for no apparent reason?? ... tries to run over the thin metal horizontal base that connects the legs of the chairs of my bistro set and gets stuck ... The whole point of a robo vac is to be autonomous so having to move or fix it every time it runs is useless."
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"I'm spending a lot of time cleaning it after use to maintain it - I thought it would be cleaning for me instead 😉!"
"my god it's fucking buggy and not that smart. ... It regularly needs rebooting and rescuing from getting stuck."
"After two minutes its little compartment is full"
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"Filters are ¥400 and have an rfid encrypted chip so you MUST buy one from Xiaomi. ... They also 'activate' once swapped out so when the xiaomi app says you have 0% life and need to change that's the end of the discussion. you can't just hose it down and dry it off. ... Same BS as most ink cartridge manufacturers. ... The pocket looters even ask if you want to automate purchases for filters in the future."
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"I'm spending a lot of time cleaning it after use to maintain it - I thought it would be cleaning for me instead 😉!"
"Maintenance is higher than on any other flagship at this price point. ... The lack of a self-emptying station is a big drawback, no matter how much you like the rest of the product."
"And if it's been more than a day, I have to empty the bin multiple times per cleaning."
0xSOL 1.0I have a wyze for $100. It’s not the best, but it’s $100 so I can’t argue. Only thing it doesn’t get is the cat litter, so I just sweep that up.
aeonPurdue 1.0Good to know, thanks. Our old Wyze had to stop and recharge in our single-story house but Q5 Pro has better battery life so I think it will get the job done on a single charge no matter what setting we use.
Aware-Construction21 1.0I have tried cheap ones and pricy ones, and I have 3 fluffy dogs (one is very large), 2 cats, and a toddler. I have wood floors, and think area rugs, and so long as they have mapping technology they all have been fine! They just need to be maintained to really work, like cleaning the roller and stuff! We have a Shark and a Wyze right now.
Background_Knee_404 1.0I see it's been some time since anyone posted to this thread ...which is actually perfect! since my question is: are the robot vacuums you guys recommend in this thread still functioning well, still reliable? I have one GSD who sheds like crazy (I knew this in advance and he's adorable 🥰). I'm real concerned that any robot vacuum I buy to clean up after him will necessitate me having to clean it (the vacuum) frequently, or it will have a short life span. I have a WYZE Lidar robot vac right now and while it worked great before GSD came on the scene, it's not at all holding up well to the task....Also, I'm spending a lot of time cleaning it after use to maintain it - I thought it would be cleaning for me instead 😉! Any recommendations are welcome. Thanks!
bethmariepen1956 1.0I've had three robotic vacs and WYZE has been BY FAR the best - over DEEBOT and SHARK. I am sick that you can't find them anymore. I would get another one in a heartbeat
billythygoat 1.0So during the prime day sales, Roborock had a bunch of higher tiered robot vacuums were on sale for about $300-$350 and Ecovacs & Dreame are also really good. It includes LiDAR, which is the best kind of floor tracking, a camera for obstacle detection, a vacuum and mop with the mop lifting 10mm+ to avoid getting carpet and rugs wet, self cleaning mop head and drying (so no mold occurs), auto emptying bin so the vacuum can go like a month without any human maintenance (I would of course do some). I have a cheap Wyze one and it works great for vacuuming the floor. Just don’t leave wires and stuff for it to get stuck on and you’ll be fine. You can set nogo zones so it won’t hit a section of the room, you can usually spot clean like someone spills a bunch of rice and you don’t want to take a normal vacuum to it. A cordless vacuum and robot vacuum are great if you don’t have carpet and small amount of rugs.
binaryhellstorm 1.0A cheap Wyze bot that I flashed with Valetudo. A big thing that helps is taking the time to make your house robot compatible. Things like using velcro cable ties to get cables up off the floor, finding places for shoes (boot trays, shoe racks, etc) so the robot doesn't suck up the laces, etc.
Echterspieler 1.0I have a Wyze robot vac cleaning 3 tines a week and I can't believe how much cat hair it picks up. The dustbin is full every time. It also picks up most of the cat litter the cats track out of the boxes.
ElectrikDonuts 1.0Wyze was my fav but they don't seem to make them anymore. Eufey worked well but the gears were cheap and they got mechanically loud over time Roborock is highly respected in Reddit, but the mop tank in ours does not dry out as it's completely enclosed. You also can't open that part to air it out. So mop feature is now useless to use. Furthermore, the mop tank makes the vacuum tank and vacuum empty area smaller. So it gets clogged with our rabbits hay. Which is an unusable issue that most ppl won't have however we have not had it on iRobot, eufy, or Wyze. Only roborock The roborock is quietest. But wife likes it the least cause mop function leads to it getting mildew or getting clogged often. The mop also grazes the top of our median pile carpet enough that we won't use in on our white carpet as it drags a wet rag over the top just enough to be an issue over time Roborock is actually our least favorite given it's the most advanced m/newest yet works the least for our use case Also, lidar uses IR lasers. Which I swear our rabbits can see. We can see it scanning via the IR cam on our Wyze camera. We worry it will damage there eyes at its right at eye level. So we don't use it in all areas. And 2 of our 3 rabbits do seem to have eye issues but idk if that from the vacuum or from their past life as adoptions. If you have pets I don't recommend running the lidar ones when they might be in the room
etrigan63 1.0I have the Roborock Saros 10R and its split roller makes short work of our Newton's never ending trail of glitter. I have owned (and replaced) a Wyze Smart Vac and a Roomba. Neither holds a candle to the Saros 10R.
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