Best Automatic Vacuum and Mop Combos
The Narwal Freo X Ultra is one of the top robot vacuums and mops I've ever tested. Its base station comes with a large dustbin and water tank. Its dual rubber brushes are less prone to hair tangles than single bristles.
Its mopping performance is strong and its AI mapping excels at getting around obstacles. It can also pause the cleaning process, and then resume from where it was when it stopped.
- Roomba Combo j9+
The Roomba Combo j9+ is one of the most sophisticated 2-in-1 robot vacuums and mop cleaners available today. It has an elegant, self-emptying Clean Base which can be used to store up to two mopping cycles. It's designed to look like a small desk. It's also the sole robot mop we've tested that comes with a built-in water reservoir to automatically wash and refill the cleaning pads after each vacuum and mopping cycle.
The mopping arm is set in a discreet manner at the top of the unit. It lowers when it senses hard surfaces and it begins to scrub. It is able to move slowly and with care over surfaces to make sure it doesn't accidentally smear wet mud or spills across carpeted areas. It also does a fantastic job of staying out of the way of cords, furniture, and other obstacles.
It's smarter than the majority of robot vacuums, too, thanks to the iRobot Home app, which allows you to customize your cleaning settings prioritize rooms based on dirtiness setting cleaning schedules and times and much more. The app offers detailed maps of your house and seasonal recommendations, as well as customized cleaning routines, as as a variety of smart home integrations that are easy to use.
The iRobot robot vac/mop utilizes the Imprint Smart Mapping Technology to identify objects like sofas, tables, and counters. And it can be controlled by Alexa, Google Assistant, or Siri to ensure that your home is clean and tidy.
The Roomba J9+ is different from other vacuum and mopping robots, creates an outline of your home 7 times faster than previous models. It also categorizes each area in accordance with the floor type to ensure that it can remember where you want it to vacuum or mop. It also comes with a brand new Turbo Mode which boosts suction power for those tough areas. With iRobot's Dirt Detective it will learn about your habits of cleaning and adjust the cleaning priorities and settings to the most soiled areas of your home.
- Yeedi M12 Pro+
The Yeedi M12 Pro+, with its user-friendly application and features that are premium is a formidable rival in the world of automated vacuum and mop robots. Its strong suction power and innovative mopping technologies make it the ideal cleaner for smart homes. Its affordable price and smart automation make it an ideal choice for households with a tight budget.
Download and launch the Yeedi App and follow the steps on screen to connect your M12 to your Wi-Fi Network. After connecting, the app will ask you to create a unique naming for your new robot. The M12 only works with 2.4GHz networks.
The M12 has several different cleaning options, including mopping and vacuuming. Its intelligent design allows the M12 to map a space in just six minutes and adjust its cleaning path in accordance with the map. Its advanced mopping features include two spinning pads, as well as electronically controlled water and a "True Edge" Adaptive Edge Mopping System that ensures a thorough cleaning of all edges.
Navigationally, the M12 uses LiDAR and IR to avoid obstacles. Its sensors are adept at finding larger objects, like HVAC vents, and furniture. However, they struggle with smaller objects, such as cables and small rags which may cause the robot to miss certain spots.
The M12's built-in inclinometer enables it to sense and navigate through stairs. It can also return automatically to its OMNI Station to clean and dry mop brushes and refill its water tank. When the batteries are depleted the OMNI station can even automatically empty the bin of dust and clean itself.
- Roborock S8 maxV Ultra
The Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra robot cleaner is at the forefront of robotic cleaning. It packs a variety of features into a compact package. It has the highest mopping capacity and a camera that can be used for improved obstacle avoidance, and a powerful vacuum that has the ability to sense when it's going over carpets. It also comes with advanced intelligence and voice assistant capabilities.
It is a great vacuum cleaner and mop, and can complete our 1,500-square-foot test area in about 101 minutes before running out of battery and returning to its dock. The mop automatically cleans itself between uses. This feature reduces the cost of maintenance while keeping the pads clean. A dock sensor detects the moment a mop pad gets dirty and initiates washing cycles.
The S8 MaxV Ultra, like its predecessors, features an intelligent system which can detect household items like shoes and pet waste by using a combination of a camera and LIDAR. It did well in our evaluation of obstacle avoidance with just one minor glitch during my tests (it got stuck unwinding a wool ball that was wrapped around its brush arm).
The S8 MaxV Ultra comes with a brand new 10,000pa suction power, more than double its predecessor. This makes it a great choice for homes that have lots of carpeting and a variety of flooring types. The vacuum can also be set to automatically increase suction when it's moving dirt or crumbs.
Like previous models, multiple docking stations are able to be set up to make it easier to clean and mop process. The docking station is connected to your home plumbing system and will drain and replenish the tank of water when you're done.
- Dreametech X40 Ultra
The Dreame X40 Ultra robot vacuum and mop is the company's most recent flagship model. It offers several unique features that its less expensive models do not. It is a top suction model and can mop hard floors with a plethora of ease. It also has many advanced features, like self-detangling roller brush heads and auto-extending mop heads, that make it an excellent choice for hands-off cleaning. The X40 Ultra also offers automatic self-cleaning of its base station and dust collection filter. The mop pads will be automatically drained and cleaned with hot water. After every cleaning session, the dirty water tank will also be automatically emptied.
It has some advanced options for customising the cleaning schedule, like selecting a specific time to begin and end each cycle, or deciding if it should clean carpets prior to mopping. It is also able to be instructed to re-clean areas that are particularly dirty and then increase the suction power around litter boxes for cats and pet food bowls. The X40 Ultra can be programmed to perform specific tasks on demand like cleaning the kitchen sink or bathroom toilet. It is also able to automatically raise its front side brush when it spots wet areas and to clean debris from corners and baseboards.
The X40 Ultra is easy to set up and use, with a simple and intuitive app and a wide range of features. It is quieter than most corded vacuums, with only occasional low hums from its motor, and occasional bursts of suction during cleaning. Its navigation system, which makes use of a camera and 3D structured lights, multiple lasers, and a 3D structured light to locate and avoid obstacles and obstacles, is impressive. This helps the X40 Ultra receive one of the highest scores in our tests for obstruction avoidance.
- Eufy S1 Pro
The Eufy S1 Pro has been designed as an efficient mop and vacuum combo that is also user-friendly. The gunmetal base station fills its own tank with clean water, emptying the dustbin into a smaller container and washes and drys its own mop pads during cleaning sessions. It has advanced features that let it switch between carpets and hard surfaces, and eliminate pet hair from carpets, and clean thresholds for rooms that are raised.
The S1 Pro's navigation and maps are top-quality, with the internal dToF LiDAR system allowing it to maintain the appearance of a slim profile while delivering top-notch objects avoidance. It can be driven close to walls without crashing and avoids steps, and also automatically raises its mop when driving over rugs or carpets with a short pile. It was a bit shaky when it came across longer-pile carpets, and there were a few large, thick piles of dried-on debris.
Like all robots like it, the S1 Pro comes ready to roll out of the box and needs only an initial mapping session to learn its way around your home. The map will be displayed in the app, and you can add or join rooms as you need to. You can also create virtual boundaries such as no-mop zones, no-go zones, and no-go zones if you don't want the robot to get into certain objects.
The S1 Pro does a great job of removing messes from hard floors due to its rotary mop head, which puts 2.2lbs (1kg) of downward pressure on the floor. Its ability to both mop and vacuum makes it a great choice for homes that have floors of both types. However, its reliance on Eufy cleaning products (which are included in the box) could make it less versatile as other robots that permit you to include your own cleaning solutions.