The Best Robot Vacuum for 2024: We Test 94+ Robots

We put 94+ different robots through a battery of objective and data-driven tests to determine the best 8 devices for 2024. Find out which is best for your home and the best overall.

Table of Contents
0:00 Overview
0:19 Ultra High-End Robot Vacuums ($$$$+)
0:25 Roborock S8 Pro Ultra
1:41 ECOVACS DEEBOT X2 OMNI
3:10 High-End Robot Vacuums ($$$$)
3:17 Roborock Q Revo
4:31 Samsung Jet Bot AI+
6:07 Value Robot Vacuums ($$$)
6:13 Roomba S9+
7:28 Shark Matrix
8:36 Budge Robot Vacuums ($$)
8:41 Roomba i3+ EVO
9:44 Roborock S7
10:54 Naplab Sponsor
11:16 How We Test
12:07 Cleaning Performance Comparison
13:44 Navigation Test Comparison
14:43 Noise Comparison
15:26 Usability Comparison
16:01 Maintenance Comparison
17:10 Summary

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To date, we’ve tested 94+ robot vacuums, measuring cleaning performance, navigational abilities, usability, maintenance, and overall quality. Our objective and data-driven tests are designed to show exactly how much debris, long hair, and pet hair the robot can remove, how well it cleans around edges and crevices, its ability to detect and avoid obstacles, and how easy and hands-free it is to use.

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[ModernCastle]

Questions? Ask away! I do my best to answer all questions and comments within 24 hours.

[Respectable_Username]

This is a really good review list! I appreciate you going over each individual factor rather than just giving an "overall" performance score (like the first video recommended to me). Means viewers can more easily weight the features that matter to their situation more!

In particular, pointing out that that one brand is bagless immediately made it stand out to me, since I hadn't even considered that that wasn't standard and I have no interest in ongoing "subscriptions" to products through having to remember to buy things like bags (both my proper big vacuum and my small dustbuster/stick vacuum are bagless and I just empty them directly into the bin on the far too infrequent occasions I actually remember to vacuum, hence looking for the robots!)

Overall, great job! Would love access to a spreadsheet of all the scores in all the categories for all the vacuums, including those which didn't make the "general purpose" cut here but might be more applicable to those in specific situations (eg those with fully carpeted homes with no interest in a mop attachment).

Also, I know this is something that changes a lot, but a sample price (at least for at the time of filming) or at least a price range for each price category would be super useful for those looking to purchase! When just starting research, I have no idea if these products are in the $200, $500, $1000, or $2000+ range, and as such have no idea if my budget means I should be looking at high, middle, or low-end devices.

Edit: Oh, it seems like you've been actually reading and responding to comments! In that case, if you don't already have it, it would be amazing if you did a separate video talking about the best robot vacuums for different living situations! Eg small apartment all carpet would be a very different set of criteria to big house with a mix of hardwood and rugs. Can also address situational questions like how important is smart navigation over "dumb" navigation in a relatively small space (my own is ~50m^2 for example) as I assume the benefit of coverage gained for the cost is lower than for a large house with many rooms. Also, the relative sizes of the docking stations is more important in a smaller space, so giving an idea of area occupied while docked would be useful. And on the other side, somebody in a large house would probably care more about battery life to get an idea of how much of the house will get cleaned every day! And also, you can get more videos out of the same test results 😜

[kholoodsafwat]

Which robot is the best for carpets? My entire house is full of carpets, which 3-5 robots would you recommend?

[marthahicks]

Thank you for this review! If you have time to answer this, I would greatly appreciate it. Does a robot vacuum exist with the following combination of features?

(1) Slim design--at or under about 3.5 inches
(2) Strong Suction for Pet Hair on Tile Floor (no carpets)
(3) Good-sized dust bin,
(4) Uses an actual HEPA filter
(5) Two-Sided spinning brushes for good edge cleaning.
(6) If possible, no center brush or roller that that would grab and hold on to pet hair
Thank you!

[yomeyo]

Amazing review! The amount of work involved must've been huge!

[WarikoX]

What about the Eufy L60 SES? Its a good robot and much cheaper than many others.

[gruberj]

Thank you for the great video! I have another topic which I hardly find answers to, could you maybe test it? My appartment has small steps between some rooms (1 room has 4, 6cm and the other 1, 1cm). Is there any robot vacuum that can climb this up?

[matthewheyen]

Thoughts on the dreame L10s ultra pro heat? From other reviews I’ve seen the original non pro heat version performs well for its price point.

[getdreaded]

You need to include Dreame l10 and l20 and x30

[LAKEKING]

A little sad that the most expensive bots don’t have good obstacle avoidance, when the roomba j7 does a good job at avoiding.

[Malloccblue]

He guys! I only have carpet in my 1 room. But in my kitchen and bathroom i need a mob cleaning, whats the best robot for this?

[tratratra]

sorry but it's quite strange that you tested 94+ different robots and l20, l30 dreame the best sellers in different countries aren't among your list )

[Rannd]

I have the Roborock S7 Pro Ultra and I wish I never bought it. It has scraped nearly every wall in my house…. And yeah I mapped it twice before vacuuming. Roborock support overseas support was clueless. Would not recommend Roborock.

[dkf]

OK, I can see you are an expert in this. Why do I need to become one? I don't have 20 min to learn about robot vacuums. I don't want to spend my free time like that. Why can't you just tell me which one to buy?

[miglito]

Hi there!! What an amazing Review!! I want to buy a robot witn dock untill 500€ what is your susgention please??

[axelrod]

How does this video not have way more views? Too long maybe?

[MM-ijld]

Someone please tell me the absolute best for multi animal pet hair.

[alexandramunteanu]

witch one is better for animals hair?🙄

[aslant]

Do not buy the Ecovac X2 Omni is garbage! Mine stopped working after 3 days and had to send the unit back. Their Customer support is garbage too It's been 2 weeks since they received the old unit but I'm still waiting for them to ship me the new one.