Top 5 Best Robot Vacuums 2021- Vacuum Wars!

All robot vacuums in this competition, in alphabetical order:

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(Roborock released the S7 and the S7 Auto-Empty Dock separately, so there are two reviews. Now that both are being sold together, they are jointly called, Roborock S7+.)

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00:00 Top 5 Best Robot Vacuums 2021- Vacuum Wars!
00:31 Overview of Vacuum Wars' tests
00:48 Suction and Airflow
00:58 Crevice and Pickup
01:08 Carpet Deep Clean
01:35 Carpet and Hard Floor Surface Debris
01:57 Battery Life
02:21 Navigation
02:57 Virtual Walls
03:20 Obstacle Avoidance
03:47 Mopping
04:25 App Design
04:37 Auto Empty Bin Systems
05:03 Consumer Satisfaction and Price
05:32 Top Ten Robot Vacuum Picks
05:49 Budget Robot Vacuum Top Pick
06:35 Top Three Robot Vacuum Picks

Music: Autumn Waves by Rex Banner

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[thorlo]

After listening to you about robot vacuums and which was best for the price I could afford, I settled on the Roborock S4Max. It is the best one for me. My wife and I are both disabled and cannot vacuum and mop. With this vacuum, we get the floor vacuumed 3 times a week whole house and our bedroom/bathroom everyday. I mop as often as I can, which isn't as much as I would like, but being disabled and fighting cancer I do what I can.

[Foojaleeckalikeelamaka]

Long time lurker, first time commentor.
I just wanted to thank you for all the time, effort, money & expertise you put into these videos. Thanks to you when our very old third hand vacuum finally died we now have our very first robot vacuum (Roomba i7+) and very first stick vacuum (Dyson V15) & most importantly I have a very VERY happy wife. As I speak we're making the three hour trip to her in-laws place so she can show them her "magical vacuum!".
Thank you for making my job of "just getting something that actually works" so much easier than it had any right to be and making our house so much cleaner than I thought was possible.
Stay safe :)

[chaychay]

You are seriously incredible. You obviously spent a lot of time putting this all together for us. Thank you very much for your honest opinions and high quality videos. So happy to see your channel growing and congrats on 200K subscribers! 🥰

[DamorahTalset]

For your next comparison, and tests in general, I'd very much appreciate if you include their ability to traverse over ledges, thresholds, what they get stuck on, etc. This has actually been the main determining factor for me buying robot vacuums because every single door in my home has a threshold, and they vary in size too. I've seen a few of these tests in your videos but it's not a regular thing. Thanks!

[hifriend]

Your videos are SUCH a help. My grandfather is getting old and struggles to clean his home, but as a former technician, he's great with tech. This is exactly the video that I needed to find a gift for him.

[evan]

This is the content I signed up for hell yes (I'm excited to get my first roboto vacuum later this month!)

[WirIez]

You are the reason I bought a vacuum robot, and also the reason why I upgraded it to the best one. It's been such a blessing to have these incredible robots, it saves times, it makes your house clean and frankly, it's kinda fun to look at and gives a strange sense of company. I have been showing it off to everyone and never stopped telling people to just GET ONE. I even adjusted all my furnitures to be robot friendly. Emptying a bin, installing a mop and clicking a button to get shiny newly mopped floors before having guests over is such a luxury. Cleaning robots are the best!!

[egesanli]

I wasn't expect the roborock s5 max on this list. but I'm proud of my s5 max more than anytime now.

[joebrodie]

You should check to see if these vacuums will run without internet/cloud access. Today (12/7) AWS East outage is causing my Roomba i8+ to not run/open the mobile app to clean a room. My Roborock S5 is still going like a champ because the app is local and not cloud based. I think that is a significant deduction to think about.

[lhxniyp]

This whole vaccum war thing is exactly what I was hoping to get from hours of research, in a couple minutes. Thank you

[hifriend]

After finishing the video, wow. It's crazy how Neato went from being a company whose robots you liked so much, and from a company with some incredible robot vacuum innovations, to not even being in the top 10. I hope that they can get their mojo back! I really liked some of their much older products.

[kurtbischoff]

Thank you so much for this review. I ended up going with the Ecovacs N8 Pro+ and holy crap, this thing is soo freakin cool. We had one of those cheap knockoffs from amazon (eufy), that CONSTANTLY got stuck, and made it essentially worthless. This thing, with its auto empty, mapping no go zones, AND mopping, this thing does what a robot vac is supposed to do. It cleans every square inch of our 1200 sqft main level, and it requires virtually zero human interaction after initial mapping, which was also very cool btw. I watched the thing map out our house on my phone for a good 1.5 hours on the first run. Pretty much the only interaction is to fill the water tank when you want it to mop and empty the dock bin once a month or so. I chose the N8 because it was about the same price as the J7+ and it had the mopping function. The S7+ was far more expensive (Around $900) when you had to buy the dock separate, otherwise I probably would have gone with the S7+, but quite frankly, the N8 is so damn good, I dont think the difference in price would have been worth it. No way I would have made the right choice w/out this review....thank you so much!

[msemanus]

Absolutely the best robot vacuum reviews—and in fact, best review of any products I’ve ever seen. Methodology, thoroughness, fairness, and explanations. Excellent. Thank you so much for doing this public service!

[Pka]

Got the S5 max based on videos from this channel. After all the praises being sung, i thought you were overly optimistic about it- i was wrong, it manages to clean even carpets pretty efficiently which completely blew me away and navigates even problematic places without getting stuck. It doesn't replace properly cleaning your house, but returning to a dust free floor every day is a joy. Thanks for convincing me to get one!

[DerSolinski]

Ah some of the best advice of the year 😉
Please keep doing what you are doing.
Independent honest reviews are so valuable in these days.

[eruilluvitar]

I got the j7+ immediately after watching your review and it is finally the vacuum I've always wanted. I've had a number of other robovacs in the past and none of them have provided the experience I wanted until I got the j7+. Its obstacle avoidance is fantastic and I've actually found that it finishes jobs in about half the time of the s9 it replaced. It also doesn't get stuck on my flimsy rug corners and it doesn't get stuck going under my just-barely-not-tall-enough furniture like the s9 constantly did. I no longer have to baby my vacuum in order for it to finish a job. Thanks for the recommendation!

[TheDaspiffy]

It's been 4 years since I bought a robovac or watched many comparison videos and they all look so much better than they did 4 years ago. The budget looks like the top of the line pick when I was shopping around.

[mwniels]

I really appreciate the work you put into testing each of these vacuums. This is impressive.
One category you could consider for future testing is repairability. I've really liked the fact that my roborock is easy to fix and find parts for.

[matasuki]

Putting the top 10 in the description was so wise. So many YTers will make you watch entire video. In your case you saved us the hassle and if anyone is interested to get an idea of your method they can watch and see if they agree.

[bombaya]

I bought the misses the Ecovacs Deebot N8 Pro+, scored many hubby points^^^,