The Ultimate Guide to Top 3 Automatic Vacuum Cleaners

The Ultimate Guide to Top 3 Automatic Vacuum Cleaners

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It's not perfect. Our tester found it struggled to follow more specific commands. However, it works fine if you just set it to clean your whole space in the most thorough way possible, so if that's your main plan for it, then it's still a solid recommendation.

But they’re also some of the largest and bulkiest of the vacuum types, especially compared with the sleeker and lighter stick, handheld, and robotic vacuums. According to our tests, the latter vacuums have improved in performance in recent years, but they’re generally better suited for smaller cleanups.

We'll also look at how the robot tackles the issue of switching between vacuuming and mopping – will it reliably detect floor type, and pick up its mop pad when moving from hard floor onto carpet, for example?

I really like Roomba’s dock design, which, while large enough to accommodate two rather small water tanks, is the most stylish of all the multifunction docks.

However, I think it's fair to assume you'll need to manually empty it more than you would a traditional, self-empty robovac, given dock dustbins tend to hold 2.5L or 3L of dirt.

This model also avoids obstacles really well, including chocolate pudding we placed in its path to mimic a dog accident. Even when other robot vacuums were getting stuck in the chocolate mess, the ILife V3s Pro Robot Vacuum sailed past it. We also like its low profile (just 3 inches), which allows it to go under beds or couches more easily than taller models, and we’ve even seen it pick up dog hair that had collected under the Top 3 Automatic Vacuum Cleaners bed.

We definitely noticed this when testing the Shark PowerDetect 2-in-1 since our household has both a curious toddler and a cat that complicated things a bit—both were fascinated by the machine when it ran. That said, if toys are left out, this vacuum will

Intuitive app, but robot doesn't always do as its told, and there's an issue with separating open plan spaces.

The Shark PowerDetect AZ4002 offers both strong cleaning performance and convenient features. It’s stellar at cleaning bare floors, making it the ideal vacuum for kitchens, bathrooms, and hardwood floors. It also earned near-top-level scores in our carpet cleaning tests and automatically adjusts the speed of the brush rolls depending on the floor type.

We were also pleased with the streamlined self-empty feature of this robot vac. We checked the bin's capacity every other day to make sure dog fur was getting cleared, but homes without any pets or that track less dirt and debris could probably go longer—up to 60 days without emptying, depending on your cleaning habits. We didn't encounter many issues with the Ecovacs Deebot T9+, but it's worth noting that larger items trapped in the machine can affect both suction and the self-empty feature (a screw got jammed at one point).

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✅ You have tall thresholds: The Curv is great at scaling tall steps, and on test it very rarely got stuck.

The newest model, the Combo 10 Max, is the best Roomba for pet hair as it ties for the highest suction power of the current Roomba line, plus it can clean its own mop.

I've had one Roomba in service for about 18 years, with regular maintenance and a couple replacement batteries. It doesn't have advanced features, but it's still going strong in a less-trafficked area of my house.