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Robot Vacuum Cleaners Buying Guide

Our buying guide will explain which type of robot vacuum cleaner would suit you most, how much you can expect to pay for one, and which features are worth looking out for.

Reviews

4.4

91 reviews
5
(67)
4
(12)
3
(2)
2
(2)
1
(8)
  • Build Quality
    4.3 (54)
  • Value for Money
    4.1 (55)
  • Ease of Use
    4.6 (55)
  • Cleaning & Maintenance
    4.5 (55)
  • Product is used
    • Several times a week (24)
    • Daily (22)
    • Weekly (7)
    • Rarely (1)
  • Noise Level
    3.6 (55)
  • Pet OwnerYes (28) · No (25)
  • System Errors Never (26) · Occasionally (21) · Every time (5) · Often (2)
  • Ease of Programming / Scheduling
    4.3 (51)
  • Battery Life
    4.4 (54)
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D.Ablett

D.AblettGreater Melbourne (Inner), VIC

  • 19 reviews
  • Verified purchase

Not just a toy

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Date PurchasedSep 2018
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Shayla

ShaylaSouth East Queensland, QLD

  • 7 reviews
  • 6 likes
  • Verified purchase

LOVE this vacuum!

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Date PurchasedAug 2018
heyryeh

heyryehAU

  • 2 reviews
  • 1 like
  • Verified purchase

Most used household appliances I've ever got!

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It's perfect for our 2 beds unit with the bamboo floor. The mop attachment is very useful too as we don't have a big place (60m2), the water compartment doesn't need to get refilled at all. If you own a bigger place, one fill of water might not be enough to mop the whole place.



Date PurchasedApr 2018
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squishypiranha

squishypiranhaWestern Australia, 6061

  • 53 reviews
  • 35 likes
  • Verified purchase

Worth Every Penny - Highly Recommend

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Date PurchasedOct 2018
Veeee

VeeeeGreater Melbourne (Inner), VIC

  • 8 reviews

Xiaomi RoboRock S50 - Yes it is really really good! I am super happy. 100%

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Date PurchasedSep 2018
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Angus

AngusSydney, NSW

  • 5 reviews
  • Verified purchase

Super Easy

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Love our Xiaomi Roborock! We set it to a scheduled and just let it go. Every second day at 8am it just starts and cleans the house. Nothing better than coming home to a freshly vacuumed house.
We empty the bin every 2 days and give it a clean every month or so.

Only issue is that with our unit being all carpet it stops around once or twice each time and says to clean the main brush. Not sure why.

Date PurchasedDec 2017
Gary A

Gary AAU

  • 4 reviews
  • 5 likes

XIOMAI 2ND GEN ROBOROCK

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Carpet and vinyl it found $5 for me once like it was bringing me a gift. Wouldn't link to my phone properly so I contacted the seller. They replied please be patient well contact tech support, never did get back to me.
So I kept it and got a refund. So I have no control over it.
I wonder where it finds so much dust and fluff sometimes.
Precision made a little dirt under the bin and it doesn't pick up well, clean that and its fine again.
Comes with spare filter can be used with or without rotating brush. Quiet & efficient better than 3 other brands ive tried which would either go crazy after 3 months or wouldn't pick up properly all returned within 3 months

Date PurchasedJun 2018
Bernie

BernieDJIRU

  • 3 reviews
  • 1 like

starsGlad I got it for so many reasons

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I have had this amazing vacuum for quite some time now. It did an amazing job in the house we were in. We had stone tiles and thick carpet. It manuevered it's way without issue. Then we moved to a house with the majority of the floor covered in thick shag carpet. It would stop every couple of feet with the dreaded error if the main brush needing cleaning. Xiaomi help support was not useful at all. I found someone's fix of the same problem with a neato vacuum. He added "magic sliders" to the bottom. I did the same and it now works as good if not better than it used to. I can't prove it, however I think it actually picks up more dirt now.

Date PurchasedSep 2016

My husband loves it

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Combined hard flooring, carpet, large rugs and shag rug (which we have cordoned off, as it doesn't handle the 3-4cm length of the rug at all). It can't be a negative however, just an adjustment. This little powerhouse does a mean job of vacuuming, and I can't believe the quality of it's handiwork. Thought it would never meet my husband's standards, but it's a brilliant purchase, worth every cent.

Date PurchasedSep 2018
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JamieAus

JamieAusAU

  • 19 reviews
  • Verified purchase

Great product

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I use this on tiles floors daily a we have 2 feline fur kids and a messy partner, it collects the hair with no issues and the mopping component work great, would recommend it to busy life style people,
The phone app is simple to set up and the zone cleaning is great

Date PurchasedSep 2018
Chris

Chris

  • 3 reviews
  • 3 likes

Good choice and happy chappy!

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Date PurchasedAug 2018
JCL

JCLTasmania

  • 28 reviews
  • 2 likes
  • Verified purchase

Buy it now!

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Date PurchasedAug 2018
Chrissy34

Chrissy34SYDNEY

  • 2 reviews

Customer Service

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I have been trying for the last week to contact someone in the Australian customer service office 1800870821 leaving that many messages with NO RESULTS. I have tried to use the website in chat but still can't get any results as it is a automatic reply. My cleaner keeps telling me to clean the main bushes 3 times though a cleaning cycle. I have seen many reviews with people having the same issues. Which is annoying as I got this to make it fast and easy way to clean my floors. It would be faster for me to just get my upright out and do it myself.I perched it from Kogan and they do not have a phone number for customer service.It all done by email which I may add have not replied to my emails either NOT HAPPY

Date PurchasedSep 2018
Matt

MattSouth East Queensland, QLD

  • 4 reviews
  • 3 likes

So far very happy with how it performs

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Recently purchase the Mi Robot 2 and have to say it does it a pretty good job. It struggles to pick up some pet hair from plush carpets but on tiles it really does a good job.

We bought it to tidy the house between visits from our cleaner. Today it got itself stuck when it tried getting over a small ledge. I received the notification on my phone that it was stuck and I will have to move it when I get home.

All in all it does the job and it seems good value for money.

Some more power for the wheel motor would be the only thing I think they could improve on, which might help it not get stuck on things.

Date PurchasedAug 2018
lawofohms

lawofohmsMelbourne

  • 5 reviews
  • 4 likes

Changed my life!

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Simply amazing, we have named ours "Sir Vacs A Lot" Its amazing how much crud he picks up. "I tell the kids he's going to eat your toys if you leave them on the ground" no more toys left on ground! Thanks Sir Vacs A Lot. You have saved us from the EVIL dust demons! He came with a special tool for cutting the picked up hair out of the roller. That's good because my wife has long red hair and after the first whole house clean he looked like a red headed yeti!

Date PurchasedAug 2018
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DavidH9000

DavidH9000Mid North Coast, NSW

  • 27 reviews
  • 2 likes

WOW! Simply amazing.

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Date PurchasedAug 2018
AJD

AJDPerth

  • 10 reviews

Great for lazy people

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As someone who hates vacuuming I love this robot. The app that comes with it (once you set it up) is fantastic. We have a border collie and it picks up the hair well on tiles, carpeted areas need a few passes. Long hair gets tangled around the brush so does need to be cleaned a fair bit but the tool that comes with it is great. The mopping feature is not worth the time but otherwise this is a very well designed robot and app.

Date PurchasedMar 2018

Works on thicker carpet unlike the first model

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Bought the original one a few months back... and it could not do our rooms with thick carpet. I have had this one for a few days and it seems to be able to navigate the rooms without issue. Does a pretty good job, with the only issue I've encountered being the small spinning brush seems to flick some particles too hard past the vacuums path.

Date PurchasedJul 2018
Tam Elabbasi

Tam ElabbasiBrisbane

  • 6 reviews
  • Verified purchase

Best robot I have had

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So I have waited 2 weeks before writing a review. I have had 3 other types of robotic vacs. This takes the top star. Yes it’s a bit not expensive but it does exactly why it is suppose to and is smarter than most. The app once you get use to it works well. Set and forget other than mopping.

I been baought a second one! This is a must love it.

Date PurchasedJul 2018
Daniel

Daniel

  • 8 reviews

A real smart cleaner, not a toy!

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Date PurchasedJun 2018
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Questions & Answers

tonlilno

tonlilnoasked

I love my Roborock but recently it has startet to leave stripes on the floor when it cleans with the mop. The floor is not very dirty to start with, so i thonk it is weird that these stripes accure.

Anyone else who has experienced this? Any advice?

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Dazzaesky

Dazzaeskyasked

Has anyone else ever had issues with remembering the map when it drops down to 20% battery. Mine only 2 weeks old keeps losing the map when I set timer to start or it drops to 20% battery and loses where it is. I have put in a warranty claim and have to send it back. But I am interested if anyone else has the same problem. Yes I have the Map saving option on.

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Snapperg
Snapperg

No I have had my vacuum for a year now that hasn’t happened only once it got confused and lost the map after an update to firmware. After I reset everything to default and started again I’ve had no issues. That was roughly 3 months ago

Dazzaesky

Dazzaeskyasked

Has anyone else ever had issues with remembering the map when it drops down to 20% battery. Mine only 2 weeks old keeps losing the map when I set timer to start or it drops to 20% battery and loses where it is. I have put in a warranty claim and have to send it back. But I am interested if anyone else has the same problem. Yes I have the Map saving option on.

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