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Robot vacuums
This is the category where price is the worst predictor of performance we have measured anywhere on the site. Independent testers regularly find mid-priced machines beating flagships on the things that matter, so the ranking below is built on measured results rather than specification sheets.
What actually matters here
Picksights methodology
- Suction figures in pascals are the most quoted spec and the least useful — machines with lower numbers routinely out-clean higher ones in measured tests.
- Hair tangling decides whether you keep using the robot: a brush roll that wraps turns an automated chore back into a manual one.
- Navigation is what separates a robot that runs unattended from one you rescue, and it matters far more in a cluttered home than an open one.
- A self-maintaining dock is a genuine convenience, not a cleaning improvement — budget for it separately from performance.
Rankings in this category
Best Robot Vacuum
Three machines compared on measured cleaning, navigation and what the dock actually saves you.
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