Some will also send alerts to your phone if the bin needs emptying or the robot is stuck in a corner and needs your attention. However, we realised that if you want to do multifloor cleaning with the X8, you need two docking stations, because the robot gets confused. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. With 700 Watts of power from its highly efficient motor and cyclonic technology, the Smart Evo has been independently tested to provide great performance whilst also saving energy. Hearst UK is the trading name of the National Magazine Company Ltd, 30 Panton Street, Leicester Square, London, SW1Y 4AJ.

Corners are also difficult for them to reach, so some spots around the home might need a bit of specific human attention. When the robot docks with the bin to empty itself, the self-emptying base uses an incredibly loud vacuum to noisily suck the contents out of the robot’s smaller bin, then sends the little guy back out for more cleaning.We were intrigued to see how the Samsung robot vacuum would fare because it’s designed slightly differently from all the other models. To control which areas of the home you don’t want cleaned, you have to attach special magnetic boundary strips to the floor. If you feel the product is making more noise than normal remove and clean the dust box and filters, or replace the paper bag (where fitted). As other reviewers have stated, you really get to see just how much sooner you really should have thrown out your last vacuum cleaner. A lack of a mapping function also means you can’t set no-go zones, so you’ll have to remember to close doors to prevent the robot getting up to mischief.

That means you get floor mapping, efficient navigation, voice controls, no go zones, scheduling, and basic furniture avoidance. When the time to empty comes, the one touch bin release makes it quick and hygienic to dispose of the dust collected. This isn’t the fanciest robot vacuum we tested, so if you want one that has voice control, a self-emptying system or programmed no-go zones, scroll on. Out of the dogs and cats, I have two who have always been quite wary of the hoover, but this thing is something else.On this model it’s recommended to wash the HEPA filter after every 5 bin empties while the exhaust filter should be washed once a month. Setting 2 is best for delicate floor coverings such as vinyl, lino or parquet flooring and will prevent damage to this sort of floor surface. Plus, the app will notify you when it’s full, and with the capacity able to take up to 60 days' worth of dust, emptying it can sit at the bottom of your to-do list for a while. If you need advice or support for your product, please in the first instance contact the support provider using the number on this support page.

Battery life: Most models last for at least 60 minutes, which won’t be enough time for a full clean if you have a large home. This ensues that subsequent requests within the session window will be attributed to the same Hotjar session.

But testers liked how it notifies you of areas it couldn’t reach — it sends pictures of obstacles through to the app, so you know to tackle them manually later. The object recognition function meant it successfully avoided toys, piles of laundry and whatever else was left out on the floor. Everything about it is intuitive, from set-up through to its informative app (where you can easily set no-go zones and check on the health of all its parts). We found it fared better on hard flooring rather than carpets, but it still did a fair job on the latter. That said, the app lets you easily designate rooms, so assigning the vacuum to mop just the kitchen or the bathroom is straightforward.

It has a D-shaped body with a flat square front, meaning it can get right into corners to clean every last inch of your floor. Depending on the robot vacuum you choose, you might have to swap the mop attachment in and out, or it could be fully autonomous, switching modes on the fly as it detects the floor type it’s on. I like the feel of this hoover, fairly lightweight, easy to move, but has too many faults to be able to recommend. It had a fairly random navigation pattern, but despite this left almost no traces of dirt in corners or crevices. If there is an asterix (*) next to an accessory in the instruction manual it may not be part of the product you have actually purchased.Plus, with App Control, you can monitor the cleaning history of your smart robotic vacuum cleaner right from your smartphone.