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Any suggestions for a good robot vacuum + mop? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by savjee@lemmy.world to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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Hi everyone!

I currently have a Neato D7 with a broken brush motor. It's 3 years old, so no more warranty.

Given that Neato is shutting down, I want to buy a new vacuum altogether.

Here's my wishlist:

Home Assistant integration (duh)
Vacuum + mopping
Local control would be cherry on top
LIDAR navigation (we run it mostly during the night)
Easy to service & reliable (should be easy to service the robot and buy replacement parts)

Any suggestions / recommendations?

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[–] savjee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Shoutout to @roofuskit@kbin.social for a very detailed and helpful answer. For some reason I can't reply to your message, so I'm creating a new comment instead. Hope you see it ;)

Wow, thanks a lot for your detailed answer and suggestions. You kind of convinced me to go for Roborock!

The fact that local control works (after cloud setup) is great. I read somewhere that the robot will reboot if it's been disconnected from the cloud for a long time, but that's fine for now. Good to know that there's a backup solution in the rare case my internet connection goes down.

I hope one day someone will make a great vacuum robot with an open-source firmware. Imagine having something like ESPHome for vacuum robots. Wet dream!

[–] roofuskit@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You're welcome. If you are more of and advanced techie there is an alternative firmware for Roborock vacuums but I hear it is more difficult to install on newer models. I owned the S5 before the S7 and never tried it because i think the local integration works just fine.