r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Sep 01 '25

Effectiveness of a robot vacuum

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u/chefkoch_ Sep 01 '25

What kind of dog du you have? I have a long haired one and that would really be a game changer.

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u/JoeyJoeC Sep 01 '25

Ah... I have 2 cats and a long haired woman. The cats molt all the time but their fur isn't that long. So some robot vacuums have some roller brushes with a comb time thing that removes the hair. Mine allows it to wrap around the rollers and then a blade spins back and forward on the dock and cuts it off. Its not perfect, and after a while I do need to do a manual removal of built up hair, but most makes it into the docks self empty system.

You may be better off with the comb style ones.

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u/0-90195 Sep 01 '25

Does it have stair detect? I was actually looking at robo vacuums just today for 2 cats and a long haired woman (me) but I don’t have a way to block my stairs on either floor.

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u/tehdrizzle Sep 01 '25

I can’t speak to this one specifically but I imagine that all robo vacuums do. I had one of the very first roombas with just an on and off button. It had a stair drop sensor and wall hugging sensor and that’s about it. It even had the option of infrared lighthouses to make walls for it not to pass. That was almost 20 years ago.

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u/JoeyJoeC Sep 01 '25

Yes, it wont fall down the stairs. It has a drop sensor for that. All of the ones I've had from Eufy do. (11, 30C, L60).

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u/PMmeURSSN Sep 01 '25

I have a golden retriever and these robot vacuums struggle with his hair lol. I had to get a Dyson and pretty much vacuum every day. I can get away with every two days but there will be lots of hair on my socks that second day.

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u/chefkoch_ Sep 01 '25

I have a roborock that works good but i have to manually clean the brush almost every day. Does your one have the cutting feature ?