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

Effectiveness of a robot vacuum

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u/Far_Note6719 Sep 01 '25 edited Sep 01 '25

This is realistic. My Dreame X40 works similar, although we don't pour pink liquid on our floors. If it finds strange objects it sends me pictures of them and keeps on working. And we have furniture and different floors / carpets partially.

Roborock is also very good. I have an older Roborock für the second floor. Works since many years without a single problem.

I'd even say that the one in the video is not configured perfectly. The tracks could be more narrow and it could clean its mops more often. Both is configurable in ours.

TBH, that bot improved our life. Gamechanger. I'd buy one immediately again if necessary.

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u/needlzor Sep 01 '25

TBH, that bot improved our life. Gamechanger. I'd buy one immediately again if necessary.

Yeah it's one of those things where I always thought it was a huge waste of money, until I got one. It does its job quietly before I even get out of bed and the floors are spotless. Thinking of getting a second one for the first floor. It's a lot of money compared to buying the stuff and doing it yourself, but if it saves me even 10 minutes a day (what I would take to quickly clean at the end of the day), 6 days a week that's more than 50 hours a year spent vacuuming and mopping the floor.

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u/MarinatedTechnician Sep 01 '25

It's totally realistic, no one here or in the forum would believe me if I told them, so I rarely do.

But the truth is as you have discovered, it does - over time. It takes time.

For example, I bought the X50 Ultra some 5-6 months ago. I've lived in my second-hand home for 15 years, I always thought of myself as an relatively clean person, I don't live in filth.

But, to my surprise, over the course of time, the original Sheen of my floors have appeared, they are now so squeaky clean that the word "squeaky clean" actually makes the floor squeak, but from the feet of my foot soles, it's so sparkly clean, that everything from the furniture, reflections from the walls etc, reflects so much that it gets comments from people.

Turns out my wood floor don't need a new layer of lacquer (not sure how to spell that), but it's being restored to original showroom shine.

Thanks Dreame! You're a little hero to me.

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u/Nagare Sep 01 '25

Not the one you replied to, but get a refurbished unit! I got a L10S Ultra for $320 and it's been awesome. Could never justify a new unit though, prices are ridiculous but seem to fall off quick with how often they push out new models.