These robot vacuums are ones that tested well, scoring at least a 7 overall rating, or that might be the right fit for a specific situation.
Roborock Saros Z70
Roborock Saros Z70: While many robots get stuck under couches or beds, the Z70 navigates strategically around chair legs and glides under low gaps to clean where dust bunnies accumulate. In terms of raw cleaning power, it’s a capable machine on hard floors, removing 89.05% of sand in our tests. It also posted a very high room coverage score of 83.27%, meaning it doesn’t leave many patches of the floor untouched.
The Saros Z70’s main selling point is the mechanical arm, which can pick up and sort small objects like crumpled papers, napkins, slippers and shoes. It’s neat to watch the arm automatically emerge from the robot vacuum’s body to do some pickup. It’s fairly easy to designate a sorting zone in the app and the arm will usually put things where it’s told but to be frank, the arm is hit-and-miss. It’s capable of recognizing the objects it’s trained for, but it usually wasn’t able to pick up things like pet toys and, on one occasion, it confused my standing desk mat with a sock and got stuck trying to pick it up
I was also impressed by its mapping. After a quick scan, the robot did a great job of generating a layout of my apartment, identifying flooring types, key pieces of furniture, pet areas and cords. Tagging things manually was also fairly straightforward, though if I have one gripe, it’s that the app’s settings and customization options are a bit overwhelming. For me, the AdaptLift chassis was the real lifesaver. Like the Dreame X50 Ultra, it can deploy a pair of legs to lever itself over obstacles. It’s one of the few robot vacuums that can cross the 2-inch thresholds in my apartment.
If you have shedding pets like me, you should avoid this model. Our testing found its pet hair pickup performance to be terrible. Additionally, the object avoidance needs work for the price: It identified and avoided the pet toy and lamp cord, but failed to avoid the sock and two types of simulated pet waste. This also means the robot arm had trouble identifying objects as well. Finally, at $2,600, it is difficult to justify if you have significant carpeting, as it only removed 31.88% of debris from midpile carpet and totally missed sections of the rug during heat map testing.
Eufy Omni E28
Eufy Omni E28: This is another of Eufy’s unique three-in-one robot vacuums. Unlike the E20, which incorporates a cordless and handheld vacuum into the robot, the E28 is a portable deep cleaner built into the robot’s base station. The detachable dual water tank (clean and dirty water) doubles as a deep cleaner, complete with a handle and hose attachment that lets you spot-clean various soft surfaces, including carpets and fabric.
“At home testing the carpet cleaner, I loved the self-cleaning feature on the extractor,” said Breitenstein. “It cleans very well. It does need to be plugged in to use, but with an extension cord, it’s very attainable to clean everywhere.” Add excellent obstacle avoidance that managed to avoid five of six obstacles, and you get a very capable robot vacuum for $1,000 full price, though it’s usually less on sale.
In terms of performance for regular usage, the robot vacuum scores on the average side, with 44.49% sand pickup across flooring types. On carpet, it gets 40.58% from low-pile carpet and 11.88% from midpile, which isn’t as high as we’d have liked for something specifically designed to clean carpets. Obstacle avoidance was also excellent, with five of six obstacles avoided. In terms of other capabilities, it has all the key elements you’d expect, including self-washing and drying for the mop, brushes that prevent entanglement with pet hair, the ability to clean corners and self-emptying and automatic refilling for the base station.
At full price, the E28 will run you $1,400, but you can often get it on sale for less, which makes it a good option if you have a lot of carpeting at home but need to save space by not having a dedicated carpet cleaner. “For $999 or less, I think this price is completely justified considering it comes with a carpet cleaning function,” said Breitenstein, also noting that the dustbin is quite large compared to competitors.
If comprehensive room cleaning is important to you, the E28 doesn’t do so well. It had the lowest average cleaning score at just 70.03% — the worst of any robot vacuum we tested in this batch of 12. As the heat map shows, it missed a significant number of spots, left lines between cleaning areas and wasn’t able to fit under two items of simulated furniture.
Ecovacs Deebot X8 Pro Omni
Ecovacs Deebot X8 Pro Omni: This robot vacuum is a good option for pet owners who struggle with hair wrap but don’t have pets prone to accidents inside the house. Its “zero tangle” claim held up in our lab, with the vacuum successfully clearing pet hair from hardwood and low-pile carpet without clogging the brush roll. It’s also an excellent choice for homes with low-profile furniture, as its retractable lidar turret allows it to squeeze under 4-inch gaps that would trap standard robot vacuums.
In terms of raw cleaning power, the X8 Pro Omni is a top-tier contender. It secured a high hardwood sand pickup score in its test batch at 97.08% and maintained a strong overall average of 60.28% across all floor types. We were particularly impressed by its intelligent design features. Unlike some competitors, its carpet suction boost worked reliably, and the retractable turret is a legitimate problem-solver for cleaning under beds and sofas. It also navigated safely around common household hazards such as a lamp cord, a sock and a pet toy during our avoidance tests.
However, if your pets aren’t house-trained, this robot poses a significant risk. During our obstacle avoidance testing, the X8 Pro Omni failed to avoid the 90-degree and 180-degree simulated pet waste. Worse, one of the fake messes got stuck in the main brush.
“One of the simulated pet poops got stuck in the dustbin main brush,” said Breitenstein. “This would’ve been catastrophic if it were actual pet poop.” Additionally, if your home is primarily covered in plush or midpile carpet, you may find the cleaning results inconsistent, as the vacuum’s pickup rate on this surface fluctuated wildly (from 10% to 36%) during our five test runs.
Eufy E25
Eufy E25: The Eufy E25 stands out as one of the better obstacle-avoidance systems for robot vacuums. It successfully evaded five out of six hazards, including simulated pet waste and cords though this feat is now exceeded by three other models on the main list. While setup was a breeze, thanks to an app that instantly recognized the device, its cleaning power didn’t quite match its brains. It managed 85.4% sand pickup on hardwood but struggled significantly on soft surfaces, recording the lowest low-pile carpet score in its batch at just 31.88%.
We ultimately excluded the E25 from our main list because it offers less utility than the Eufy E28 for a similar or higher price. “I would recommend the Eufy E28 over this unit because it offers the carpet-cleaning functionality with similar cleaning abilities,” noted lab technician Schylar Breitenstein. With a price tag hovering around $1,300 without sales and a midpile carpet pickup rate of only 12.17%, it is hard to justify the E25 when the E28 provides the better obstacle avoidance plus a unique portable carpet cleaner for better value.
3i S10 Ultra
3I S10 Ultra: We haven’t reviewed many robot vacuums from 3I, but the company has some unique offerings, including the S10 Ultra, which it says is the first water recycling robot vacuum in the world. What that means is that it’s capable of purifying and distilling its own wastewater extracted from the robot, as well as using water vapor and condensation from the air to refill the robot’s water tank with clean water. It’s a fascinating implementation that can help cut down on water wasted on mopping.
In terms of performance, the S10 Ultra is a capable robot vacuum, removing 93.45% of sand from hardwood floor, which is the third highest score on our list. However, carpet performance wasn’t as good, at 37.68% low-pile and 17.68% midpile, resulting in a 49.6% average. That said, it has all the key features you’d expect from a higher-end robot vacuum, including advanced lidar navigation, dirt and liquid detection, a self-cleaning spinning roller mop and AI obstacle avoidance. Our lab technician, Schylar Breitenstein, noted that the app wasn’t very user-friendly and that she had issues with connectivity to Wi-Fi. Obstacle avoidance was also a disappointment, with a complete failure for all six obstacles. The bulky and heavy base station weighs 50 pounds and takes up significant space. All this keeps it off our best list.
Ecovacs Deebot X9 Pro Omni
Ecovacs Deebot X9 Pro Omni: The Ecovacs Deebot X9 Pro Omni distinguishes itself with reliable carpet detection that correctly ramps up suction when transitioning from hard floors to rugs, a feature our lab noted isn’t always consistent in this category. In terms of raw cleaning power, it performed decently, removing 88.32% of sand from hardwood floors and securing the third-highest midpile carpet pickup score in its test batch at 20.87%. Our testers also appreciated its navigation around furniture, noting that it “navigates well around chair legs” and easily cleared our 4-inch threshold tests.
However, the X9 Pro Omni misses our main list because its performance doesn’t justify its premium price tag. Despite claims of AI avoidance, it only successfully dodged two out of six obstacles in our hazard gauntlet. Furthermore, its room coverage was a middling 76.42%, with lab technicians observing that it “seems to clean in one direction” without the cross-hatch pattern that ensures a deeper clean. With a total average pickup score of 51.47%, it is a capable cleaner, but lacks the elite efficiency of top contenders such as the Mova V50.
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