Bagless Self-Cleaning Robots

Robot vacuums are fantastic for general, automated cleaning. But, they don't get into every corner. Bagless self-emptying bases can solve this problem.

These intelligent base stations can hold up to a week's worth dirt, so you don't have to worry about emptying the robot. They will alert you when full.

The Eureka E10S

The E10S is a fantastic option for homeowners looking to reduce time and effort while battling the daily accumulation of dirt, pet fur, and other debris. The robot vacuums and mop, allowing owners to create cleaning schedules, map levels, and designate zones and rooms. It also comes with the power of a 4,000Pa vacuum as well as a mop motor, ensuring a thorough job even on tougher flooring types. It is bagless robot vacuum cleaner, which eliminates the need for replacement bags while promoting easier maintenance, with a clear debris bin that allows users to easily see when it is full and requiring emptying.

The base station of the E10S is another nice feature. It has advanced multi-cyclonic technology that lets you efficiently remove debris and stops premature filter clogging. This makes it more durable than conventional robot vacuums that rely on disposable dust bags, and often leave behind a messy visual regardless of where the base station is located. This unique feature, when combined with the E10S’s large 1.5L clear bin for debris lets users easily clean and maintain the cleaner.

The E10S, in contrast to less powerful models that rely on random bounce and turn methods of navigation, to map your surroundings in real-time, makes use of LiDAR. This allows it to recognize obstacles like walls and furniture and create a self-navigating route that leads to a more efficient cleaning. This is especially crucial for homes with many rooms because the E10S can automatically not clean areas it has already cleaned.

The Eureka App offers a high-end functionality and an easy-to-use interface. In addition to creating and storing maps it lets you name rooms, and also define no-go zones and no-mop zones to ensure that the cleaner does not wander off into the kitchen. A manual control mode allows you to direct the robot around, and you can also create cleaning schedules.

Set up is relatively simple and requires only a few steps to get the E10S working. It comes with a dock to charge and a guide to assist new users. With a few minor glitches it's a great device. E10S is a great accessory to any home. It will help save time and effort while keeping floors tidy.

The SwitchBot Mini K10+

The SwitchBot Mini is a compact, powerful vacuum cleaner that offers a lot of features. It's ideally suited for homes with small spaces. Its remarkable cleaning power has earned it top scores in our debris removal and edge and crevice clean-up tests. Its navigation and mapping abilities were also outstanding as the robot was able avoid obstacles while moving furniture.

This robot vacuum and mop is one of the few in its class to utilize LiDAR SLAM technology. This allows it to create precise maps of your home's rooms. It also comes with 10 flagship-level sensors which allow it to maneuver through the tightest of spaces. Despite its advanced capabilities, it consumes less energy to clean and is extremely efficient.

The app controls this robot and features a simple, easy-to-use interface. The main screen displays basic information such as the status of the dust bin, mop and filter pad plate. You can also design highly customized schedules that set cleaning mode and generate reports within the app.

You can also set no-go zones which will stop the robot from entering certain areas of your home. This is a great way to keep your robot away from areas that are not suitable for it. For example pets, a pet-friendly area or the kitchen. The app will also allow you to keep track of the battery and make sure it is charged for optimal performance.

Once the robot is done cleaning, it returns to its Station to charge. The station can be moved from room to room as needed, but it's somewhat loud when sucking up what was collected and returning to the charging dock.

When you first remove the K10+ from its box there are a few physical requirements. This includes taking out any padding that may be in gaps and crevices. It's also a good idea to place the machine close to an electrical socket and you'll require good WiFi coverage to connect to the app. The included accessories include a filter spare along with a side brush and a set of disposable mop pads. These accessories are a great addition for the robot because they add convenience and reduce time spent changing out the items.

The Shark IQ XL

The Shark IQ XL is a intelligent robot that comes with a lot of features. It's also fairly well-built and costs less than $400. It's a better overall robot than the eufy RoboVac G30, feels nicer to use, and provides better performance on both plain floors as well as carpets with high and low piles. It's also more adept at maneuvering around obstacles like electrical cords.

Its battery life is exceptional, allowing it to last for more than an hour on its high-suction mode, 'Max. The base station, which is bagless, is also easy to clean. You just detach the side bin and then empty it into an empty trash can - there's no need to use special cleaning bags or extra effort. And the IQ's companion app allows you to send it to specific rooms, restart the session where it left off when it's required to charge a portion of the way through, and schedule several cleaning sessions within a single day, if required.

The IQ XL did a fantastic job on hard flooring, but it struggled with carpets with medium pile. It missed larger crumbs, and sometimes pushed debris into corners that it should not have. The side brush on the robot may occasionally fail to catch dirt or to sweep it away. It also travels in a straight lines instead of zigzagging, like more advanced robots.

If you'd like to use the IQ XL to keep out certain areas of your home, you can create no-go zones on its map by dragging boundary squares within the application. These boxes aren't easy to draw and tweak. We prefer virtual walls.

Another feature we really appreciated on the IQ XL is the ability to choose an Ultra-Clean mode, which increases the suction power of the robot and runs its brushes across floors in the form of a crosshatch. This is particularly useful in areas with high traffic, but we're disappointed that it's not offered on all of the company's current models. It is possible to set a timer to automatically start a single Ultra-Clean cycle in any room of your home.

The Shark Matrix

While it's not offering the same features as the iRobot Roomba lineup, Shark's ION-series robot vacuums punch well above their weight with LIDAR mapping capability and self-emptying bases stations. However the Matrix takes things to the next level by offering mopping and vacuuming in one.

As with most robotic vacuums the Matrix can be used as a standard upright cleaner or it can be set to agitate and scrub your floors with a power pad for a deeper clean. Additionally, it can be used in the vacuum/mop modes which utilizes the same cleaning pad to simultaneously clean your floor and eliminate any stains and dirt that are stubborn. The matrix's powerful cleaning mode is especially impressive on carpets, bagless self-cleaning robots where it uses an array of grids to make multiple passes over dirt and debris for 30% better stain removal when compared to Roomba robot vacuums.

The Matrix is also much simpler to operate than a modern Roomba. Shark's app lets you create a spot-cleaning area by moving a rectangle on the tab you have designated. Roomba users must manually identify and create a cleaning zone. The Matrix also has a physical button to start a clean, without opening the app.

The Matrix also includes other features that improve the quality of life, including three suction power settings (normal Eco, high-power and "Max") and a recharge/resume feature that lets it to continue where it left off if it needs to return to its dock. The battery life is a bit longer than the AI Ultra, and its overall debris pickup performance was exceptional across a variety of surface types.

The only disadvantages of the Matrix is that it drains its battery faster than other models, and that its cleaning capabilities for pet hair are a bit inconsistent. The Matrix is still a good option for most homes, and it improves on the AI Ultra in a few important ways. It is constructed better, recharges quicker and is able to pick up more debris from flooring that is low-pile. Plus, its 'Eco' and Max modes are a nice upgrade from the AI Ultra's 'Normal' mode.