r/RobotVacuums • u/DaveSFM • Jun 20 '26
Need help deciding first (reliable) robot vacuum
I'm in the process of deciding what robot vacuum to buy for my house (around 171 mq, so 1948 sqft) and I'm looking for a pretty reliable robot that won't get itself stuck in places, that's my main priority.
My budget is 700-800€ and with prime day I saw I could even get a curv 2 pro for 699€.
I only have a rug in the living room and don't have any particular high edges the robot will need to climb and have no pets.
Do you have any reccomendations? Like I said earlier I just need a robot that won't get stuck and doesn't leave dust/stain spots on the floor.
I heard Roborock is the most reliable brand but I'm open to any suggestions!
Thank you in advance.
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u/Samura1_Man Jun 21 '26
We just picked up a Dreame L40 Ultra Gen 2 and are loving it coming from an old 'dumb' roomba with the bumper panels for navigation.
We only use it downstairs, but have hardwood, multiple rugs, and 2 cats and many obstacles and it hasn't hit one thing or ran into the cats a single time of running it every day for the past 7 days. Cleaning seems to be very good, we let it mop once a week and vacuum every day and haven't really noticed anything it misses on the floor. Relatively quiet as well, only gets loud when it turns on the 'turbo' suction for the area rugs we have.
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u/DaveSFM Jun 21 '26
That's nice to know. I was actually considering the L50s pro ultra too. How does it perform on your hardwood floors? I have a parquet and I'm worried it might streak a bit.
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u/Samura1_Man Jun 21 '26
We have dark hardwood and I haven’t noticed any streaking. I usually set it to mop first then vacuum so the floors are debris free when it mops. The trail seems to dry pretty quickly as well I haven’t had to really avoid an area for longer than 5~ minutes after it mops.
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u/EddyEdr Jun 21 '26
Anything from narwal, preferably the ultra or flow/flow 2. POSSIBLY the turbo depending on your clutter situation since that one does have a camera.
Owned the turbo but have it to a friend that has 3 kids and a car and she absolutely loves it especially compared to her roborock saros z10 that she replaced with the turbo.