Hello! Thanks for your time. I live in a 127 sq meters apartment with tiles. It also has 3 rooms, the kitchen, the laundry and two bathrooms. Basically, I want it to clean my cat’s hair, my girlfriend’s hair that she throws a lot too also to keep the kitchen floor clean. We live 3 people here and no one takes care, it’s me and I don’t have time to keep it decent every day, I know it’s not the same as doing it manually and deeply but I want something that can assist me with this at least a little bit. My budget is 200 (could be a little bit more) and if it mops also, I would love it. Also, it worries me the amount of times a year I have to put the replacement parts, so I think it’s important it’s a brand that I can find those implements and the cheaper ones.

I saw this one:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/seort/2844894680

and this one: https://www.amazon.com/-/es/iRobot-Roomba-Combo-aspiradora-trapeador/dp/B0C415KNH8/ref=sr_1_5?crid=37ZYV8VO09ATL&keywords=roomba%2Bcombo%2Bi5&qid=1700928986&s=home-garden&sprefix=roomba%2Bcombo%2Cgarden%2C311&sr=1-5&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.304cacc1-b508-45fb-a37f-a2c47c48c32f&th=1

Open to any suggestions, thanks!

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Everyone here just making your life more difficult. That shark is incredible value for the price of you can get it for 188.

Lidar, sonic mopping, hair cutting brush roller, decent app.

I’ve used one and I like it more than my roborock 5s max, which I paid considerably more for a couple years back.

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i had no idea the robot could cut my hair for me, time to ditch the Flobee!

(seriously though, i had no idea self-cleaning rollers existed. hair is THE WORST)

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NEVER ditch that Flobee!

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I think the mopping is a gimmick, it’s not able to push down hard.

Also if you have pets and people with long hair get a hair cutting feature. I have 1 with and 1 without. The 1 that she’s not cut hair is anything, the one that does cut hair never has to be touched. Runs every night and auto empties and it is amazing.

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I’d find a used irobot j7

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I just got on to say this… maybe a broken or used one and repair it… 200 does not buy alot smart vacuum wise.

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I just got a Dreame L10 Pro from Amazon and flashed Valetudo on it. I’m super happy with it and with the local cloudless control. But it wasn’t particularly easy to do if you don’t have the hardware/linux knowledge required to flash it. Regardless the robot is very nice itself with mapping, lidar, and mopping.

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Most helpful thing I can tell you is to check out Vacuum Wars on YouTube. Dude does the most thorough testing of any type of vacuum you can imagine, then posts ranking lists. I’d start there and maybe see if anything he recommends fits your needs otherwise.

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