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Review: The ultimate in robot vacuums - Yes, it's incredibly
expensive. Yes, it's probably far too expensive for most people.
But is it worth that unbelievably high price? Well, firstly,
looks: It does look amazing. Sure, you don't but a vacuum for its
looks (!), but it certainly helps that it's a smart looking unit.
And this is even more important as the base unit is HUGE. You
need at least a meter clearance in height to be able to open the
top of the base unit. And for something that you can't easily
hide away in a corner, looks are therefore important. 10/10 for
looks. Suction power: According to the stats, there are other
robots on the market that have more suction power. However, I
guess the old tale of 'it's not how big, it's what you do with
it' rings true - as this has the perfect balance of suction vs
battery life. It picks up everything it needs to on hard floors -
and on carpets, it's great for the regular clean (but you'll
still want a manual vac to do deep cleans). Noise: This is sooooo
much quieter than my previous robot van (from another
manufacturer). It's also not because the suction is less, because
it isn't - the suction on this was double the old vac I had. I
assume the tech has just improved. It's now possible to run this
around the house in the night without waking anyone up. Bonus!
Battery Life: No issues here. And to be honest, battery life
doesn't matter with this unit. As long as it's clever enough to
go back and charge when it needs to and restart automatically,
then it's not an issue. It's a robot - the whole point is to
leave it to get on with the cleaning, so if it recharges every
hour, it doesn't really make a difference to the user. Smart
detection: Our previous vac was stupid. Many times it had
joyfully seen the cats had had an accident, and spread it far an
wide (yuk!). No worries with the L20 - there is a button to
toggle on the app that says 'Pet Owner'. This then tells it to be
extra careful with pet accidents, and avoid like the plague. And
so far, it's done exactly that. I'm now not worried about this.
Mopping: It has two circular spinny mops. It can lift them when
you don't want the floor to be mopped, or you can tell it to go
back to base, drop them off, and go back out to vacuum. I
personally set it to vac and mop at the same time (the mops are
at the back, so it mops the floor that's just been hoovered). And
judging my the colour of the waste water, it does an incredible
job. When the mop heads get dirty, the robot goes back to base,
cleans them, and then goes back out to continue mopping. At the
end of the mop, it does the same process, but it also dries the
mops - so they don't sit there, stagnating. The arm the mop is on
also flicks out, so it can mop right up to the edge of the floor,
without the robot body scraping along the skirting. I can't
stress how well this mopping feature works. You have to top up
the large water tank every couple of days - and empty the dirty
water at the same time. BUT there is an option to plumb in the
cold water tank, and the dirty water tank - and although I
haven't done this yet, I will do. App: No crashes so far - so it
seems stable. It's not exactly designed by Apple - so the UI is a
little clunky, but really, that's such a minor point it shouldn't
be on your radar. You can choose to clean the whole house, a
room, or specific zones. It takes a while to get everything
setup, but once it's done - it's really super easy. Summary: I
love this thing. It just works well, and does what it promises to
do efficiently, quietly, and to a high standard. I'm not a
'professional' reviewer - I paid full price for this robot - and
I would totally recommend it to anyone who is looking for a unit
to vac and mop. Is it worth the price? If you value your own time
in any way, then yes, it's totally worth the price.
Review: The best of the best - Dreame might be a bit of an
"unknown" when it comes to robot vacuums, however, they've
quickly established themselves and now make some of the best on
the market, with the L20 being the current flagship (There is the
L30, but that's not out in the UK, and it just adds hot water
mopping) It's not without its flaws, but all of these robot
vacuums have their flaws, so it's just what you can live with.
The L20, does a fantastic job at cleaning: I cannot fault it, and
its extendable mopping arm does a brilliant job of getting into
corners and up against the skirting. - It'll return to the dock
to automatically change the water, empty the vacuum if needed,
etc. You can also set different cleaning routines per room, and
choose to detach the mops for a certain room or area (maybe
you've got long rugs or shag pile carpet). - AI obstacle
avoidance is fantastic, and it'll flag up on the map where it
found obstacles - It can detect overly dirty areas and either
warn you or go back and give them another clean automatically -
Despite its powerfulness, it's very very quiet in comparison to
my older Neato vacuum. It had no issues picking up chewed-up
fluffy dog toys from the carpet whilst we slept, without waking
us. Also has a DND mode so it wont automatically empty the vacuum
(as this is quite loud) I've never come downstairs and thought
that it hadn't done a good job. It'll never replace a full manual
clean, but means you can do these every few weeks, rather than
every few days. Some of the annoyances though: - Whilst the app
is very in-depth, it can be a little, unintuitive. Some settings
are robot-specific and would be better suited to being
room-specific. - The navigation can be, a little odd at times.
I've noticed that the robot will go around a room to try and get
to a dock right in front of it. Also when going around objects,
sometimes it'll go extremely slowly by essentially wiggling
along. These things can always be improved with software updates
though, and the key thing to call out, is despite the above, the
robot has never got stuck and has always returned home - Shifting
to another map for upstairs cleaning, isn't particularly clear or
intelligent on how this worked. I set my robot to map upstairs
and then set it to clean. It immediately decided to go to the
dock to fill up the tank so it could mop the floors. However,
there isn't a dock upstairs, and it knows this since it's not on
the map. All in all, I would recommend this vacuum. The flaws
with it are all software so can be improved. Hardware-wise, it's
been fantastic, and have no issues at all.
