ILIFE V9 Pro Robot Vacuum and Mop Combo, Self Emptying Robot Vacuum Cleaner, 3000Pa Strong Suction, Gyro Navigation, App/Alexa/Remote Control, Works with 2.4G Wifi, Ideal for Hard Floors, Black

This was my first Robot vacuum. Before I got it, I thought all the hype was probably a lie, as it seemed impossible that something so tiny could do anything. To put it simply, it mostly wasn't. This little guy did an excellent job with cat hair. Its main faults were that it was a little tricky (time-consuming) to clean the machine itself, and the tank for it was too small.Overall, It earned five stars, but the company seems to have moved on to a new model, so I can't readily buy another one. I might eventually break down and get its replacement, but I'm not sure how well that one works, as it doesn't seem to feature picking up animal hair.Another notable thing about this model is its ease of use. Put it down, press the button, and it goes. I didn't have to use Wi-Fi, my phone, or the remote at all. Yes, it was just a bump and go, but still, that ease is mentionable as all the new ones seem to want to tie into things that are unnecessary and a burden for someone my age, who thinks a phone is a phone, not a remote control for my vacuum. I'll be dammed if I ever have a refrigerator with wifi. Sorry, personal rant there. Overall, it's good if you can find it.

I bought one of these on prime day a few years ago, same brand. Actually I tried several and this was the brand I settled on for ease of cleaning, ability to know what it's doing, etcI didn't think it could be improved upon but what the heck I bought another one anyway for another part of the house. This lives in our front / guest bathroom. The charging doc has become an emptying station. Which is fantastic. The little thing does the work of the previous one except it goes in and empties itself and wow does it make a lot of noise so maybe don't do it when people are asleep or are on zoom calls or whatever. I like this brand. Easy to clean doesn't get hung up on the dog hair too much. I have two long haired dogs and that could be a problem but this little beeping item takes care of keeping things picked up. Just FYI I spelled Epsom salts all over a natural slate textured floor, and begin cursing before I realized oh wait there's a little vacuum in here. Some little vacuums don't pick up small grained things like that but this one took care of those Epsom salts quickly and efficiently!

No real complaints so far. When shopping for a self emptying vacuum, I checked out a lot of different products. Thought about a shark and I thought about a Dyson, but relatively speaking the ratings weren’t much better so I decided to go with this brand. I have a lot of dog hair daily on our hard floor. I figured it was time to invest in something that can run and empty itself. This has done the job so far. My only complaint, and I don’t even know that it’s valid, is if there is a rug in the way, even if you fold the rug over, it will lose a bunch of hair in a big clump on top of the rug. I noticed this when I first started using it so I started folding the rugs over but it’s still attempts to go over the rug and for whatever reason loses a lot of the hair that it has picked up. This may be user error in that I should pick up the rugs altogether. But, at least it’s left in a clump, and I can just pick up that ball of hair and toss it.

I decided to try this vacuum to see how it does. My teenage daughters and I named our vacuum Hygea, gave it some googly eyes, and treat it like a toddler/pet. This vacuum gets stuck, regularly, under the edges of our couches. As soon as we get it unstuck, it seems to go right back to the same area we got it out of. But, we still are fond of it. We run it when we are home so we can get it unstuck. Overall, it does fine for surface crumbs but it misses sections of the floor. Sometimes it goes over the same section multiple times while missing the area next to it.We have a set of stairs in the main area of our house and it is good about sensing the stairs and has never fallen down them.Is it more efficient than an actual broom/vacuum? No. But it does a good enough job if no one is visiting.

The vacuum works for the most part. I have two cats at home who tend to leave a trail of cat litter all around the apartment. Having this vacuum really does help alleviate cleaning day to day when it comes to sweeping and such. However, despite this device being handy, the battery level on this vacuum doesn't last long enough to event clean my entire apartment. At most, the vacuum gives me about 40 minutes of cleaning on strong vacuum setting, compared to my old tesvor robot vacuum that cleans for about 180 minutes. Overall this robot does clean pretty good, the app is still functional for now, however the battery on this product is subpar at best, maybe I got a defected one but the battery isn't doing this product any justice. Until then, for the current price I am not sure if i could recommend this robot since mine only runs for about 40 mins, but it may work for you. For the entry price it's not too bad, it does have pretty powerful suction.Have not tried the mop feature but will provide an update once I do.Update - tried the mopping feature included with this robot. For what it is, it does a pretty decent job but don't expect it to clean any stains. It's more like dragging a wet cloth on your floor more than anything but still pretty neat. I like that the app allows you to control the amount of water to dispense and the robot automatically knows to reduce suction power to low when mopping.All be it, I plan to return this little guy. Suction on this thing is pretty good especially if you use it on strong or super strong, but despite that, the battery life is a no go for me. I need something that can run for more than 40 mins on medium power (although medium suction is rather decent) and although the mop feature is cool, I need something that avoids my rugs which this one does not do.