The Best Robot Vacuum and Mop Combo

The Q Revo is an excellent choice if you're looking for a robotic vacuum and mop that's priced in the middle. It offers a great mopping experience but lacks the advanced features of its more expensive counterpart.

In the course of testing, it was able to tackle dry oats and dust on carpets of medium pile as well as pet hair on hard flooring. However, like cheaper models, it doesn't use LIDAR to help you map your home.

1. iRobot Roomba S9+

The iRobot Roomba S9+ is one of the most highly-rated robot vacuums. It is a powerful cleaner and numerous features such as a self-emptying dirt compartment built into its charging base. This robot can recognize your habits for cleaning and suggest automated schedules that will give you an effortless cleaning experience.

It's easy to set up thanks to the iRobot Home app that walks you through the process. Once everything is connected, you can start the automatic cleaning functions at the click of a button. You can select an overall clean that emphasizes cleaning up larger debris like rice and cereal or two detailed maps of your home to ensure that your entire home has a clean and tidy appearance.

This robot vacuum is effective on floors that are unfinished and carpet with a low pile. It sucks up large items and does not lose suction as fast as other models do, and it can even pick up pet hair without much difficulty. It has a difficult time with high-pile carpets or plush carpets however iRobot promises that the next models will be more efficient.

The S9+ is a new design from iRobot that focuses on improving the edge and corner cleaning. It's the first Roomba to adopt a flat-fronted, D-shaped design, which will allow it to be able to swaddle furniture and walls. It's a nice change from the hockey puck-like design of the majority of robovacs. However, we found it to be only incrementally better than circular models.

iRobot also claims the S9+ has an advanced filtering system that blocks microscopic dust particles and allergens from recirculating throughout your home. We think this is a nice claim but not enough to justify a premium price.

Its smart navigation system uses sensors to keep track of the layout of your home and vSLAM to map your interior. It can then clean your entire home with ease by avoiding obstacles such as stairs and other barriers. The iRobot Home app lets you manage the robot and plan cleaning times, and establish virtual boundaries, so it is aware of areas that require extra attention.

2. Roborock Q Revo

Roborock Q Revo is a robotic that combines vacuuming and mopping. Its vacuum settings are as good as those on more expensive models. Its mopping system is better because its spinning pads scrub your floors much better than an ordinary pad that vibrates.

The only issue is that it doesn't have a second rubber brush for more thorough cleaning, but that's an acceptable cost to pay for if you want to get one of the best robots available. The dust tank on the robovac is larger than its competitors, and filling it up only takes two or three times, even when you've got the most dirt.

As for the mopping system, I was impressed by its ability to scrub hard dirt off my floors. The two lowest mopping settings, which are less powerful than high-powered modes, produce very little noise, so you can work or watch television without being distracted. If it comes into contact with the wall or a piece of furniture it gently smacks into it and moves forward.

What sets the Q Revo apart is that it's designed to operate almost completely autonomously, requiring only a little for human intervention. The dock of the robo-vac can be multi-functional and can automatically transfer trash into a hidden bin. It also cleans, dries and refills the clean water tank. The app will only inform you when something is wrong like the water tank being empty or a vacuuming session that is cancelled due to an empty bin.

You can also design and merge actual rooms to alter how the Q Revo will treat your home. This is an excellent feature to have if you have several areas of the home with different flooring materials or there's some clutter that needs to be cleared out regularly, such as clothes, toys and books. The robo-vac is also efficient and was among the top performers in my tests, taking debris from carpets as well as hardwood floors in the first attempt. It is able to vacuum up wet spills. I recommend drying the area with a towel prior to sending it to.

3. Ecovacs Deebot X2 Omni

The X2 Omni has all of the features you'd want from a premium robot vacuum and mop and more. Like the iRobot Roomba S9+, it comes with a powerful vacuum that has a powerful suction to clean carpet and hard floors, as well as a rotating mop that scrubs tough staining. It also has a self-cleaning station that automatically washes and empties the mop pads to keep them fresh and ready for reuse. It also comes with a sensor that detects obstacles more accurately, allowing it to avoid falling onto furniture and other objects.

The most significant improvement to the ECOVACS The X1 Deebot is the sleeker, more modern design. This is due to Danish company Jacob Jensen Design, best known for their Bang & Olufsen product line. Although it's still quite large--it's more than two feet high and deep and weighs almost four pounds--the robot itself and its base are less bulky than the Roborock Q Revo or iRobot J7.

This model is also more efficient than the X1 one, because it has faster battery charging and can handle a full cleaning of about 1,500 square feet on one charge. Additionally, it comes with a larger, more durable dustbin to hold more debris which makes it easier to empty when required.

The X2 Omni also has a more natural voice assistant and an app that works even when you're not at home. It also has an intelligent routing feature that lets it clean specific areas or rooms of your home, instead of following a predetermined path.

The X2 Omni has the best mopping performance of any robot we've tested thanks to its mop pads rotating to scrub away tough stains and a motor that creates plenty of downward pressure. Its vacuuming is excellent too, and it boosts suction when it senses carpet to ensure it does an excellent job. It also has a huge battery that can last for several weeks between charges and its mopping mode is as efficient as the ones we've seen on the market for a here consumer robot.

4. Dreametech L10s Ultra

The Dreametech L10s Ultra is a top-quality mop and robot vacuum that comes with a host of convenience features you aren't likely to find on robots in this price. It can make precise floor maps and recognize different types of flooring. It's also among the few robots that automatically clean and dry its mop pad. While these features are great but they also put the L10s Ultra in the luxury category, which might make it slightly more expensive than some homeowners require.

The L10s Ultra looks like a modern floor cleaner. It's tall and slim and has a white-colored finish accented with silver elements and mirror plating. The front of the machine features an enormous bumper that shields the vacuum cleaner and furniture as you move around your home. In the pane in the front is additional navigation technology that is comprised of sensors that help the L10s Ultra navigate around tight corners and avoid obstacles.

On the top, you'll find one button that basically is a switch for on and off. Pressing this will activate the vacuum, and clicking it again will shut off the vacuum and return it to its base station. The circular menu at the middle of the control panel allows users to select cleaning options as well as schedules and preferences. The left and right buttons will open the app's settings where you can alter the way the L10s Ultra interacts with your home.

Similar to the iRobot Roomba S9+ and Roborock Q Revo, the L10s Ultra uses a combination of LIDAR and camera-based navigation techniques to map out your home. This helps the robot clean and mop efficiently, without getting stuck. The LIDAR assists the robot vacuum to avoid obstacles and recognize them, which is an excellent feature for homes with pets or children.

The L10s Ultra is an efficient vacuum cleaner, which removes 98.4 percent of the debris we test on hardwood floors and getting rid of all but the most stubborn juice staining. Its mops are also quite efficient, removing 98.4 percent of debris from our wood, tile, and carpet tests. It wasn't as effective at removing sand from the hard flooring or quaker oats off the carpet.