Independent rankings
Robot vacuums with a recorded price under $350 on this edition, ranked on cleaning first and value second.
Only machines with a price recorded for this market under the cap are listed; a converted list price from another country does not count. Weighted on cleaning first, because at this money the brush and the suction are what you are buying, and on value second. Mop-washing docks and camera obstacle recognition mostly start above this line, so the list is honest about what the money gets.
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A small self-emptying robot: 20,000 Pa with a carpet boost, anti-tangle brushes, LiDAR with four maps, a flat mop with a 280 ml tank, 150 minutes a charge and a 4 l bag that lasts 120 days.
The budget Roborock: LiDAR, structured-light obstacle avoidance, a vibrating mop that lifts for carpet, carpet boost and a self-emptying dock for seven weeks, 10,000 Pa and 150 minutes a charge.
Roborock's cheapest LiDAR robot with an obstacle sensor: 10,000 Pa, a comb-cleaned anti-tangle brush, a lifting mop, structured-light obstacle avoidance and 150 minutes a charge, with no dock.
Roborock's entry-level robot: 10,000 Pa, LiDAR mapping of several floors, anti-tangle brushes with carpet boost, a dragged mop pad on an electric tank, and nothing under it but a charger.
Roborock's budget self-emptying robot: 8,000 Pa, a comb-cleaned anti-tangle brush, LiDAR with three maps, a static mop pad and a RockDock Plus holding seven weeks of dust, with no obstacle sensor.