Techstage Top 10: The best vacuum robots – Roborock ahead of iRobot TechStage has tested a whole range of different vacuum robots. Time to put the current devices in relation – in the form of a top 10. 8:00 p.m. techstage

The other and undoubtedly the best innovation is the Ultra station. It automatically vacuums the dust from the vacuum’s internal container, refills the vacuum’s water tank with fresh water when docked, and cleans the wipe while vacuuming the dirty water into a separate tank. Combined with the robot’s liftable mop, which allows mopping hard floors and vacuuming carpets in one pass, there is currently no robot vacuum that achieves greater autonomy. That has its price, but there is currently no doubt about our position in first place.

Attention: The Roborock S7 MaxV is also available individually and as a MaxV+ with suction station without the water supply described.

In second place we again see a model with the grandiose ultra cleaning station, namely the Roborock S7 Pro Ultra (test report) – not without reason we called it “The best top model without 3D object recognition” at the time. In principle, Roborock has “only” slightly revised the actual S7 here and adapted it so that it can use the ingenious ultra-cleaning station – et voilà: an almost perfect vacuum and floor mopping robot is ready – just without object recognition. If you don’t want or need that, you save money and still get the great cleaning performance of the S7 paired with the maximum autonomy of the first-placed Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra.

In third place – probably not surprising for readers of the two previously placed models – Roborock S7 + (test report) . As already indicated, the buyer not only gets a robot with excellent navigation, perfect suction results and a decent wiping function with a vibrating wipe, but the vacuum cleaner can also lift the wipe independently. No other model positioned further down in this top 10 offers this. What may sound like a gimmick at first glance turns out to be a great enrichment in everyday life in terms of autonomy: while humans have to intervene with all other vacuum robots so that the household helpers don’t have to If you scrub the carpet with a damp cloth, the Roborock S7 does everything all by itself.

The vacuum robot 360 S10 (test report) , which is hardly known in this country, came in fourth . Highlight of the device: Despite laser navigation, it does not require a laser tower on top of the suction cup and also masters 3D object recognition! The typical rotating laser is in the housing and allows scanning to the front. The navigation is as good as with laser-navigated vacuum robots, but it is only as high as one with camera navigation and can drive under flat furniture accordingly. In addition, it recognizes objects that have been left lying around in the cleaning area and drives around them. Due to the lack of “view” of the laser to the sides, the suction cup has to turn to the side from time to time for orientation – this takes time and sometimes looks a bit uncoordinated.

Otherwise, the device scores with navigation and cleaning performance on par with the top-ranked Roborock models, but due to the lack of a liftable wiping cloth, the autonomy when wiping is significantly less pronounced. There is also no suction station.

The nearest competitor from the Far East costs not much more than half: dealers in Germany want around 250 euros for the Xiaomi Dreame D9 (test report) . The fact that the Dreame D9 is not as good as the Roborock S7 is primarily due to the simpler structure: the D9 cannot automatically lift the wipe, and it also does not vibrate. This turns the device into a typical “dust wiper”; it doesn’t wipe up a lot of dirt.

But it sucks all the better, here the Dreame D9 is almost at the top level of our number one. This also applies to the navigation, the app only lacks small things like a language assistant integration. We see value for money with this model way ahead. The Dreame D9 remains our all-time favorite.

And another price-performance winner: The Imou L11 (test report) costs only a little more than the Dreame D9, but also comes with an extraction station. Otherwise, it is roughly on the same level as the competitor mentioned (or just slightly below) and can therefore do everything that a modern vacuum robot needs to be able to do. Anyone who is still hesitating here already has a vacuum robot or is not really sure whether they even want one.

The Dreame Bot L10 Pro (test report) corresponds to the Dreame D9 in 5th place in terms of structure, but also offers 3D object recognition. The reason why it is still listed behind the simpler model is simple: the 3D recognition works well in general, even if, like the other models with this feature, it is not perfect. In addition – and this is the main reason – the vacuum cleaner with activated detection becomes visibly slower and apparently more confused. Furthermore, the edge cleaning performance drops and sometimes a dust bunny is recognized as an obstacle instead of sucking it up. At around 336 euros at the time of the article, the L10 Pro is more expensive than the Dreame D9, which works very well.

What a box – big but chic. With the Ecovacs Deebot X1 Omni (test report)The designer Jacob Jensen is responsible for the exterior, which houses the suction station, fresh water and waste water tanks in a monolithic, noble and monumental-looking box, similar to the Ultra models from Roborock. Overall, the performance of the omnipotent vacuum and floor mopping robot is okay, but it does not come close to the top-ranked Roborock models. In addition, the bot’s two rotating mops cannot be lifted, so the model cannot clean hard floors and carpets in one go. Instead, the user has to attach or detach the mops. However, rotating mops have one advantage: While individual strips can be visible later on with wipes, we have never had this with models with rotating mops.

The Roborock Q7 Max+ (test report) is basically an updated Roborock S5 Max (test report) . Apart from an extraction station, there are none of the highlights of the current top models, but the Q7+ also costs significantly less. Excellent navigation, great cleaning performance and great usability have remained.

The Zaco A10 (test report) is not only sent from Germany, but also comes from the German company Robovox based in Gelsenkirchen – including sales and distribution. Like the models mentioned above, the vacuum robot relies on laser navigation and does its job very well. The suction power should also be emphasized despite the low volume and there is also a good wiping function with a vibrating wipe. In addition, the German manufacturer offers a whopping three-year guarantee – this is not the case with any other supplier in this top 10.

Unfortunately, the Zaco A10 lacks automatic carpet detection. Bridges and runners that are not exactly right-angled in space cannot be recorded manually in the otherwise good app either. In addition, the device can vacuum or wipe – not both at the same time.

Our previous vacuum robot tests show a nice cross-section from all possible areas: with laser, camera or gyro navigation, with and without a wipe function, with and without a suction station and much more. It should be clear that not all vacuum cleaners can make it into our list of the best. Accordingly, only models with laser navigation can be found here. In our opinion, models without these features only belong in a normal household if they are to be particularly cheap. Market leader iRobot is eliminated anyway.

In general, we provide help on what to consider when buying a vacuum robot in our guide to vacuum robots from 50 euros: 7 tips for making the right purchase . We had a really good wiping robot in the test with the Dreame Bot W10 . Should it rather be a self-operated cordless vacuum cleaner? Then we recommend taking a look at our list of the best cordless vacuum cleaners .