The Eufy app will unlock greater functionality, including setting no-go zones, but it’s not imperative for use. Plus, the app will notify you when it’s full, and with the capacity able to take up to 60 days' worth of dust, emptying it can sit at the bottom of your to-do list for a while. If the product now starts working then it has simply been a fuse fault, this can happen from time to time. Better reach: Because they’re only a few inches tall, robot vacuum cleaners can clean difficult to reach areas such as under beds, sofas and the TV. You can also set schedules and tailor these down to how strong you want the suction to be and which room you want cleaning.

The brush attachment keeps falling off its housing, best to just leave it on the floor, as annoying it won't stay put.

Note: this model also doubles up as a robot mop, and while we didn’t score this feature, we found it handy for lifting light dirt as it distributed an even amount of water without leaving areas overly damp afterwards.

I simply removed the stretch hose from the hose socket, pulled out the extension tube and long crevice tool and fitted the extension tube to the stretch hose.

Pretty much every robot vacuum will connect to Google, Alexa or Apple’s smart home platforms, so you can build a cleaning schedule or trigger the vacuum from your phone while you’re out and about. Note that the mop only lifts just over a centimetre off the ground, so if you have long pile carpets, you may not want to switch between mopping hard floors and vacuuming carpets in the same run, in case the gap isn't sufficient to avoid transferring any dirt – our carpet was sometimes wet on test. It isn’t perfect; it sometimes struggled to manoeuvre around furniture, while some pet hair caught in the brushes (although less than most), and on hard floors the powerful brushes moved dust away as well as drawing it in. Its navigation was also fairly random, but overall, it was easy to set up and use and boasted great connectivity, whether via its intuitive app, simple remote, or effective voice control.

Here you can track your robot’s cleaning progress, and some apps will give you more in-depth information, such as the time it took for the robot to vacuum and the areas it successfully cleaned. Good Housekeeping participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites.Many are also able to “learn” the layout of your home and plan more-efficient routes, some can avoid obstacles, others wander aimlessly, a few can even empty their own bins, and some are able to detect and navigate around hazards such as loose charging cables, shoe laces and dog poop (you can imagine the mess that would make).