The Venga! Robot Vacuum Cleaner is a great budget option, which offers superb versatility through changeable heads. These allow it to act as a vacuum, mop or brush. It also has built-in sensors to stop it from colliding with walls or falling down the stairs.

Premium, but there are very few alternatives with this roller mop system. Plus you're paying for the comprehensive dock.

❌ You have space for a bigger robovac: You're paying a premium for the size here – there are bigger, better-performing bots in this bracket.

The iRobot Combo Roomba j9+ receives solid performance scores across the board in CR’s tests, earning an excellent score for cleaning bare floors and a very good score for carpet. It has smart mapping technology as well as avoidance technology to help it move around household obstacles like cords.

While no robot can handle stairs or pick up ground-in dirt and debris as well as a manual vacuum (yet!), the top performers in our tests do have impressive pickup scores on hard floors and low-pile carpets.

❌ You want something that mops well: The mopping here is just dragging a wet wipe across the floor, and not worth bothering with.

There are a lot of factors to consider when purchasing a new vacuum cleaner. Do you want an upright model or a canister? What type of filtration system do you need? And what about automatic cleaners?

The charging dock automatically empties the dustbin into a larger dust bag, a feature we appreciated. We also liked that the dustbin includes a HEPA filter that’s simple to pop out for washing or replacing.

If you just want something that's shallow in profile for getting beneath furniture, look for a robovac without a raised central puck. This puck is generally used for robot vacuum navigation, but there are options that use different approaches – including all Roomba models, and some of Roborock's newest bots like the Qrevo Slim and Roborock Saros 10R (both of which we rate very highly).

This Roomba is designed to keep going and is ideal if you prioritise hands-free cleaning on mixed surfaces.

Carolyn Forté, the Good Housekeeping Institute's Home Care and Cleaning Lab executive director, has over quarenta years of experience testing and writing about all kinds of vacuums. For this roundup, she oversaw all of the testing conducted by Lynn Redmile, the testing and product review analyst who conducted our Lab's last full category test of robot vacuums where three of the picks on this list came from.

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