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Swept's pick for most US homes is the ECOVACS DEEBOT T90 Pro Omni, for wood, LVP or tile floors with thin rugs and a pet that sheds the usual amount.
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At a glance
SuitsWood, LVP or tile homes with thin to medium rugs and a dog or cat that sheds an ordinary amount
The catchOnly average on carpet, and it can jam on a thick rug
SuitsMostly carpeted homes with a dog or cat that sheds hard
The catchThe dock doesn't always empty its small bin, so expect to clear a hair mat by hand now and then
SuitsMostly hard-floor homes with a puppy or a pet that has accidents
The catchLabs split on its carpet cleaning, and its mop wets rugs it crosses
SuitsCarpet and rug homes that never want to mop, where someone clears socks and cords before it runs
The catchIt can't see obstacles, so it drives over cords, socks and pet mess
SuitsHomes with a sunken room or tall thresholds and pets that never have accidents indoors
The catchCan't be trusted to avoid pet waste
SuitsSmall hard-floor homes with a short-coated pet or none
The catchLeaves a lot of pet hair in carpet, and its brushes tangle
SuitsSmall homes with a short-haired pet, where someone picks up before it runs
The catchNothing at the front sees socks, cords or pet waste
SuitsCarpeted homes with shedding pets and thresholds under an inch
The catchStalled at a 1-inch step
Why you see a price band, not a price Prices change daily, so our pages show only the price band a robot sits in and leave the current price to Amazon. That way a page is never wrong by Tuesday.
The best robot vacuum for most American homes doesn't print the biggest number on its box. It just does the dull jobs well, which is rarer than the boxes suggest. Picture wood, LVP or tile floors, a few thin rugs and a dog or cat that sheds the usual amount. For that home, the robot Swept would buy is the ECOVACS DEEBOT T90 Pro Omni. It lifts pet hair without wrapping it, dodges nearly everything on the floor, and mops better than robots that cost far more. Thick carpet is its weak spot.
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Price band: under $600
ECOVACS sells it on 30,000 Pa of suction, a figure that mostly proves the marketing department enjoys zeros. The test floor is kinder. Vacuum Wars has run the only full lab test of the US robot so far. Over two runs, it lifted all the pet hair pressed into the carpet. It wrapped none of the long hair and steered around 23 of 24 objects. Its roller mop beat that review's average on dried stains and left very little water behind. A home tester who ran it with pets for months found the roller stays clear of hair.
ECOVACS promises a 0.9 in (24 mm) climb with the mop fitted. Vacuum Wars watched it clear 1.3 in (32 mm). When a supplier's part beats its own drawing, I start trusting the rest of the drawing.
The catch is carpet. It was only average at digging grit out of carpet, and one long home test saw it jam on a thick rug. On wood with thin rugs, that won't matter. If your floors are mostly hard, we'd buy it.
Buy the Dreame X60 Max Ultra Complete (under $1,700). It digs grit out of carpet better than the T90, wraps no hair and climbs a 2 in (51 mm) threshold. Dreame backs it for three years. The catch: its bin holds about 8 fl oz (235 ml), and the dock doesn't always empty it. Expect to pull out a hair mat now and then. See our pet hair and carpet pages, and Saros 20 vs Dreame X60.
Nobody wants to come home to a robot that has painted the hallway. Buy the eufy Omni S2 (under $1,600). It avoided all 24 objects in Vacuum Wars' course, and RTINGS saw it steer around pet waste every time. The catch: labs split badly on its carpet cleaning, and its mop wets rugs. It belongs on hard floors. The guide to robots that avoid dog poop, cords and toys weighs the alternatives.
The T90 again. It leads our hard-floor mopping and long-hair pages. Its side brush doesn't reach out, so corners stay a little dusty.
Buy the Dreame D20 Plus (under $300). Its dock only empties the robot, so no tanks or pumps can fail. Vacuum Wars measured it digging 93% of the sand out of carpet, well above that lab's average, with no hair wrap. Its manual lists no camera or microphone. The catch is total: it avoided 0 of 24 objects and treats a phone charger as part of the floor. Someone clears up before it runs. It leads our vacuum-only and camera-free pages. It's also the robot we'd hand anyone weighing a robot against their upright.
Buy the Roborock Saros 20 (under $1,600) if your pets never have accidents indoors. Roborock rates it for a 1.8 in (45 mm) step, and the robot beats its own paperwork. Vacuum Wars saw it climb 2.2 in (57 mm). Its weakness is the mess every dog owner fears. RTINGS couldn't count on it to steer clear of pet waste, and in The Hook Up's test it drove straight over the fake poop.
Less than you might think. Under $300, the Tapo RV30 Max Plus empties itself and has no camera (best under $300). It suits hard floors with a short-haired pet, or none. It leaves pet hair in carpet, and testers needed scissors to free its brushes. For a small, tidy apartment, the Roborock Q7 M5+ (under $400) vacuums strongly but can't see a sock. Under $600, it's the T90 (best under $600). Under $1,000, the Dreame L60 Ultra PE suits carpet and shedding pets (best under $1,000). It stalled at a 1 in (25 mm) step at Vacuum Wars, so it needs flat doorways.
Yes. Robots the FCC has already approved stay legal to buy, use and repair. Since July 28, 2026, new foreign-made models can't get approval, and Vietnam counts the same as China. Makers may send updates until at least January 1, 2029, though the FCC allows that rather than requiring it.
So the field is close to frozen. The 27 exact models we track, as of November 5, 2026, are most of what US buyers will choose from for a year or more. A written update date matters more now. Roborock dates US support model by model, and the Saros 20's runs to March 1, 2028, the longest such promise we've found. Every model's status has its own page.
Nobody here has used or tested these robots. We read each maker's promises against what labs measured and owners reported, one exact model at a time. The research is AI-assisted: 1,273 facts on 27 models, from 497 sources saved word for word and 148 Reddit threads we summarized. Each lab's number sits beside its test, never averaged.
The home-fit finder takes your floors, pets, thresholds, couch gap and feelings about cameras. It shows which robots fit, which don't, and why. How we research robot vacuums explains the method.
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Claims: MOVA US store, Roborock. Measured at the brush: Vacuum Wars.
BuyBest for most homes
For a house that is mostly wood, tile or LVP, with rugs a door could swing over, buy the ECOVACS DEEBOT T90 Pro Omni. It gives up almost nothing that matters on a hard floor. Buy for the floor you have, not the number on the box.
