Ecovacs Deebot T8 AIVI vs Kenmore Elite 31150

But I must say, when vacuuming this thing is absolutely stellar. Clean as a whistle. Cleaner than the house has ever been. No dust in the air, nothing

Not a showstopper, but is it really that difficult to engineer a handle at the top of the dust bag and have it molded into the plastic housing? Really? Also, for Amazon shoppers: DO NOT BUY THE 2-PACK OF EF-1 FILTERS AS PART OF THE PURCHASE PACKAGE!!!!! THIS VAC USED EF-9, NOT EF-1. EF-1 IS ONLY 1/2 THE REQUIRED THICKNESS AND WILL NOT WORK!!!!! (the 2-pack of EF-1 hepa filters was offered at the time we made our purchase in January 2018. hopefully, it will be removed when Amazon reviewers read this and you won't get suckered into buying something that won't work with this vac)

It did leave a decent amount by my desk and it doesn't have amazing edge cleaning, but you know again it's a robot. If i ran this a second time. I thi...

I don't have pets, so I can't judge the special pet hair attachment. Overall, if you have a lot of non-carpeted floors in your home, this vacuum will disappoint you. But if you have primarily carpeted floors, then you'll probably be satisfied (my carpeted area is limited, but the vacuum has appeared to do a good job on it so far).

If you are very savvy, I highly recommend this unit. It has excellent suction, decent edge cleaning, fantastic navigation, and the camera allows it to avoid obvious unexpected obstacles most of the time. There are some situations where couch curtains may confuse it, but they do seem to be frequently pushing out firmware updates to improve performance. I have no reason to believe this will stop any time soon since all their future vacs will have these features

I ordered a new one on May 22, 2021 and my previous 5 star review is now a 3. See below. Overall, it is an awesome straight forward vacuum. Excellent suction, decent cord length, and a work horse

That was with preparation! I wanted this to be easy and it became quite apparent this would not be. If you had no kids, no animals, and we're a clean person, this would be incredible! If you have to pick up and organize before you robo vacuum, then I'm not sure it's really a timesaver. So, I'd rather do it myself and leave the frustration behind.

Easy to assemble. I did some carpet and bare floors. Worked fine. I did not use the Pet Friendly attachment

I will offer a quick refresher before i get to the auto empty bin. The echovax t8aivi is a seriously good robot vacuum. It has more power than just ab...

The [Elite is an absolute beast. In fact, it has the most suction at the cleaner head of any vacuum cleaner that I have seen

A rarely-used spare room and my office can easily get by with just an occasional cleaning. Oh, and if you have floor-length mirrors, the robot will think there's another room on the other side, but other than the map looking a little funny, it still finds boundaries and - this kind of surprised me - even correctly identified a couple of rooms by type (a hallway, a bathroom, a living room) Why didn't I give it five stars? The price. For the price, it's a good value, but not a trivial purchase. The software

A Kenmore would likely hit at the lower end of your price range. If you have any newer Kenmore uprights such as the 31140 or the Elite 31150, those do well on the used market as well.

5. Self empty - if the dust bin is bit too full - do not empty it - no warnings - need to open it manually and clean it.

The Hoovers are made of cheaper plastic which makes them break at certain clips and areas such as the bases where the back wheels mount and they chew through belts pretty quickly. They are good machines for the price, but not as good as the Kenmores. The Kenmore has a sealed HEPA filtration system that is better for allergies and a true lifetime belt with a separate brush roll motor for ease of transition onto different floor types. It weighs a bit more than the Hoover, but is a way better machine overall