First time buyer of a robot vacuum with buyer’s remorse.
I’ve just bought my first Robot Vacuum (a Eufy C28), and after mapping my main floor and a couple of room test runs I’m already having buyer’s remorse.
There are no kids or pets in the house, so it isn’t especially messy. I mainly bought it because I liked the idea of taking away a regular cleaning job each week, and to be honest because I thought it would be pretty cool.
The issue is that after only a couple of runs it seems to bump into things a lot, including chair + table legs and skirting boards + door frames It already has white paint marks on its corners. My main concern is whether it will gradually mark/damage skirting boards, chair legs, painted furniture, etc in the house, and actually save me any meaningful time.
I can create no-go zones for tables and chairs, but that feels a bit self-defeating if the awkward areas are the ones I want cleaned.
The mop drying time also feels excessive with a minimum 3.5 hours, which feels like a lot of noise/disturbance/energy use after a short amount of mopping.
For C28 or similar Robo-vacuum users is the regular bumping something you have to live with, and if so does the house / robot get scuffed over time?
Is the long mop drying time just something you get used to?
I’d like to like it, especially as I might not be able to return it, but I’m wondering whether it (or robot vacuums in general) just isn’t suited to my house and expectations. Any honest experiences would be much appreciated.