Best robot vacuum
The best robot vacuum for pet hair, by the specs
Prices checked
The cheapest model that meets every requirement
Ecovacs Deebot T80 Omni, $812
If your home isn’t the one this list assumes, the answer changes: change it in the matcher.
Hair is the job robot vacuums fail at most visibly: it wraps round the brush, fills a small bin halfway through a run, and a robot that can't recognise a pet's mess will spread it across the floor. So for a house with heavy shedders we set a list of requirements before price comes into it.
The case below is a 150 m² home with hard floors and rugs and a long-haired dog or two cats. Change any of it in the matcher and the list re-ranks.
What it has to have
- Spinning or roller mop the dock washes. Hard floors get mopped on every run, so the mop needs scrubbing action and a dock that rinses it between rooms.
- Mop lifts 10 mm or comes off. Rugs stay dry when the mop lifts clear of the pile or is left at the dock.
- Suction of 10,000 Pa or more. Heavy shedding needs strong suction as well as a brush that doesn't wrap hair.
- Dock empties the bin. Pet hair fills a robot's small onboard bin within a run or two.
- Anti-tangle brush. Long hair wraps around a standard bristle brush and has to be cut off by hand.
- Camera obstacle avoidance. A camera lets the robot recognise pet mess, bowls and toys; a laser alone sees only shapes.
Our picks, cheapest first
9 of the 20 robot vacuums we compare meet every requirement.
$812
was $2,299 · ECOVACS AU
- 18,000 Pa
- Roller mop
- Lifts 10 mm
- 75 °C mop wash
- Camera avoidance
$874
was $2,599 · ECOVACS AU
- 16,600 Pa
- Roller mop
- Lifts 10 mm
- 75 °C mop wash
- Camera avoidance
$999
was $1,799 · Roborock Store ANZ
- 20,000 Pa
- Roller mop
- Lifts 15 mm
- 75 °C mop wash
- Camera avoidance
How to choose
Start with the brush. Every model here makes an anti-tangle claim for its main brush, but the designs differ: Roborock splits its DuoDivide brush in two, Dreame blows hair off with HyperStream, Ecovacs angles the bristles in ZeroTangle. None publishes a test you can compare, so we treat the claim as a requirement, not a ranking.
Then the dock. A self-emptying dock is what makes daily runs bearable with a shedding dog: the robot's own bin holds a few hundred millilitres, the dock bag several litres. Camera avoidance is the other must-have, because it is how a robot tells a dropped sock or a pet accident from a chair leg.
Every model that fits
Robot vacuums that meet every requirement for pet hair
| Model | AU price | Mop | On carpet | Run time | Bag lasts | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecovacs Deebot T80 Omni | $812 | Roller mop | Lifts 10 mm | 297 min | Not published | See price (opens in a new tab) |
| Ecovacs Deebot X8 Max Pro Omni | $874 | Roller mop | Lifts 10 mm | 252 min | 90 days | See price (opens in a new tab) |
| Roborock Qrevo Curv 2 Flow | $999 | Roller mop | Lifts 15 mm | 242 min | 65 days | See price (opens in a new tab) |
| Dreame Aqua10 Roller | $1,399 | Roller mop | Lifts 14 mm | Not published | 100 days | See price (opens in a new tab) |
| Roborock Saros 10R | $1,449 | Two spinning mops | Leaves mops at the dock; lifts 22 mm | 180 min | 70 days | See price (opens in a new tab) |
| Dreame Matrix10 Ultra | $1,999 | Two spinning mops | Leaves mops at the dock; lifts 10.5 mm | 220 min | 100 days | See price (opens in a new tab) |
| Dreame X60 Ultra | $1,999 | Two spinning mops | Leaves mops at the dock; lifts 21.5 mm | Not published | 100 days | See price (opens in a new tab) |
| Roborock Saros 20 | $1,999 | Two spinning mops | Leaves mops at the dock; lifts 15 mm | 200 min | 65 days | See price (opens in a new tab) |
| Ecovacs Deebot X11 OmniCyclone | $2,999 | Roller mop | Lifts 10 mm | 254 min | Not published | See price (opens in a new tab) |
Sources
Ecovacs Deebot T80 Omni: $812 including GST; specifications from Ecovacs’s own pages, linked on its model page. (ECOVACS AU, checked )
Ecovacs Deebot X8 Max Pro Omni: $874 including GST; specifications from Ecovacs’s own pages, linked on its model page. (ECOVACS AU, checked )
Roborock Qrevo Curv 2 Flow: $999 including GST; specifications from Roborock’s own pages, linked on its model page. (Roborock Store ANZ, checked )
Dreame Aqua10 Roller: $1,399 including GST; specifications from Dreame’s own pages, linked on its model page. (Dreame Australia, checked )
Roborock Saros 10R: $1,449 including GST; specifications from Roborock’s own pages, linked on its model page. (Roborock Store ANZ, checked )
Dreame Matrix10 Ultra: $1,999 including GST; specifications from Dreame’s own pages, linked on its model page. (Dreame Australia, checked )
Dreame X60 Ultra: $1,999 including GST; specifications from Dreame’s own pages, linked on its model page. (Dreame Australia, checked )
Roborock Saros 20: $1,999 including GST; specifications from Roborock’s own pages, linked on its model page. (Roborock Store ANZ, checked )
Ecovacs Deebot X11 OmniCyclone: $2,999 including GST; specifications from Ecovacs’s own pages, linked on its model page. (ECOVACS AU, checked )
Questions
Is more suction better for pet hair?
Up to a point. We ask for at least 10,000 Pa for heavy shedders, but the makers measure suction their own way and publish no common test, so a higher figure doesn't prove a cleaner floor.