Best Robot Vacuum for Multiple Rooms – List & Reviews

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There are now many robot vacuums on the market with large differences between them. And these differences are not only in their price – there are many criteria that are decisive when buying a robot vacuum. 

The most important criterion for robot vacuums for several rooms is their running time. The longer they can drive without charging, the more area they can handle per cleaning cycle. Navigation also plays a role. If the robot remembers where it has already been, it will cover much more total area than if it only moves randomly.

In this article, we first briefly discuss the criteria you should look out for when choosing a robot vacuum for several rooms and then present the best models for that in detail. Here they are listed in advance in a table:

Image	Name	Link
*	iRobot Roomba 960	Check Price*
*	Neato Robotics D7	Check Price*
*	iRobot Roomba i7	Check Price*
*	iRobot Roomba i7+	Check Price*
*	Roborock S5	Check Price*
*	ECOVACS DEEBOT 900	Check Price*

The Most Important Features of Robot Vacuums for Multiple Rooms

Above we have already briefly indicated which characteristics are important for good robot vacuums for several rooms. Here they are explained again in detail. 

Navigation System 

By far the most important feature that a robot vacuum can use to increase its maximum cleaned area is a smart navigation system. 

Cheap models run on a random system. This means that they drive off in one direction and turn after they touched something in a random direction and drive on… 

You can imagine that this is not the most efficient way to clean a surface. Such cheap robot vacuums will frequently clean previously cleaned surfaces and thus waste time. 

Good robot vacuums have various navigation systems built in to avoid this. A popular strategy is the creation of virtual room plans with a scan technology. Many of the robot vacuums presented here have, for example, a laser that scans the environment of the robot vacuum and thus creates virtual room plans. The room plan allows it to plan it’s cleaning route as efficiently as possible, which greatly increases the maximum cleaned area. 

Runtime & Resume after Charging Cycle

The longer the robot vacuum can run, the more area it can cover in one cleaning cycle. Therefore it is generally useful to select a robot vacuum that has the longest possible battery life to cover several rooms.

However, there are certain features, such as the Recharge & Resume feature on many Roomba models*, that relativize the runtime. This feature allows the robot vacuum to remember where it had to stop its cleaning cycle in order to recharge, and returns exactly where it left off after its loading cycle and continues vacuuming. This allows models with a relatively short battery life to handle very large areas. 

iRobot Roomba 960 – Perfect Navigation

The iRobot Roomba 960* is the perfect mid-range robot vacuum for multiple rooms. It combines pretty much all the good properties needed to effectively clean as large an area as possible.

The combination of different smart features enables a systematically planned cleaning – at a very reasonable price!

Normally you think of robot vacuums of quite stupid devices that constantly vacuum the same spot several times because they clean the area in a random pattern. The Roomba 960 does not do this. This robot vacuum uses the iAdapt 2.0 navigation system with visual localization by a camera. This way it not only knows where it has been but also finds it’s way better when it has to drive from one surface to another, e.g. from carpet to tiles or vice versa.

Due to the built-in camera, it is also much more maneuverable in tight places and doesn’t get stuck at all. In addition, the built-in camera allows you to vacuum particularly dirty areas until the floor is clean.

Here are some of the best features of the Roomba 960:

• Recharge & Resume: This feature is exactly what you should be looking for with a good multi-room vacuum robot! With the Recharge & Resume feature, the robot vacuum will start exactly where it left off before the loading cycle. This means that the battery life is no longer so important, as it will reach every spot anyway. 
• App control: The very user-friendly iRobot Roomba App lets you control this robot vacuum from anywhere with your smartphone.
• Alexa & Google Assistant compatible: Due to the compatibility with these voice assistants, you can also control Roomba by voice and give it commands.
• Dirt Detect Technology: This feature allows the robot vacuum to detect particularly dirty areas on the floor. It then adjusts it’s route and cleans this place until it is clean. 
• Virtual barriers: For certain Roomba models, there are separately available virtual walls* that can be used to close off certain areas on the floor for the Roomba. This could prevent, for example, the robot vacuum from sucking up the food next to your pet’s feeding place or from driving into a certain area of your house. 

Neato BotVac D7 – Enemy of Pet Hair

Somehow animal hair always manages to hide in the furthest corners of the room. For many robot vacuums, these corners are inaccessible and especially animal hair is often left lying around.

The Neato BotVac D7* is a robot vacuum specially designed for corners and thanks to its high suction power it is the enemy of hair! Due to its D-shape, it enters 90° corners and can clean them completely.

In addition to the D-shape, the vacuum opening is also designed to prevent clogging caused by tufts of hair. In addition, it has a special brush to pick up stuck animal hair. 

The only disadvantage of this strong performance is the slightly higher noise level. But that shouldn’t be a problem, because you can control it by timer so that it will work even when you’re not at home.

And, because you are looking for a vacuum robot that is well suited for multiple rooms, here’s the good news: The Neato BotVac D7 has a very sophisticated laser mapping navigation system with which it scans the room and plans its perfect route independently. This combined with its long runtime of 120 minutes guarantees you a huge area that is spotlessly clean at the end of the day!

Here are the best features of the Neato BotVac D7 at a glance: 

• Zone cleaning: The vacuum robot scans your entire home with its laser, giving you a complete room plan on the app. On this room plan, you can then define zones that you want it to either clean particularly thoroughly or quickly remove crumbs or dirt on demand.
• No-Go lines: With this robot vacuum you can draw lines inside the app that act as barriers for the robot vacuum. So you don’t have to buy a separate product like with models from other manufacturers to create such barriers. 
• Multi Floor Plan: This robot vacuum can not only clean several rooms but also several floors! You have to carry it from one floor to the next because it can’t fly, but it remembers all the rooms in its room plan and that for each floor. And with the built-in fall protection, you don’t have to worry about it falling down the stairs at any time.
• Quick Boost & self-loading: Like many other robot vacuums, the Neato BotVac recharges itself independently. If the robot vacuum notices just before the end of its cleaning cycle that its charge is coming to an end, thanks to the Quick Boost feature it will only recharge itself to the point where it can end its cycle and then drive back to its charging station to fully recharge itself. 

iRobot Roomba i7 – If the Price Doesn’t Matter

The absolute leader among all robot vacuums at the moment is the iRobot Roomba i7*. It is superior to all other robot vacuums in almost every way and is the obvious choice for those who have the money to save a lot of time in their everyday life.

The Roomba i7 sets itself apart from its competitors by miles with its high suction power and various practical features such as the self-emptying dirt container (special charging station available in the i7+*). This container means you spend even less time keeping your home clean, as you don’t have to keep emptying the dirt container of the robot all the time.

The Base Station dirt bin can hold up to 30 loads until you need to empty it. 

Also, there is hardly a better robot vacuum that is suitable for several rooms. It can scan the rooms and create room plans for them. For this, it uses its iAdapt-Technology with which it can remember 10 room plans and avoid already cleaned areas.

Here are some of the ingenious features of the Roomba i7 listed:

• vSlam Technology: This technology enables the robot vacuum to record more than 230,000 data points per second and thus scan its surroundings down to the smallest detail. This enables it to navigate effortlessly through several rooms. This way it also knows where it has already cleaned and where it still has to clean.
• Clean Base: The robot vacuum comes in the i7+ version* with a clean base. The Roomba automatically empties its dirt container into a disposable bag at this clean station. This bag, which is located in the base station, can hold up to 30 loads of dust, dirt and hair. So you don’t have to worry about your Roomba for several weeks – it’s completely self-sufficient! 
• Alexa & Google Home: Of course, the i7 is also compatible with Alexa and Google Home. With the created room plans, you can even give very special commands to the robot vacuum with such a voice assistant. For example, it is possible to tell it to clean the living room or kitchen. It will then immediately set off to clean the room with a perfect route and then drive back to its base station. 

Roborock S5 – Vacuum and Mopping at the Same Time

The Roborock S5* is a very good choice for large areas that need to be vacuumed and mopped – it can do both!

Just like some of the other models presented here, this vacuum and mopping robot scans your home with lasers and creates a room plan. This plan allows it to design it’s route as efficiently as possible and manages considerably more area per cleaning cycle than robot vacuums that operate according to a random principle. It avoids previously cleaned areas and goes to the surfaces it has not yet cleaned. 

With this laser scanning technology, it also avoids obstacles and can perfectly avoid table legs and other obstacles.

The smart navigation system, coupled with the very long runtime of 150 minutes, offers an extremely large area that the robot can handle on its own. 

Here are again the best features of the Roborock S5 at a glance:

• Simultaneous Vacuum and Mopping: The best feature of this cleaning robot is its ability to vacuum and mop at the same time. It is designed so that it vacuums in the front part and wipes in the rear part while driving. Thus it leaves a completely cleaned surface. 
• Smart App control: With the Mi-Home app you can define restricted areas, manage and plan maps, clean individual areas and much more. The app is compatible with Android and iOS systems. 
• Alexa & Google Assistant: A cleaning robot without compatibility to a voice assistant is hard to imagine in today’s smart home age. The Roborock S5 can also be controlled via Alexa and Google Assistant via voice commands. 
• Very long battery life: Although the robot executes two functions simultaneously (vacuum and mopping), it offers an enormously long battery life of 150 minutes. This makes it very suitable for large houses and several rooms. 

ECOVACS DEEBOT 900 – Allrounder with Good Price-Performance Ratio

The ECOVACS DEEBOT 900* is another robot vacuum that is ideal for use in several rooms. It has excellent mapping technology (navigation system) and a long battery life of 120 minutes.

The built-in laser scanning technology is very similar to the other models presented here. Using the built-in lasers, it scans it’s entire environment and creates a virtual room plan. This way it will always find the most efficient route to vacuum your home. This saves it a lot of time and, with its long battery life, it can also handle a very large area on its own.

This robot vacuum can be used on all surfaces as it has a 3-stage suction system. Not only does it catch every crumb on a carpet, but it also runs energy-efficiently on hard floors.

All in all it has a lot of features that are normally only available in high-end devices. Here is a list of selected features:

• User-friendly app: This robot vacuum is very easy to operate via the app and can be started at the touch of a button. After cleaning, it automatically returns to the charging station. You can also use the app to set individual cleaning times and define different areas.
• Smart Navi 3.0: With the help of the built-in lasers, the navigation system creates very precise virtual room plans. This technology enables the DEEBOT to determine an optimal route through all rooms. You can also select areas to clean or avoid. 
• Variable vacuum modes: The vacuum method can be variably adjusted. You can choose between different modules – depending on the prevailing conditions. 
• OTA-Updates: OTA (Over-The-Air) Is an update procedure in which the robot vacuum can automatically download the latest updates via wifi. It is important to note that the robot vacuum is not stuck in its charging station and is virtually unusable, like a laptop that has not been used for a long time and first has to update itself for hours. 

Bottom Line

As you can see, there is now a large selection of robot vacuums that can handle several rooms. Most robot vacuums of the middle and upper class have navigation systems that notice which surfaces they have already cleaned and which not. This coupled with a long battery life gives you a large area that such a robot vacuum can handle per cleaning cycle.

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