Proscenic 811GB Robot Vacuum Cleaner, Robotic Vacuum Cleaner with Boundary Magnetic Marker, Electric Control Water Tank(3 optional speeds) & Slim Design for Hard Floor and Carpets

I've waited a few months before writing a review, because I saw some other people had reported failures after extended use. I'm happy to report that mine has been fine in that respect. Some 10 years ago, I had a second-generation Roomba robot vacuum cleaner, which was good. It worked well for a while, but I stopped using it when my living circumstances changed, and I no longer lived somewhere it was practical to keep the floor clear of obstacles like cables and shoelaces. Just recently I've built an extension, and so find myself with about 45 square metres of hard floor, which I know can get pretty revolting if not regularly mopped. So I looked for a robot mop at a reasonable price, and this is the one I chose. It comes with two swappable hoppers. One is just a large dust compartment. When this one is fitted it just vacuums. The other has a smaller dust compartment, a water tank and a cloth that attaches at the back. When this is fitted, it vacuums as before, but it also drip-feeds water into the cloth as it drags it behind itself. This does a pretty good job of picking up dust and bits while they're dry, then mopping the floor afterwards. Some robots build a map of your room, and use this to systematically visit every part of the floor. This one doesn't -- it follows the same approach as the early Roombas: it semi-randomly switches between a variety of behaviours. Following walls; zig-zagging when it bumps into things; spiralling. The overall effect is that it takes a pretty daft route, but manages to cover the whole of my floor before its battery runs out. When the battery is low, it stops vacuuming, and continues to roam until it stumbles within line-of-sight of the docking station, then it parks itself there to recharge. Mine lives in a small pantry. It always finds its way out of the pantry into the large kitchen. As long as it doesn't get tangled in anything, it finds its way back to the docking station about 90% of the time. When it doesn't, no problem, just put it back manually. Pairing with your WiFi and the app is a bit of a fiddle, but does work. It has lost the pairing a few times, and I've had to repeat the process. My top tip here, on Android, is (a) to follow the instructions carefully and (b) when you're pairing and Android tells you "Connected (No Internet Connection)", find the option to use the connection anyway (exact wording varies depending on the Android version). You do need to pair with the app if you want to set a schedule. Once you have set the schedule though, it's stored on the robot itself, so it'll keep following the schedule even if it loses connectivity. I schedule mine to run on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays while the house is empty. I'm always astonished at how much it collects after only two days of dirt and dust falling. I don't find it much of a chore to empty the dust and refill the water. Less often, I need to clean the brushes underneath, and swap the cloths over (they can go in the laundry). The box contains a length of boundary strip -- the robot won't cross this, so I use it to mark off a carpeted room. I cut it to length, to fit the width of a doorway, and there wasn't much left over. You can buy extra. I haven't tried putting detergent in the water tank -- the instructions don't say you can. I have run it in the bathroom and chucked a capful of floor cleaner in its path midway through, and it seemed to work. I also ran it on carpet, without the mop, and it does a good job. In fact, it picked up so much dust that we'd missed with normal hoovering, that I ended up sending it around the room three times, filling the hopper each time. Overall a very successful purchase. I had doubts about buying an unknown Chinese brand, but everything has been fine, and having Amazon's customer service to fall back on if necessary is reassuring. UPDATE: After about 6 months of regular use, the unit developed a fault where it would spin up its motors then just stop with an error bleep. I emailed Proscenic support, who sent me a return label. Once I'd dispatched the package, they immediately posted me a replacement, which I've received and is working. So I'm also very pleased with the level of support.

Update: the robot went crazy while doing its daily run, started spinning in circles and I could smell burnt plastic. This has happened 8 months after the purchase, well within the guarantee period. I've attempted to contact Proscenic and start a service claim in 2 consecutive weeks, but Proscenic couldn't be bothered to reply. Based on this experience I'd say if you buy anything from Proscenic you'd gamble your money for a few months of use. Original: I've bought this robot a few days ago and I must admit I'm impressed. It came on time as expected with Prime, the package was well secured and nothing was missing from the contents - 1 robot, 1 docking station, 1 water tank with dust bin, 1 additional dust bin, 4 brushes, 2 mopping cloths, a brush for cleaning the device and 1m of boundary markers. For device selling for a quarter of the big brand models it does an amazing job. I have 1 kitchen, 1 living room and 1 bed setup, I'm using it in dual mode - vacuum and mop. It takes the robot about 10 to 15 minutes to finish a room, goes under the sofa and the bed and hardly misses anything. The mop saturation is very good, it cleans the surface and doesn't leave any spils. Reckon I'd have to put an effort to do better mopping job than this little fella. App and Alexa: it took me a couple of attempts to get the setup right, but then with only 3 available options [start, pause, recharge]. You can't navigate the robot from the app, have to use the remote for that. The robot rarely responds to Alexa commands or I have to sync it again. At certain moment I couldn't be bothered anymore it's quicker to use the remote.

In brief: This is an excellent automated Vacuum. Minus 1 star as it is not good at making it back to the charging base. Would definitely recommend for the price. Mop works well. The vacuum works better. Yes, it does reach corners. Yes, it works well with Echo/Alexa In long: My first dive into the automated robot cleaners and I'm pleasantly surprised at how effective and hassle-free this little device is. Packaging came with all the required parts plus some extras (such as brush, mop and filter replacements) and the set up was incredibly easy: Push brushes into brush holes, they're labeled for you. Clip collection tray into rear. Whack on charge. Download app (or don't if you just want to use the remote). With regards to cleaning. I have tried all settings, and whilst spot, zig-zag, and edge are more controlled and logical programmes I find auto gives the best clean. This does, however, mean some spots are repeatedly cleaned but that is by no means a bad thing. The AI seems smart enough to get itself out of tight spots and should it chew up a lace (as mine has done twice now) it will stop, reverse, turn and start once again. After witnessing this I tried my best to truly trick it and laid down a small length of cable that got tangled in the brushes. The robot did the usual, stop, reverse, turn and restart but could not shake off the cable so it powered down. I suppose this is a better option than doing damage to itself but a little frustrating that it did not attempt to make it back to the charging base, however, as I write this I suppose I wouldn't be aware of the problem and thus it would never get resolved. The mop is essentially running a damp cloth over the floors, perfect for my 2 bedroom flat as we have underfloor heating and heavy mopping is not advised. This picks up most the grime but tough stains are unlikely to get cleaned, unless through sheer erosion on the auto setting it gets wiped 1000 times. The user manual advises do not use cleaning products in water tank as this can effect the components so a thorough clean will still likely be needed every now and again. My only slight frustration is that the robot quite often runs out of battery after not making it back to the charging base. Whilst this is not a problem usually, if you were to go on holiday and schedule it to clean once a day (on the app) the likelihood is that you will only get the first days worth of cleaning done and come home to find it stopped in the middle of your living room. Perhaps I need to move the docking station and retry with this but as it stands this is the only fault I can find. Also, a quick mention that emptying the bins from inside the cleaner is very easy and hassle free, once you work out which sides open. My robot also connected seamlessly with my Echo Plus but I must confess "Alexa, ask cleanbot to start cleaning" is a bit of a mouthful. All in all, I would certainly recommend this robot vacuum cleaner as a cheaper model or first step into the world of automated cleaners. I suspect the likes of Neato and Roomba are better quality products but I doubt that the difference in quality justifies the huge difference in price.