However, it has been on sale for as low as $799.99 direct from the company.
Well, SwitchBot is taking us one step closer to a maintenance-free experience with its S10.
Ive had several robot vacuums over the years, but this is my first robot mop.
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Im happy that Im starting out with the S10.
This solves one of the biggest pain points with robot mops, in my opinion.
So, the fact that the S10 can empty and refill itself is pretty stellar.
The SwitchBot S10 robot vacuum and mop takes what we’re used to and makes it more convenient than ever before. Instead of having to manually clean out dirty water tanks and refill fresh water tanks, the S10 has an automatic water system that empties its dirty tank into your home’s drain plumbing, and then refills itself from a freshwater line.
In my testing of the robot, it did this perfectly every time.
It’s critical to double-check you have a place for this to live before buying.
Initially, I planned to drop in the water station in my guest bathroom under the toe kick.
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The station, however, didnt fit there.
And, to my surprise, the 34 to 12 tee was already in the package!
However,SwitchBot does have an external water tankfor scenarios like this.
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When I had the S10 set to standard suction, I thought the vacuum wasnt even running.
It turns out, it was vacuuming.
Just on the standard setting.
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But, its a problem I ran into nonetheless.
The transitions are something that took me by surprise, however.
The S10 left some dirt and dust in the transition between carpet to hard floor in my home.
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Outside these two areas, however, the S10 was pretty run-of-the-mill when it comes to cleaning performance.
It vacuumed the hard floors well, and the carpets were left clean as well once it ran.
It left nice carpet lines too, which was a bonus.
However, as typical with robot vacuums, watch out for rugs with tassels.
Itll eat them and pull the rug along with it.
I wasnt even using the cleaning solution that SwitchBot offers, either.
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At least, not at my house.
I simulated spilling flour on the floor by putting some baking soda in the path of the vacuum.
However, the S10 just simply refused to dock while on the carpet.
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Thats a pretty big negative if youre planning to keep it in a carpeted area.
I do have thick carpet, and on a shorter punch in, you might be fine.
I quickly split rooms, joined others, and also added furniture to the map.
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Resizing furniture pieces was a little finicky and sometimes worked, and other times didnt.
However, no-go zones were typically pretty reliable to resize.
And, this is something that could easily be fixed in a future app update.
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It works fairly well, and it noticed shoes as well as wires when driving around my house.
And, if something was there previously and is gone now, it also realizes that too.
However, theres no access to the camera while its cleaning.
That means the camera feed, according to SwitchBot, doesnt go to the cloud at all.
Should You Buy the SwitchBot S10 Robot Vacuum/Mop?
TheSwitchBot S10 robot vacuumis a premium cleaner.
The vacuum cleaning performance, in some areas, is a little lackluster.
