Hi guys. I want to buy a cleaning vacuum cleaner. tell me the brand and model that you are happy with and that has good integration with Home Assistant. thank you for your answers
I have two Roomba i7s with the self-emptying dock. I do not have mine integrated with HA though since they self map, let you setup rooms, and then set a schedule using the rooms.
The self-emptying is the award winner for me. I have a fairly large house and having to empty the bin two or three times during a single clean cycle was extremely annoying.
Roborock and I would aim for something in the S7-S9 range depending on your needs.
The HA integration is fairly new (there used to be a custom one via HACS), and functionality is being added every month. I wouldn’t say it is “robust” yet, but great progress so far and it’s only a couple months old.
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My Roborock S6 MaxV works great using the Xiaomi Miio integration. Will change to Roborock integration eventually,
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I have the roborock s8. Very happy with it and fully integrated in HA
Time to jump in here, seems a little Roborock-minded. 
It depends on your wishes regarding the integration into HA and the use of a cloud or not.
The only firmware I know, that is cloud independent, is Valetudo. It works on a lot of vacuums, but it is some knowledge needed, to get it installed. But after you got that hurdle, it is very nice, doesn’t need internet- or cloud-connection at all and does a pretty good job in running your vacuum.
I run Valetudo on a Dreame Z10Pro.
If you don’t want to be cloud-free, than Roborock is one of the alternatives. I would as well take Dreame or Xiaomi into account. Dreame is the manufacturer for most Xiaomi vacuums, meaning it’s a good address to check for inexpensive vacuums. But keep in mind, with Roborock Roomba it’s Amazon, who get’s your data, with Xiaomi or Dreame it’s a Chinese company. Make of that whatever you want. 
But it’s difficult, to help you out here and give you a recommendation. The use cases are simply too much. Do you mostly have carpet or hard floor? Want a laser or camera navigation and so on. I’d advise to look for some comparison websites in your country, so the tests you can read are for models you can actually buy.
Take a look at the Valetudo website, there are a few models shown, maybe there’s something on the list for your use case. 
EDIT. changed “Roborock” to “Roomba”
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I think budget and features are way more important that HA integration. If you have the money, space, and hard floors, the newest models with spinning and lifting mops have improved mopping significantly over those that just drag a cloth around. Over the years I have migrated from a Xiaomi (can’t remember which) to Roborock S5 to Roborock Q Revo, but the price went up dramtically.
See also the Valetudo Newcomer Guide, which states in part (emphasis added):
Valetudo is a cloud replacement for vacuum robots enabling local-only operation. It is not a custom firmware.
It’s great. I use it with a Roborock S5, a Dreame Z10 Pro, and a Dreame W10.
That said, there are good reasons not to use Valetudo, and the project’s maintainer, Sören Beye, requests that users not talk others into using it:
First of all, please do not try to convince people to use Valetudo.
We all know how terribly it usually turns out when people try to convince their friends to use linux on their desktop. Using Valetudo only makes sense if you understand its goals and feel like they are important to you. Everything else will fail.
Roborock is also a Chinese company.
Beijing Roborock Technology Co., Ltd. engages in the design, development, production, and sales of robotic home cleaners and other cleaning appliances. Its products features sweeping and mopping, intelligent route planning, and application control. The company was founded on July 4, 2014 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.
Xiaomi invested in and has hardware built by Roborock as well as Dreame.
- In July 2014, our company was established.
- In September 2014, we received the investment from Xiaomi and became a member enterprise of Xiaomi ecological chain.
iRobot, not previously mentioned in this thread, is an American company, founded in 1990, who manufacture the Roomba line of robotic vacuum cleaners, and has for nearly a year been in negotiations for sale to Amazon.
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So you expect me to tell a Newbie, that it is not a firmware but rather an “MQTT-based cloud replacement for a manufacturer cloud dependency”? Yeah, that will bring us further! 
And Hon, trust me, nobody, including Sören or you, will tell me, how I write my personal oppinion on something. If I tell someone, Valetudo is something, where you need “some knowledge to install”, I can stand with it. Period.
I changed the name in my post above, where I accidentally mixed Roborock and Roomba. Sorry!
When choosing a new device, I always try to choose devices that integrate with HA. At first I thought about roborock 6-8, but they are really expensive. Decided not to spend a lot of money and bought a Mop 2 Pro + It has a lidar, it is a cleaner with ultrasonic vibration technology. Thanks everyone for the advice.
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No, I expect newbies not to install Valetudo. You might tell them that this is not replacement firmware–it cannot change the robot’s functionality–but rather is software that protects your data and enables you to connect your robot to your home automation system without having to detour through a vendor cloud, that its target user is not a newbie, that no support is available from the maintainer, and that reverting changes made by it to your robot will be difficult at best, and likely impossible.
From the aforementioned newcomer guide:
Who is Valetudo for?
Valetudo can be used by anyone with a basic understanding of the english language.
Note:
While Valetudo can be used by anyone with a basic understanding of the english language, it cannot be installed just with those skills.To install Valetudo you will need some understanding of linux-ish operating systems as well as computers in general and maybe even some basic hardware hacking stuff. If you lack these skills, please consider asking a friend or computer repair shop to help you with that.