Vacuum for multi-level, mostly hardwood, $500ish

Hardware
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I have split level home with 3 floors. Main floor where it would will be docked is hardwood, with a large circular rug, and then also the kitchen.

  • I am not necessarily concerned cloud/installing Valetudo
  • I was originally thinking vacuum only, but I guess mop technology has gotten better? But still primarily interested in vacuum.
  • In a perfect world, would like to be able to place it on a different floor, have it know that etc. But not a firm requirement.
  • I don’t have pets (and don’t plan on it)
  • I do want HA integration, maps, last time cleaned, see heat map of areas missed etc.
  • Roborock seems to be highly recommended, but might be a bit pricey. I would like to keep it under $500, but willing to spend that or even a little more if it is best for my needs.
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One recommendation from my side - if you have hardwood floors that have structure (grooves, not completely flat), be careful with the mopping feature. We used the mopping function on our Roborock S7 and after a while we saw that it did not clean but pushed dirt into all the grooves. Had to scrub the floor thoroughly by hand to get it clean again.

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One more thing to add: if your hardwood is not treated or coated or maintained well, I would recommend not using moping feature either.