Yeedi vac Station Robot Vacuum and Mop - Self Emptying 3-in-1 Cleaner,200-Min Runtime,3000Pa Suction, Smart Mapping, Carpet Detection, Alexa Compatible, Wi-Fi Connected

After my basic, non-smart robo vacuum died, I wanted to spend a little more and get some better features, like self-emptying and mapping. I went to external review websites, read reviews, debated options, etc. The yeedi seemed like the perfect fit, but it has been disappointing. This is a long review but I want to be thorough and informative, so bear with me.Does it vacuum? Yes, better than not vacuuming, but not great. It misses about 20% of the dog hair and debris (see photo), and more often than not, fails to go self-empty when it's full mid-cycle, resulting in clumps of dog hair left in its path. It also gets outsmarted by a single chair leg and has more than once attempted to vacuum it's own charging station.Does it self empty? Sometimes, if it finds it way back to the station. More likely, it will get stuck somewhere and die, so you have to play Find the Dead Vacuum and carry it back to the charger, and either empty it yourself or wait for it to charge enough to manually run the self-empty feature.And the mapping feature? Pfft. I don't have an open concept floorplan but the vacuum disagrees. Some of our doorways between the rooms are larger than a standard 36" so the vacuum thinks it's all one room. It's only been able to differentiate one bedroom and 2 bathrooms in a 3bd/3bath house so far. The entire rest is one big room on the map. So much for setting it to mop only in my kitchen and not on the wood elsewhere. Also, "fully customizable" map just means that you can set boundaries in perfect rectangles anywhere, and name it, nothing else.The noise while vacuuming is relatively quiet and not a problem. The noise while self-emptying is quite loud, probably on par with an old school grandma vacuum cleaner. It's not a big deal because as stated, it rarely self-empties. It also has an unnecessary narrator that is louder than I'd like, even when set at the lowest volume. She announces things like "Robot Off the Floor" when you have to rescue the vacuum from precarious situations like bumping into a chair leg.The icing on the cake is watching this thing attempt to re-dock itself on the charger. It will back up, try, back up, reposition, try again, back up, turn around, try again, back up, do the hokey pokey, etc. Repeat until you get absolutely infuriated and pick the thing up to return it to the charger while it squawks at you "Robot Off the Floor" to show its gratitude.All in all, it's not worth the money and frustration for the extra features. It vacuums so I don't have to, and that's about it. I'll probably go back to Eufy (the brand of my original robovac) or try Shark next time, but there's no way I'd buy another Yeedi.UPDATE May 2022 - I edited my rating from 2 stars down to 1. I was trying to be positive with the original 2 stars, but my frustration with this vacuum has won. I have boundaries setup so I don't have to worry about the state of my children's room when they leave for school in the morning because the vacuum is set to run while we're gone. It has started randomly ignoring the boundaries and I find it at the end of the day, wound up in a charger cord or stuck in a pile of dirty laundry. If the vacuum dies, the app doesn't work, so you can't find the device or see where it's been. Why can't I access the app at all if the vacuum is dead? Also, as some others have mentioned, when the vacuum actually does manage to find the charging base and attempts to self-empty, it can't handle the dog hair. It all clumps in the opening and stays there, so you have to manually empty anyway. I hate this thing but I hate vacuuming more, so I keep using it, muttering obscenities every time.UPDATE 2 April 2023 - I finally gave up and threw the whole vacuum away. About two months ago, we started finding the vacuum dead next to its charger a couple times a week. According to the app, it would immediately "get stuck" on nothing and run its battery in place until it died. After it started happening every single morning (it's scheduled to run weekdays while we're at work and school), I did an experiment. I made sure it was fully charged, and video-recorded what happened when it started to run. If anyone is interested in watching a two minute video of a robot vacuum turning in a circle, pausing, then turning in a circle some more, I'm happy to share.TLDR: The best thing I can say about this vacuum is how good it felt to throw it in the garbage.

So overall the mopping feature on this and vacuum is excellent. Saves me so much time, and the floors look immaculate, because I don't have to waste time having to vacuum and mop them constantly. Let me start by saying my wife and I have a eight and seven year old. Add on to that we have six family members living with us, from the youngest, age five , the mom, and the rest of the children, age 13, 17, 21, and 23. So the kitchen and main area is constantly being used. The vacuum is on the main floor where we have the kids play room, kitchen, living room, and dining room all being on the same floor. Most of it, is hard surfaces with some area rugs. Overall it does an excellent job, and I have a happy wife. I wake up in the morning, I set the vacuum to go off and mop the floors. I usually put it another time sometime in the afternoon. Then after dinner sometime again, after everyone has cleared out, I turn it on again. . I have only had this thing for less than a week and I'm using it three to four times a day. The first four or five times you use it, it has to learn the room. Also when you have the mopping plate on, even if there is no water, it will not go over the area rugs. No big deal. If you take the moping plate off, then it will vacuum only and go over the area rugs, carpet, and floors. You do have to make sure the rooms you plan on vacuuming are prepped, meaning no plastic wrappers on the floor, no socks, no crayons, or anything that can get stuck in the vacuum, especially cords. Once you get familiar with the app, it is excellent as well. You can set rooms you want to avoid when it starts. You can also choose specific areas that you want it to vacuum and mop. You can set specific times through the app, whether it be daily for it to mop and vacuum. It takes four to five times of cleaning for the map to develop on your app, and for the vacuum to learn the room. The only thing I will say is, when the vacuum is in the middle of vacuuming, going on the edges of the room, it does not recognize when it is going by the charger and it will tend to bump into the charging station, until trying to go around it. In addition, I am still pretty skeptical of the claim of being 200 minutes charge time. Now that the vacuum has learned the layout the room though it does not take as long, mop and vacuum up the room. Also, once it is done cleaning it will automatically tell you its done, and go back to the charging station. Once it is on the charger, you have to take off the moping plate, in order for it to charge. Overall excellent. I am considering another one, upstairs for the bedrooms.