NARWAL T10 Mop Robot, 4-in-1 Robot Vacuum and Mop with Self Cleaning Station, Self Washing and Drying Robot Mop with LiDAR Navigation, Smart Mapping, 2 Suction Mode for Hard Floor and Pet Hair, White

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Additionally, after only 3 years, our team has developed the world’s first self-cleaning mop and vacuum robot.

Its facade was rounded and sleek, which gave off a hint of elegance---admittedly a strange thing to say about a cleaning product. The touchscreen on the top of the station is what really gives it an edge over other similar options on the market, like the Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra. Other cleaning products can produce foam or residue that corrodes the piping system by blocking the pipes and parts, causing robot malfunction. The Narwal also benefits from bristles on its vacuum roller, which in our experience seem to do a better job of dislodging dirt than rubber fins alone. This robot vac/mop hybrid is awesome, but it’s also very expensive and hobbled by a mess of an app that presents a steep learning curve.I’m not even sure how the Narwal manages to recollect so much of the water it lays down, but a bucket of brown water is satisfying visual evidence that this mop is actively cleaning your floors by sucking up dirt, not just wetting it down and slopping it around.

While that means you’ll need to change the water frequently, it takes just a minute, and because the water doesn’t stew in a tank for weeks, it doesn’t have time to develop the gag-inducing death stench we got with the Roborock S7 MaxV Plus. I turned on push notifications in my app, but the robot won’t use them to notify you when it’s helplessly jammed under a TV stand or teetering on the edge of a cliff.

The manufacturer also recommended that you lay down some of the supplied magnetic strips around any space or furniture that you want the robot to steer clear of. There’s also no way to schedule for a cleaning or mopping cycle, which is a huge oversight on Narwal’s part; one we hope the company will soon address in a future software update. Over the course of their meal, they discussed problems in their lives where they thought a robot could be useful. It washes its mops after each room, and passes the flushed-out water through a light and sensor that can measure its filth.