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Having dabbled in robotic vacuum cleaners quite a few years ago, I came round to looking again. If you read the reviews (mid-2018), you will quickly find that if you're prepared to venture outside of the bigger names (iRobot, Neato, Samsung), that this little robot is great bang for buck. The best thing about this unit is the mapping. Once the clean is in progress (or the robot is driven around using the phone remote app) the unit starts to map the room and builds the picture of the environment. Once the walls are mapped, the unit will drive the outer edge of the area which refines the overall map of the room. After knowing the exterior has been cleaned, it will criss-cross the room to clean the whole area and leave no section that hasn't had a pass. The mapping can be used with "zone cleanup" which allows you to define areas on the map to be cleaned and the robot won't leave that defined zone. You can also define multiple passes in a zone for additional cleaning. Cleaning different floors requires the unit to learn a new map every time and it's a minor annoyance that it can't save maps. Cleaning: I don't really have a direct comparison with another robot but it passes the visual test. The obvious limitation on a circular vacuum is corners - some manual cleanup may be required here. It uses a "balanced" power mode for the cleaning and can auto-switch to high power vacuum for carpets. Overall, I'm very satisfied with the cleaning. Battery: Probably one of the biggest differences between the robots of yesteryear. This robot will go for about 2.5h before needing a recharge. That's been enough for me to work multiple levels and mutliple passes. The robot will automatically drive back and charge when it needs to or at the end of a clean. Overall: It's great. Super impressed and a real time saver.