Wyze Robot Vacuum review

Our Verdict

Skilful cleaning performance and a nice price brand this robot vacuum a winner.

For

Very fast mapping
Excellent on bare floors
Strong overall cleaning performance

Confronting

Room partitioning could exist better
Only saves ane map
Whole floor cleaning could be hampered by strange cleaning pattern

Tom'south Guide Verdict

Proficient cleaning performance and a nice cost brand this robot vacuum a winner.

Pros

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Very fast mapping
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Excellent on blank floors
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Strong overall cleaning performance

Cons

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Room division could be improve
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Only saves 1 map
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Whole floor cleaning could be hampered past strange cleaning pattern

Wyze Robot Vacuum: Specs

Overall cleaning operation: 92.7
Pet hair score: 87
Size: 13.78 inches x three.7 inches
Modes: Vacuuming
On board dustbin chapters: 0.55 liters
Smart home compatibility: Alexa

Wyze is known for making a variety of smart home devices and selling them at prices that don't completely make clean out your wallet. Enter the Wyze Robot Vacuum, the company's first foray into the robotic home cleaning space. Information technology's a market dominated by iRobot's Roomba line in the U.Due south., complete with features aplenty and centre-popping price tags. Thankfully, in our Wyze Robot Vacuum review nosotros found a decently priced robot vacuum that cleans well and offers a few extras found on more expensive machines.

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Wyze Robot Vacuum review: Price and availability

The Wyze Robot Vacuum is currently available on Amazon for $267. In addition to the vacuum, in the box you lot'll find a small dock, an actress side brush, and replacement HEPA filter for the dustbin.

Wyze Robot Vacuum review: Design

Unboxing the Wyze Robot Vacuum gave me a potent sense of deja vu: I definitely saw a vacuum merely similar this recently. After close exam, I discovered Wyze uses the aforementioned torso every bit the Proscenic M6 Pro hybrid robot vacuum and mop. The lid, laser cover and buttons differ slightly, simply the dustbin, roller brush, sensor placement, and wheels are the same.

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Wyze Robot Vacuum review — Wyze Robot Vacuum (left) and Proscenic M6 Pro (right) (Epitome credit: Tom's Guide)

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The Wyze doesn't have a mop zipper or a separate h2o tank/dustbin like the M6 Pro, only the clips for a mop are at that place. In fact, I was able to easily slide the M6 Pro microfiber mop zipper onto the Wyze — complete with a satisfying click equally it locked into identify. Wyze does non offering mopping capability with its vacuum, so delight don't try this at home.

I preferred the look and aesthetic of the Wyze Robot Vacuum over the Proscenic M6 Pro. The Wyze's solid, shiny black lid and a blackness, and reflective laser cover emblazoned with the visitor proper noun requite it a more premium look that suggests a higher price tag. Elevator upward the thin plastic hat to reveal a clear dustbin with HEPA filter and an onboard cleaning tool.

The underside of the Wyze Robot Vacuum features a bevy of sensors around the edges, an omni-directional cycle in front, and a tri-spoked castor on the right side. Ii rugged-looking rubberized wheels sit on either side of the single brushroll. Like the Proscenic M6 Pro, the Eufy G30 Edge, and the Roborock S4 Max, the Wyze brushroll is a combination of bristles and safe fins. Notches in the fins provide a handy spot for hair to collect equally it wraps around the ringlet. That'due south where the onboard cleaning tool — a stiff brush on one finish and an angled pointed plastic spike that leads to a tiny blade on the other — becomes peculiarly useful.

Every bit you might accept guessed, the Wyze Robot Vacuum uses the same dock as the Proscenic M6 Pro. It's reminiscent of the dock on the Neato D4 and Neato Botvac D7, with two parallel charging contacts waiting to meet the contacts on the rear of the vacuum.

While many robot vacuums travel headfirst to their charging stations, the Wyze approaches its station, does a 180 caste turn, then shimmies astern to encounter its dock. While the dock itself is small and unobtrusive, it's almost too light. Much like the M6 Pro, manually placing the Wyze on its dock is prone to error. The lightness of the dock allows information technology to tip back easily confronting a wall and take hold of the vac's charging strips underneath the dock'due south contacts, preventing information technology from charging.

Wyze Robot Vacuum: Vacuuming performance

While the Wyze Robot Vacuum and the Proscenic M6 Pro may share a body, they certainly don't share a brain. Not only does the Wyze have a less clunky app, it cleans better, too. Overall, the Wyze earned a 92.73% boilerplate option upwardly rate in our lab tests, besting the Eufy G30 Edge's boilerplate of 88.94% and the M6 Pro's average of lxxx.39%. The bot performed most similarly to the upkeep-friendly G30 Edge and the more expensive Neato D4 in our tests, just earned an overall score only just below our current favorite, the Roborock S4 Max (96.25).

Wyze Robot Vacuum: Combined cleaning functioning scores
	Overall Score	Cereal	Kitty litter	Dog hair
Wyze Robot Vacuum	92.73	100	91.2	87
Proscenic M6 Pro	eighty.39	98.13	74.05	69
Roborock S4 Max	96.25	98.38	96.38	94
Eufy G30 Edge	88.94	98.seven	80.85	87.25
Neato D4*	91.3	98.nine	83.7	91.iii

*Same examination performed in a larger xv' x 15' area.

The Wyze Robot Vacuum did its best work on blank floors. In our hardwood lab test, it earned a perfect score on both the cereal and dog hair tests. When it was fourth dimension to clean up after our hypothetical cat, the Wyze picked up 97.15% of the kitty litter in our test surface area, beating the Eufy G30 Edge past 8 points. Its scores were virtually identical with the Proscenic M6 Pro, though that robot vacuum picked up a few more litter granules.

Wyze Robot Vacuum: Hardwood Floor results
	Cereal	Kitty litter	Domestic dog hair
Wyze Robot Vacuum	100	97.xv	100
Proscenic M6 Pro	100	97.three	100
Roborock S4 Max	96.75	97.75	100
Eufy G30 Edge	97.4	89.xv	96.v
Neato D4*	98.9	94.4	87.5

*Same test performed in a larger 15' ten 15' expanse.

Carpet lab tests can bring even the best robot vacuums downward a level and the Wyze Robot Vacuum is no exception. Though the Wyze performed admirably, earning a perfect pickup rate for cereal, it faltered on the kitty litter and dog hair tests. The Wyze earned a score of 85.25 on the kitty litter exam which was improve than the Eufy G30 Border, Neato D4, and Proscenic M6 Pro, simply nevertheless nearly 10 points less than the Roborock S4 Max's score of 95. On dog hair, the vacuum was worse, earning a score of simply 74. The G30 Border, S4 Max,and D4 all cleaned up more of Fido'south fur.

Wyze Robot Vacuum: Carpet tests
	Cereal	Kitty litter	Dog pilus
Wyze Robot Vacuum	100	85.25	74
Proscenic M6 Pro	96.25	50.8	38
Roborock S4 Max	100	95	88
Eufy G30 Border	100	72.55	78
Neato D4*	98.9	72.nine	95

*Same examination performed in a larger xv' 10 15' area.

Wyze Robot Vacuum review: Setup, app and mapping

Getting started with the Wyze Robot Vacuum was straightforward and fairly quick. Aside from bones starting, stopping, and docking, the robot vacuum is controlled via the Wyze app (Android and iOS). Like well-nigh other app-continued robot vacuums, I connected to the vacuum'south Wi-Fi signal, and so the app paired the device with my telephone. Information technology was a quick and easy procedure.

While the Proscenic M6 Pro and the Wyze Robot Vacuum share a body, they most decidedly do not share an app. The Wyze app is quicker to reply, easier to understand, and includes location-based activity triggers — something I've only seen on iRobot Roombas.

The app has a set of highly configurable rules that may be used with the Wyze Robot Vacuum or with other Wyze devices. Among the vacuum options is setting up a location trigger — I created a rule to trigger the vacuum to start cleaning when I (and my phone) leave the firm. The app wanted my exact home address and set a circular boundary around it. While I wasn't crazy about giving the app my precise address, I liked the ability to alter the size of the trigger purlieus. The circle's default size is 1,320 feet, which encompasses virtually of my brusk domestic dog-walking route. Past making information technology slightly larger, I was able to ensure the vacuum wouldn't run while I was out with my domestic dog. When using the location trigger on iRobot's app, I frequently came dwelling house from dog walks with the Roomba i3 running around the house.

The Wyze app includes other vacuum-specific controls, besides. Choose between Quiet, Standard, or Strong suction, which can exist changed on the fly when the bot is cleaning. You tin share control of the Wyze Robot Vacuum with someone else, though they must create an business relationship with Wyze in order to do then. Lastly, there'southward an option for scheduling that's duplicated inside app's rule functionality.

The Wyze Robot Vacuum mapped the showtime floor of my home in most record time, cheers to its Quick Mapping selection. It took a mere 7 minutes to create a bones map. As the name suggests, there's no vacuuming on this run. The app initially divided my semi-open floor programme into three bones rooms. The one room it interpreted 100 percent correctly was the bathroom, which was expected since information technology's the just room on the first floor with a proper door.

The map editing controls seemed easy enough: Combine two rooms by selecting both tapping "Merge" and carve up a room by selecting it and borer "Carve up." Merging two rooms was straightforward. Splitting i room was trickier. Though information technology should be every bit easy equally moving the dividing line to a preferred identify, I was unable to draw a horizontal line between my kitchen and dining room. Nor could I draw a vertical line betwixt my dining room and living room. Instead, the line snapped dorsum to seemingly pre-selected places. This resulted in awkward diagonal room divisions — function of my bodily kitchen was now part of the dining room in the app. This isn't the beginning time I've encountered strange room division bug with a robot vacuum app. It also happened with the Ecovacs Deebot Ozmo T8 and the Proscenic M6 Pro. I'll requite props to Wyze for actually turning the sectionalization line red and snapping information technology back to a usable division — information technology was much more than user friendly in that way than the Ozmo T8. The app also supports no get zones.

The Wyze Robot Vacuum only supports i map and it has a unique cleaning pattern once it establishes that map. In my experience, when a mapping robot, such as the Roborock S4 Max or the iRobot Roomba s9, is sent on a run to clean a whole home level, it'll clean along the perimeter of the whole level, then clean inside of the "outline" it has created, pregnant the bot volition travel business firm-long straight lines from my front entryway all the style through the kitchen to the back door. By comparison, the Wyze completely cleans each room created on the map i at a time. It methodically cleaned the dining room where the dock is located outset, tracing the room demarcations created in the app, then vacuuming in a S-shaped blueprint until the room on the map was "colored in" with white cleaning lines.

Information technology's not a deal breaker, but those division lines accept time-consuming consequences beyond single room cleaning. Since the vacuum's progress can be watched on the app, I noticed that it skipped a small section that was technically part of the dining room even though it was through a wall and just exterior of the bathroom. Normally this department would be considered either a hallway or office of the kitchen.

For $267, the fact that the Wyze Robot Vacuum has relatively intuitive and useful mapping is impressive. Budget robot vacuums similar the Eufy G30 Border will create a map of your abode for faster cleaning, but it doesn't support room divisions or avoidance zones or unmarried room cleaning.

Wyze Robot Vacuum review: Verdict

I'll admit it: I didn't have high hopes for the Wyze Robot Vacuum when I first opened the box and saw the same body as the Proscenic M6 Pro. However, I was pleasantly surprised. In addition to its solid functioning on our lab tests, the Wyze app works reasonably well and it's easy to empathize — plus there are those added few bells and whistles, like a location-based trigger that'southward typically seen on more than expensive robot vacuums. The Wyze is way more advanced than the similarly priced Eufy G30 Edge, which doesn't offer room divisions or no go zones. Though the Roborock S4 Max nevertheless sits atop our all-time vacuums list, the $267 Wyze Robot Vacuum is a potent cleaner and a good deal.

Meghan McDonough is a announcer who currently tests and writes well-nigh robot vacuums. Since 2008, she's written nearly laptops, mobile phones, headphones, speakers, and other consumer tech. When she sees an unfamiliar device, Meghan has a habit of asking complete strangers, "What is that? Does it work well for yous?"

In her spare time, Meghan enjoys seeing live music, tending to her garden, and playing endless games of fetch with her Goldendoodle, Duke of Squirrel.