Customer Ratings & Reviews

Over the years, I have had many robot vacuum/mop combos from a variety of manufacturers. I’ve never tried a bObsweep unit, and was looking forward to it. The Pet designation was interesting to me, I only have one cat but that cat is an outrageous shedder. I can see fine little bits of fur everywhere in my house and wanted a vacuum that was more capable of picking it up (the other vacuum I had from a different manufacturer was not so capable) and had the spinning pads, as I have found those are generally more effective for mopping. The bObsweep Ultravision is a compact, good looking mop/vacuum combo, with an auto self-emptying dust bin. But it does not come with a water tank on the dock or self-washing pads. You are expected to pull the pads off yourself after each use, wash them, and fill the reservoir on the bot. Not a big deal, but there are many options in this price range that do come with mop auto-wash. The bot charges when docked, but I found that there were times when the contacts on the dock and the bot didn’t quite meet up and I had to shift and move the bot around to get it to charge. Set up was easy. Download the app, set up the dock, place the bot on it, let it charge. Meanwhile, use the app to connect. bObsweep includes an extra pair of pads, an extra filter, and an extra brush in the package, which was nice. The bObsweep runs the area just like any other robot vacuum, builds a map, and you customize the map. I wasn’t very impressed with the map itself. It was kind of a clumpy mess, and trying to split the rooms and set up zones was clunky. The icons on the left of the smartphone app aren’t labeled, so you’re just clicking and guessing at first to set the map up. In use—well, this is where I have a bit more of a mixed bag. Since the dock doesn’t have a water refill, you have to watch the app and see when the water reservoir on the bot runs out of water. You don’t get a notification that it is out, so you just have to watch it. Then you have to stop the bot, extract the reservoir, and refill it. In my case I have a 1800 square foot downstairs, and I had to refill the reservoir three times on one clean, even on the low flow setting. The bot also regularly gets stuck or just stops. I watched it go over a small rug, come off of the rug after vacuuming it, and then just stop. No message, no reason why. It would get into spaces and then not get out of them, and just stop. No message, no alert. There was even one spot where it somehow wedged itself in between a wall and my kitchen table, got stuck and couldn’t get out. So it just turned off with lights blinking and did nothing. My thought is if you can get yourself in there, why can’t you get out? Other than these issues mentioned, the Ultravision does a good job of cleaning. But I have to watch it constantly. I can’t just tell it to clean and plan on it getting the job done. It’ll work for a few minutes, encounter something that it doesn’t like, stop, and the only way I know is if I don’t hear it running anymore. So the bObsweep Ultravision Pet Combo cleans well, when it is working. But it gets stuck easily and needs regular supervision to function properly.