Yeedi Robot Vacuum (Open Box)

Kids named our vacuum Ruru. It is our first robot vacuum and I didn’t have high expectations to begin with, but for under 150 bucks on sale decided to give this one a try. 800 ml bin, 2000 Pa suction, WiFi control - what not to like, right? However, after having it for two weeks, I’d send it back right away if it was the original price without hesitation, and for now still trying it out asking myself if I want to pay $100 more and get something better. Before I start. Don’t listen to people who tell you that it creates or uses a map in the app, it uses nothing and creates no maps. Comments like that make me very suspicious about some of the reviews. Pros and cons. Pros: it cleans OK and not loud at all. WiFi app for IOS usually connects to it after a refresh. Aftermarket parts are cheap. It doesn’t bump into things, and while the cleaning pattern is nothing special I find it totally adequate for a no-smart vacuum. It doesn’t get stuck as often as I’ve expected, I’m pleasantly surprised. Chairs, long curtains, wires, carpets transitions, it handles those OK and kids have to leave some special trash somewhere for it to stuck. Cons: 1. The advertised 130-min runtime is a lie, even on standard suction power you can expect 90 min max. Switch to higher power to get those 2000 Pa and you will be dead in 50 min. I’m not removing a star for it since I didn’t expect 130 min to begin with. 2. WiFi app is super slow sending you notifications, they arrive randomly and usually with a 10 min delay. Most don’t arrive at all. App constantly switches to square meters, see picture. It deserves minus one star if not two. 3. The vacuum can find base 20% of the time if it is out of the room where the base is located. As of right now I expect it to never come back to base and to die somewhere. We have 2000 modest house and it is not acceptable. If cleaning the room where the base is, it works 90% of the time. Once it has totally lost it 5’ away and was running an opposite way until I’ve unplugged the base to reboot. It is minus one star big time. 4. Most of the cleaning cycles end with the robot running out of battery trying to find its way back to base. See the picture. If it has an orange dot next to the log event - something has happened. The only reason Ruru stays in our house for today is because I don’t want to shell out 2-3 times the price for a vacuum that will work the way I want it to work. For now I’m willing to bring it back to base when it is dead as long as it cleans. But don’t expect anything fancy for the money and never ever pay full price for it, it is not worth it due to its horrible WiFi app and inability to find its way back to base. ------------------------------- Update 10/30 I'm finally tired to deal with WiFi app that never works right. No notifications ever come about tangled brushes or the vacuum getting stuck before I find the vacuum myself. Never comes to base to get recharged, I have to carry it around like a lost dog. Like I said, it may work fine for you if you have an open plan and 1000 sf place, but for our house it is not worth it for the money paid. Will pay $100 more to get a better vacuum with maps, zones, laser navigation and hopefully a better WiFi app. This one seats next to WiFi router, house is covered by mesh network, and it still only shows "fair WIFI signal" in the app. When K600 was on sale for $90 it was a much better deal - better to use a basic remote than rely on an app that fails all the time.