Eufy Auto-Empty C10

Eufy's C10 skips mopping entirely and puts its budget into the two things that matter most for daily vacuuming: a genuinely low-profile body that gets under couches and bed frames other robots bump into, and a self-empty dock, a feature that used to be a $600-plus luxury and now shows up on a sub-$300 vacuum-only model. LiDAR mapping handles room detection and no-go zones without the camera-based extras of pricier models.

The auto-empty bag lasts around eight weeks under normal use, so upkeep is mostly bag replacement every couple of months and an occasional brush clean. Without mopping or carpet-lift hardware, it's a simpler machine than most robots in this guide, and that's the appeal: it does daily hard-floor and light-carpet vacuuming reliably without asking you to manage a water tank. Good fit for a renter or a household that wants a mop handled separately, by hand or by a dedicated mopping robot elsewhere in the house.