yeedi

What yeedi is

yeedi describes itself on its US store as "an up and coming robot vacuums brand founded in 2019", and the store's footer names the company as yeedi Technology Limited. The site description says yeedi "gathered a group of robotic and housekeeping experts" to bring smart products "with modern design and practical features to customers all over the world." Its pitch is plain: "In a world of overpriced robot vacuums that don't meet your needs, yeedi is here to bring ease and fun into your cleaning routine."

The brand points to two early milestones. According to the About section, Digital Trends, Wired and PCMag picked the yeedi k650 as their top robotic vacuum cleaner for pet hair in 2020, and in 2021 the yeedi vac station won a Reddot Design Award and ranked No. 1 on Amazon's Best New Release list on launch day.

yeedi runs two storefronts. The US store at us.yeedi.com carries the vac, vac 2 and station range, and the global store at yeedi.com, branded YEEDI, sells a newer line: the M14 PLUS, the M16 Infinity and the S20 Infinity Ultra.

The range

The US store sorts its robots into Vacuum Mop Combos, Smart Self-cleaning Robot and Vacuums For Pet Hair. Its own summary says the vac series runs "From self emptying robot vacuums to hard floor cleaner vacuum mops" and on to "solutions for a hairy cat with our pet hair vacuum cleaners." The models and prices it lists run like this.

The yeedi vac is the "Accessible Smart Robot Vacuum", listed from $99.99 on sale against a regular $299.99. A product listing describes it with 3000Pa suction and smart visual mapping navigation. The yeedi vac with self-empty station bundles it with an auto-empty base for $499.98. The yeedi vac max, "Powerful cleaning for large house", starts from $399.99, and its listing gives 3000Pa suction, carpet detection and visual mapping in a 2 in 1 vacuum and mop. The yeedi vac station, the Reddot winner, was $499.99.

The vac 2 series is the next generation. The yeedi vac 2 is a "Vacuum Mop Combo with 3D Obstacle Avoidance" from $349.99. The yeedi vac 2 pro starts from $449.99, and the "3-in-1 yeedi vac 2 pro Bundle" with a self-empty station is $649.98, the one listing the store tags "Best Value". Its "Most popular" row leads with the cube, the vac station and the vac 2 pro. The yeedi Oscillating Mopping System is sold for the vac 2 and vac 2 pro, and the vac 2 pro uses washable oscillating mopping pads.

At the top of the US range sit the stations. The yeedi mop station pro has its own washable mopping pads (sold in packs of six), replacement kits and an anti slip pad for the station. The yeedi cube, listed at $699.99, is the most expensive robot on the US store and has its own dust bags.

So the steps buy convenience. The vac is a mapping robot vacuum and mop. Adding the self-empty station removes bin emptying. The vac 2 series brings 3D obstacle avoidance and an oscillating mopping system. The mop station pro and the cube sit at the top, the cube with dust bags of its own for its station.

Many of these models were marked sold out on the US store. yeedi also sells official refurbished robots there: the vac station at $179.99 against $499.99, the vac 2 pro at $139.99 against $399.99, and the vac max at $119.99.

The newer global range

The global store is built around the YEEDI Infinity models. It listed the M14 PLUS in black and white at $499.99 against $599.99 and the M16 Infinity at $599.99 against $799.99, and it promotes the all-new S20 Infinity Ultra with a launch gift listed at $59.98. It also links shoppers to Amazon. Its brand copy sets out three values, "Intentional design", "Quality first" and "Customer care", and signs off with "Yeedi: built by us, loved by millions." Its home page leads with the line "Your time is meant for living. Let the cleaning happen in silence."

Accessories and upkeep

yeedi's accessory catalog is organized by series, which makes running costs easy to plan. The vac series has dust bags, washable mopping pads for the vac, vac max and vac station, disposable mopping pads, and 6-month accessories refill kits for the vac station and for the vac max and vac station together. The vac 2 series has a brush and filter kit shared with the vac family, washable oscillating mopping pads, the oscillating mopping system and a 6-month refill kit for the vac 2 pro bundle. The self-empty station is sold on its own.

The mop station pro replacement kit contains two side brushes, one roller brush and three filters. Older robots are still supported: the store sells a filter two-pack and a magnetic boundary stripe for the K650, and accessory kits for the k600 and k700.

Support and policies

The US store links to a warranty page, shipping and return and refund policies, user manuals, an app download page, FAQs and a contact page. It also runs a refer-a-friend program and an affiliate program, and keeps a Media Reviews page and a Brand Story page.

Who yeedi suits

yeedi suits a buyer who wants a vacuum mop combo at a modest price and is happy to pick up a sale or a refurbished unit. The yeedi vac at its sale price, or a refurbished vac max, is a low-cost way into a mapping robot, and the self-empty bundles add hands-off emptying.

A home with mostly hard floors gets the most from the vac 2 series and its oscillating mop, and pet owners are one of the store's named audiences. Buyers who want the most station features on the US store should look at the mop station pro or the cube, or at the newer M16 Infinity on the global store. Given how many US models were sold out, checking stock before planning a purchase around a particular model is sensible.