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Are there even any? I only know of Bosch, but it's basically just a rebranded Ecovacs.

Ideally it has home assistant integration

Edit: After a quick research I came up with this:

  • Vorwerk: Way too expensive. Premium price for a very basic device
  • Kรคrcher seems like a solid choice
  • Dyson is expensive and the performance does not quite seem to match the price
  • Philips, Electrolux and Miele also offer vacuum robots, but I don't know how good they are, yet
  • There's also Samsung, which is not european, of course, but at least not chinese or american
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[โ€“] Schnille@feddit.org 1 points 4 hours ago

๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 hours ago

Stay away from Schbot. Estonian company, but rebrands cheap alibaba crap at up to 10x the price.

[โ€“] AnnieByniaeth@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago

Dyson was one of the arch brexiters. So I think crossing anything Dyson off the list for this community is probably appropriate.

[โ€“] marius@feddit.org 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I just found the one from Vorwerk, but my man is that thing expensive

[โ€“] BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Aren't Vorwerk robots rebranded Neatos?

[โ€“] TunaLobster@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

They bought everything and developed it a few more steps. Check out neato-connected to keep Neatos going now that the servers are offline. https://github.com/Philip2809/neato-connected

[โ€“] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Home assistant integration, neat.

[โ€“] Kekzkrieger@feddit.org 2 points 15 hours ago

Ive looked at endless tests and reviews but however you turn it, the european ones are simply underperforming and pricier.

I would go with a valetudo supported one now (sadly i did not) and just flash it to be free of the shitty software.

[โ€“] How_do_I_computah@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[โ€“] TunaLobster@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

Another option is sticking an ESP32 to a Neato. https://github.com/Philip2809/neato-connected

[โ€“] ragas@lemmy.ml 2 points 19 hours ago

Valetudo is awesome.

It just chugs along.

[โ€“] marius@feddit.org 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh, no. Another rabbit hole :D

[โ€“] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But a limited one. You do the flashing once.

When it is freed from it's manufacturer this way, there is usually no need anymore for connecting it to the internet, and therefore you may become rather lazy with updates.

[โ€“] calypho@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Do you then still receive bug fixes or similar?

[โ€“] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 1 points 13 hours ago

Ofc you can if you want.

[โ€“] BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com 2 points 20 hours ago

You can flash updated images through Dustbuilder, as long as they are available on it.

[โ€“] katajpek@mastodontti.fi 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

@marius
Karcher Robot Vacuum, does not made in Germany, but in China. According my understand their mobile apps obey European laws.

[โ€“] mech@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I tried the Bosch. It's a rebranded Ecovacs with a new app that doesn't work.
I sent it back, couldn't even get it running because of the shitty app.

[โ€“] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm stunned at how bad Bosch is at making consumer software. I like their tools, but I won't buy another one where I rely on an app.

[โ€“] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Also with their tools. Bosch green are cheap, Chinese tools comparable to other cheap brands. Bosch blue are the higher quality things.

Their washing machines and dryers are also now plastic welded and non-repairable.

Everything is blue, my dear ๐Ÿ’–

[โ€“] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago

They let subcontractors do it.

[โ€“] marius@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago

It's also twice the price

[โ€“] fxdave@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

None, but if you want to try one I can sell you cheap my Navon vacuum and mop (from spar). I don't use it because it's faster to do it myself than setting it up.

[โ€“] Kkk2237pl@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I dont reccomend karsher, that which was supposed to be anither Dyson. I have one, and my parents have cheap Chinese one, i dont see difference tbh

[โ€“] starlinguk@lemmy.world -4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I have a Roborock. It's great, even mops the floor.

[โ€“] ibot@feddit.org 2 points 19 hours ago

How is Roborock european?