Wyze vacuum -- good and bad so far

I came into this unit with minimal expectations as I have never owned a robovac. I appreciate reading everyone else’s insights so thought I would share my high level first thoughts going from out of box to first pass here.

Setup went fairly smooth, everything I needed to know was found in the Quick Start guide or WYZE Robot Vacuum Manual. The firmware updated instantly upon setup. Once charged I sent it on its way on my main floor (about 1600 sq ft minus what ever furniture covers)

Got almost 900 sq ft, then scurried home for a charge(Clean interrupted message) . I sent it with a 96% charge.

It found its way around very well, and I did remove anything that would obstruct, i.e. chairs, cords, etc… it did find a wayward nerf disc, I was alerted by some grinding sounds. Cleared it… all was good.

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I was also impressed by what I found in the bin after having just shark vacuumed the floors 2 days ago. (8 people in the house)

It made its way over some low nap area rugs with no problems, but was mostly on textured laminate.

Even found a tissue hiding somewhere.

Again, I have no other experiences to compare this one to, so I am happy to this point. Curious if it will pick up where it left off once charged again.

All done on production latest release… will try with beta after a full first pass.

Pass 2

After 100% charge… I had to initiate the device to start again, it didnt just go. It took off and outlined the remainder of the primary floor then started cleaning the open areas… Odd to me that it didn’t go back to the rooms it outlined that it hadn’t swept but started cleaning an area it had already swept.

My primary floor is wide open minus the bathroom and an office near the living room, but I found it interesting it labeled some of the “rooms” and somewhat well.

I won’t make this any longer because the pics will get this post super deep. So here is the 2nd pass.

huh

Ok so said I was done, but all the sudden as I am chilling on my couch. I hear recharge complete resuming cleaning from the robovac… look at app and its at 60% and and its off and running? And in a “room” it mapped but didn’t sweep. Hmmmm?

I promise last one… :grin: but I wanted to share for those that may come across this thread.

The robovac completed its job overnight all on it’s own and fully mapped my main floor very well. I even sent it on a short mission this morning using a scheduled cleaning (room 1) to see if it would lose the map starting a new clean and the map has held in place. Now… that being said, I did download the beta app to see if the map editor was there and it is not. I am happy with the results so far, but the 2.5 hour cleaning is more like 6-7 hours with charges in between, the way it has identified rooms is not the way I would want it… but no doubt these options will become available, when is the question… but I am a patient person, and know that this is was a pre-order that I got even earlier than I expected.

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