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UPDATE: Nov. 28, 2024, 2:30 p.m. EST This story has been updated with current pricing on robot vacuums on sale during all of the big retailers' Black Friday sales, including a new top pick for the best robot vacuum deal without self-emptying: a mopping, smart mapping Shark model under $150.
The best Black Friday robot vacuum deals at a glance
Yet another Black Friday is (somehow) here, with its arrival often bringing flashbacks to last year's frantic shopping — including the items that you didn't end up buying, and then wished you had all year. If a robot vacuum didn't make the cut last year, let Black Friday 2024 be the time to finally ditch your current clunky vacuum and treat yourself to a significantly shorter chore list.
Black Friday deals are making high-end vacs super accessible
The robot vacs getting attention deals-wise this Black Friday are packed with high-end features — ones you may have previously been fine to settle without just because, at full price, they're a really intimidating investment. I'm personally eyeing the number of options that bring home smart mapping and small obstacle avoidance (no more eaten phone chargers) and self-washing and drying mopping pads in the $500 to $700 range.
Considering the latter two features in that trio I just rattled off were once so newfangled that they were only available in the $1,000+ range, these sale prices are ones to hop on without hesitation. And FWIW, several robot vacuums are already beating their previous record-low pricing that we saw during October Prime Day — and unlike Prime Day, no membership is needed to access these deals.
Below, I'm tracking the robot vacuum deals live throughout Black Friday weekend and into Cyber Monday. Though most of the robot vacuum deals in this list are for sure at their Black Friday prices (as Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy, and Target are in official Black Friday mode as of Thanksgiving), it's not impossible for a few new robot vacs to go on sale as Cyber Week approaches — so if you can be patient, checking back later wouldn't be a bad idea.
Deals are organized into two sections: robot vacuums that don't mop and robot vacuum and mop combos, with self-emptying docks noted when applicable. Within each category, all robot vacuum deals are ordered by price from cheapest to most premium. (Need help deciding which robot vacuum to buy? I have some guidelines.)
Note: Any deal marked with a 🔥 has dropped to a record-low price at Amazon.
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Best robot vacuum deal ahead of Black Friday
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This nearly 50% off discount on the Roomba Combo j5+ is stellar at first glance, but it looks like an even sweeter deal when compared to the current deal on the cheapest self-emptying Roomba, the Roomba Vac 2. For $249.99, that bare-bones Roomba doesn't mop and can't smart map your house. For $299 — just $50 more — the Roomba Combo i5+ can mop and can smart map to clean specific rooms in your home on command. If $300 is your budget cap for a new robot vacuum, spending that extra $50 is a no-brainer.
The only downside to choosing the Combo i5+ over the more advanced Combo j5+ that was on sale last week is that the i series Roombas don't have small obstacle avoidance technology, so they can't dodge things on the floor like charging cords or pet waste. However, if your home is already pretty tidy as it is, or you're down to deal with tidying up ahead of vacuuming, the Combo i5+ is a total steal at this price.
More robot vacuums (that don't mop) on sale
Ionvac SmartClean 2000 — $64.95 $129 (save $64.05)
Eufy L50 — $159.99 $199.99 (save $40)
Eufy L60 — $179.99 $279.99 (save $100) 🔥
Eufy L60 with self-empty station — $279.99 $398.99 (save $119) 🔥
Shark AI Ultra with self-empty station — $299.99 $599 (save $299.01)
Eufy X8 Pro with self-empty station — $349.99 $649.99 (save $300) 🔥
iRobot Roomba j7+ with self-empty station — $359 $799.99 (save $440.99) 🔥
iRobot Roomba j9+ with self-empty station — $599 $899 (save $300) 🔥
Robot vacuum and mop combos on sale
iRobot Roomba Vacuum and Mop Combo — $157.99 $274.99 (save $117) 🔥
Shark IQ Matrix 2-in-1 RV2402 — $148 $379.99 (save $231.99)
Roborock Q7 Max — $199.99 $599.99 (save $400) 🔥
Shark Matrix Plus 2-in-1 with XL self-empty station — $349.99 $699.99 (save $350) 🔥
iRobot Roomba Combo j5+ with self-empty station — $399.99 $799.99 (save $400) 🔥
Eufy Omni C20 self-empty and mop washing station — $399.99 $599.99 (save $200) 🔥
Roborock Q8 Max+ — $419.99 $819.99 (save $400) 🔥
Narwal Freo with self-empty and mop washing station — $499.99 $899.99 (save $400) 🔥
Yeedi M12 Pro+ with self-empty and mop washing station — $549.99 $999 (save $449.01) 🔥
Dreame L10s Pro Ultra with self-empty and mop washing station — $549.99 $999.99 (save $450) 🔥
Shark RV2820YE PowerDetect 2-in-1 with self-empty and mop washing station — $549.99 $899.99 (save $350) 🔥
Ecovacs Deebot T30S with self-empty and mop washing station — $599.99 $999.99 (save $400) 🔥
Eufy X10 Pro Omni with self-empty and mop washing station — $549.99 $799.99 (save $250) 🔥
Shark PowerDetect NeverTouch Pro with self-empty station — $699.99 $999.99 (save $300)
Narwal Freo X Ultra with self-empty and mop washing station — $799.99 $1,399.99 (save $600) 🔥
Roborock Qrevo Master — $899.99 $1,399.99 (save $500) 🔥
Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra — $1,099.99 $1,799.99 (save $600) 🔥
Leah Stodart is a Philadelphia-based Senior Shopping Reporter at Mashable where she covers essential home tech like vacuums and TVs as well as sustainable swaps and travel. Her ever-growing experience in these categories comes in clutch when making recommendations on how to spend your money during shopping holidays like Black Friday, which Leah has been covering for Mashable since 2017.
The robot vacuum beat in particular has cemented itself as Leah's main ~thing~ across the past few years. Since 2019, her expertise has been perpetually bolstered by the meticulous eye she keeps on robot vacuum deals and new releases, but more importantly, her hands-on experience with more than 25 robot vacuums tested in her own home. (This number has probably gone up by the time you're reading this.) That at-home testing is standardized through Mashable's robot testing guide — a granular scoring rubric for assessing all aspects of owning and using a robot vacuum on the daily — that Leah created herself.
Leah graduated from Penn State University in 2016 with dual degrees in Sociology and Media Studies. When she's not writing about shopping (or shopping online for herself), she's almost definitely watching a horror movie, "RuPaul's Drag Race," or "The Office." You can follow her on X at @notleah or email her at [email protected].
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