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7.7

The Pure One S70 replaces the discontinued S15 Pet with a smarter floorhead, a green dust-revealing light and far longer rated runtime. Hands-on reviewers rate it highly on hard floors, low-pile rugs and pet hair, but it struggles on thicker carpet and is too new to have a reliability track record.

7.2

The Floor One S7 Pro is still a very good hard-floor washer: hands-on testers found it cleaned up syrup, raw eggs, pet hair and cat litter, cleans along both edges and helps push itself. But it lacks the heated self-cleaning and lie-flat design of Tineco's newer S7 models, its clean-water tank is small, and Vacuum Wars now ranks seven floor washers above it. Consider it only if it costs noticeably less than those newer siblings.

6.1

The WANDVAC Power Pet, sold in the UK as the WandVac 2.0, is a featherweight handheld with a tidy charging dock that keeps it ready on the counter. Two independent tests found about 15 minutes of runtime and a bin so small it filled after a fifth of a cereal spill, so other handhelds give you more for the money.

6

The NeverTouch Pro base empties the bin, refills the water and washes the mop pad so you rarely have to touch it, and the robot is excellent on hard floors. But independent labs found poor obstacle avoidance, middling carpet and mopping results, short battery life and one of the most basic apps in its class. The 3-year warranty is a real plus, yet rivals deliver more for the money.