Roombas are the floor cleaning choice of many homes but they’re very expensive. If you can’t afford that but you still don’t want to have to clean your floor yourself, get the RoboMop, the small floor cleaning robot.

This doesn’t have anywhere close to the functions of a Roomba. It is programmable but only to a small and simple extent. It’s perfect for taking care of bare floors that just need a bit of extra upkeep. It’s made for sweeping (or dusting) floors made from wood, granite, marble, or linoleum. Basically, any floor that’s hard.

 

It takes five hours to charge and will clean for an hour and a half before it needs to be plugged back in. It can sweep almost 200 square feet an hour. It’s equipped with soft pads to pick up dirt and is gentle on baseboards and furniture. It’s perfect for keeping pet hair or dust down in well-traveled areas of your home. Think of it is a cleaning helper. The RoboMop is $18.99.