Despite it being an essential task — especially in bathrooms and the kitchen — few people truly enjoy mopping a floor. Imagine if you had something that could do it for you without complaining that didn’t require buckets of water, a dirty mop, back-breaking effort, or worse, getting down on your hands and knees? Enter the robot mop.
Similar to their robot vacuum counterparts, few robot mops are deep cleaners, but they add an extra level of clean to your routine and cut down on the number of times you have to do a deep cleaning session. The Good Housekeeping Institute’s Home Appliances and Cleaning Products Lab evaluates hundreds of products each year, including specialized floor cleaners like mops and robot vacuums. That means we know what actually works, and what doesn’t when it comes to cleaning.
When we test any wet floor cleaning tool, we evaluate how well it picks up dried messes (like sticky jelly and coffee dribbles) that we’ve applied to test floor panels installed in our Cleaning Lab. We also look at how easy it is to use and maintain and how much or how little water it leaves behind on wood, vinyl, and tile floors, to assess any potential damage. The robot mops below were selected based on experience with a brand, review of product information, videos, and online consumer reviews, and interviews with manufacturers:
Best Overall Robot Mop: iRobot Braava jet m6Best Value Robot Mop: Samsung Jetbot Robotic CleansBest Robot Mop and Vacuum Combo: Ecovacs OZMO T8 AIVI Smartest Robot Mop and Vacuum Combo : Eufy RoboVac L70 HybridBest Robot Mop for Small Spaces: iRobot Braava jet 240Best Robot Mop and Vacuum Combo for Large Areas: Ecovacs OZMO T5Quietest Robot Mop and Vacuum Combo: Roborock S6
What to look for when buying a robot mop
First, you’ll have to decide between the three types of robot mops – wet mops, dry-sweep and mop combos, and mop and vacuum combos. Wet mops squirt water onto your floor to loosen dirt, then wipe up the soiled liquid. Very few suction up the dirty water. Others that combine vacuuming or sweeping with mopping use damp disposable or reusable microfiber pads to wet-clean hard floors.
Next, you should also consider:
Battery life. Look for rechargeable batteries that last at least 90 minutes. If you have a larger space to clean, look for robot mops that recharge and resume, returning after charging to where they stopped cleaning to finish the job.Easy setup and maintenance. The easier the better when it comes to charging the robot mop, filling and emptying the water tank, removing or replacing the cleaning pads, and setting it up to clean once or on a regular schedule. Safety for floor surfaces. If your home is mostly wood floors, be sure the robot mop you select is designed to clean that surface. All robot mops are safe for vinyl and tile floors.Floor and carpet sensors. If you have a mix of carpet and wood floor, choose a robot mop that can determine the difference. Some robot mops have mapping features, which allow you to select only certain areas to clean.App integration. This is helpful if you like to see what your robot is up to, access maintenance issues, or schedule cleaning sessions in advance or while you are away. You can also set up no-go zones that should not be cleaned via app instead of manually blocking off the space.