Basically all the best robot vacuums are at new record-low pricing for Black Friday

Pine needles and holiday cooking crumbs on the floor aren't your problem anymore.
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iRobot Roomba j7 and Roborock Qrevo Master robot vacuums arranged on blue and purple backdrop
If you've been considering automating your cleaning routine, Black Friday is the most affordable time to do it. Credit: iRobot / Roborock / Mashable composite

UPDATE: Nov. 29, 2024, 12:00 p.m. EST This story has been updated with current pricing on robot vacuums on sale during the morning of Black Friday itself, plus a few new Shark, Roomba, and Roborock deals that have gotten slightly cheaper.

The best Black Friday robot vacuum deals at a glance

Best non self-emptying deal
Shark IQ Matrix 2-in-1 RV2402
$148 at Walmart (save $231.99)
Shark robot vacuum, water tank accessories, and smartphone

Best budget self-emptying deal
iRobot Roomba Combo i5+
$299 at Amazon (save $250.99)
iRobot Roomba Combo i5+ robot vacuum on self-empty dock and smart phone with green iRobot app screen

Best premium deal
Roborock Qrevo S
$459.99 at Amazon (save $340)
White Roborock robot vacuum on self-empty dock and smartphone with Roborock logo on screen

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, aside from a few random ones at Amazon.

Below, I'm tracking the best Black Friday robot vacuum deals live through Cyber weekend and into Cyber Monday. Though Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy, and Target have dropped all of their heavy hitters by Black Friday itself, 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 three sections: robot vacuums that don't mop, robot vacuum and mop combos, and vacuum and mop combos that also wash and dry their own mopping pads. 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: All newly added or updated deals have been marked with a ✨, while struck-through deals were either sold out or expired at the time of writing. Any deal marked with a 🔥 has dropped to a record-low price at Amazon.

Best Black Friday robot vacuum deal

$299 at Amazon
$549.99 Save $250.99
 

Why we like it

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

Robot vacuum and mop combos on sale

Robot vacuum and mop combos with self-washing mop station on sale

Leah Stodart
Leah Stodart
Senior Shopping Reporter

Leah Stodart is a Philadelphia-based Senior Shopping Reporter at Mashable where she covers and tests essential home tech like vacuums and TVs, plus eco-friendly hacks. Her ever-evolving 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.

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