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Plain explainers on the specs that decide which machine suits your home, and which ones you can ignore.
Explainer
Pa is the suction number on the box. Here's what it measures, what it leaves out, and which floors make a bigger one worth having.
Lachlan Ford · November 2026
The spinning laser on top of a robot vacuum draws a floor plan as it drives. Here's how it does that, what the map is good for, and what the laser never sees.
Robot vacuums mop in three different ways. One wipes and two scrub, and a dried spill is where the difference shows.
A dock can charge the robot and nothing else, or empty it, wash its mop and refill its water. Here's what each job involves and what it leaves for you.
