2 years in , works very good, never had issues , only had to put it back to the charger once over all this time and im not particularly careful on stuff laying around like cables and such. litterally 1 week after i wrote this it completely stopped working, tried everything its just dead Read more

I bought the robot vacuum June 2023. The vacuum part worked great I tried using the mop and it worked good only one time. The second time I tried using the mop it didn’t work at all. I figured it was clogged because the ports are super tiny. I didn’t make a big deal since the vacuum portion worked great until the beginning of March 2024. It was in the middle of cleaning cycle and I paused it to clean out the dirt tray. When I turned it back on it made a 360° turn then stopped said error. I check the app it said abnormal fan error. I tried several times to get it to work and it kept saying the same thing. It never work again. I then contacted their customer support on 3/10/2024 went back and forth with them via email for a week. I did everything they wanted me to the robot still didn’t work. Then they sent a reply to me on 3/15/2024 - it should be shipping from China factory that it need to wait for the shipping about 5-20 working days. I then reply email to them on 3/25 to find out if I was going to get a email when it ships or shipping confirmation as of today 3/29/24 I have not received any response back. I know that this product is not cheap 500.00 and for me to go round and round for a week and then tell me it’s another 5-20 working days before it gets shipped from China. Give me a break that’s totally unacceptable. Now I have had to spend more time and money to buy another vacuum to get by with. Here again more money down the drain. As of today 5/21/2024 I have sent numerous follow up emails to customer support to see when I would be receiving a new robot. Now no reply backs and still have not received a new robot as promised. 20 business day have since passed by, now it is 2 months still getting the run around from company. Claiming robot is stuck in customs it’s been over 10 days still nothing. 5/29/24 they said the sent another vacuum provided me with a tracking number and website but it only showed the information of a package movement. No address where it was being sent to just said United States. 6/6/2024 I checked the website they gave me with tracking number now it says package being returned to sender. At this point I have no faith that I will get a replacement vacuum. ***UPDATE 7/10/2024 sent follow up emails now no one is responding. They promised I would get a replacement it never came and now no responses to any of my emails. Shady business practices DON’T BUY FROM THIS COMPANY! Still never received placement and it’s 10/6/2024. Read more

My son always says, “You get what you pay for.” In other words, if you pay less for something, you get less. This could be less in terms of features or less durability or less tech support or shorter warranty period, etc. Well, my recent experience with robot vacuums disproves his theory. Bad Choice Purchase. Recently, I purchased a name brand, top-of-the-line robot vacuum for over $1000 including discounts. On paper, it sounded perfect and included vSLAM mapping technology (I was not yet aware of lidar mapping), and a completely separate mopping unit. After attempting to use it for a couple of weeks, I returned it. It did a lousy job of mapping and the mapping took days, and it never did a complete job. Some areas of the house were skipped and I found it impossible to force it to map those areas. All I could do was start over and hope it mapped it on the second attempt, but, alas, it did not. The map itself was very rough and made it impossible to see straight walls. This vacuum never did do straight lines and appeared to move about randomly while vacuuming. For me, the killer was when I found the vacuum couldn’t handle carpet. It kept getting stuck, and when it did, I could hear it spinning its wheels. To free itself, it would turn in a tight circle leaving a string of circles all the way down the carpet. When it was able to go in a straight line it did so in a jerky fashion as it got stuck, got free, got stuck etc. I figured at this rate it would burn up its motor while it ruined the carpet. Consequently, I returned it to the vendor where I had bought it. Research-based Purchasing. I decided that I needed to do more research before buying a replacement robot vacuum. I created a spread sheet with all of the attributes of each vacuum. I also included reviewer rating scores and read numerous reviewer comments making certain that I read comments from each rating category for each vacuum. I picked out a set of attributes that I wanted the selected vacuum to have and culled down the group of vacuums to only those that had them. I noticed that the Laresar L6 Pro had the highest reviewer rating of the group. It received a 4.6 out of 5.0, while the next highest was 4.4 out of 5.0. The vacuum I returned had received a 3.9 out of 5.0. I guess I should have paid more attention to such details. I began reading the long list of reviews and was even more impressed. Almost all of the viewers had nothing but strong praise for all aspects of the vacuum and the few that had any negative comments were regarding trivial problems. The more I read, the more impressed I was with what the reviewers were saying. In comparing the Laresar to all of the other vacuums on my list, it was clear that the Laresar was the clear winner due to its features and reviewer ratings and comments. Incidentally, I had never heard of the Laresar brand before, and when reading articles such as “The ten best robot vacuums in 2022” and similar titles, Laresar is never mentioned. That’s too bad, because in my opinion it is the best regardless of cost on the market. I’ll tell you why, next. Lidar vs vSLAM. One of my requirements is that I would only consider vacuums using Lidar mapping technology. Lidar is hands-down better at mapping your house. It is both faster (much, much faster) than visual mapping (vSLAM) and much more accurate than vSLAM. While vSLAM requires multiple whole house scans with each one pretty much taking all day to build a map, the Lidar mapping takes only one full house scan to complete an accurate map. I should mention that both Lidar and vSLAM continue to make improvements to the map each time you vacuum. The Laresar L6 Pro has a high-capacity battery that lasts more than 2 hours, so it can complete a quick and accurate scan of most houses on a single charge. In fact, when I first plugged the Laresar into its charging station it scanned and built a map of the room it was in while it was charging. Consequently, I was favorably impressed pretty much right out of the box. House-map Modification. In the process of building the initial map the Laresmart App automatically divides the map into rooms at what it considers to be natural points of division , and it names the rooms such as room 1, room 2, etc. After the map (first figure above) has been created, the Laresmart App has a feature that allows you to modify the map by renaming the rooms to more familiar names such as kitchen, master bedroom, etc. It also allows you to merge rooms into one or to divide large rooms into multiple smaller rooms. You can also create invisible walls, keep out areas, and special vacuum areas. I used an invisible wall at the doorway to my office (bordering room 7 on the left), because I didn’t want the vacuum going in there and getting tangled up in the computer related cables and wires and all the other junk I have in there. I wanted to be able to keep the door open so that it didn’t get too warm in there, so the invisible wall was the solution. I also installed a small keep out area in a corner of the family room that my wife uses as a charging station for her iPhones and iPads etc., and another one on the right side of room 7 closing off the closet doorway from the master bath. I should add that all of these modifications worked exactly as designed. Note that the current map shows the most recent cleaning pattern. In the map represented by the first figure. the rectangle showing the vacuum path illustrates a spot cleaning in the upper part of the yellow Dining Room area. Room 7 at the very top of the map was not actually mapped, but the vacuum lidar got a glimpse through the door opening of my office on the left side and one of the closets on the right side before I shut the doors in each location before it was able to get into the rooms. Scheduling. Another handy feature is “Timing.” This is an amusing misnomer for “Scheduling.” It allows you to schedule the robot to clean somewhere at a certain time and day. You can make this a one-time schedule or a repeating schedule. For example, I scheduled it to clean all of the rooms containing carpet on Saturday mornings. To do this, you select the day and time and whether it should repeat and how often. When you click “cleaning position,” which refers to which rooms should be cleaned, your house map appears. You simply click on the rooms that should be cleaned. I’ve tested this and it works perfectly. Suction. The Laresar features suction strengths labeled “quiet, standard, strong, and maximum.” My wife keeps a pretty clean house, so it is hard to see a difference between the different suction strengths, but using the Laresmart App to switch between the different strengths does make a difference in the sound levels. I used the “quiet” strength to map the house. This maximized the battery time making it more likely the vacuum would compete the mapping before the battery ran out. Even while vacuuming in the “quiet” mode, I noticed that the vacuum picked up any little bit of material that was not a part of the floor or carpet. I haven’t tried throwing Cheerios or something else on the floor to see how well it picks it up, but I have watched a number of videos in which the Laresar was tested in this manner, and it did very well in those videos. Consequently, I did not feel it necessary to duplicate those tests. Systematic Cleaning. Regarding vacuuming, the Laresar L6 Pro seems to use a systematic method. It first vacuums all the way around the perimeter of a room. Then it fills in the area within the perimeter by vacuuming in straight rows. It displays this pattern on the app, so that you can see that no areas have been missed. I really like this feature, because it increases my confidence that the robot is doing a really good job of completely covering the area. Incidentally, the rows are all parallel throughout the entire house (see the second figure above.) Whenever the Laresar finishes a “job” it goes directly back to the charger taking the most direct route. I’ve never had it run out of battery before finishing a “job,” but if it did run low on battery, it would go back and charge and when it was finished charging, it would finish the job. As I mentioned, I haven’t experienced a case where Laresar ran out of battery, so I’ll just have to take their word for this. If nothing else, this confirms that the Laresar has a high-capacity battery. Incidentally, I should mention that the Laresar ran for 151 minutes on a single charge in completing its initial mapping run with the vacuum suction set to “quiet.” Mopping. The Laresar also does “mopping,” which consists of a light spray of water and then dragging a mop pad over it. This is similar to most other vacuums that do “mopping.” If commanded to do so, it can sweep a spot and then mop it, sweep then mop, etc. until it has finished a room or area. It also can be set to mop using a “y” pattern. I don’t know what the purpose of this is and didn’t consider it important enough for further investigation. Since I have hardwood floors that do not allow spraying with water, I do not plan on using the mopping feature and also did not test it. A number of other reviews did test it, and it seemed to work well considering what it was doing. Records. The Laresmart app keeps a record of each time the vacuum goes out and cleans (see the third figure above). It maintains a running total of cleaning area, cleaning times, and time spent cleaning. For each cleaning episode, it also provides the cleaning time, the area cleaned in square meters, and the time of day. Click the right arrow for the cleaning episode and it shows the date and time and the house map with the cleaning pattern taken by the vacuum. Emptying the Dust Bin. The Laresar L6 Pro includes self-emptying of the dust bin. The Laresmart app allows several options regarding the frequency of emptying. I selected the option of emptying the dust bin after every cleaning. The central depository for the refuse collected by the vacuum, which is located in the charging station, should allow me to go about 60 days without having to change collection bags. This is similar to several other robot vacuums. I did not see any vacuums that allowed for a greater volume of vacuum debris and many of them were smaller. It is obvious to me that the amount of time it takes to fill the storage bag depends on how clean or dirtty you house normally is. The debris bag is cleverly designed so that when you pull up on the tab to remove it, it closes the opening thereby keeping the dust from entering the room. Purchase Cost. Interestingly, I did not care so much how much the vacuum cost as long as it did what I wanted. My son’s philosophy of buying the most expensive item in order to get the most capability or best quality is sometimes valid – but it was way out-to-lunch in this case. I thought the Laresar L6 Pro turned out to easily beat out the competition, while simultaneously having the lowest price tag. While the list price was around $600, I was able to get a coupon discount that dropped it to $400 on Amazon. It was a good buy at $600 and at $400, it was a steal – in my humble opinion. The Cons. I have only one complaint regarding this excellent robot vacuum, and that is that the documentation that comes with it is woefully lacking. For the most part, I found it necessary to sort of stumble around until I could figure out what a setting was supposed to do or what features were available to me. I also found that other reviews, which were all excellent, were very helpful in discovering how to use this vacuum cleaner. It was quite apparent that English was a second language for the developer of the Laresmart app with a number of features being given somewhat amusing names. For example, “scheduling” was called “timing” and the dust bin emptying frequency was called “Dust collecting treasure.” I’m not sure if this was an attempt at humor by the developer or if the person has an alternative meaning for treasure. There were several other amusing terms used in the documentation that I don’t recall right now. Also, explanations of what the settings are and what they do were no where to be found. In many cases, they were pretty much self explanatory, perhaps that explains why there is so little documentation. I guess if I can figure it out, pretty much anybody can, but I was so positively impressed by the functioning of this vacuum that I would consider writing a manual for Laresar. All in all, the inadequacies of the documentation is a very minor concern to me, because I was able to figure it all out in the end. Summary. Having had a bad experience with a major name-brand, top-of-the-line, expensive robot vacuum, I was determined to find one that would do everything I wanted it to. The Laresar L6 Pro filled the bill for me by meeting all of my requirements and then some. I wanted a vacuum with the following features, on which I would not make any compromises. These items should also be considered “Pros” of the Laresar L6 Pro. Self-Emptying Dust Bin with Minimum 60-day-capacity Reservoir High Capacity Battery that Lasts More than 2 Hours Lidar Mapping Technology Editable House Maps including Room Naming, Merging or Splitting of Rooms, Invisible Barriers, Keep-out Zones, Special Vacuum Zones Vacuum Tracking Patterns Showing Areas Vacuumed and Coverage Allows the Selection of Which Room or Rooms to Be Vacuumed Scheduling by Room, Zone, or Auto (Whole House) by Day of Week, Time of Day, and One-time or Repeated Daily or Every Week or Month Spot Cleaning Selectable Suction Levels Go to Dock Command Allows the Location of the Docking Station to Be Moved Without Remapping (not tested) As indicated, that last item was not tested and should be classed as desirable but not mandatory. Also, this item was not used to cull the list of candidate vacuums. The Laresar L6 Pro had one “Con” and that was inadequate documentation for both the vacuum and the Laresmart App. My overall rating for this vacuum is 5 Stars plus. 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Works pretty good, initially was hesitant of switching from house help to a machine. But this works better, the only thing that you need to do is move the light furniture like single seater sofas, it cleans pretty good around the center & side tables. Corners are cleaned better than what a helper would do. Bought after alot of research and would highly recommend, works same as robots worth 70-100k at half the price & the app features work perfect for cleaning just a room / zone / timer with or without mopping. Read more

I've only used it once so far. Quite impressed by maneuverability. It moves well around objects and over slight elevation changes (e.g., from vinyl floor to relatively thick rug). Suction isn't quite as powerful as I expected (even at max setting), but I don't have experience with other robotic vacuums so my expectation was not calibrated based on the performance of any others. It may be that the suction power is quite good compared to other robotic vacuums. Regardless, the suction is definitely adequate for a fully automated area sweep of the house. Any areas that occasionally require more suction can be handled by my larger manual vacuum. The automation is the primary benefit of this machine. The versatility provided by the scheduling and area partitioning features in the application is appreciated. I didn't find the start-up instructions perfectly clear, but once I figured out how to get the vacuum started on the initial lidar scan of my house I have found operation to be quite straight-forward. English versions of the quick-start guide, user manual, and application could use a bit of revision to improve clarity though. It is obvious that the developers are not from a primarily English-speaking country so I wouldn't hold it against them too much. Read more