The Best Robot Vacuums for Pet Hair, on Carpet or Hardwood

The robot vacuum cleaners for pet hair, ranked

Top pick

1Best overall

1. eufy Omni E25

It picked up more hair than all but one of the 23 robots in the lab's run, and it steered around the fake pet mess.

$599.98

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Buy it if

You've got a heavy shedder, mostly carpet, and a pet who sometimes has accidents.

Skip it if

Your floors are mostly thin rugs, or your chairs sit close together. It's bad at tight spots under chairs.

Most hair goes straight to the bin rather than around the roller. A little collects at the sweeper arms and where the brush connects, and it's easy to pull off. In the lab's run with a fake pet accident, it went around the mess, which matters more in a home with a puppy or an old dog than any suction figure on the box.

The roller mop rinses itself as it goes, and the dock washes and dries it. It's fine for a fresh spill. It couldn't lift a dried coffee stain, so keep your own mop for that.

Pick the time it empties

The dock measured 80.5 decibels while emptying, and the lab called it a roar. I'd schedule the run for when you're out. The eufy bag holds about 75 days of dust by the maker's count.

Where it falls short

• It skips some edges and corners, and it scored just 5.6 out of 10 on hard floors.
• At 4.3 inches, it's the tallest robot on this page and won't clear many low couches.

2Best for carpet

2. Ecovacs Deebot N20 Pro Plus

The N20 Pro earned the top carpet score of 23 robots, and this version adds a bagless station to empty it.

$318.44

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Buy it if

Your home is mostly carpet, and you can pick up the floor before each run.

Skip it if

You've got a puppy, or an old dog who has accidents. It doesn't reliably steer around them.

It got 74 percent of the hair and the best carpet score of the 23, 9 out of 10, for a good deal less money than the E25. What separates the two is the driving: this one has trouble with socks and small toys, and the lab's fake accident didn't stop it.

Where it falls short

• Long hair can tangle the roller badly enough to take several minutes to clear.
• On hard floors it picked up 62 percent of the debris, and it left fine grit behind.

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Those numbers come from the plain N20 Pro, which has no station and a bin that fills quickly with hair. The button goes to the Pro Plus, which adds a bagless station that Ecovacs says holds 45 days of dust, with no bags to buy.

3Best for a cluttered floor

3. Dreame L50 Ultra

It had the best navigation score of the 23, with a pet mode that takes extra care around messes.

$759.99

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Buy it if

The floor is never quite clear: cat toys, phone cords, a dog bed that moves around.

Skip it if

Fur is the only problem you're trying to solve. The E25 picks up more of it for less money.

You're paying for a robot that doesn't get stuck. It scored 9.3 out of 10 for finding its way and avoiding things, the highest of the 23, and it avoided cords, furniture and pet accidents. Dreame adds legs that lift it up to 2.36 inches over door tracks and rug edges, and a choice of carpet modes that includes vacuuming twice and a suction boost, which is what I'd try on thick carpet.

Where it falls short

• At 64.9 decibels while cleaning, it runs louder than the E25 or the N20 Pro.
• A small amount of hair still wraps the main brush, and some clumps inside the robot over repeated passes.

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Surface fur is no trouble for it, but a dense clump may need a second pass. Sometimes it takes a heap of debris for an obstacle and drives around it.

4Best for hardwood floors

4. Roborock Qrevo CurvX

It cleared 96 percent of the debris on hardwood, and at 3.14 inches it goes where taller robots can't.

$749.99

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Buy it if

Your floors are mostly hardwood and your couch sits low.

Skip it if

You're dealing with a heavy shedder on carpet. It leaves balls of fur behind.

On hardwood it cleared 96 percent of the debris, and it took a coffee stain up in two passes. I rank it above the Shark despite the lower hair figure for that reason. Bare floor doesn't hold on to fur the way carpet does, and the 52 percent is a carpet number.

Where it falls short

• It's expensive for a robot that leaves fur on carpet.
• A little hair wraps around the ends of the roller, though the roller comes out easily.

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Roborock gives it a height of 3.14 inches, the lowest here, so it goes under sofas and cabinets where hair collects and you never look. It avoided cords and socks, and when it stops for an obstacle, you may have to clear the block in the app before it will run there again.

5Best without a mop

5. Shark AV2501AE AI Ultra

No water tank and no pads to wash, and a bagless base that Shark says holds 60 days of dirt.

$450.00

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Buy it if

You want a robot that vacuums and nothing else, with no bags to buy.

Skip it if

The floor is often cluttered. Its navigation scored 4.4 out of 10.

A mop means a water tank to fill and pads to wash, and plenty of homes with carpet will never use one. This robot leaves all of that out. It picked up about two-thirds of the hair, and its base has no bag, only a bin Shark says holds 60 days of dirt behind a HEPA filter.

Where it falls short

• The lab found it short on features next to the other robots it scored.

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I'd keep expectations modest: the lab called its navigation clunky, and it scored 4.4 out of 10 on hard floors.

At a glance

Robot	Price	Best for	Pet hair picked up	Mop	Where the dust goes
1eufy Omni E25	just under $600	A heavy shedder and the odd accident	86%	Roller, washed at the dock	3 L bag, about 75 days
2Ecovacs Deebot N20 Pro Plus	about $318	Carpet, for a lot less money	74% (N20 Pro)	Vibrating pad	Bagless, about 45 days
3Dreame L50 Ultra	just under $760	Toys, cords and accidents on the floor	68%	Pads, washed hot at the dock	Bag, about 100 days
4Roborock Qrevo CurvX	just under $750	Hardwood, and low couches	52%	Pads, washed hot at the dock	2.7 L bag
5Shark AV2501AE AI Ultra	about $450	A home that only wants vacuuming	About 64%	None	Bagless, about 60 days

Best robot vacuum and mop for pet hair

Four of these five mop. For hair first and mopping second, stay with the E25. For a mop that does more of the work, the CurvX has the better record on stains. Check the carpet settings on any of them, so a wet pad doesn't cross a rug; the L50 can leave its pads at the dock for a dry run over carpet.

Best robot vacuum for pet hair on hardwood floors

The CurvX, and the gap is wide. The N20 Pro scored 5.1 out of 10 on hard floors and the E25 5.6, against 9.3 for the CurvX. Fine grit and edges are what hard floors show up, and that's where the N20 falls behind.

Best robot vacuum for pet hair without a mop

The Shark. A mopping robot with its pads left off still costs you the dock that washes them, and the Shark has no such dock to pay for.

Best robot vacuum for pet hair and carpet

The N20 Pro Plus, by the numbers, with the E25 if accidents are part of your week. Neither score tells you much about very deep pile, so for thick carpet and pet hair I'd go with the L50 and its carpet modes. A robot won't reach the couch either: for fur on the upholstery, a hand tool like the ChomChom Roller does what no floor robot can.

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