Tapo Vacuums

Most people meet Tapo through a camera or a smart plug. It is TP-Link's smart home brand, and its robot vacuums run in the same Tapo app, which is a real reason to choose one if the rest of the house is already on it. The three robots here split into two budget self-emptying models at $200 and one full-dock flagship at $600.

The RV20 Max Plus and RV30 Max Plus share 5,300 Pa of suction, a 300 ml mop tank and an auto-empty dock with a 3-liter bag Tapo rates for about two months. The RV20 uses Tapo's MagSlim LiDAR in a body 83 mm tall, low enough for more sofas and beds. The RV30 adds LiDAR plus IMU navigation and a longer runtime of about three hours. Both handle rugs while mopping by detecting and routing around them, so neither lifts its pad. The RV50 Pro Omni is a different class of machine: 15,000 Pa, dual spinning mops, a dock that washes them in 140 °F water and dries them with warm air, 5-liter clean and 4-liter dirty tanks, and a 1-year warranty on robot and dock.

Owners of the RV20 Max Plus like the mapping, the slim body and getting a self-empty dock at this price. Their repeated complaint is the side brush motor, with failures or squealing reported within 6 to 12 months, sometimes fixed by clearing lint from the axle and sometimes needing a replacement. On the cheaper pair, check how much open floor you have in front of the dock and whether mopping around rugs, rather than lifting over them, is enough for your floors.