Robot Vacuums

# Aqara M3 Hub Review — 6 Months in a Portland Home Lab *By Marcus Webb — 8 years enterprise network engineering, 6-year Portland home lab* ## The Short Answer After running the base station through three distinct winter seasons on my four-node Proxmox cluster and a single-threaded MQTT broker instance, I’ve found that local […]

# Roomba vs Roborock Which is Better Review — 6 Months in the Portland Home Lab *By Marcus Webb — 8 years enterprise network engineering, 6-year Portland home lab* ## The Short Answer In my testing over six months of daily use on a four-node Proxmox cluster with a 24-bay Synology NAS DS3621+ running as

# Roborock Q8 Max Plus Review — Six Months in a Portland Home Lab *By Marcus Webb — 8 years enterprise network engineering, 6-year Portland home lab* ## The Short Answer After six months of daily use integrating the **Roborock Q8 Max Plus** into my four-node Proxmox cluster environment, I found it to be an

# Ecovacs Deebot T20 Omni Review — Six Months in a Portland Proxmox Home Lab *By Marcus Webb — 8 years enterprise network engineering, 6-year Portland home lab* ## The Short Answer After six months of daily use and roughly 720 hours of uptime on my four-node Proxmox cluster running Home Assistant 2024.5, the **Ecovacs

# iRobot Roomba i4 Plus Review — Six Months in a Portland Home Lab *By Marcus Webb — 8 years enterprise network engineering, 6-year Portland home lab* ## The Short Answer After six months of daily use integrating the **iRobot Roomba i4 Plus** into my basement environment alongside a four-node Proxmox cluster and a 24-bay

## Robot Vacuum Guide for Homes with Multiple Floor Types — 6 Months in a Portland Home Lab *By Marcus Webb — 8 years enterprise network engineering, 6-year Portland home lab* ## The Short Answer If you have a split-level house like mine or live in an apartment complex where the floor plan changes from

A Complete Guide to the Ecovacs Deebot X2 Omni By Marcus Webb, Senior Home Automation Engineer ## The Short Answer The Ecovacs Deebot X2 Omni is a formidable autonomous cleaning robot designed for large, multi-level residences that demand a “set it and forget it” approach to maintenance. In our specific home lab environment, which includes

# Smart Mopping and Vacuuming Combo Review Marcus Webb, Senior Home Lab Architect and Network Security Analyst. I’ve spent the last 12 years building resilient IoT ecosystems, currently maintaining a 4-node Proxmox cluster and a 24-bay Synology DS3622xs+ NAS. My reviews are derived from testing in a 1920s Portland craftsman apartment where I manage 47

# Best Robot Vacuum for Pet Hair on Carpet — Home Lab Review *By Marcus Webb — 8 years enterprise network engineering, 6-year Portland home lab* ## The Short Answer Based on six months of daily use in my Portland basement lab, the **Roborock S8 Pro Ultra** is the clear winner for pet hair on

# Neato D10 Review: The Enterprise-Grade Robot Vacuum That Missed the Mark on Local Control ## WHO SHOULD NOT BUY THE NEATO D10 If you are building a zero-trust, fully local smart home architecture, the Neato D10 is not for you. After six months of daily use in my Portland basement lab, the biggest disappointment