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It's Spring Cleaning season, and as a homebody, there's nothing better than coming back to a clean house.

IMHO, one of the most tiresome spring cleaning tasks is vacuuming and mopping hard floors, and as someone who struggles with spring-awoken hay fever and easily triggered dust allergies, I hate doing it. And it seems I'm not the only one.

According to Afterpay's Afterpaid report , which analyses shopping and cultural trends based on transaction data, robot vacuum purchases surged by 49% in 2025, with more Aussies turning to automation to handle the task entirely.

After reviewing some of the best robot vacuums during my tenure at Tom's Guide, I cannot recommend automated floor cleaning enough. You can pop your preferred robot on a schedule, select different modes for different rooms, and block key zones you want it to avoid.

That said, finding a great-value robot vacuum can be difficult, especially if you have tighter purse strings.…