UPDATE: Nov. 28, 2024, 6:15 p.m. EST This story has been updated to reflect the latest Black Friday sale pricing on self-emptying robot vacs as of Thanksgiving night, including a new Shark robot vacuum deal under $250.
The majority of robot vacuums you'll see on sale this Black Friday will be self-emptying ones, and there's a reason that feature is more common than not nowadays. Having a robot vacuum typically means you'll be vacuuming more often, and that means a fuller dustbin faster — but thanks to the universalization of the self-emptying dock, you won't have a hard time outsourcing dustbin duty for more than $300 or $400.
This wasn't the case even a few years ago, when automatic emptying was a feature reserved for the high-end robot vacs from a select few brands that were ahead of the game. Now, there are tons of options on both ends of the spectrum, including super affordable, compact options that barely take up more room than a non self-emptying option.
If your budget is a little more flexible, you can squeeze more out of your $500 to $1,000 during Black Friday and secure not only automatic emptying, but automatic water refilling and automatic mopping pad washing and drying. All of the big brands like iRobot, Shark, Roborock, and Eufy all have at least one robot vacuum and mop combo that deals with its own dust and dirty mopping pads all in the same dock, and nearly all of them have gotten a groundbreaking discount for Black Friday 2024.
And by "groundbreaking discounts," I mean new record-low prices across the board, giving you plenty of options to treat yourself to hands-off cleaning amid holiday stress. I'm tracking the best self-emptying robot vacuum deals below and will be refreshing this list as more options pop up throughout Cyber Monday. Note: All newly added or updated deals have been marked with a ✨, while struck-through deals were either sold out or expired at the time of writing.
I think of the Roborock Qrevo S as the diet version of my favorite self-emptying robot vacuum right now, the Roborock Qrevo Master. And unless you're one of the few open to spending $1,000 or more on a robot vacuum, you can probably deal with the Qrevo S skipping the Qrevo Master's fluff features like a livestream pet camera or extending side mop.
And anyway, the most important aspect about the Qrevo S is that it has that coveted self-washing and drying mopping pad feature baked into its self-empty dock. I also have to give Roborock credit for arming this Qrevo with the same dual spinning mopping pads as the Qrevo Master, which I feel do a more detailed mopping job than a singular pad that lays flat across the bottom of the vacuum.
If it sweetens the deal at all, just know that I had already honed in on the Roborock Qrevo S as one of the best early Black Friday robot vacuum deals when it originally went on sale for $549.99 in early November. Now, it's almost $100 cheaper than that.
Shark IQ RV2303AE — $248 $499.99 (save $251.99) ✨
iRobot Roomba i5+ — $279.99 $499.99 (save $220)
Eufy L60 — $279.99 $399.99 (save $120)
Eufy X8 Pro — $349.99 $649.99 (save $300)
Dreame D10 Plus Gen 2 — $259.99 $399.99 (save $140)
iRobot Roomba Combo j5+ — $399 $729.99 (save $330.99)
Shark Matrix Plus 2-in-1 — $349.99 $699.99 (save $350)
Eufy Omni C20 — $399.99 $599.99 (save $200)
Dreame L10s Ultra — $399.99 $799.99 (save $400)
Roborock Q8 Max+ — $419.99 $819.99 (save $400)
Yeedi M12 Pro+ — $549.99 $999 (save $449.01)
Shark PowerDetect NeverTouch 2-in-1 RV2820YE— $549.99 $899.99 (save $350)
Narwal Freo — $499.99 $899.99 (save $400)
Eufy X10 Pro Omni — $549.99 $799.99 (save $250)
Shark PowerDetect NeverTouch Pro 2-in-1 AV2800ZE— $699.99 $1,199.99 (save $500) ✨
Roborock Qrevo Master — $899.99 $1,599.99 (save $700)
