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You don’t have to wait until actual Black Friday to find a good self-emptying robot vacuum deal

Black Roborock Qrevo S robot vacuum on self-empty dock sitting against wall with living room scene in background

A quick look at the best self-emptying robot vacuum deals ahead of Black Friday

Best under $ 300
Dreame D10 Plus Gen 2

279.99 (save $ 120)

Dreame robot vacuum on self-empty dock beside smartphone with color-coded map on screen


Best Roomba deal
iRobot Roomba Combo j5+

399 (save $ 330.99)

iRobot Roomba Combo j5+ robot vacuum on self-empty dock, water tank, and smartphone with green iRobot screen


Best hybrid deal with self-cleaning mopping pads
Roborock Qrevo S

549.99 (save $ 250)

White Roborock Qrevo S robot vacuum on self-empty dock and smartphone with Roborock on screen

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 we’re expecting them all to get groundbreaking discounts for Black Friday 2024.

In fact, prices have already started to drop weeks before Black Friday officially comes on Nov. 29, meaning you have plenty of options to treat yourself to automated cleaning amid Thanksgiving stress. I’m tracking the best self-emptying robot vacuum deals below and will be refreshing this list as more options pop up.

Best early Black Friday self-emptying robot vacuum deal

Roborock Q Revo S

$ 549.99 at Amazon
$ 799.99 Save $ 250.00

Why we like it

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 — especially when at $ 549.99, you could buy two Qrevo S vacs for the price of one on-sale Qrevo Master.

Buying the Qrevo S at Amazon over Roborock’s own website also saves you an extra $ 50.

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.

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