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krosaenlast Monday at 5:46 PM1 replyview on HN

Anyone have experience with https://valetudo.cloud?

Seems like could be a good solution to using best rated (chinese) vacuum's while mitigating privacy concerns.

I am bummed that US robovacs aren't that competitive. Rooting for Matic, though currently don't seem to be as good as Dreame / roborocks [1] (can't go under furniture, apparently take longer to clean same area, tout "vision only" as a feature while charging more - you would think having fewer sensors / no lidar would bring costs down).

[1] https://vacuumwars.com/matic-robot-vacuum-review/


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thefunnymanlast Monday at 6:02 PM

Yup, been using it on an older roborock s5 for several years now. It's excellent and works flawlessly with home assistant. Cannot recommend enough. The robot running its own webserver while it cleans my apartment is still so funny to me.