We compared 10 robot vacuums for sand pickup - and one model was the clear favorite - ZDNET

Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. Home & Office > Kitchen & Household > Robot vacuums ZDNET's latest Lab Award crowns the top robot vacuum that picked up the most sand in our testing. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. For many, robot vacuums have become an answer to the annoying chore we all have to do to keep our homes clean. But not all robot vacuums are created equal. While they have gotten much smarter since their early days of bumping around furniture and leaving dirty edges behind, we decided to really put them to the test. To find out which robot vacuums are the best, we ran dozens through the gauntlet in our lab in Kentucky, evaluating suction power, navigation performance, object avoidance, noise level, and, most importantly, pickup performance. Also: The best robot vacuums for pet hair We compared 10 robot vacuums based on our smart home reviewer Maria Diaz‘s recommendations from her real-world home testing, as well as the products we’ve tested in our lab. The robot vacuum that stood above the rest in terms of debris pickup was the Ecovacs X8 Pro Omni. In our lab, we