The World’s Smallest Robot Vacuum? SwitchBot K10+ 

Hi, thanks for letting me know. It appears it is just temporarily out of stock on Amazon UK - must be a lot of people making a new year purchase! It's still in stock direct from SwitchBot though and I'm sure it'll be back on Amazon within a few days.

Yeah but it's frequently discounted, £399 right now with a code on Amazon. By the looks of things a lot of base-station self-emptying vacuums in this category all use disposable bags. I'm hoping it might be possible to open, clean, and re-seal the bags but I guess even in that scenario they may not last more than a couple of re-uses. A service pack is £60 / year for filters and bags, hopefully they'll start selling the accessories separately soon.

I can’t see the curtains for 30% off?

My apologies - the Black Friday deal of 30% off starts 17th November

@@SpeakToTheGeekTech no worries, thanks for advising - will keep an eye out!

Hi, and thanks! No, the spinning brush doesn't cause any damage at all that I've noticed. It's quite a gentle brush and not spinning too fast. I think it's mostly designed to nudge dirt into the path of the roller that's underneath - the roller does most of the work and the brush just helps to into the edges and corners. If this is your first robot vacuum then you should know that it won't be as effective as a proper vacuum cleaner, they rarely are for just one single clean. But if you run it every day then the cumulative effect is your floors and carpets are much cleaner. I use the robot 3-4 times a week, whereas we'd only proper vacuum normally once a week. Now our downstairs floors rarely need proper vacuuming, we just get that out for the stairs and upstairs rooms (which haven't got the robot treatment yet!)

@@SpeakToTheGeekTech Thanks, Oliver. I’m looking to use it regularly and frequently too rather than our only when we have to approach 🫣.

Hi Oliver. Well I went and did it, bought a Switchbot K10+. I’ve been using it for a couple of days and I’m very impressed with it. One thing though the user guide says the steering castor is detachable. On mine if you don’t support the robot under the castor when you pick it up the castor drops off. From your experience is this normal or is this too detachable? Thanks.

@@stevesmith7675 On mine the castor is removable, but it stays in place when I pick it up. I just had a look with a torch inside the hole where it goes and it looks like it's held in place by a sprung fitting, maybe a ball bearing on a spring or something that grips the indentation on the castor's pin. Perhaps that spring has failed on yours?

@@SpeakToTheGeekTech. There is no spring or ball bearing in the slot where the castor fits. Nothing in the packaging either. I’ll contact Switchbot. Hopefully a simple fix.

Normal Dyson or robot Dyson? I still have a Dyson ball vacuum that’s about 10 years old and just about working still. The robot can’t do the stairs!

Almost as good as a Henry ( or Henrietta ) which are made here in the UK. There's a reason why you see Henrys being used in Hotels and other commercial settings. They're outstandilgly good, extremely robust and relatively inexpensive.