Best early Black Friday robot vacuum deals: Shark, Roborock already going hard

Best robot vacuum deals ahead of Black Friday

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Best non self-emptying deal

Eufy L50

$151.98 at Amazon
(save $48.01)

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Yet another Black Friday is quickly creeping up on us, with its arrival often bringing flashback’s to last year’s frantic shopping — including the items that you didn’t end up buying, and then wished you had all year. If a robot vacuum didn’t make the cut last year, let Black Friday 2024 be the time to finally treat yourself to a significantly shorter chore list.

After dealing with your current bumbling vacuum all year, there’s no reason to wait until Nov. 29 to find an upgrade-worthy robot vacuum deal. At this point, “Black Friday” is basically code for “the entire month of November.” Retailers like Best Buy, Walmart, and Target have already announced their official Black Friday plans for the month, and tons of (unofficial) early robot vacuum deals at Amazon are already popping up. (More robot vacuums than I can count on one hand are cheaper the first week of November than they were in the weeks after October Prime Day.)

Below, I’m tracking the robot vacuum deals live ahead of Black Friday. Deals are organized into two sections: robot vacuums that don’t mop and robot vacuum and mop combos, with self-emptying docks noted when applicable. Within each category, all robot vacuum deals are ordered by price from cheapest to most premium.

This list will be updated weekly with new deals in the lead-up to Black Friday week, so check back frequently to see if the model you’re eyeing drops. (Need help deciding which robot vacuum to buy? I have suggestions.)

Best robot vacuum deal ahead of Black Friday

Why we like it

This nearly 50% off discount on the Roomba Combo j5+ is stellar on its face, but it looks like an even sweeter deal when compared to the current deal on the less-smart Roomba Combo i5+. As of Nov. 4, you can officially snag the Combo j5+ for $100 less than the Combo i5+.

Both models mop and require you to be home to manually click the water tank on, and both can map your home and avoid (or tackle) carpeted rooms on command. But there’s one huge difference between the Combo i5 and Combo j5 that lead me to crown the Combo j5+ as the best mopping Roomba value: The j5 is the cheapest Roomba that uses iRobot’s obstacle avoidance tech to avoid eating phone chargers or smearing pet waste if the vacuum finds an accident before you do. This capability, which I first experienced when testing the Combo j7+, is an absolute game changer if your previous gripe with robot vacuums was that you had to tidy up before sending them out to clean.

More robot vacuums (that don’t mop) on sale

Robot vacuum and mop combos on sale