What are the Differences Between Robot Vacuum Cleaner with and without Rolling Brushes?

Floor sweepers with and without rolling brushes differ in cleaning effectiveness, applicable scenarios, maintenance difficulty, and so on as detailed below:• Cleaning effectiveness: Sweepers with rolling brushes deliver better cleaning results. They typically consist of side brushes, rubber rolling brushes, and bristle rolling brushes, which can sweep up dust, debris, and other particles from the floor and suck them into the dust collection box with the help of a suction motor. They effectively clean both large particles and fine dust. Sweepers without rolling brushes generally use a structure of dual side brushes plus a suction port, relying on suction to absorb dirt. They are less effective than those with rolling brushes when dealing with sticky debris like rice grains or floors with heavy dust.• Hair handling: Sweepers without rolling brushes have an advantage in hair handling—they do not suffer from hair tangling around the rolling brush, making cleaning more hassle-free. Like PUREARIC Robot Vacuum Cleaner V2 and V3, all have sweeping and mopping fuction, instead of rolling brushes, to prevent tangling hari and ensure excellent cleaning effectiveness.

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Sweepers with rolling brushes, unless equipped with specially designed brushes,as PUREATIC N5 are prone to hair tangling, especially with rubber-bristle hybrid brushes, where hair gets tangled in the middle and is troublesome to clean. However, some modern sweepers now use anti-tangling brushes, which have improved this issue.

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• Applicable scenarios: Sweepers with rolling brushes are suitable for daily household cleaning. They can reach deep into corners and along walls and adapt well to various floor materials. However, in areas with extremely high hygiene requirements, such as hospitals and laboratories, where hair can easily carry bacteria, sweepers without rolling brushes are more appropriate. They avoid the rolling brush becoming a source of bacterial transmission after tangling with hair.• Maintenance difficulty: The rolling brushes of sweepers with rolling brushes may accumulate dust, hair, and stains after long-term use and require regular disassembly and cleaning. If hair is tangled, cleaning becomes more time-consuming. Sweepers without rolling brushes have no maintenance issues related to rolling brushes; only regular cleaning of the dust collection box and side brushes is needed.• Obstacle avoidance capability: The bottom of sweepers without rolling brushes is relatively streamlined, allowing them to pass through obstacles more smoothly and be less likely to get stuck, resulting in better obstacle avoidance. Sweepers with rolling brushes, due to the protruding rolling brush, may be blocked by low or narrow obstacles, especially models with large rolling brushes or low profiles.