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Appliances head-to-head

Blueair Blue Pure 211+vsSamsung Jet Bot AI+

Age hasn't cost the 2017 Blueair Blue Pure 211+ the lead: it averages 8.3 against 7.4 for the 2021 Samsung Jet Bot AI+, and takes Value 8.2 to 5.8.

Blueair Blue Pure 211+

Blueair

8.3

Moves a large room's worth of air while staying quiet enough to forget about.

Price and availability change constantly, so we don't quote them here — the link opens the current Amazon listing.

Samsung Jet Bot AI+

Samsung

7.4

A vacuum-only robot with no mop: the safe pick when warranty service beats raw spec numbers.

Price and availability change constantly, so we don't quote them here — the link opens the current Amazon listing.

Where they diverge

The widest gap is Value, Blueair Blue Pure 211+ ahead 8.2 to 5.8. They come closest on Ease of use, 8.6 to 8.0. Left of center is Blueair Blue Pure 211+, right is Samsung Jet Bot AI+.

Blueair Blue Pure 211+ versus Samsung Jet Bot AI+ — axis scores out of 10Horizontal bar chart of editorial scores out of 10 across 5 axes. Bars for Blueair Blue Pure 211+ run left from the axis labels, bars for Samsung Jet Bot AI+ run right. Blueair Blue Pure 211+: Performance 8.4, Value 8.2, Durability 7.8, Ease of use 8.6, Quietness 8.6. Samsung Jet Bot AI+: Performance 6.8, Value 5.8, Durability 8.8, Ease of use 8.0, Quietness 7.8.Blueair Blue Pure 211+ (left)Samsung Jet Bot AI+ (right)PerformanceBlueair Blue Pure 211+ — Performance 8.4 out of 108.4Samsung Jet Bot AI+ — Performance 6.8 out of 106.8ValueBlueair Blue Pure 211+ — Value 8.2 out of 108.2Samsung Jet Bot AI+ — Value 5.8 out of 105.8DurabilityBlueair Blue Pure 211+ — Durability 7.8 out of 107.8Samsung Jet Bot AI+ — Durability 8.8 out of 108.8Ease of useBlueair Blue Pure 211+ — Ease of use 8.6 out of 108.6Samsung Jet Bot AI+ — Ease of use 8.0 out of 108.0QuietnessBlueair Blue Pure 211+ — Quietness 8.6 out of 108.6Samsung Jet Bot AI+ — Quietness 7.8 out of 107.8Editorial score out of 10 — higher is better

Which one to pick

Take the Blueair Blue Pure 211+

Leads on Performance, Value, Ease of use and Quietness.

  • An open-plan living space rather than a bedroom-sized box
  • You want one control and no app
  • The washable fabric sleeve catching pet hair appeals to you

Take the Samsung Jet Bot AI+

Leads on Durability.

  • Getting a machine repaired rather than replaced matters to you
  • You already run Samsung appliances and want one app for all of them
  • You have decided you will mop by hand anyway

What each one gets wrong

Blueair Blue Pure 211+

  • Seeing a particulate number is part of trusting the machine
  • Carbon filtration for cooking smells is a priority

Samsung Jet Bot AI+

  • You wanted one machine to vacuum and mop
  • You are optimizing for spec numbers per dollar

Specs, side by side

SpecBlueair Blue Pure 211+Samsung Jet Bot AI+
CoverageLarge rooms—
FilterFabric pre-filter plus particle filter—
ControlsOne button, three speeds—
Mopping—None (vacuum only)
Station—Automatic dust emptying
Obstacle avoidance—AI object recognition
Integration—SmartThings

Rankings they both appear in

Questions

The Samsung Jet Bot AI+ is 4 years newer. Why does it score lower?
Because the axes didn't move the way the release dates suggest. The 2017 model takes Performance, Value, Ease of use and Quietness, widest on Value at 8.2 to 5.8. Durability is where the 2021 model answers, and whether that is enough is the whole question.
What did the 2021 model improve?
Durability. Durability runs 8.8 to 7.8. That is not enough to move the average, which stays 8.3 to 7.4.
Which one ranks higher in "The hum you stop hearing, the dock burst you never do"?
Blueair Blue Pure 211+ sits at #2 in "The hum you stop hearing, the dock burst you never do", Samsung Jet Bot AI+ at #3.