The quietest machines to run in a small apartment

Buy it if

• A bedroom or a nursery where night-time noise decides everything
• You want scheduling and a sleep mode from an app
• Cheap replacement filters matter over years of ownership

Skip it if

• A large or open-plan room — this will run flat out and lose
• You expect the plastics to survive being knocked around

Buy it if

• 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

Skip it if

• You want a display showing particulate readings
• Carbon filtration for cooking smells is a priority

Buy it if

• 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

Skip it if

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

Buy it if

• Pet hair is ninety percent of what you are cleaning up
• A second vacuum for upstairs rather than the only one
• Replacement parts you can buy at a general store

Skip it if

• Deep carpet cleaning, where the motor runs out of authority
• You want a machine that feels solid in the hand

Buy it if

• You want a self-washing dock without stepping up to flagship money
• Hard floors and low-pile rugs, nothing thick
• It is your first robot vacuum

Skip it if

• Cables, socks, and toys are usually on the floor
• Thick carpet with pet hair worked deep into it