Vexilar W15
Worth taking seriously. Its cleaning scores are now staged, but it remains a coverage/research model until ownership support, replacement-parts confidence and the repeated side-brush issue are better understood.
RightRobot's current view
Worth taking seriously. Its cleaning scores are now staged, but it remains a coverage/research model until ownership support, replacement-parts confidence and the repeated side-brush issue are better understood.
V20.28 has now staged conservative cleaning/navigation evidence from Mumsnet's month-long family-home test and the Irish Examiner's exact-model review. The repeated side-brush issue stays as an unresolved ownership/reliability claim rather than being converted into a reliability score.
Coverage last checked: 15 Aug 2026.
What looks good — and what to weigh up
Reasons to consider it
- Strong suction for the price in hands-on testing
- Accurate LiDAR mapping
- Bagless dock avoids replacement dust-bag costs
Trade-offs / checks
- Mopping is basic
- Self-emptying is loud
- Setup/app behaviour has some quirks
- Support and spare-parts confidence is less established
Sources behind this coverage
These sources support identity, specifications or RightRobot's evidence position. A source being listed does not mean every claim on it becomes a Home Fit score.