I don’t think they come in “buy it for life” varieties.
The closest thing would be a wet/dry shop vac. They won’t apply soapy water to the floor you’ll have to do that separately, but they start around $50, there are a million attachments for different applications, and they will last for ages.
For casual domestic use with a good life span I recommend Tineco. They’re a little bit on the expensive side but they go on sale all the time. Cordless convenience decent battery life, “self-cleaning” functions.
I know. And honestly most things are not BIFL life anymore. But there isn’t community for Best Quality Available for Purchase at This Stage of the Current Shitty Timeline, unfortunately. 🤷♂️🫠
Best option for most IMO is a Tineco refurb with a 2 year warranty. You can occasionally get them for like $75 on sale on eBay, or like $100 normally.
We have an old neato that is going on 10 years. Unfortunately venture capital bought them out and drove them into the ground. We just bought another which is a mop/vac combo from Eufy that we are happy with. As the other poster mentioned though, robot vacs and their various hybrids are not really BIFL.
True, they aren’t not BIFL items. But we need a place for these types things in today’s world where we can ask “what’s is the least shitty option” of this device that I still do actually need in life?
