This new robot vacuum can hold two months’ worth of dust without the need for a bulky dock

• The 3i G10+ has a big onboard dust bin with dust compression
• It’s designed to hold up to two months’ worth of dirt in one go
• This removes the need for a bulky self-empty dock

If your home is on the smaller side but you still want a robot vacuum, typically you need to make a choice: opt for a bulky dock with a big dust cup that the robovac can automatically empty into, or take a compact, charge-only dock and commit to manually emptying the bot’s small onboard bin on a regular basis.

3i has come up with a third option. Its newly announced G10+ robot vacuum has built-in dust compression, and aims to be the best robot vacuum for those with small homes.

Inside, you’ll find a mechanical paddle that physically squishes the contents of the onboard dustbin as the bot goes about its cleaning, to maximise how much dirt it can carry. The onboard bin itself is also large at 950ml – bigger than that found on most cordless vacuums.

All that means that even though there’s nowhere for the robot to dump its dirt in the dock, it still shouldn’t need emptying too often. In fact, 3i suggests it can hold up to eight weeks’ worth of dust and debris… although that will vary by how much there is in your home that needs sucking up. (Pet owners should expect to have to empty it more regularly, for instance.) If you’re worried about debris being stored for so long, 3i has added a built-in UV light to sterilize the bin’s contents.