I went through them all and it seems the only one that's fully recommended is the Dreame Tech Z10 Pro. I actually bought it too the other day with the intention of installing this on it, so now waiting for delivery.
The rooting process seems relatively involved though, so we'll see how it goes.
[0] https://valetudo.cloud/pages/general/supported-robots.html#d...
> This was patched in many new firmwares. Do NOT update your robot via the Mi Home app if you want to root.
Which sounds ominous if you're buying the robot new today. How do you feel about posting back here, or emailing me, or whatever, after you give it a shot? That bot plus open source firmware looks absolutely ideal.
That doesn't mean that those robots aren't rootable though. We do have more rooting methods, however those aren't public currently. It is TBD how we will move on from here.
I'm still renting so I've not really bothered with any thermostat yet. I used to have a Nest Learning thermostat when I was living in a place where they allowed me to install it, but I gave that away when I moved.
Haven't bothered with thermostats since, and likely won't until I've moved into my own place, but I'm hoping to find a thermostat that can run without cloud or at least, with an OSS cloud replacement.
That said, once it worked, it's been working well since then! My only note is that you do need to make sure to keep the sensors clean or the map can "drift" and it'll stop understanding where it is. For me, to fix that, I had to reset the map before it would work reliably again.
I have a relatively new Roomba (one with the camera), and I hate it. Sure it can be more efficient than the old models without a camera, it insists on building an map of the house, which takes forever, constantly needs restarted because it literally can't find rooms, or just fails to update the maps, requiring you to start all over again. It doesn't even have those IR walls, that the old ones had.
IF there was a better mapping system, that would be helpful.
After like 10 years of trying these things, I've decided they're mostly a gimmick, but damn it, I want them to work.