You can schedule robot vacuums around nap time — with no-go zones to protect the nursery

The best quiet vacuums let you schedule cleanings down to the minute and pause from an app. Pair that with no-go zones and the vacuum happily cleans the living room while the baby sleeps undisturbed in the nursery.

A robot under 55 decibels during standard cleaning is quiet enough that you forget it’s running. Which is the whole point of a robot vacuum — you shouldn’t have to think about it at all.