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Ethan Hale

Floor-care editor & robotics engineer

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Ethan Hale is an independent floor-care editor and mechatronics engineer based in Portland, Oregon. He holds a bachelor's degree in mechatronics. He spent 7 years in R&D for a smart home appliance brand, focusing on robot vacuum navigation, suction motor design, and obstacle-sensing systems. On DustFree, Ethan writes path-first buying guidance from PartnerBoost Joined catalog SKUs and Affscrape-enriched listing fields. As of 2026-11-02 the DustFree home-test ledger has 0 published numeric rows — pages never invent stopwatch, tangle-rate, or bag-fill numbers. Prior hands-on evaluations in his career inform engineering judgment; they are not published as DustFree lab results. Shortlists currently cover Joined brands available to this media account (e.g. Roborock, Dreame, eufy, YEEDI, Narwal). Shark, Dyson, iRobot, and Tineco are intentionally absent until Joined US availability exists. Disclosure: Ethan may earn commission from qualifying purchases, with no extra cost to readers.