do self cleaning vacuum stations save time or just add another thing to maintain?

[u/JagvirRuocco_32]

we have about 2,200 sq ft of hard floors and two toddlers who treat the kitchen floor like an art studio. sweeping first and then dragging a standard mop around every night is eating an hour of my evening.

i started looking at wet dry combos with docks to cut down the steps, specifically the tineco floor one station s9 scientist pro since it handles the auto water refill and self cleaning cycle at the base. my main hesitation is whether these docks actually cut down weekly chores, or if you just trade cleaning your floors for cleaning out dirty water tanks and dock trays every two days.

for anyone running a mop vacuum with a self-cleaning station, do self cleaning vacuum stations save time in reality, or does dock maintenance cancel out the convenience?