What Is Irobot Vacuum And Why Is Everyone Talking About It?
The iRobot Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner
Robot vacuums nab pet hair, lint and dust off floors before they can settle. They also can avoid obstacles like furniture that is tippy and staircases.
Most robotic vacuums require regular maintenance. This includes emptying the bin (and sometimes, rinsing it) and wiping the sensors and cameras. They also require to be connected. Many have smartphone apps for scheduling, setting up settings, and more.
Roomba 980 from iRobot
The iRobot Roomba 980 is the latest model in the series of top-of-the-line robot vacuum cleaners that are a staple of any modern household. This model comes with a HEPA-filter that will assist those who suffer from allergies. Additionally it comes with a powerful battery that can clean up to two hours and it automatically returns to its dock when it is full.
It also has the feature of smart mapping that uses multiple sensors to determine the areas in your home that require attention and then create a clean route around them. We've seen this technology in action and it does an excellent job of moving around toys that are abandoned on the floor, or furniture legs that stick out of the ground. It also has a camera that can snap the Roomba back to the real world when it begins to drift from its intended location.
iRobot has also included an additional set of rollers beneath the Roomba that don't have bristles, and therefore are more likely to avoid the tangles that previous models. These are also a little taller than previous rollers, and will fit better under low couches and beds, and they're designed to allow this model to move more easily across a variety of flooring kinds.
What sets vacuum mop cleaner robot from other models of this class, though, is its inclusion of a new dirt detection feature that utilizes cameras to identify bits of embedded dirt. This is a great improvement over the previous version, which relied on a sensor-driven pseudorandom coverage method to bounce around the room and clean everything at minimum three times from various angles.
The Roomba 980 performed well in our tests on both carpets and hard floors. Its score on low pile carpet was excellent and it got a very good score on mid pile, too. It did a good job of removing pet hair, but it was struggling with very long and thick pet fur that was stuck together.
The Roomba 980 is still one of the best performing robots on our list despite the slight limitations. It's also not as expensive as top-of-the-line models. It's still packed with a variety of features that we'd like to find in a flagship model, but it doesn't have all the fancy app-enabled functions or smart home integration that are found in other top models.
The iRobot Roomba is simple to set up and get working immediately. After taking off the battery pull tab and yellow bin insert from its undercarriage, all you have to connect it to its Home Base docking station or a wall socket, press its large "Clean" button and let it go to work. It will automatically return to its dock when its battery is out or it's full of debris, and it also has indicators at the top for when the bin is full, it requires recharging or its Wi-Fi signal has gone out.