The iRobot Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner
Robot vacuums remove pet hair, lint, and dust from the floor before they can settle. They also can avoid obstacles such as furniture that is tippy and stairs.
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 plugged in. Many come with smartphone apps to schedule, adjust settings and more.
iRobot Roomba 980
The iRobot Roomba 980 is the latest model in the line of top-of-the-line robot vacuum cleaners that are a staple of every modern household. This model comes with a HEPA filter that can aid those suffering from allergies. It also comes with an extremely powerful battery that can clean for two hours, and return to its dock automatically once the bin is full.
It also has an option called smart mapping, which makes use of multiple sensors to help determine the areas in your home that need attention and then create a clean route around them. We've seen this technology in action and it does a good job of maneuvering around toys that are abandoned on the floor or furniture legs that are sticking out of the ground. It also has a sensor that snaps Roomba to its real-world location if it begins to move away from its original position.
iRobot has also added a new set of rollers beneath the bottom of the Roomba that don't have bristles and therefore tend to be more resistant to tangles than previous models. best robot vacuum and mop are also taller and can be placed under beds or couches that are low. They're specifically designed to make this model more maneuverable on different floor types.
The Roomba 980 differs from other models with a high-end price tag by its brand new dirt detection feature, which uses a camera in order to detect dirt embedded. This is a significant improvement over the previous model, which relied on a sensor-driven pseudorandom cover method to bounce around a room and clean everything at least three times from different angles.
The Roomba 980 performed well in our tests on carpets and hard floors. It scored highly on carpets with low pile and on mid-pile. It did a great job getting rid of pet hair, however it struggled with the thick and long pet hair that was stuck together.
Despite these small shortcomings, the Roomba 980 remains one of our best-performing robots, and isn't even close to being as expensive as the other top-of-the-line models on this list. It comes with many of the features we would expect from a top model, but it doesn't have all the fancy apps or smart home integrations you'll get from other top contenders.
The iRobot Roomba can be set up quickly and is available for use right away. After taking off the yellow bin insert and the battery pull tab from its undercarriage you simply plug it into a wall socket or its Home Base docking stations, press the "Clean button" and let it do its work. It will automatically return to the dock when it runs out of battery or is full of sand. There are also indicator lights on top that indicate when its bin is empty, or when it requires recharging, or when it loses its Wi-Fi.