The iRobot Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner
Robot vacuums sweep pet hair, lint, and dust off floors before they can settle. They can also avoid obstacles like stairs and other obstructions like furniture that can tip.
Most robotic vacuums require regular maintenance. This involves emptying the bin (and occasionally, rinsing it) and wiping the cameras and sensors. They also need to be plugged in. A lot of them have apps for smartphones for scheduling, adjusting settings, and more.
iRobot Roomba 960
The iRobot Roomba 980 is the latest in the line of top-of-the-line robotic vacuum cleaners that are an essential part of any modern household. This model is equipped with a HEPA-filter to assist those who suffer from allergies. On top of that it comes with a powerful battery that can clean up to two hours and it automatically returns to its dock when it is full.
robot vacuum black friday comes with an option called smart mapping which uses multiple sensors to help suss out the areas of your home that need attention and make a tidy route around them. This technology is very efficient in navigating around toys that are left on the floor, or furniture legs that are sticking out from underneath things. It also comes with a sensor that can snap Roomba to reality if it starts to drift away from its original location.
iRobot has also added a new set of rollers underneath the Roomba's bottom, which don't have bristles and therefore tend to resist tangles better than previous models. They're also taller than older rollers and can better fit under low couches and beds and are designed to let this model move more easily on varying flooring types.
What makes the Roomba 980 stand out from other models of this class however, is its incorporation of the latest dirt detection feature that utilizes cameras to identify tiny bits of dirt. This is a significant improvement over the previous version that relied on the sensor-driven pseudorandom coverage technique to bounce around a room and clean at least three times from different angles.
The Roomba 980 performed well in our tests on both carpets and hard floors. It scored highly on carpets with a low pile, and on mid-pile. It did a good job getting rid of pet hair, but struggled with long and thick pet hair that was stuck together.
Despite these small shortcomings, the Roomba 980 remains one of our top-performing robots, and it's even nearly as expensive as some of the other top models on this list. It has a lot of features you would expect from a top model, but doesn't come with all the fancy apps and smart home integration that you'll find in other top models.
The iRobot Roomba is easy to set up and start up and running immediately. After you have removed the pull tab for the battery and yellow bin insert from the undercarriage, all that you need to connect it to its Home Base docking station or an outlet on the wall, press its big "Clean" button and let it go to work. It will return to docking station when it runs out of battery or is full of sand. There are also indicators on top that show when its bin is empty, or when it needs to recharge, or when it loses its Wi-Fi.