15 Irobot Vacuum Benefits That Everyone Should Be Able To

The iRobot Roomba 980 Robot vacuum and mop combo Cleaner

robot Vacuum that Vacuums and mops vacuums remove pet hair, robot vacuum that vacuums and mops lint, and dust from the floor before they can settle. They also can avoid obstacles like furniture that is slippery and staircases.

Most robotic vacs require some maintenance, such as emptying (and occasionally rinsing) the bin, and wiping sensors and cameras. Also, they need to be connected to the power source. A lot of them have apps for smartphones for scheduling, adjusting settings, and more.

Roomba 980 from iRobot

The iRobot Roomba 980 is the most recent in the line of top-of-the-line robot vacuum cleaners that are an essential part of every modern household. This model is extremely powerful suction and a HEPA filter that will help anyone concerned about allergies. It also comes with a large battery that can clean for two hours, and return to its dock automatically when the bin is full.

It also has the feature of smart mapping, which makes use of multiple sensors to help it identify the areas in your home that need attention and create a cleaning path around them. We've seen this technology in action and it does a great job of moving around toys that are abandoned on the floor or furniture legs that are sticking out from under the furniture. It also has a camera sensor that can snap the Roomba back to the real world when it starts to drift from its actual location.

iRobot has also introduced a new set of rollers underneath the Roomba's bottom that don't have bristles and, therefore, tend to be more resistant to tangles than the previous models. They're also a bit taller than older rollers, and will fit better under low couches and beds and are designed to let this model move more easily across different floor kinds.

What makes the Roomba 980 stand out from other high-end models, though, is its integration of the new dirt detection feature, which uses a camera to spot tiny bits of dirt. This is a significant improvement over the previous version that relied on an algorithm that was driven by sensors to bounce around the room and clean the area three times, at different angles.

The Roomba 980 performed well in our tests on both carpets and hard floors. It scored very well on carpets with a low pile, and on mid-pile. It was successful in 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 best-performing robots, and it's even nearly as expensive as the other top-of-the-line models on this list. It's still packed with a variety of features we'd expect to see in a flagship model however, it doesn't come with all the fancy app-enabled functions or smart home integration are found in other top models.

The iRobot Roomba can be set up quickly and is available for use as soon as you are ready to. After taking off the pull tab for the battery and the yellow bin insert from undercarriage, all that you need to connect it to its Home Base docking station or a wall socket, press its big "Clean" button, and let it get to work. It will automatically return to its dock when its battery runs out or it's stuffed with debris, and it also has indicators at the top to indicate when its bin is full or it requires recharging, or its Wi-Fi signal has gone out.