It's The Good And Bad About Irobot Vacuum The iRobot Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner

Robot vacuums eliminate pet hair, lint and dust from the floor before they settle. They also can stay clear of stairs and other obstacles, including tippy furniture.

Most robotic vacuums require maintenance, such as emptying (and occasionally rinsing) the bin, and wiping cameras and sensors. Also, they have to be connected to the power source. Many come with smartphone applications to schedule, adjust settings and more.


iRobot Roomba 980

The iRobot Roomba 980, the most recent of a series of top-of-the-line robot vacuums, is a staple for every modern home. This model is equipped with a HEPA filter that can help those who are allergic. It also has an extremely powerful battery that can be cleaned for up to two hours, and return to its dock automatically when the bin is full.

Smart mapping is another feature that assists in identifying areas of your home that require attention, and then creates an easy path to get around them. We've seen this technology in action and it does a good job of moving around toys abandoned on the floor, or furniture legs that stick out from under things. It also has a camera sensor that will snap the Roomba back to the real world when it starts drifting from its actual location.

iRobot also added a set of rollers underneath the Roomba which do not have bristles, and therefore are more likely to resist tangles than previous models. narwal robot vacuum are also a little taller than older rollers and can better fit under beds and couches with low sides, and they're designed to help this model navigate more easily on varying flooring types.

What sets the Roomba 980 apart from other models with a higher-end price tag, though, is its incorporation of the latest dirt detection feature that utilizes cameras to detect bits of embedded dirt. This is a great improvement over the previous model, which relied on the sensor-driven pseudorandom coverage technique to bounce around a room and clean everything at least three times from different angles.

In our tests of its performance it was found that the Roomba 980 did well on both hard flooring and carpets. Its score on the low pile carpet was impressive, and it also scored a high score on mid pile too. It did a fair job of picking up pet hair, but it was struggling with very thick and long pet fur that was clumped together.

Despite these small shortcomings, the Roomba 980 remains one of our most efficient robots, and it's even far from being as costly as the other top models on this list. It still has a lot 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 that you might find in other top contenders.

The iRobot Roomba is easy to set up and get working immediately. After you have removed the pull tab for the battery and yellow bin insert from the undercarriage, all 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 automatically return to its dock when the battery runs out or is full of debris. 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.