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The iRobot Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner

Robot vacuums sweep pet hair, lint and dust off floors before they can settle. They also help stay clear of stairs and other obstacles, including tippy furniture.

Most robotic vacuums require regular maintenance. This includes emptying the bin (and occasionally, rinsing it) and cleaning the cameras and sensors. They also require to be plugged in. A lot of them have apps for smartphones for scheduling, adjusting setting and more.

Roomba 980 from iRobot

The iRobot Roomba 980, the most recent of a series of top-of the-line robot vacuums, is a staple for any modern home. This model comes with a HEPA-filter to assist those who suffer from allergies. On top of that it also has a powerful battery that can clean up to two hours, and it will return to its dock once its bin is full.

Smart mapping is another feature that helps it identify areas of your home that require attention and provides a cleaning path to get around them. We've seen this technology in action and it does a great job of moving around toys that are placed on the floor or furniture legs that are sticking out from under things. It also has a sensor that snaps Roomba to its real-world location if it starts to move away from its original position.

iRobot also added an additional set of rollers beneath the Roomba that do not have bristles, and therefore are more likely to avoid the tangles that previous models. The rollers are also larger and can be placed under beds or couches with low sides. They're designed to make this model more movable on various flooring types.

The Roomba 980 is distinguished from other high-end models by its brand new dirt detection feature that makes use of a camera in order to identify dirt that has been embedded. This is a significant improvement over the previous model that relied on a sensor-driven pseudorandom cover method to bounce around the room and clean the entire area three times at various angles.

In our tests of its performance, the Roomba 980 did well on carpets and hard flooring. Its score on low pile carpet was excellent and it got a very excellent score on mid pile too. It did a decent job of picking up pet hair, but it struggled with very long and thick pet fur that was stuck together.

The Roomba 980 is still one of the most efficient robots we've reviewed despite the minor drawbacks. It's also not as expensive as other top-of the-line models. It has many of the features you'd expect from a flagship model, but doesn't come with all the fancy apps or smart home integration you'd see in other top contenders.

The iRobot Roomba can be set up quickly and is available for use as soon as you are ready to. After removing the yellow bin insert and pull tab from the undercarriage, you just plug it into a wall socket or its Home Base docking stations, press the "Clean button" and let it do its work. self emptying robot vacuum will return to its dock when the battery runs out or is full of debris, and it also has indicators at the top of the device to indicate that the bin is full, it requires recharging or if its Wi-Fi signal is lost.