The iRobot Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner

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

Most robotic vacuums require maintenance, such as self emptying robot vacuum (and occasionally rinsing) the bin, and wiping sensors and cameras. They also require to be connected. A lot of them have apps for smartphones for scheduling, adjusting setting and more.

Roomba 960 from iRobot

The iRobot Roomba 980 is the latest model in the line of top-of-the-line robot vacuum With self empty vacuum cleaners that are a staple in any modern home. This model is incredibly powerful suction as well as an HEPA filter that'll aid anyone who is concerned about allergies. It also comes with an extremely powerful battery that can be cleaned for up to two hours before returning to its dock automatically when the bin is full.

It also comes with the feature of smart mapping, which makes use of multiple sensors to determine the areas in your home that need attention and create a cleaning path around them. This technology is very efficient in navigating around toys left on the floor or furniture legs sticking out from underneath things. It also has a camera that can snap the Roomba back to reality when it starts drifting from its intended location.

iRobot has also added the option of rolling rollers under the Roomba which do not have bristles, which makes them more likely to withstand knots than earlier models. They are also taller and can fit 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 models with a high-end price tag by its brand new dirt detection feature, which uses a camera in order to detect embedded dirt. This is a nice improvement over the previous version, which relied on a sensor-driven pseudorandom coverage method to bounce around the room and clean it 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 low pile carpet was impressive, and it got a very good score on mid pile too. It was successful in picking up pet hair however it struggled with the long and thick pet hair that was stuck together.

Despite these small shortcomings, the Roomba 980 remains one of our most efficient robots, and isn't even far from being as costly as some of the other top-of-the-line models on this list. It's still packed with a variety of features that we'd like to see in a top-of-the-line 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 in a matter of minutes and is available for use right away. After taking off the yellow bin insert and robot Vacuum with self empty the battery pull tab from its undercarriage you simply plug it into a wall socket or its Home Base docking stations, click the "Clean button" and let it do the work. It will return to its dock when its battery runs out or it's full of debris. It also has indicator lights on the top for when the bin is full, it requires recharging, or its Wi-Fi signal has gone out.