The iRobot Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner

Robot Vacuum For Hardwood Floors vacuums remove pet hair, lint and dust from the floor before they settle. They also help avoid obstacles like stairs and other obstructions like furniture that can tip.

Most robotic vacs require some maintenance, like emptying (and occasionally rinsing) the bin and wiping sensors and robot vacuum for hardwood floors cameras. They also need to be connected. Many come with smartphone apps for scheduling, adjusting settings, and more.

Roomba 980 from iRobot

The iRobot Roomba 980, the most recent in a line of top-of the-line eufy robot vacuum cleaner vacuums, is a must for every modern home. This model comes with a HEPA-filter that will assist those who suffer from allergies. It also comes with a large battery that can be cleaned for up to two hours and returns to its dock automatically when the bin is full.

Smart mapping is another feature that allows it to identify areas in your home that require attention and creates a cleaning path to get around them. This technology is very efficient in navigating toys that have been left on the floor or furniture legs sticking out from underneath things. It also has a camera sensor that snaps the Roomba back to reality when it begins to drift from its actual location.

iRobot has also added a new set of rollers underneath the bottom of the Roomba that do not have bristles, and thus tend to be more resistant to tangles than earlier models. They're also a bit taller than older rollers and can better fit under beds and couches that are low and are designed to let this model move more easily on varying flooring kinds.

The Roomba 980 is distinguished from other models with a high-end price tag by its new dirt detection feature, which uses a camera in order to identify dirt that has been embedded. This is a great improvement over the previous model, which relied on the sensor-driven pseudorandom cover method to bounce around a room and clean it at least three times from different angles.

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

The Roomba 980 is still one of the top performing robots on our list, despite these minor limitations. It's also not as expensive as top-of-the-line models. It has many of the features you would expect from a flagship model but does not have all the fancy apps or smart home integration you'd get from other top contenders.

The iRobot Roomba can be set up quickly and is ready to use right away. After taking off the pull tab for the battery and the yellow bin insert from undercarriage, all you need to do is plug it into its Home Base docking station or a wall socket, press its large "Clean" button and let it go to work. It will return to its dock when its battery runs out or is full of debris, and it also has indicators on the top to indicate when its bin is full, it needs to be recharged or if its Wi-Fi signal has gone out.