The iRobot Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner

Robot vacuums take pet hair, lint, and dust from the floor before they settle. They can also stay clear of obstacles such as furniture that is tippy and staircases.

Most robotic vacuums require maintenance, like emptying (and occasionally rinsing) the bin and wiping sensors and cameras. They also require to be connected. Many have smartphone apps to schedule, adjust settings and more.

Roomba 980 from iRobot

The iRobot Roomba 980 is the most recent in the series of top-of-the-line robot vacuum cleaner with mop vacuum cleaners that are an essential part of any modern household. This model is incredibly powerful suction and a HEPA filter that will assist anyone suffering from allergies. Additionally it also comes with a powerful battery that can clean up to two hours and it automatically returns to its dock once its bin is full.

Smart mapping is another feature that allows it to identify areas in your home that require attention and creates an easy path to get around them. We've seen this technology in action and it does an excellent job of maneuvering around toys that are left scattered on the floor or furniture legs that stick out from under the furniture. Roomba also has a sensor that will snap Roomba to its real-world location if it starts to move away from its initial 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 are also taller and can fit under low couches or beds. They're designed to make this model more movable on various floor types.

What sets the Roomba 980 apart from other models with a higher-end price tag however, is its incorporation of the latest dirt detection feature that utilizes cameras to detect tiny bits of dirt. This is a significant improvement over the previous version that relied on a sensor-driven pseudorandom cover method to bounce around the room and scrub the entire area three times at various angles.

The Roomba 980 performed well in our tests on carpets and hard floors. It scored highly on low-pile carpet and also on mid-pile. It did a fair job of picking up pet hair, robot but it was struggling with extremely thick and robot long pet fur that was clumped together.

The Roomba 980 is still one of the best robotic mop and vacuum performing robots we've reviewed despite the slight limitations. It's also not as expensive as top-of the-line models. It comes with many of the features you would expect from a flagship model, but it doesn't have all the fancy apps or smart home integration you'd see in other top models.

The iRobot Roomba can be set up in a matter of minutes and is ready for use as soon as you are ready to. After taking the yellow bin insert and battery pull tab from the undercarriage, it is simply connected to a wall socket or its Home Base docking stations, hit the "Clean button" and let it do the job. It will return to the dock when it is running out of battery or becomes full of sand. There are also indicator lights on top that show when its bin is empty, or when it requires recharging, or when it loses its Wi-Fi.