The iRobot Roomba 980 homekit robot vacuum Vacuum Cleaner

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Most ilife robotic vacuum cleaner vacs require some maintenance, such as emptying (and occasionally rinsing) the bin, and wiping sensors and irobot Vacuum cleaner cameras. Also, they have to be plugged into an electrical source. Many have smartphone apps for scheduling, adjusting setting and more.

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The iRobot Roomba 980, the most recent of a series of top-of the-line affordable robot vacuum vacuums, is an essential for any modern home. This model is equipped with a HEPA-filter that will aid those suffering from allergies. It also has an extremely powerful battery that can clean for two hours, and return to its dock automatically when the bin is full.

Smart mapping is a different feature that assists in identifying areas in your home that require attention and provides a cleaning path to get around them. This technology is very effective in navigating around toys that are left on the floor, or furniture legs sticking out from underneath things. It also has a camera that snaps the Roomba back to its original position when it starts to drift from its intended location.

iRobot has also included an additional set of rollers beneath the Roomba that don't have bristles and therefore are more likely to withstand the tangles that previous models. The rollers are also larger and can be tucked under beds or couches with low sides. 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 Its main feature is the integration of the new dirt detection feature that utilizes cameras to detect tiny bits of dirt. This is a great improvement over the previous version that relied on the sensor-driven pseudorandom cover method to bounce around the room and clean at minimum three times from various angles.

The Roomba 980 performed well in our tests on both carpets and hard floors. It scored very well on carpets with a low pile, and on mid-pile. It did a good job of picking up pet hair, but it had a difficult time with very thick and long pet fur that was clumped together.

The Roomba 980 is still one of the top performing robots we've reviewed despite the minor drawbacks. It's also not as expensive as top-of-the-line models. It still has a lot of features we'd expect to find in a flagship model, but it doesn't have 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 start working immediately. After you have removed the battery pull tab and yellow bin insert from undercarriage, all that you need to do is plug it into its Home Base docking station or an outlet on the wall, press its large "Clean" button and let it get to work. It will return to its dock when its battery is out or it's full of debris. It also has indicator lights on the top to indicate when its bin is full, it requires recharging, or its Wi-Fi signal is not working.