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The iRobot Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner

robot vacuum deals vacuums eliminate pet hair, lint and dust from the floor before they can settle. They also can avoid obstacles like furniture that is tippy and stairs.

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

Roomba 960 from iRobot

The iRobot Roomba 980 is the latest model in the series of top-of-the-line robot mop vacuum robot cleaners that are a staple of every modern household. This model is equipped with a HEPA-filter to assist those who suffer from allergies. It also comes with a powerful battery which can clean for two hours before returning to its dock automatically when the bin is full.

It also comes with an option called smart mapping, which makes use of multiple sensors to help it determine the areas of your home that require attention and then create a clean path around them. We've seen this technology in action and it does a good job of maneuvering around toys placed on the floor, or furniture legs that are sticking out from under things. It also has a camera sensor that will snap the Roomba back to the real world when it starts drifting from its actual location.

iRobot has also added a new set of rollers under the bottom of the Roomba that do not have bristles, and thus tend to resist tangles more than earlier models. These rollers are also taller and can fit under low couches or beds. They're specifically designed to make this model more maneuverable on different kinds of floors.

What makes the Roomba 980 stand out from other high-end models, though, is its inclusion of a new dirt detection feature that uses cameras to detect tiny bits of dirt. This is a great improvement over the previous model, which relied on a sensor-driven pseudorandom cover method to bounce around a room and clean it at minimum three times from various angles.

In our tests of its performance in our tests of its performance, the Roomba 980 did well on both hard flooring and carpets. It scored highly on carpets with low pile and on mid-pile. It did a good job of picking up pet hair, but it had a difficult time with extremely thick and long pet fur that was stuck together.

Despite these minor shortcomings, the Roomba 980 remains one of our most efficient robots, and it's even far from being as costly as the other top-of-the-line models in this list. It still has a lot of features that we'd like to see in a flagship model however it lacks all the fancy app-enabled functions or smart home integration you might find in other top contenders.

The iRobot Roomba is easy to set up and get running right away. After removing the yellow bin insert and battery pull tab from the undercarriage, it is simply connected to the wall socket or one of its Home Base docking stations, hit the "Clean button" and let it do the job. It will automatically return to its 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, when it is in need of recharging or Robot Vacuum Deals when it loses its Wi-Fi.