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Putting your feet up and letting a robot handle the cleaning has never been so affordable.
Yes, iRobot — the Massachusetts-based brand behind the best-selling Roomba robotic vacuum cleaners — is offering discounts of up to 53% across some of its most popular cleaning 'bots.
You could save as much as £599 in the sale, which ends 11am this morning (August 14, 2024).
Prices start from £199 for the iRobot Roomba Essential. For that, you'll take delivery of a 2-in-1 autonomous robot that can vacuum and mop your floors, powered by iRobot OS. With the press of a single button, the clever gadget will begin removing dirt and dust from hard-to-reach places, like under the sofa.
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You can keep tabs on its progress from the companion app on your iPhone or Android phone, as well as set a regular cleaning schedule and view an interactive map with a detailed report on where it cleaned.
Using the companion app on iPhone and Android, you'll be able to schedule when the Roomba vacuums and mops your home, including when you leave, a chosen day each week, or when you issue a voice command to an Amazon Echo or other smart speaker
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If you've got an Amazon Echo, use Siri, or Google Nest smart speaker, you can use these voice assistants to command the Roomba Essential to start vacuuming or mopping.
You can ask it to clean everywhere, or specific a particular room. Using its navigation algorithms, the Roomba will methodically clean in orderly rows, while sensors stop it from falling down stairs or knocking over ornaments as it cleans around and under furniture.
iRobot offers free delivery on all orders over £50 and a two-year hardware guarantee. Usually £269, you'll save £70 on the Roomba Essential in the summer sale.
The major differentiator for pricier Roomba models is the charging stand, which doubles-up as a way for these clever cleaning 'bots to empty dust and debris into a bin bag
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If you're willing to spend a little more, the j7 Self-Emptying Robot Vacuum comes equipped with a charging base with a built-in vacuum bag that the Roomba can empty its contents into.
These enclosed bags capture and trap 99% of pollen and mould, so you can empty the contents after 60 days and keep your hands clean.
During its cleaning routine, the Roomba will dock itself on the charging whenever it needs to top-up the built-in battery or empty its onboard vacuum reservoir. According to iRobot, the combination of this AI-powered gadget and the cleaning stand means you can "forget about vacuuming for months at a time".
Usually £899, this advanced model has been reduced to £449 in the sale — a saving of £450.
By disposing of any dirt collected from the floors into the Clean Base charging stand, there's no need to empty the Roomba after every clean — saving you a lot of time. And when you do need to empty the bag, it's already sealed for you, avoiding any mess
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Upgrading to a pricier model adds features like Precision Vision, which lets you teach the Roomba in real-time whether it needs to avoid an unknown object in its path
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The Roomba j7 enjoys a smarter navigation system, known as "Precision Vision", to help the vacuum 'bot avoid pet waste, loose charging cords, and shoes from getting in the way.
When it spots one of these troublesome objects, it'll use the onboard cameras to send you a photo so that you can tell it to avoid or clean around the obstacle in the future. While the more affordable models in the iRobot line-up learn the layout of your home — this more advanced Roomba is able to react to it in real-time.
The Roomba j9+ Robot Vacuum and Mop has dropped from £1,249 to just £899. This flagship vacuum improves on the j7 line-up by adding a reservoir of water to the charging dock, so the self-navigating cleaner can refill its tanks and mop your floors for up to a month before you'll need to do anything. Not only that, but you'll only need to empty the bin bag built into the stand every 60 days.
Roomba leverages AI to prioritise dirtier rooms and automatically adjust suction and scrubbing
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This model offers iRobot's SmartScrub system, which mops back and forth with consistent pressure for a 2x deeper scrubbing than other models in the line-up to eliminate stubborn messes, like coffee and grime.
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Roomba j9+ Robot Vacuum and Mop will start to learn from past cleans to automatically prioritise dirtier rooms and adjust settings like suction, scrubbing, and cleaning passes.
Chinese brand Eufy offers many of the same features as its American rival
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One of the main competitors to iRobot is Eufy — the smart home sub-brand of Anker, which is known for its popular range of wireless chargers, plugs, and cables. It offers a range of self-navigating vacuums, starting from £194.99 and topping out at £1,418.99 for the flagship models.
Eufy is also having a summer sale across its household gadgets, with discounts of up to £240 off.
