The iRobot Roomba 980 best hybrid robot vacuum and mop Vacuum Cleaner

Cheap Robot Vacuum vacuums robot remove pet hair, lint and dust from the floor before they can settle. They can also avoid obstacles like furniture that is slippery and stairs.

Most robotic vacs require some maintenance, like emptying (and occasionally rinsing) the bin and wiping cameras and sensors. They also require to be plugged in. A lot of them have apps for smartphones for scheduling, setting and more.

Roomba 980 from iRobot

the best robot vacuum cleaner and mop iRobot Roomba 980, the most recent of a series of top-of-the-line best robot vacuum black friday vacuums, is a must for any modern home. This model has seriously strong suction and an HEPA filter that'll aid anyone who is concerned about allergies. It also has an extremely powerful battery that can be cleaned for up to two hours, and return to its dock automatically when the bin is full.

Smart mapping is another feature that assists in identifying areas of your home that require attention and provides an easy path to get around them. We've seen this technology in action and it does an excellent job of moving around toys abandoned on the floor, or furniture legs that stick out of the ground. It also has a camera that can snap the Roomba back to its original position when it starts to drift from its actual location.

iRobot has also added a new set of rollers under the Roomba's bottom that don't have bristles and, therefore, tend to resist tangles more than the previous models. They're also a bit taller than previous rollers and can better fit under beds and couches with low sides, and they're designed to allow this model to move more easily across different floor kinds.

The Roomba 980 differs from other models with a high-end price tag by its new dirt detection feature that makes use of a camera in order to identify dirt that has been embedded. This is a nice improvement over the previous version which relied on a sensor-driven pseudorandom coverage technique to bounce around a room and clean it at least three times from different angles.

The Roomba 980 performed well in our tests on both carpets and hard floors. It scored extremely well on low-pile carpet and also on mid-pile. It did a good job collecting pet hair, but had a difficult time with the thick and long pet hair that was stuck together.

Despite these slight limitations, the Roomba 980 remains one of our best robot vacuum for hard floors-performing robots, and isn't even far from being as costly as the other top models on this list. It has a lot of features you'd expect from a flagship model but does not have all the fancy apps or smart home integrations you'll find in other top contenders.

The iRobot Roomba is easy to set up and start working immediately. After removing the pull tab for the battery and yellow bin insert from undercarriage, all you need to connect it to its Home Base docking station or an outlet on the wall, press its large "Clean" button and let it go to work. It will return to its dock when its battery runs out or it's full of debris, and it has indicators at the top for when its bin is full or it requires recharging, or its Wi-Fi signal has gone out.