iRobot Roomba Combo j7+
Meet R2-BIN2
15/07/2023 16:57
When I was growing up watching Tomorrow's World, the future always contained robots helping in the home, well that long promised future has finally arrived.
You are going to be living with your robot permanently on display so does it look smart? Thankfully the answer is yes. The base is well designed, looks smart without being intrusive.
Initial set-up is easy, plug in, download the app and follow the instructions, in a matter of minutes your robot friend is running round your house mapping the space. It does bang into things quite a bit at this stage, but not hard enough to damage. Just make sure the floor is clear of obstacles at this stage.
Once mapping is done you're ready to clean. This can be either scheduled or triggered from the app. Your robot friend trundles off, cleaning the space specified. If it encounters an obstacle it works it's way round it. I own two cats who love leaving their toys lying around, they have been successfully avoided every time.
As well as hoovering, there is also a mop. This deploys automatically when the robot knows it is on a hard surface and retracts when it comes across carpet or rugs. So far there have been no accidental mopping of carpets so seems to work well. If your floors are particularly dirty it may need a few passes. but little and often seems to work well.
When the internal bag is full it trundles back to the base unit to empty itself, and this is the only real fault I've found. It sounds like a fighter jet is about to take off. It's loud. This unfortunately this means that you don't want it running around late at night. It would be great if you could leave it to clean while you sleep.
The only other minor annoyance is that the water tank for mopping needs filling manually, so if it runs out while you're out, it won't finish mopping.
Is it perfect? Not quite, but it's does enough. Makes life a little easier by automating cleaning.
Do you need one? No. Would I want to live without one now I have one? Definitely not.
gustave_uk
York , Spojené království
Age: 45
Gender: Female