The brush roll tends to wrap strands of hair around itself as well. The stick vac picked up 99% (on average) of our test sand from hardwood. The M X6 fared better across thicker midpile carpet though, earning a higher sand pickup average of 52.2%. It enables the robot to both scrub hard surfaces and vacuum carpets and rugs simultaneously. You can look at the design for clues as to when you might encounter problems. The G30 Edge (£230) is a dinky little cleaner that does a good job tackling the dusty tumbleweeds.
Powered by Dyson’s V2 motor, which Spins at 78,000rpm, Dyson informs us that it has 20% more suction than the 360 Eye. The Heurist has a ring of eight LEDs around its top camera that will ignite in poor lighting conditions, allowing the vac to carry on as normal. The 360 Eye was prone to getting dyson robot vacuum lost in the dark, so this is a welcome addition. The Heurist has 8GB of memory on board (20x times the memory of the 360 Eye), so it is more than capable of retaining maps of your home’s layout. I did worry this might mean dirty corner spots but we needn’t have – it’s a consistently good clean.
Lastly, the Dyson’s suction was not as strong as my extremely powerful Miele bagged vacuum. But after two weeks of vacuuming hardwood floors and carpets with the stick, I didn’t feel a need to plug in the full-size irobot vacuum cleaner vacuum. It can be a pain to be constantly cleaning up after a shedding pet. While you love your furry friends, their hair and dandruff can quickly pile up and get caught in fibers or under furniture.
This indicates how effective each robot is at gathering these problematic materials, and allows us to compare the results with every robot vacuum cleaner we’ve ever tested. Instead of mapping out your home, boundary strips will tell this vac where it can and cannot go. It proved reliable on carpet but pet hair did get tangled on the brushes. It was slower cleaning a whole room but did a good job, especially considering its price.
And the S7 getting into a room it shouldn’t be in could cause a serious holdup. If you have rooms with high-pile rugs or cords on the ground, you’ll want to move them or be sure to take advantage of the zone feature. My S7 wouldn’t suck anything when its bin was full until it came across a phone charger — and suddenly, it was starving. It fiddled around with that and my beloved fluffy white rug, and even got tripped up on thicker cords like extension cords. They’re easy to pull out of the bottom once cleaning is paused, but this could waste hours of cleaning time if you aren’t there to fix it.