There could definitely be a point where one treasures coming home to a clean, mopped floor enough to pay this kind of price. The addition of the auto-empty dock boosts its value (but adds $300 onto its price as well). The dock features a clean double canister look, with one side housing a HEPA filter and the other housing a bag that comes inserted and ready to go. The vacuum and app didn’t even need to be warned that I was swapping docks — it simply knew to head to the new dock and empty itself. Despite the compactness of the tower, the bag leaves you off the hook for up to two months at a time.
If you cannot abide vacuuming, and only want to do it every couple of weeks to grab any spots a robot might have missed, then perhaps this vacuum is for you. However, at £799.99, this is no small investment, especially given the significant weaknesses with this vacuum. On occasion, the app would not allow our testers to start the vacuum; it stalled, waiting for a software update which did not come.
For those with a particularly busy or big household, robot vacuums can be a godsend. Many now ‘learn’ the layout of rooms throughout the house, letting you set it down and let it go. At least until they sprout legs and can deal with awkward cables, rugs and the like, but – when that comes – we’re likely all doomed anyway. While stairs remain their nemesis, most robot vacuums do use their camera smarts to irobot vacuum cleaner detect a ton of hazards so you’ll likely be surprised by how much they don’t crash into things, come your first use. British vacuum cleaner maker Dyson chose to launch their first-ever robotic model, the Dyson 360 Eye, first in Japan, ahead of other global markets. This is a luxury, high-end home appliance, strikingly different to the Roomba (the American model that dominates the local market in Japan).
The main downside is that this vacuum is so loud in the Max mode that you can hardly have a conversation. When cleaning carpets, it captured 70-76% of large debris, so that was much better than it’s performance of cleaning large debris on hardwoods. Overall, the V6 collected 94% of debris on low pile carpet and 92% of debris on high pile carpet, averaging out all debris types tested. The cleaning process of the Dyson V8 is similar to that of the V10, and well basically all of the V-Series Dyson stick vacuums. It has a floor motorized cleaning head, debris travels up the stick, and deposits into the dust bin. The Roomba 960 is the step below the Roomba 980, but still within iRobot’s 900 Series.
The iRobot Roomba 980 has also dropped the ball when it comes to overall performance. However, the 980 does make sure it picks up as much as possible and does a fairly bissell crosswave cordless decent job. The camera navigation is a lot better than expected, and it doesn’t have as much difficulty finding its docking station as previous models did.
But from the outside, it’s a bit like comparing apples and oranges. This guide is designed to help break down the similarities and differences of Roomba vs. Dyson. The vacuum is fitted with a panoramic lens, which sits on top of a camera that captures 360-degree views at 30 frames a second.