However, while it has a mopping feature, it’s a rudimentary passive system and isn’t nearly as effective for scrubbing away stains. Otherwise, it still has a pretty advanced set of automation features. You can use its companion app to set up virtual boundary lines, direct it to a specific area, or schedule cleaning sessions for individual rooms. Debris pickup performance is quite strong, and it’s compatible with a self-emptying station to minimize hands-on maintenance, though this dock is quite pricey. If you don’t have time to regularly sweep or vacuum, robot vacuums are an easy way to make sure your home stays clean without you needing to do all the work. Since they use various types of technology like lasers or cameras to navigate and maneuver around a room, they can generally avoid furniture and get beneath couches and tables with relative ease.
As impressive as Dyson’s clever technology is, there are robot vacuums that clean better for less. 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.
Other robotic vacuums operate on an efficient, hug-the-walls, cleaning-inwards spiral pattern. The Heurist has been designed as a ‘learning’ robot which means that it does not take the simplest route, because it is constantly recalculating it’s distance from walls and furniture. So rather than, say, following a wall for two metres, it will stop and start while it scans the wall every few seconds.
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This resulted in it taking 50 minutes to map and 35 minutes to clean our test room, a poor result compared to other robot vacuums. This vacuum does a fantastic job of handling solid debris on surfaces like laminate or hardwood and is fairly adept when it comes to handling pet hair. However, its weak suction motor means it struggles to clear away debris embedded deep within carpet fibers. Thankfully, it makes very little noise while running, which is great if you have a pet that’s skittish around loud vacuums. Basically, the 360 Eye stands as proof that Dyson can make as big a splash in the robot vacuum market as it has nearly everywhere else. Still, at $999, we think it’s worth waiting for the next version.
Since joining the Reviewed in 2012, Jon has helped launch the company’s efforts in reviewing laptops, vacuums, and outdoor gear. In the pursuit of data, he’s plunged his hands into freezing cold water, consented to be literally dragged through the mud, and watched paint dry. Dyson says this is because it covers the most amount of square footage with the least amount of movement—saving battery life and time. If you were to turn on the Eye in the middle of an empty room, you’d see it move one robot-width every time it turned, spiraling outwards until it hit the edges of the room.
It said it plans to recruit a further 700 robotics engineers in fields such as computer vision, machine learning, sensors and mechatronics over the next five years. To get from those bare floors to the carpet, the Dyson 360 Eye travels around bissell crosswave cordless on tank treads. We observed the Eye climbing atop risers up to two-thirds of an inch tall without getting stuck. In the real world, that means that high-pile throw rugs and metal thresholds will not daunt the 360 Eye in the least.
It cleaned well and quickly too – covering our test room in just under 18 minutes. Plus its sensor system worked effectively, meaning that even when it bumped into furniture, it was able to navigate away without assistance. Compact, powerful cleaning with Ball™ technology to easily navigate under furniture and around obstacles.
This vac learns as it goes, mapping out the best way to navigate your home while it cleans. It also returns to the docking station to empty itself mid-clean before continuing vacuuming. It picked up dirt outstandingly and had no trouble with pet hair either. Acing our pick-up tests on carpet and hard floors, this is a reliable investment. It’s self-emptying and can store up to 60 days’ worth of dust into its accompanying docking station.