A few years ago robot vacuum cleaners was considered simply an expensive toy, now it’s full helpers, is able to take on much of the work of cleaning premises. The products of the American company iRobot has always rested on the crest of the technological wave, and Roomba 960 is no exception. The model is equipped with an efficient cleaning system double turbo brush, has an advanced navigation has several algorithms for cleaning, supports remote management, and increased dust enough for a couple of weeks of use. At the start of sales robot cost 45 000 rubles, now its price has dropped to 28 000 rubles, which can be a great opportunity to buy.
The robot comes in a double cardboard box: one for transportation, another for storage. Inside is the device itself, charging station, power cable, spare HEPA filter, a spare side brush, set of documentation, the device generating a virtual wall, and batteries for it.
Design
Roomba 960 has the shape of a washer with a diameter of 350 mm and a height of 91 mm, and its weight is 4 kg. the Central circular area is visually separated from the peripheral. The front bumper is installed on the elastic elements and has a rubber grip that allows you to protect furniture from damage. Probes that can detect obstacles hidden under the translucent strip. The top panel is glossy with a geometric pattern, while the rest is frosted, made from a combination of black and gray plastic.
Database must be placed close to the wall. Special anti-slip pads are good at keeping it from shifting: despite the small size, all the time operation, the robot failed to move. It has the same IR sensor as on the nose Roomba 960, which helps accurate docking. Power supply built-in, wire connects from the side. The charging contacts are spring loaded that allows you to confidently complete the circuit. Included is also a virtual wall works in two modes: straight line or a circle (useful in the area of animal feed). The device is quite compact and the battery lasts for about six months.
Management
The robot can be controlled using the keys on the body. Simply click “Clean”, and wait until the cleaner will clean the entire apartment, and then return to base. If you want to clean heavily soiled, the local site, then put the cleaner in the center of the dirt and press “Spot”: 960 Roomba starts to move first in the divergent spiral, then folding, processing area with a diameter of 1 m. in Order not to carry the device back after the local cleaning, you can just click “Home”, and he will return to base independently.
Installing original iRobot HOME app for Android and iOS platforms, greatly enhances the vacuum cleaner. Following simple instructions, first connect it to your home Wi-Fi network (with support for 2.4 GHz frequency), then you can customize the options of cleaning: one, two passes, or automatic selection (depending on the size and dirtiness of the room), to carry out any additional cleaning on the perimeter and whether to continue cleaning, if the waste bin is full. Remote start cleaning you can force, or create a schedule. Once having spent a couple of minutes, I never think about cleaning: the robot, no further questions asked, on their own removed in my absence. If you have a polisher iRobot, you can get him to clean up as soon as 960 Roomba is done with their mission.
When cleaning, the robot creates a map of the room (iAdapt technology 2.0), which you can view in the app, but, unlike more expensive models, it cannot be divided into zones and set virtual obstacles. The program allows you to keep statistics of cleaning and tell me the solution of maintenance problems of the device. If the cleaner is not on station, then through the app you can make it “submit vote”. Supports voice assistants Alexa and Google Assistant.
Operation
The robot is oriented in space using an Arsenal of sensors: the upper camera scans ceiling and surrounding furniture, the lower – monitors changes in the floor, infrared sensors determine the distance to obstacles, the sensors of the height to give the vacuum cleaner fall down the stairs, and acoustic and optical sensors determine the degree of contamination of the cleaned surface.
Conclusion
960 Roomba is a great vacuum cleaner that combines high quality manufacturing, good cleaning efficiency, advanced navigation system, remote control and a large container. Now that price has fallen 35%, the robot looks even better value, still being ahead of competitors on most features. Roomba 960 demonstrate advanced technologies and quality iRobot with him is really possible to forget what a manual cleaning.
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