Irobot Roomba 880 Review

Roombas are historically easy to use, and the iRobot Roomba 880 is no different. The settings include regular clean, spot clean, or customizing to create your own schedule. Then, you let the iRobot Roomba 880 go and watch it do its job. It also has accessories like Virtual Walls and the Lighthouse that’ll either allow it to travel around your home before returning to base or stay in a singular room.

There is very little interaction with the iRobot Roomba 880 needed for it to complete the job. You’ll have to periodically make sure the sensors are clean and ensure the dust bin is in the correct position and empty it regularly. The filter will need replacing a recommended six times a year. While all of this might sound high maintenance on paper, what your getting is a self-sufficient smart machine that just needs to be checked on every now and then.

The built-in sensors work like a charm, ensuring your iRobot Roomba 880 doesn’t get stuck in the furniture or fall down some stairs. The accessories also work without any problems, ensuring the Roomba stays where it’s meant to go. As far as actual vacuuming is concerned, the iRobot Roomba 880 does a better job than many of its competitors, doing great on a variety of surfaces from carpet to hardwood.

The iRobot Roomba 880 is nearly four inches high and nearly fourteen inches wide while weighing over eight pounds. It also has a carrying handle for easy transport. This Roomba has the same trademark round shape with a black finish, making for a cute, yet familiar, little robot to clean your home with a minimalistic, sturdy design.

The iRobot Roomba 880 comes with a removable dust bin, left and right wheels, castor wheel, debris extractors, and spinning side brush. It also comes with the base dock, the two aforementioned accessory sensors, four C batteries, a filter, and remote control with two AA batteries.

The warranty is good for one year after purchase.

Much like the iRobot Roomba 880, the iRobot Roomba 690 is very easy to use. While requiring some maintenance to stay in peak condition, there is minimal interaction between the owner and the machine. Simply put in your settings and let the robot do the rest, though cleaning and keeping up with the robot’s condition is very important. If that wasn’t enough, it can also connect to smart devices like Alexa or Google Home so you can simply command it to start working.

The performance on the 690 was pretty great. It’s able to clean up everything and anything thrown at it. The biggest problem is that, like many other robotic vacuums, it still can’t figure out what to do with hair. Pet hair usually ends up wrapped around the brushes instead of dropped in the dust bin, but it definitely won’t stay on the floor. This just requires a little more maintenance on your part.

That said, there is a downside. The 690 version doesn’t come with the same accessories as the 880. While it does have sensors to prevent it from rolling down the stairs, they aren’t as good or the same as the iRobot Roomba 880.

The 690 is thirteen inches wide, almost four inches tall, and weighs nearly eight pounds. It has a sleek design to complement home decor with the classic round Roomba style. The vacuum comes with the base charger station, an extra filter, and sensors that control where the Roomba goes and how hard it needs to clean the area.

The warranty is good for one year after purchase.

This is the biggest area the iLife model failed to live up to standards. While it has plenty of options and controls to work with, this robot was not as self-sufficient as many others. When switching to different surfaces or types of flooring, the vacuum would get stuck and sometimes switch off without telling the owner what was wrong. The owner then has to manually figure out the problem and restart the robot. Not the biggest pain in the world but more of an inconvenience than its competitors.

The iLife is a powerful vacuum that can pick up any kind of debris, including hair. The secret is that it doesn’t use brushes at all. It uses suction power to get the job done. This is why it’s great at vacuuming, even successfully picking up hair, but not so great at transitioning to different surfaces. The two-edged blade, unfortunately, works both ways in this case.

This iLife model is almost twelve inches wide, three inches tall, and weighs four and a half pounds. The sleek, circular design is white with a unique style to this brand that fits any home decorum.

The warranty is good for one year after purchase.

This Eufy model requires limited interaction, much like the others. It gets going on command and doesn’t stop until the job is done. There are a couple of problems though. For one, it has a lot of trouble picking up hair and having it stick in the brushes, so you’ll have to clean the vacuum after almost every run. Secondly, there is no phone app for you to control it from. Both are minor inconveniences but still problems that some other models don’t have.

The powerful vacuum is able to get up almost any kind of debris there is, not to mention has the ability to go over and under almost anything, which is something to boast about that some robotic vacuums can’t. However, the issue with hair can be a chore after the cleaning is all said and done. Just keep in mind that even though you’re having to clean the brushes, there is no hair left on the floor.

This Eufy robotic vacuum model is almost thirteen inches wide, nearly three inches tall, and weighs over five and a half pounds. It has a sleek, circular, black design unique to the brand. The special thing about this robot is how low it is, which allows it to travel to more places.

The warranty on Eufy products is only good for thirty days, which is much less than that of competitors.