Best Robot Vacuum: What to Consider When Buying One

Is vacuuming your entire house taking up too much of your time? Why settle with lugging your vacuum cleaner around when you can get yourself a popular robot vacuum for dog hair, dirt, dust, and other particles that make your home a terrible mess and let it clean your house for you while you sit back and chill?

But before you head over to the nearest appliance center or shop online for the best robot vacuum that your money can buy, here’s what you should consider when purchasing one for your home:

Robot vacuums can only pick up light particles

As mentioned earlier, robot vacuums can get rid of dog hair (or cat if you don’t like having a pet animal that barks, or human if you aren’t into raising pets at all), dirt, dust, and other debris that mess up with the overall look of your house. Bear in mind, though, that it can only clean light particles. So, once you get yourself a robot vacuum, don’t use it at all to pick up wood chips in your workshop or shards of glass after your toddler or pet broke your full-length mirror. You wouldn’t want to destroy your robot vacuum that way.

A robot vacuum cannot clean all types of surfaces

Some robot vacuums do well only on floors covered in wood, vinyl, or marble tiles. Others fare better when you let them clean a floor covered with a decorative rug. While it isn’t wrong at all to get yourself a robot vacuum that can handle either hard or carpeted floors, you may want to buy one instead that can thoroughly clean any surface it encounters. After all, you may decide to cover your wooden flooring with a carpet for the holidays, and you wouldn’t want to buy another robot vacuum after finding out that the one you purchased before can only clean hardwood.

You can operate some robot vacuums using a remote control and others with an app

As you’re new to buying a robot vacuum, you can get yourself an entry-level one that has a remote control. Just purchase some long-lasting batteries, put them in your robot vacuum’s remote control, and operate your cleaning assistant.

But if you want to stay abreast of the latest tech trends (which you already do anyway the minute you decide to get a robotic cleaner for your house), you can opt to buy a robot vacuum that you can control using its corresponding mobile app. You can even consider getting yourself one that can lay out their entire trail so that you can monitor via their mobile app which parts of your house they’ve already cleaned for you. You can also instruct an app-controllable robot vacuum to start cleaning your house by voicing out your commands on either your phone or a smart speaker.

You need a bigger dustbin for large spaces

The average size of a house according to data from the National Association of Home Builders as of the first quarter of 2018 is at 2,641 square feet. On the other hand, the typical size of an apartment unit in 2018 is at only 941 square feet. Take note of your living space or the area that you plan to use our vacuum in when shopping for one. You should purchase a robot vacuum with a large-enough dustbin if you reside in a typical house and an even bigger one if you live in a mansion-type home so that you’ll only have to empty it every after or a few times per cleaning cycle.

 

Conclusion

The robot vacuum got its start in 2001 when Swedish appliance manufacturer Electrolux unveiled the Trilobite. But unlike its namesake animal that became extinct millions of years ago, Electrolux’s product paved the way for an improved robot vacuum known as the Roomba developed by the American tech firm iRobot a year later. Since then, robot vacuums have entered the sphere of public consciousness that a popular sitcom even attached an MP3 player to a Roomba for laughs.

So, if you’re still getting rid of all those nasty particles in your house using a traditional vacuum cleaner, now is a good time as any to replace it with its robotic counterpart. Don’t forget to take note of the above-listed considerations when buying one.

 

 

How to vacuum your entire house in 17 minutes or less

Well, Christmas has come early to the Domesblissity household. I was so very fortunate to have received the latest in vacuuming technology from Dyson, the market leaders in the most powerful, cordless, stick vacuums. 

Having seen the Dyson V6 Absolute Handstick Cordless Vacuum in action at the recent Good Food & Wine Show in Brisbane, I got to see first hand, the powerful V6 digital motor in action for myself. This version of the Dyson cordless vacuum, comes with 2 cleaning heads, which work on hard floors or carpet.

From large debris to fine dust (or flour in my case), the patented cyclone technology and an entirely re-invented cleaner head captures it all. 

A highly efficient post-motor filter expels air cleaner than the air you breathe. 

But the best part about it for me is that the Dyson V6 has a trigger grip that releases instantly so you’re not wasting charge as you’re moving from room to room or changing the cleaning head or the cleaning attachments. I’ve got a 3 level house and there’s polished timber floors, tiles and carpet and the Dyson makes light work of all surfaces without having to change cleaning heads. If I pick up all the mats (and Lego) off the floor, I can vacuum my entire home in 17 minutes or less. That’s the amount of time a fully charged V6 will retain power.

There is a ‘max mode’ which lasts for 6 minutes for those really difficult tasks when you need increased suction power. I haven’t had to use that yet but knowing my family, they will surely spill something on the floor that will require some boosted power. 

I’d like to thank Santa Dyson for this wonderful gift and for making my life easier. Just think what else you could do with all that extra time without having to lug around your old vacuum, plugging and unplugging as you move from room to room? Hmmm, let me think?

• Have a cup of tea and read a magazine.
• Go for a walk.
• Give yourself a DIY pedicure.
• Paint your nails.
• Read a book.

• Bake.
• Clean something else (well, maybe).
• Prepare dinner.
• Go shopping.
• Meet up with a friend for coffee.
• Watch TV.

• Have a soak in the bath.
• Watch a DVD.
• Go to the cinema.
• Craft, sew, quilt, crochet or knit.
• Anything else but clean.

Thank you Mr Dyson, yet again, for inventing such a wonderful tool to make our lives so much easier.

 

Disclaimer: In return for visiting the Dyson exhibit at the recent Good Food & Wine Show in Brisbane and reviewing the Dyson V6 Absolute Handstick Vacuum Cleaner, I received a vacuum to keep. All thoughts and opinions are my own.