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Putting your feet up and letting a self-steering robot handle all of the cleaning in your home has never been so affordable. With the press of a single button, the clever gadget will begin removing dirt and dust from hard-to-reach places, like under the sofa.
Some models can also mop the floors too.
The biggest brands in robot vacuum cleaners — Eufy and iRobot, the manufacturer behind the Roomba lineup — have both slashed prices across their best-selling models in a flash sale.
iRobot has slashed £450 off the cost of its Combo j7+ vacuum cleaner, which boasts 4-stage cleaning and ships with with a charging station. You can kickstart a clean with the companion app on your phone, use an Amazon Echo or Google smart speaker, or schedule cleans in advance for each week. If the Combo j7+ model isn't right for you, there are plenty of other Roomba models in the lineup on-sale until October 1, 2024
There are many similarities between these two rival 'bot builders, with both shipping models with charging stations to offload any dust vacuumed from the floor, so you don't need to worry about emptying the bag every few weeks. Both Eufy and Roomba can be controlled with apps on iPhone and Android, allowing you to kickstart a clean from anywhere in the world or schedule a regular tidy-up when it suits.
For a limited time, Eufy is offering a maximum saving of £200 on its Omni S1 Pro model.
With powerful 8,000 Pa suction, the Eufy S1 Pro is designed to effortlessly removes deep-seated dust and debris from hard floors as well as carpets. It also comes equipped with a mop, with the designers behind the 'bot boasting that it exerts the same amount of pressure when scrubbing floors as human hands — perfect for dislodging tough stains. The charging station has a reservoir of water, so it can do multiple passes on your flooring without any intervention from you. Likewise, it has a built-in hygiene dust bag and fast-charging.
Usually £1,499, this flagship Eufy Omni S1 Pro has dropped to £1,299. There's free UK shipping and a 30-day money-back guarantee.
The Eufy Clean X8 Pro is a more affordable option that still comes equipped with enough suction power to deep-clean deep-pile carpets — perfect for those with parts at home
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If that's a bit much, Eufy has also dropped £180 off its more affordable Clean X8 Pro with Self-Empty Station. This smaller 'bot can steer itself around your home, carefully avoiding furniture and obstacles. Eufy has also equipped this model with a patented Active Detangling™ roller-brush that automatically detangles hair as it spins.
Usually £549, the flash sale has dropped this Eufy model £369.
Helpfully, Eufy — which also has a range of security cameras to rival Ring video doorbells, smart scales that analyse your body composition, and breast pumps — has a trade-in offer. If you already own one of its vacuums and want to upgrade to the newer models, then it's possible to unlock a bigger discount on the new Eufy Clean lineup.
If you're looking for something a little cheaper. iRobot — the Massachusetts-based brand behind the best-selling Roomba robotic vacuum cleaners — has slashed the price tag of some of its 'bots by as much as £450.
But you'll need to be quick. The Roomba sale will end at 11am on the morning of Tuesday, October 1, 2024.
If you've got an Amazon Echo, use Siri, or Google Nest smart speaker, you can use these voice assistants to command a Roomba robot vacuum to start vacuuming or mopping. You can ask it to clean everywhere, or specific a particular room.
Using its navigation algorithms, the Roomba will methodically clean in orderly rows, while sensors stop it from falling down stairs or knocking over ornaments as it cleans around and under furniture.
iRobot offers free delivery on all orders over £50 and a two-year hardware guarantee.
Using the companion app on iPhone and Android, you'll be able to schedule when the Roomba vacuums and mops your home, including when you leave, a chosen day each week, or when you issue a voice command to an Amazon Echo or other smart speaker
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Prices start from £169 for the iRobot Roomba Essential. For that, you'll take delivery of a 2-in-1 autonomous robot that can vacuum and mop your floors, powered by iRobot OS. With the press of a single button, the clever gadget will begin removing dirt and dust from hard-to-reach places, like under the sofa. Usually £269, you'll save £70 on the Roomba Essential in the summer sale.
The major differentiator for pricier Roomba models is the charging stand, which doubles-up as a way for these clever cleaning 'bots to empty dust and debris into a bin bag
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If you're willing to spend a little more, the j7+ Self-Emptying Robot Vacuum and Mop comes equipped with a charging base with a built-in vacuum bag that the Roomba can empty its contents into.
These enclosed bags capture and trap 99% of pollen and mould, so you can empty the contents after 60 days and keep your hands clean. During its cleaning routine, the Roomba will dock itself on the charging whenever it needs to top-up the built-in battery or empty its onboard vacuum reservoir. According to iRobot, the combination of this AI-powered gadget and the cleaning stand means you can "forget about vacuuming for months at a time".
Usually £999, this advanced model has been reduced to £549 in the sale — a saving of £450.
By disposing of any dirt collected from the floors into the Clean Base charging stand, there's no need to empty the Roomba after every clean — saving you a lot of time. And when you do need to empty the bag, it's already sealed for you, avoiding any mess
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Upgrading to a pricier model adds features like Precision Vision, which lets you teach the Roomba in real-time whether it needs to avoid an unknown object in its path
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The Roomba j7+ enjoys a smarter navigation system, known as "Precision Vision", to help the vacuum 'bot avoid pet waste, loose charging cords, and shoes from getting in the way.
When it spots one of these troublesome objects, it'll use the onboard cameras to send you a photo so that you can tell it to avoid or clean around the obstacle in the future. While the more affordable models in the iRobot line-up learn the layout of your home — this more advanced Roomba is able to react to it in real-time.
The Roomba Combo 10 Max has dropped from £1,499 to just £999. This flagship vacuum improves on the j7 line-up by adding a reservoir of water to the charging dock, so the self-navigating cleaner can refill its tanks and mop your floors for up to a month before you'll need to do anything. Not only that, but you'll only need to empty the bin bag built into the stand every 60 days.
Roomba leverages AI to prioritise dirtier rooms and automatically adjust suction and scrubbing
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This model offers iRobot's SmartScrub system, which mops back and forth with consistent pressure for a 2x deeper scrubbing than other models in the line-up to eliminate stubborn messes, like coffee and grime.
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Roomba Combo 10 Max will start to learn from past cleans to automatically prioritise dirtier rooms and adjust settings like suction, scrubbing, and cleaning passes.
