Robot vacuums have come into their own
Those little round robotic vacuums which came out a few years ago looked promising but they were always getting caught under the bed and everywhere else in the house.
But since then, robot vacuums have really come into their own after those early years on the market and a range of false starts.
The problem was, the earlier robot vacuums would run blind around the home so it was obvious why they’d end up bumping and knocking over furniture and getting lost and stuck throughout the home.
Plus, because these little robot vacuums had to have a necessary slim design, this presented multiple challenges when it came to vacuum suction power.
Many people tried out the first robot vacuums and had a negative experience with them and this sentiment stayed with consumers for a long time!
But time has moved on and robot vacuums have come into their own. With new technology, these little vacuums have become smarter and in the end – they’ve become genuinely helpful products.
The three top features which have improved the most over the last few years include:
- Mapping: The ability to map your home has been one of the biggest game changers in robotic cleaning technology. These days, robotic vacuums use laser technology to create a virtual map of your home has made an entire suite of different features and benefits available.
This includes the ability to create virtual boundaries around areas you want your robot vacuum to avoid when cleaning, the ability to control and schedule the robot vacuum remotely, and customise your clean for different areas of the home.
- The ability to avoid obstacles: When robot vacuums first entered the market, general sentiment was that robot vacuums got stuck on almost everything with a few key contenders including cables, socks and similar objects. Users would have to constantly monitor them to make sure they weren’t eating up items they shouldn’t, or do save them when they did.
ECOVACS robot vacuums have TrueDetect 3D and AIVI technology have changed this sentiment as they allow the robot to intelligently understand their environment and avoid these obstacles! It;s this technology which presents a huge leap to ‘hands-free’ cleaning.
- Suction Power: previously, customers believed robot vacuums couldn’t compete with more traditional vacuums in terms of suction power. But for example, the ECOVACS’ DEEBOT T9+ features 3000Pa suction power, and the N8 PRO comes closely behind at 2600Pa. This combined with ECOVACS’ pressure retention system delivers strong suction power which is helpful for carpeted homes!
Other new features of robot vacuums include the Auto-Empty Stations which keep the vacuums more ‘hands-free, vibrating mopping attachments which add some elbow grease to dual mopping and vacuuming functionality, and smart speaker compatibility which allows your robot vacuum to be ‘voice-controlled’.
The latest ECOVACS robot vacuums have all of these new technologies we’ve listed and they do clean up your home with much less trouble and to a much higher degree than the older generation of robot vacuums was capable of.
For more information on ECOVACS robot vacuums, take a look here.
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