iRobot is one the world’s leading brand in robotic vacuum cleaners. They stay that way by releasing innovation after innovation seemingly every year to keep its wide customer base on its toes. Today, we’re looking at iRobot’s latest Roomba to hit the market—the Roomba i3. Let’s see what this badboy has in store.
Dirt Sensors
Dirt sensors are pretty much standard in all modern robotic vacuum cleaners, but iRobot boosted the i3’s sensors to detect even tinier particles lingering in obscure locations. You can rest assured that with the i3 patrolling your floors, corners and edges will always get a thorough cleaning.
Self-Emptying Clean Base
First of all, allow us to tell you just how impressive this little robot truly is. The Roomba i3 comes at a budget-friendly cost while also supporting premium-quality features. One such feature is the Clean Base, self-emptying charging dock that doubles as a secondary vacuum cleaner to empty the i3’s dirt collection bin.
If you want this high-end feature in another bot, you’ll have to take a look at the Roomba s9+, which isn’t exactly a low-cost robot. The Clean Base does not come standard with the i3.
Reactive Sensors
We were also mightily impressed by the Reactive Sensors that the i3 comes with. With these sensors constantly in action, the i3 knows exactly where it can and cannot clean. Seeing as how it measures less than 4 inches in height, we can state with absolute certainty that there’s actually very few sports the i3 cannot reach.
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100-minute Runtime
If you’re not awe-struck by the i3’s 100-minute runtime, we completely understand. Robotic vacuum cleaners can don larger batteries than the i3’s, but with auto-recharge and auto-resume, there’s absolutely nothing to worry about.
The i3 will immediately pick up exactly where it stopped prior to charging. There’s an estimated 2- to 3-hour charging time for the 1800-mAh battery to reach max capacity.
Tag-Team Vacuum and Mop with the Braava jet m6
It might seem that iRobot is out of the loop by engineering and releasing robotic vacuums and mops when hybrid models exist, but we’re telling you that the company’s line of Braava robotic mops aren’t nothing to mess with.
Like the s9+, the i3 can direct the Braava jet m6 (sold separately) to commence its mopping operations after vacuuming. No more fine-tuning programmable schedulers to get both jobs done if you have both of these robots at home.
Unique Multi-Surface Rubber Brushes
On the belly of the i3 is a unique set of multi-surface rubber brushes that do more than just pick up dirt particles. These brushes dig deep into carpet fibers to extract more hair and fur with every pass, making the Roomba i3 ideal for homes with pets.
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iRobot Home Intelligence Platform
iRobot has revamped their Home app to make it more user-friendly than it was. Paired with the iRobot Genius Home Intelligence Platform (also sold separately), your robot will know more about your home and offer cleaning mode and frequency suggestions based on its recordings.
Additionally, it’ll also suggest keep-out zones to Roombas and Braavas to avoid all sorts of trouble (mopping carpets, pushing pet bowls around, etc.).
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Last Update: 2023-12-07 | Affiliate links/Images from Amazon Product Advertising API
