Robot vacuum cleaners at a glance

Robot vacuum cleaners – the "maid" of the future. Who wouldn't rather lie comfortably in the sun or on the couch and leave the floor cleaning to someone else? For example, a fully automatic robot vacuum cleaner. These intelligent little guys have a sophisticated inner life, and the functions range from UV sensors that kill bacteria to driving independently into bright areas of the room to avoid disappearing into dark corners when the battery is low. To make the selection a little easier, meinhaushalt.at has created a list of the most common robot vacuum cleaners.

Robot vacuum cleaner iRobot Roomba 620

Here are the most important data for the iRobot Roomba 620:

General

• Rec. price: € 299 (as of 01/2015)
• Size: Round, diameter 33 cm, height 8.5 cm
• Weight: 3.6 kg

Power and battery

• Charging time: n/a
• Battery performance: n/a
• recommended room size: 2-3 rooms approx. 40 to 60 m²

Features:

• Cliff Detect: detects and avoids stairs or other fall hazards, turns around automatically
• Anti-Tangle technology: does not get caught in cables or carpet fringes
• Automatic charging: returns automatically to its charging station
• Adaptive navigation: independently recognizes the room and navigates around obstacles, adjusts automatically to the floor surface

Cleans easily

• under sofas and beds
• Parquet
• Laminate
• carpets
• Corners
• Baseboards
• Pet hair, hair

Plus

• flat design
• 3-stage cleaning system
• Charging station

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iRobot Roomba 780 robot vacuum cleaner

Here are the most important details for the iRobot Roomba 780:

General

• Rec. price: € 499 (01/2015)
• Item weight: 6kg

Power and battery

• Charging time: n/a
• Battery performance: n/a
• recommended room size: approx. 80 m²

Features:

• Touchpad
• Independently recognizes the room
• Cliff-Detect: navigates around obstacles and abysses independently
• adjusts to different surfaces
• 7 working times per week can be programmed
• Is kept away from areas that are not to be vacuumed by infrared rays
• Electronic display when the container needs to be emptied
• Returns automatically to the charging station
• Persistent Pass Cleaning technology (for particularly dirty spots)

Cleans easily:

• Dust
• Pollen
• Pet hair

Scope of delivery

• Replacement brushes
• Special cleaning tool
• Remote control
• 2 Virtual Wall Lighthouses
• Charging station

Plus

• 2 collection containers
• bagless
• Flat design

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Dirt Devil M607 Robot Vacuum Spider

Here are the most important details for the Dirt Devil M607 Robot Vacuum Spider:

General

• Rec. price: € 110.54 (01/2015)
• Item weight: 2.6 kg
• Size: Round: 28.5, height 7cm
• Dust container volume: 0.27 l

Power and battery

• Charging time: approx. 4 hours
• Battery performance: 60 minutes
• recommended room size: n/a

Features:

• 3-stage cleaning program
• 3 adjustable fall sensors
• independently avoids obstacles
• detects stairs without falling down
• washable permanent filters
• Bagless

Cleans easily:

• Hard floors
• short-pile carpets

Scope of delivery

• Replacement brushes
• Special cleaning tool
• Remote control
• 2 Virtual Wall Lighthouses
• Charging station

Plus

• Replacement brushes
• Replacement filter

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Vileda Cleaning Robot – Robot vacuum cleaner

Here are the most important details for the Vileda Cleaning Robot:

General

• Rec. price: € 133.61 (01/2015)
• Item weight: 3.6 kg
• Size: 38.5 x 13.7 x 39.5 cm
• Dust container volume: n/a

Power and battery

• Charging time: n/a
• Battery performance: n/a
• recommended room size: n/a

Features:

• 3 cleaning programs for different room sizes (S= Small, M= Medium, L=Large)
• independently avoids obstacles
• detects stairs without falling down
• Bagless

Cleans easily:

• Tiles
• Parquet
• Laminate
• Linoleum
• short-pile carpets

Scope of delivery

• Charger
• Maintenance brush
• Replacement dust filter
• Replacement corner brush

Plus

• without vacuum cleaner bag
• Incl. replacement accessories

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Photos from Amazon.de

As of 2010

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