El iRobot's new robot vacuum cleaner It not only incorporates the best technologies of the latest models, but also a new navigation and object detection system that will allow you to avoid one of your biggest fears: that it will "eat" the poop that your pet may have dropped where it shouldn't.
Roomb j7+ continues to refine iRobot designs
La roomba j7+ is the new proposal from the popular manufacturer of robot vacuum cleaners, a model that stands out from the start for a design where refines everything seen on previous models. Although if you want compete against robot vacuum cleaners from other brands which often cost significantly less, you will need something else. It may have, but first let's talk about the design and then the rest of the news that will directly and clearly affect the user experience.
As we have said, the design is essentially the same as always. It is a circular robot and the differences are in the details. On this occasion, not only some materials change, which give it a rather elegant touch, but also aspects such as dimensions. This is especially noticeable in the self-emptying base, now it is smaller in height and that facilitates its placement in places where the previous model was somewhat uncomfortable. For example, now it is easier to place the base under the table that is usually in the hall of the home.
For the rest, the new iRobot Roomba j7+ is just as you can see it in the images. Of course, you should know that despite the change in the dimensions of the Clean base, the bags are the same as in the previous models with a base.
Brown proof navigation
The Roomba j7+'s navigation system is another attraction of this robot vacuum, despite looking the same as previous iRobot high-end models. But this is not the case, this time to the already existing navigation system that relied on the use of a camera and another series of sensors to move for safety, detect obstacles and avoid constantly hitting furniture, legs, walls, etc. etc now it is also able to dodge your pet's poop.
That is, thanks to POOP (Pet Owner Official Promise) system and the main attraction of this robot vacuum cleaner, the iRobot device is capable of identifying your pet's poop on the floor and avoiding it so as not to mess it up if it were to try to clean it like other types of elements.
And it is that, it may or may not have happened to you, but that the rollers and brushes of a robot vacuum cleaner have contact with your pet's poop can be very unpleasant. Not to mention that it is also difficult to clean. Not only in the external elements that some can be disassembled to those that are fixed and internal.
So iRobot bases part of its success on this striking trisitic shell. So much so that if during the first year a "surprise" from your pet "eats", they completely change the robot vacuum cleaner.
A software full of options
In robot vacuum cleaners, the software is, together with the suction capacity, the most important thing. What's more, it may even be more so if due to a lot of cleaning power it keeps bumping into furniture and corners.
In this case, the Roomba j7+ seems to have done its homework well and to the usual characteristics of previous models, the highlights, together with this anti-poop mode for pets, highlight the following:
- I use services of activation based on your location. When you are not at home, the robot will know and start cleaning the home
- Calculation of estimated cleaning time
- quiet scrolling for areas where you are working, reading or just want to be quieter
- smart mapping home with customization suggestions
- Analysis of cleaning times by seasons in order to anticipate them and improve its effectiveness. It will be able to ask you if you want it to clean or not the area that it will suggest
- Work coordinated cleaning with the Brava jet m6, so that it mops the floor right after finishing the Roomba j7+
This together with other details provide an interesting value a priori, although later it will be necessary to see on a day-to-day basis if it is as effective as it indicates.
How much does the Roomba j7+ cost?
We arrive at the painful moment or not depending on the type of user you are and the particular needs you may have.
- El basic model of the Roomba j7+ iRobot, without the self-emptying base, will cost 749 Euros
- With the Clean Base the price of the Roomba j7+ will cost 999 Euros
- The additional bags for the Clean base they will have a cost of 19,99 Euros in pack of three units
As you can see, it is a high-end model and its price indicates it. Taking into account the options from other manufacturers such as realme, Roborock, etc., it is difficult to think that such an investment will be worth it. But it is also true that being able to forget about varying the rome for several days is something very beneficial, especially for those users who have homes where pet or child hair can generate more dirt than usual.