Robotshop Ultimate Challenge
iRobot’s newest offering, the 700 series, has been put through the Ultimate Challenge, and we now have the results for the Roomba 780. Being one of the newer robot vacuum cleaners to become available in North America (and now abroad too), these results are quite relev
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/blog/show/robotshop-ultimate-challenge-irobot-roomba-780-tested
I think it’s interesting that you find the Neato XV-11 to be superior to the Roomba 780 (although arguably not by much). I really like the XV-11, especially how it maps, works faster, and is more gentle with the furniture. At the same time, I’ve found that the 780 does a more thorough job of cleaning. Especially corners. If you watch, the Neato doesn’t really get the 1 inch around things like table legs.
I looked at your scoring system, at I like how you’ve really done a good job of testing robots in a systematic and thorough way. Cheers!
