By the nature of our activity, we have to communicate with many people who have decided to buy a robot vacuum cleaner. Many of them ask the same questions:
How to choose the right robot vacuum cleaner?
Which robot vacuum cleaner is better?
At first glance, it may seem that all robotic vacuum cleaners are not alike to each other like two peas:
round
ride on the floor themselves
collect garbage from the floor
What else is needed?
But this is only at first glance. Agree, both Mercedes and Moskvich are cars. But is it the same thing?
So it is with robotic vacuum cleaners. In addition to the battery, power adapter, wheels, dust collector with filter, mechanical bumper and side brush, which are mandatory for all robots vacuum cleaners, many of them have several more similar functions, such as:
the presence of sensors that prevent falling from the steps
the presence of a base, to which the robot vacuum cleaner drives up automatically for the next recharging of the battery
the presence of a turbo brush (not all), this item will be considered below in more detail
On this, perhaps, even the approximate similarities end. Then the nuances begin. And, as you know, the essence of any quality thing lies precisely in the "little things". That is why, when buying such a useful home assistant, we advise you to find out the following:
1. How quiet is the device you are considering? For noise levels, we recommend reading the material below.
2. How long can it work on a single battery charge. There are some that work for 60 minutes. From 10 to 15 minutes of this time is allotted to find the charging base. As a result, such machines have 45 to 50 minutes for real cleaning. Therefore, for high-quality cleaning, we recommend choosing robotic vacuum cleaners that can work without interruption for 90 minutes or more.
3. The presence of an automatic intelligent system for selecting a cleaning scheme. For older models, these schemes had to be selected manually (and some did not even have this option). But none of these schemes alone can guarantee the quality that the latest generation machines equipped with intelligent "brains" provide.
4. The number of turbo brushes (one or two), as well as systems for separate collection of garbage and dust. The fact is that old models, even if they have a turbo brush (unfortunately, only one), the debris from this brush should be “sucked in” by the standard electric motor. This method is only good for conventional vacuum cleaners with "megapower" electric motors. In robotic vacuum cleaners, the power ranges from 15 to 60 watts. This is 50 - 100 times less than that of conventional vacuum cleaners. In this case, the indicated electrical power is consumed by the entire robot vacuum cleaner, including the power of the vacuum pump, turbo brushes, transmission and lamps.
The classic method of collecting dust from a turbo brush in robotic vacuum cleaners is not fully justified. That is why the leading manufacturers have developed devices with separate collection of garbage and dust. In such robots, two counter-rotating turbo brushes will not only collect garbage, wool, etc. from the floor and carpets with better quality, but also with the help of a special comb, they will dump this garbage into a separate container. This allows a) better cleaning of turbo brushes and b) not throwing all the garbage into a common container, thereby excessively clogging the filter and reducing the suction power. In new devices, the second part of the dust collector is designed only for sucking in dust left after total cleaning with turbo brushes. This clever method of cleaning increases its quality several times over compared to previous models with one turbo brush.
5. The presence of an ultraviolet disinfecting lamp (kills all bacteria remaining after cleaning on the floor).
6. Possibility of programming the time and days of the week of cleaning in automatic mode.
7. The number of sensors preventing falling from the steps. Economy class models have 2-3 sensors, "advanced" ones - 4.
8. The presence of additional infrared sensors on the mechanical bumper to prevent unwanted collisions with furniture (respect for furniture).
9. How much vertical travel the drive wheels have. For new robotic vacuum cleaners, this stroke is significantly increased. This allows them to navigate carpets and overcome small obstacles with great success.
10. Ability to change the speed of movement.This function allows you to clean more thoroughly in heavily soiled areas.
11. The presence of a remote control panel and its range. For the best examples, such a remote control works flawlessly, even if it is not pointed at the vacuum cleaner and even if it is used through the wall from the next room.
12. The presence of an automatic self-diagnosis system and indication of its results on the display of the vacuum cleaner or remote control.
13. The presence of a virtual wall.
14. Availability of the "wet cleaning" function. This is not for everybody.
But, the most important point is who is the manufacturer of the robot vacuum cleaner. In Russia, the most famous is the American trade mark IRobot, under which robotic vacuum cleaners are manufactured in China. However, the most famous brand in China is XRobot. This company is located in the Shenzhen Free Economic Zone (Shenzhen, PRC) - the Chinese Silicon Valley, where all well-known world brands are located. It is in this free economic zone that the highest requirements are imposed on product quality control.
The number 1 company in the PRC - XRobot - is the world's leading developer and manufacturer of robotic vacuum cleaners.
Buy-Robot online store. Ru is the official partner of XRobot in Russia.
It is not hard to guess that the XR series robotic vacuum cleaners popular in Russia got their name as an abbreviation for XRobot. At the end of 2012, XRobot launched new models on the market: high-quality and easy-to-use XRobot XR-110, XR-510, XR-230.
In 2013, XRobot developed a special series of robotic vacuum cleaners: XRobot 5001, XRobot 5005 and XRobot Virage, which are highly reliable, have extended battery life and are characterized by reduced noise and ideal cleaning quality. The KUPI online store is the official distributor of this series of robotic vacuum cleaners in Russia.
Official confirmation issued by XRobot to the online store "Buy-Robot. Ru" >>>
Attention! Recently, information has begun to appear on the Internet about robotic vacuum cleaners that are very similar to XRobot products. On behalf of XRobot, we would like to officially declare that these robotic vacuum cleaners are illegal copying of the robotic vacuum cleaners developed by XRobot. To put it simply, it was a FAKE.
XRobot is the developer and the ONLY LEGAL manufacturer of robotic vacuum cleaners under its name.
XRobot produces high quality products that meet all accepted international standards. All over the world, XRobot products are receiving the best reviews.
XRobot has all the necessary domestic and international certificates: Hi-tech Enterprise Certificate, Technology Innovation Award Certificate, Excellent Product Prize of CHINA HI-TECH FAIR, SGS Audited Supplier of Made-in-China and many others.
XRobot production is certified in accordance with the international quality system ISO9001: 2000
All XRobot products are manufactured in accordance with the RoHs directive of the European Union. Read more about this regulation at the end of the article.
Each batch of XRobot robotic vacuum cleaners arriving in Russia is tested in the GOST-R system and, based on the results of this test, receives a certificate of conformity.
Attention! When you buy an XRobot robot vacuum cleaner from us, you get free warranty service during the entire warranty period, even if the breakdown happened through your fault. We always stand on the side of the Buyer. This is our principle.
Let us compare the characteristics of only two models of robotic vacuum cleaners: IRobot Roomba 770 and XRobot 5005
vopschem there further characteristics and the price of the first 20900r and 10900r
the second has all the functions compared to the first, plus it is 600 grams lighter and 6cm lower
As they say, see for yourself, decide for yourself.
To reinforce the impression, we could start speculating that both of these robotic vacuum cleaners are made in the PRC, and on this basis try to play down the merits of IRobot. But then a shadow would be cast on all goods produced in the PRC.In fact, a lot of good and high quality products are produced in China. IRobot and XRobot are just from this series.
At the request of customers, XRobot continues to release the M788 robot vacuum cleaner developed in 2007. Also, the production of economy class devices of the M288, M388, M488, M588 and M688 series, which are, in fact, various modifications of the same inexpensive model, continues.
These models do not have such a powerful cleaning system with two turbo brushes and separate collection of various types of garbage and dust. This greatly reduces the efficiency and quality of cleaning. There is also no UV bacteria killer here. There is no programming of the cleaning schedule. No wet cleaning function. Significantly shorter battery life (60 minutes) and louder noise.
By the way about the noise. Not many people know that the noise level of 47 dB and the noise level of 53 dB (seemingly almost the same) differ from each other by exactly 2 times. The point is that dB is a very tricky unit of measurement. To make it easier to understand, I will give three examples. The sound volume during a normal conversation is about 60 dB, the pain threshold for the human ear is 120 dB (very loud music at the disco), the lethal volume level for humans is 180 dB.
From this it follows that the noise level should be measured with an accuracy of one dB. As for the XRobot, the company's engineers are constantly reducing the noise of their robotic vacuum cleaners from batch to batch, which makes them perhaps the quietest in the world.
This is not all that XRobot engineers do. Thanks to their efforts, all the components of the XRobot 5005, XRobot Virage and the individual units included in the package are continuously improved. That is why everyone who tries to copy XRobot products is doomed to be forever outsiders.
A very important circumstance is that for many years our company has been importing radio electronic equipment from various countries of the world. During this time, we have accumulated rich experience in the selection of reliable supplier partners, the best in their fields and production segments. For this we personally inspect the factories of our partners abroad.
Therefore, with a special desire I would like to present you with a photographic material telling about how the XRobot production is organized.