in today's video we are gonna find out which self-emptying robot vacuum is better the latest
one from yeti or the highly popular irobot i3 plus and i'm gonna have to put this down because
they're way too heavy all right so both vacuums have self-emptying stations the stations do look
somewhat similar the one from the irobot is a bit taller and of course that one is black so it can
match the color of the vacuum where the one from the yeti vacuum is white so once again can match
the color of the vacuum so whenever the vacuums get full they will go back to their base and empty
themselves inside the self emptying stations of course there are paper bags that will collect
all the dirt from the vacuum and you can go for about 30 to 40 days without actually having to
clean those it may be longer depending how clean your house is but for most household it's probably
going to be around a month now when the vacuums go back to their stations to empty themselves
they do get quite loud but the irobot is much louder than the yeti vacuum and next i want
to show you a quick example so you can hear how loud they actually get when they empty
themselves
looking at the vacuums themselves well they do look like most robotic vacuums
out there so the same round shape so they do look very similar in between each other
of course the white one may match some houses better than the black one where the black one
may match some houses better than the white one of course it depends on your preference as well
now looking at the front of them they both have a bumper on the front and of course some sensors but
i've noticed that the bumper on the yeti vacuum also has some rubber strips at the top and at
the bottom and that will help protect the vacuum itself so the vacuum doesn't get scratched and
also the furniture the irobot has just plastic on the front so after using this for about two weeks
the irobot has way more scratches than the yeti one on the front there underneath they both have
side brushes that side brush will basically push the dirt towards the suction hole in the center
of the vacuum there we also have sensors so the vacuums don't fall down the stairs and i haven't
had any incidents over the past two weeks that i've been using both vacuums and with the yeti we
get one brush this is what we usually see with a lot of vacuums on the market where the iron bottom
in the center there we have two rubber brushes however i haven't really noticed a difference when
they clean so they do clean them quite similar now with the yeti vacuum i've noticed that you
can change the suction power from the app where the irobot you don't have access to changing the
suction power so it's the same suction power at all times so that could come in handy mostly if
you're working from home and you want to lower the suction power from this one because this way the
vacuum is not as loud the yeti vacuum also gets a mopping module so on the back there we have
a little water tank and underneath that water tank you would attach the mopping pad and then
the vacuum can go around and mop and vacuum or you can just mop it depends on your preference you can
turn that on or off from the settings the vacuum will not go over carpets if it's mopping this is a
good feature because i've had other vacuums in the past that would actually mop carpets well this one
will figure out that it's going over carpets and it will stop there and it will avoid the carpets
whenever it's mopping now this is a feature that's not available for the irobot so the irobot can
only vacuum it doesn't have a mopping module as for suction power well based on the manufacturer's
specification the yeti vacuum is also more powerful than the irobot so technically if
the yeti vacuum would go over something heavier on the floor would be able to pick it up better
now my house where the vacuums have been vacuuming i haven't really noticed that big of a difference
but technically yes the yeti vacuum is the more powerful one out of the two and we are moving on
to app control so both vacuums can be controlled from your smartphone from an app of course for the
irobot you need the irobot app or for the yeti vacuum of course you need the yeti app the apps
are available for both ios and android so you can use them on any device so here the yeti app
is much better first of all it shows a map so you can always see where the vacuum is you can always
see where the vacuum has vacuumed already and what it hasn't so you kind of know where it's gonna go
where the eye robot you never know where the vacuum is gonna go you never know what area
it cleaned and so on so for that the yeti app is much better now neither device has a laser
mapping system like other more expensive robotic vacuums however the yeti vac does have a camera
at the top so i'm assuming that it's using that camera and some sensors to map your house better
the irobot does have a map but it only shows you the map at the end when it's done on a cleaning
so you can't exactly see where the vacuum is at all times you can see what it's cleaned and so on
so for the app the yeti vacuum is much better the yeti app also allows you to select an area
on the map and the vacuum will go and vacuum that particular area so let's say that you spilled
something on the floor you can just make um select a little area on the map the vacuum will go there
and vacuum with the irobot you're actually gonna have to start a cleaning cycle and then you're
gonna have to wait till the vacuum goes around and talking about um waiting so with the yeti vacuum
it usually does the top floor of my house in about an hour and five minutes or something
like that where the eye robot takes about an hour and 45 minutes so much longer for
the irobot to clean the area i'm assuming that has to do with the fact that the irobot doesn't
exactly know where it's been so sometimes it goes over the same area two or three times
so that probably has a lot um to do with it so the mapping system the way the yeti vacuum does
it seems to be better than the mapping system that the irobot has and of course if you use the
google assistant or amazon's alexa you can control both vacuums with your voice technically of course
you're gonna have to set them up to your account personally i haven't done that i find it it's much
easier to use them from the app but you do have that option for both devices so overall looking
at the features that they both offer and of course the price because the price is also important and
i'm taking consideration that the yeti vacuum is a bit cheaper than the irobot i feel that the
yeti vacuum is the better vacuum out of the two because it does offer more for your money alright
guys hopefully you enjoyed this video thanks for watching and i'll see you in the next one