So I am here with my second robotic vacuum cleaner review no it's not
something that I normally look at in the channel but I life reached out to me and
asked me if I'd like to review this of course I did say yes as you can see I've
got the unit here with me so it's a smart vacuum cleaner and the sense that
it doesn't have the mapping so it's not one of those more advanced expensive
models but it has its own system so it's got a gyro the sensors and it will in a
way map out and know where it is at least you can set it to do a more
routine cleaning pattern and not the just typical automatic going all over
the place so a zigzag mode it's got edge cleaning modes it also has a mop so you
can mop floors with this as well so here you have the washable mop and it's
container there you need to fill with water so you replace this with the
typical dustbin if you're not just vacuuming see you can't unfortunately
vacuum and dust at the same time it's either one or the other you need to
decide on what you're doing this of course is the charging pad here so this
is where it dachshund automatically will dock onto this to charge and we've got a
filter a remote so this is the remote you can control it with this so it
doesn't have an application it's not that advanced it doesn't connect up via
wireless or anything like that here is the power plug the adapter they're
European all right here we just have another spare mop so if you've got one
in the wash you can just add this one and put this one on it of course so
under the vacuum you'll find four brushes there so two you need to use now
and then a spare set as well as some triple-a batteries for the remote and a
cleaning tool so sitting it up is quite easy all we need to do is just clip on
here the brushes so they're color-coded one for the left one for the right suit
you have to replace these eventually they will wear out the brushes so on the
left and the right here we have full sensors this is to of course stop it
from falling down stairs it will detect that and stop itself from doing that 360
degree front wheel the two charging connector pins there now you notice that
the intake on this one is different it's brushless so it doesn't have a
sweeper brush function it literally just sucks and that is it this is both a pro
and a con now why is it a con well obviously it's not going to be as good
on carpets because it's not gonna be able to brush up things and
sweep things off carpets and mats and even hard floors as well as look about a
sweep up things as good and the pro of this of course is it's not going to get
tangled up and caught up with here so you don't have to keep cleaning it and
it also won't hopefully suck up cables and get cables stuck right in it and the
two wheels they've got a nice tread pattern on here it's a very soft rubber
so this won't have any problems with traction it shouldn't slip and should be
able to climb up obstacles of a centimeter so without any problems and
they are spring-loaded of course so just like other vacuums the weight of the
vacuum will then push that right down so we'll have contact with where it's
sucking and of course and vacuuming so removing the dust button is very easy
you simply need to just press down here and the slots out now I was wrong about
the filter it's actually not a washable filter here so you could see that as a
bit of a con unless it's going to have good filtering performance because
normally the washable ones you'll find that they only remove about 95% of dust
particles and things there and that's quite easy to access you simply just
lift this up and then you can replace that filter and you can of course take
out the other filter parts there this also is removable
change that out this you can wash so you cannot wash the dustbin and there's a
big reason behind this because it does actually house the motor in there so if
you submerge that in water you will of course kill the motor and to empty the
dust is a couple of magnets holding this flap here just pull that open and you
can tip out all the dust that's inside there so on the right of the v8 s we
have a power switch and even a DC in there for charging if you weren't going
to be using that dock along the front here your typical bump sensor so this
has a nice soft rubber along here and if it does bump into things it will detect
that and reverse back there's also sensors located in here to
to help with obstacle avoidance so quickly run over the controls it's very
straightforward so you've got start and pause your cleaning right here you have
this exact cleaning option you've got return to home which is your doctor
charge this is there for the timer set up so you've got the time right now I
need to set that time up and it very easy to simply need to hold the button
down and then it with the arrow keys up and down go through and set your time
and this is the spot cleaning mode now the LED on the top there will tell you
the day so you can schedule cleaning you can have it going every day at a certain
time and will also indicate your remaining battery life - and then the
remote is really the same kind of thing so you've got your different cleaning
modes you've got your edge cleaning your spot cleaning mode your zigzag cleaning
you've got the control to start and pause return home to charge and this is
for controlling it if you wanted to manually control the vacuum so you can
angle it and move it around and direct it towards where for example you've got
something spilt on the ground then you can do that very basic here and
straightforward so when you switch over to mopping the one of the big cons here
is it's not going to be able to vacuum and mop at the same time like some other
robot vacuum cleaners so you simply need to just lift this up add your water here
300 milliliters so now for the performance test - I'm taking 60 grams
of rice and noodles and I'm gonna see how much each of the vacuum cleaners
here will collect with their spot clean up mode starting out now with the I live
v8s with the spot cleanup mode let's see how much of the 60 grams it will pick
out so you can see it's flicking a lot a wave due to the brushes of course
there's something it happens on all vacuums
all right so it's finished it thinks it's done the job there's quite a bit
left but let's measure now and see how much it collected so I managed to
collect 45 grams another Robo rock version to spot cleanup mode
okay so that's a real surprise they look at how much it lifts it lifts a little
less here but let's measure it now and see how that compares to the v.a.t.s
okay so that one managed to pick up 52 grams more or less you could add maybe
another half a gram because of some of its built out so that was a difficult
test for any robotic vacuum cleaner because they're brushes they tend to
flick around things like rice and noodles that's why I tested it so
they're more expensive Robo rock version 2 which retails for about 500 US managed
to collect 52 grams out of the 60 so it did an excellent job they're really good
not quite as good as I thought it could have done because it stops as you see in
the middle and it didn't actually finish collecting up everything now the more
budget orientated v8s from iLife that only picked up 45 grams of the 60 but I
still feel for half the price that it did a reasonably good job considering
that this is a very difficult test and it does have those two brushes at the
front so like all robotic the vacuum cleaners that when it gets to an edge
for example a staircase then it will stop itself
so because it doesn't have the brush in the middle that means it's not so great
at carpets at sweeping off bits of dirt and stuff but it does save you from the
problem of having threads and pieces of hair getting stuck in the brush causing
you to have to clean it about once a week and like any robotic vacuum that
certain items like rugs for example that have an edge to them may cause the robot
vacuum to get stuck now when it comes to the cleaning mode the automatic mode
that you'll normally use the scheduled mode it's not very intelligent but at
first you think oh it's gonna plan things out it will go around the edges
first but then what happens it will cross over half of the room then it will
actually double back on where it's already been so it's not the smartest
and nowhere near as good of course as the robotic vacuum cleaners that can map
out rooms and know exactly where they are and where they have been so just
like my show me the mopping functioning on these robotic vacuum cleaners is not
really that great as soon as you put the water in you will start to see some
drops coming out so there's three tiny little droplet holes there whether it
will slowly let the water out and it just like the vacuuming mode will go
randomly over the floor so it doesn't pick up any stubborn stains so if you
have dried on coffee and then it's not going to be able to lift or remove that
for example and it does a very light job so it's not wonderful the mopping mode
but you do see a little bit of dirt that it does pick up so it is something at
least but it cannot vacuum at the same time and more so once the vacuum has
finished its cleanup it will simply return home to dock and recharge itself
against my shower I did a recently good job I feel not quite as good but the
main thing is here this costs half the price of that one now it doesn't have
this super smart feature so there's no wireless notifications you can't control
it remotely you can't be at work and get it to clean but of course you can put on
the schedule so you have a scheduled time for it to run and it's very easy to
set up it's not hard at all the controls are very basic with the remote but
that's really all you need and the performance in general with cleaning
their corners okay will sometimes miss some areas and I feel - because it
doesn't have the main brush in the middle which is sweeping and scraping
stuff off the floor a little it's not going to be quite as good at removing
more stubborn stack-on but to do it and carpets of course this is not going to
that great however it's also a bit of a pro too as well because it's not going
to get tangled up with here you don't have to do any maintenance on a metal
brush that's one thing less to maintain now the container the dust collection
750 milliliters that is pretty good not bad at all that's a really good capacity
that's a lot more than my expensive sharmi means I don't have to empty it so
frequent there and the mopping feature so the mopping feature again like my
show me and that's not good really if you've got something like stuck on dried
coffee that you spilt three days ago you just didn't have time to clean it up
then it will pass over it and it's literally only gonna remove a tiny
fraction of that stainless so you still have to manually mop your house I feel
they're not there I hope one day that they will apply pressure with the mops I
hope you will have one day an orbital system of mopping and scrubbing at the
same time that'll be great but we're not there yet and definitely not at this
price of about two hundred fifty us there were of things there's well okay
the noise 68 this valves it's pretty loud working time of 100 minutes that's
good and also the charge time is more or less typical so it's between about 3 to
4 hours it's nothing amazing it's not a super fast charge of it it's only going
to be operating once during the day normally and if you've got a massive
house then there is going to be that large gap where it has to go back and
charge and then continue so you do have to really factor that end so it's a
hundred minutes going to be enough for your house I feel it should be for most
places at least in most areas that this will be working so all in all for the
price I do feel that the v8 7 is a good vacuum it's not perfect for carpets and
it's not as fast and as efficient as the mapping ones but overall very decent
thank you so much for watching this a vacuum review if you'd like to see more
vacuum reviews perhaps let me know I can get in touch with manufacturers that
they may possibly see me a review unit so I can check out more and I hope you
like the review and I do hope to catch you back in the channel bye for now