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We have been lately posted up some of the video sabout robot vacuums
and we've found out that among the lately released robotic vac cleaners
most of the brands start to embrace the self empty base
with their flagship products.
Indeed the self empty function has been in favoured by most customers
because of the high efficiency cleaning rate
as well as the total "let go" mode
is just so delicious for the bunch of lazy people
well, including me myself.
So in this video
we have selected 3 typical robot vacuums with self empty base
and each of them has represented a specific price range.
We've got Lydsto R1 which represents the price range under $400;
and Shark RV101 representing the price range between $400-$600,
and the last candidate here is from irobot,
which has dominating the high end robot vacuum market for a quite a long time,
irobot I7 in representing the price range over $600,
now is selling $799 after discount on Amazon
Now lets take a look at the out-looking design on each of them.
It is pretty clear to observe that
iRobot is among the highest along with their self empty bases,
and the robot is land on the charging dock,
Shark has the most compact robot size
while Lydsto has a higher robot size because of it's LDS navigation system,
therefore it would be a bit difficult for him to clean up the areas like
under the sofa or bed.
Pretty much the same bottom structure design for all three robovacs,
two big flick wheels on sides
and one universal wheel on top, edge brush, and main brush in the middle,
while Irobot has two main brushes
one to loosen dirt and the other to pick it up
which can definitely improve its cleaning efficiency to another level.
As robot vacuums,
the cleaning power is one of the most fundamental index that we need to review about.
We put the vacuums in a certain area on the floor
and make them start working on debris
that we have already poured at the same amount of weight.
By the end of the cleaning we scale the dust container
then compare the weight before and after to come up with
the cleaning efficiency rate for each of them.
We will clean up the testing area and dust cup every time
before the test to make sure we do the test fair and open.
In the first round we took cereal as the only debris on floor,
it turns out both Lydsto and Irobot can clear up
almost all the cereal we poured on floor
but Lydsto only took 5min to complete the cleaning.
Shark has the cleaning rate at 96.5% which is also acceptable
but has been using 13min to end the job.
Then we decided to add more kinds of debris to simulate the actual environment
which can have mixed materials on floor
still 100 grams debris in total
We put 30 grams of sand, 20 grams of red bean,
20 grams of cereal,
20 grams of powder and 10 grams of seed shells.
Well
This time the result had told the difference.
Only Irobot can still remaining an outstanding clean up rate at 96.5%,
this is pretty much contributed by its dual main brush.
Following up by Lydsto, with 88.5%, but still with the shortest of time.
and Shark with only 76% of cleaning rate and takes 15min to finish the test.
With the same testing method on the floor,
now we are taking these three vacuums onto carpet to see how's their performances
or if anything will change on carpet.
Coming out with the result,
again irobot is among the best with 85% of cleaning rate,
still remaining in tier 1.
It's dust detection technology really helps to detect debris on floor
many times you can see it will go back to the spot with debris
that we thought it has already missed out.
Followed up by Lydsto with 76% sitting at tier 2,
Shark was literally doing random cleaning on carpet,
we can not see the logic by it's cleaning route,
it seems like it failed to suck up all the red beans
and that also made it only cleaned up 64% of the debris.
Now if you own a regular robovac,
you won't be strange to the trouble of dust bin emptying by hand,
even though we all know that a filling up dust bin means suction loss,
but after several times of detaching,
emptying, dust spilling and hand washing,
I swear.
Well you see why I'm so excited for auto empty:
it restores the robot's suction without our physical efforts.
Plus, the dust collected goes to,
in most cases,
a disposal enclosed dust bag.
Which you simply throw away every month or so.
But a sad fact has been learned until we received this guy,
the Shark RV101,
we found out that it doesn't come
with a dust bag collecting mechanism in its self empty base,
instead,
it is replaced by a one button dust down container.
all the dust will directly goes into the dust container right in its base.
So not like others with dust bag,
you need to pull out the dust container physically
and dump the debris inside of it whenever its full,
this is kinda inconvenient for users that I need to bring out first
Emm, kind of disappointed,
But let's hope it's auto-empty performance deserves its price though.
Sooo, how do we test auto-empty performance,
we gonna put the mixed debris that remained in the former test
into each of their dust collectors(the robot)
then send them into their own bases to start self emptying,
after being weighed out each of the disposal dust bag,
we can therefore get to know how much of the debris
has been successfully sucked out from the dust collector.
We take cereal in the first place,
and the result comes out showing Shark got 97% self-empty rate,
followed by Lydsto R1 with 95% and iRobot has only about 80%.
That's because the docking port of iRobot is located at bottom,
so the air tube would be too long for itself to have an efficient self empty rate.
Coming next is the mixed material test
From the result we can clearly see that irobot has 77% of the self empty rate,
shark has 74% and Lydsto got 78%.
Although irobot has the most outstanding cleaning rate,
but the low self-empty rate has dragged down
its overall cleaning rate as only 77%.
In contract,
Shark's self-empty efficiency is among the best
but due to it's bad performance in sweeping,
its overall cleaning rate seems not that good enough.
Lydsto's performance is always well comprehensive,
and that makes it becomes the best in overall cleaning test.
Mopping is another important indicator
we were expected to focus on after sweeping tests.
But, we have found out that both irobot
and Shark don¡¯t have the mopping function
only after we physically received the products.
It is just making no sense for irobot
and shark having no mopping function with such a price cost,
anyway, let's take a general look at the structure of dust collectors.
Apparently Lydsto has a bigger dust cup than any of them,
as well as the water tank that can cover more than 150m².
So if you are choosing a robovac that has mopping function,
make sure that you have ordered the right one,
since not all vacuums have this feature.
Now we are going to put these guys into a mobility test.
We trapped the robot under a chair to simulate
the stuck scenario for each of them and see how long
it will manage itself to get out,
the exit can barely enables the robot pass through
so the robot can not easily get out before several attempts and bumps.
It turns out that Lydsto has the best performance in this test
which is not surprised us too much
because unlike the rest two are using visual navigation system,
Lydsto's LDS2.0 high-precision radar laser sensor
can map out the surroundings like real quick,
hereupon get out of the stuck.
In the obstacle crossing ability test,
we put a cylinder with 3cm diameter laying on the floor
and a keyboard in regular size to see if they can climb over.
After several times of attempts,
irobot finally gave up of climbing over the cylinder,
while Shark gives up in the very beginning to climb the cylinder
and starts to find out another way to make a detour about it.
Only Lydsto successfully climbed over the cylinder
and be able to climb back.
The keyboard is a piece of cake for all three robots.
In the last test we measured the noise for these guys making
when they are working since this is also another point
most people wanted to focus on.
Come straight to the result,
Lydsto has generated the largest volume of noise when cleaning on floor, with 64dB
followed by irobot with 63dB and Shark with 60dB only.
But this becomes complete adverse when they are in the self emptying process.
Lydsto becomes as the least noise maker with only 71dB,
followed by shark with 73dB,
and iRobot makes 75dB of noise which is kinda unacceptable.
We've been working on this review for about two weeks
and those above are the results we got from all tests we did.
So here we come up with this conclusion
and hope that will help you on choosing your own robot vacuums.
For most of buyers who prefer higher cleaning efficiency,
here we have irobot and Lydsto for you to go.
Irobot is surely having the best cleaning performance
but there is literally tiny difference against Lydsto.
Well Shark is totally a different story in comparing with the rest.
But if you are also looking for a vacuum with mopping function,
then Lydsto would be your only choice among them.
Shark is having the most compact design,
although his performance is not that outstanding,
it is still a not bad choice if you are living in a cozy apartment.
Irobot has always been the tier one brand in robot vacuum market,
while Lydsto is more like a raising star
and even over taking irobot in some performances.
Just as some other Chinese brands are challenging the traditional markets,
it's already 2021,
maybe it's time for us to change into another point of view on
MADE IN CHINA.
Also when you look back at the price of them,
it is pretty much clear and easy for you to
understand what I'm trying to say right up there.
Alright thanks for watching guys,
let me know what you are thinking of these three vacuums in comment.
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Peace.