This was my first experience of a robot vac and I thought it would start out by mapping all the rooms, but as it’s an entry-level model it doesn’t have this functionality. Unfortunately, the actual machine doesn’t move quite as quickly! First clean

Once you're ready to clean, you just tap the button on the app and the picture of the 692 scuttles off the screen like a turbocharged cockroach. However, Marty is a pretty placid feline and wasn’t remotely annoyed, or even particularly interested in the robot vac. The children decided this unit would be named MartyAnnoyerBot, after our cat. Within the app settings, the Roomba has an actual birthdate so clearly it’s intended to become part of the family. Set-up was easy – download the iRobot app to your smartphone, connect the Roomba to WiFi, give it a name and you’re set. The 692 has a little flicker brush on the outside that reminds me of a deep-sea creature that bats microscopic food particles into its mouth. It has shiny plastic finishes which tend to show marks and dirt, and the front ‘bumper’ quickly gets marks from skirmishes with inanimate household objects. It’s a fairly standard-looking, disc-shaped robotic cleaner, with a simple charging dock. The Roomba 692 is one of iRobot’s entry-level robot vacs.

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Roomba 692 Roomba 692 – $749įeatures: Wifi connected with app. Over a couple of weeks I let them both battle it out for the title of robot king. I wanted to see what all the fuss was about robot-vacs so setup an in-home trial to compare a top of the range model with an entry level one.

Roomba racing