I was new to robot vacuums, but the Dyson 360 Vis Nav surprised me with how much it could do.
I’m probably not alone in saying that vacuuming is not my favourite task. No sooner have you just finished it, when it feels like it needs to be done again. Especially having a dog who sheds, it seems like there is no end to the dirt, dust and hair in our house, so anything that promises to lighten the load of cleaning is more than welcome.
However, although robot vacuums have been on the market for a while now, I hadn’t seriously considered buying one, as I was sceptical about how well they would actually clean. I figured that not only would the suction be poor, but that there would be many spots they would struggle to access, and therefore wouldn’t be worth it.
That is, until Dyson announced the launch of the Dyson 360 Vis Nav, their first robot vacuum. Always at the forefront of vacuum technology, I had more faith in their offering than any other, and jumped at the opportunity to try it out for myself.
Not only did it promise six times the suction of any other robot vacuum, its 360-degree vision system knows where it has been, sees where to clean, and is intelligent enough to respond to dust sensed in the home.
When it arrived, it was easy to set up. It has a charging station, and it can be connected to an app that allows you to customise how you use it, give it areas to avoid if you wish, and it can even report on where it found the most dust (which may or may not be information you want!).
As I turned it on, it was incredible to watch as it carefully made its way around. Not only could I hear its suction change depending on how much dust it was finding in different areas, I was surprised how little trouble it had navigating the room.
