Categories: LivingInteriors

Tried and tested: Dyson’s new robot vacuum


by Megan Burns
16th Nov 2023

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.

Despite the fact that my home isn’t anything like as spacious and open as the image above, it had no issues with obstacles or changes in surface, moving from tiles, to thick rugs, to wooden floors easily. It trundled over the base of a clothes horse like it wasn’t even there, and as it’s surprisingly low-profile, it actually fitted its way under a lot of furniture.

It also cleans the edge of each room perfectly thanks to sensors that detect the edges of a room. It then redirects suction through a side-actuator, while the D-shaped body and full-width front-mounted brush bar help it reach into corners.