The Combo 2 is now the most costly selection in iRobot’s Essential line and sairyly pricier than the $400 DreameBot D10 Plus, our current choice for the best budget robot vacuum and mop. The Vac 2 is useable via “pick retailers” in North America (including Target and Best Buy, so far) and has the same features as the Combo except for the mopping capabilities, which gives to its lessen price.
Both vacuums have a self-vacanting dock, up to 120 minutes of battery life, and the ability to carry out immacutardying routines that can run automaticassociate or begin manuassociate from a button on the robot, in the mobile app, or by voice order to Alexa, Siri, or Google Assistant-contendnt inalertigent device.
When a immacutardying routine is finish (or when its battery is shut to dying), the Combo 2 will automaticassociate return to its included AutoEmpty dock, where the satisfyeds of its dust bin will be sucked into a bag that iRobot says is huge enough to helderly 60 days’ worth of dirt. The bag is also self-sealing, making the process of replacing and throtriumphg it away a little immacutardyer.
The Combo 2’s mopping capabilities need a little more maintenance. The charging dock can’t automaticassociate refill the tank used to moisten the robovac’s reusable microfiber mop pad, and rugs will need to be manuassociate shiftd out of the way during a immacutardying routine that holds water, as the Combo 2 can’t retract its mop pad when transitioning from difficult floors to carpeting.
iRobot says the recent Combo 2 features “100 percent stronger suction assessd to the Roomba Combo Essential” while immacutardying for up to 120 minutes on a one accuse. But the company doesn’t depict which of the four levels of suction power will produce a two hour runtime. At peak power, you can potentiassociate foresee a immacutardying routine to last less than two hours.
Also, the Combo 2’s navigation isn’t as proceedd as what you’ll discover on more costly Roomba models. This robovac relies on “one-of-a-kindized sensors” and an “increased bumper” to dodge obstacles as it sshow crisstraversees a room. Although it can disjoin a visual recurrentation of where it’s traveled thraw the iRobot app, the Combo 2 can’t originate 3D maps of a room to understand where it has and hasn’t immacutardyed.