iRobot's Roomba vacuums have always been easy to use, but the new Roomba 980 introduces an even easier way to clean your home without getting off the couch: app control. The Roomba 980 connects to your home Wi-Fi network, so you can control it remotely from an app on your smartphone. It's iRobot's best 'bot yet, but $899.99 is a hefty price to pay for app control. The Neato Botvac Connected ($299.99 at Amazon) gets you similar Wi-Fi functionality for less, making it the better buy. And though it lacks Wi-Fi, our Editors' Choice remains the Neato XV Signature Pro for its much more reasonable balance of performance and price. Design and Features The Roomba 980 looks a lot like its most recent predecessor, the Roomba 880 . It's about as big, measuring 13.8 inches in diameter and 3.6 inches high, and weighing in at 8.7 pounds. For comparison, the Neato Botvac Connected, which uses a more corner-friendly "D"-shape instead of a circular design, measures 3.9 by 12.7 by 13.2 inches (HW...

The Roomba 980 is iRobot's best robotic vacuum yet, adding Wi-Fi and app control for even easier home cleaning, but the price for convenience is higher than ever.

Powerful; Good on rugs; Wi-Fi-enabled

Very expensive; Noisy

Cleans good on hard floors. Not as effective as vaccum cleaners on carpet but still does the job. If your house is big then its not for you guys. Perfect for Small houses apartment etc I am satisfied with the product

Did my research, decided on Roomba. We have modern tiled floors through your ground floor. Two dogs two cats ! I Robot is amazing perfect clean floors schedule every day it takes 1hr 20 mins , shows me where it's cleaned tells me to empty the bin . Not sure why we waited so long.

No more stress over dirty floors and needing to drag the vacuum out - just tell 'Alexa' to get Roomba to clean and it's done! Emptying the small dustbin and pulling hair out of the wheels (easy) are the only maintenance tasks to do.

Between seriously powerful suction, a HEPA filter, and the two-hour battery this is one of the best robot vacuums around for sheer cleaning - except in the corners where the round design won't reach.

I found this easy to set up and use. It does a much better and more thorough job than I expected. We have dogs, horses and lots of dust and it copes with it all. Floors much cleaner. I love it that I can set it going and go off and do other jobs. It is also great that I can check what it has done.

The original unit had a faulty home base, but was promptly replaced. The unit works well. However, a few spots still need a quick follow up with a normal vacuum after a clean, typically spots where there wasn't enough space for the robots to navigate through i.e.

We've only had it a short time but are impressed with the job it does. We used our Dyson 2 days before it arrived but we wanted to try it out and were amazed at all the dirt it picked up that the Dyson missed. I had been told that if you buy a Roomba get the top model and they were right.

I bought one of these about 9 months ago and honestly it was one of the best decisions I ever made. I'm a lazy single bloke in a 2 bedroom unit without pets or kids so I don't make all that much mess but I need my place to look like the complete opposite of a bachelor pad at all times on the off...

Not to be confused with the I-Robot book of Isaac Asimov short stories or the I-Robot film staring Will Smith, the iRobot (note the slight difference in the spelling) Roomba is a vacuuming robot. I have been looking at the 980 model of this product which has been cleaning my maisonette.