When the robot vacuum cleaner craze kicked off, iRobot was the name at the forefront, but I haven't seen many models from the firm recently. With the iRobot Roomba e5, the company is back on form, with a solid mid-range robot that ships with a battery-powered virtual barrier system to stop the...

Excellent carpet cleaning; IFTTT channel; Brilliant connectivity

Additional virtual barriers are expensive; Left deeper dirt on wooden floors

Pretty disappointed in this item will not run on a schedule tried everything,even tried to set up on WiFi to find out its not WiFi compatible,for almost 300.00 would have thought it would be WiFi compatible or at least the schedule to work with it,but it does work to some extent, and dont want to go...

Does a great job even though we have a dog and 2 cats leaving hair around the floors. A great time and energy save for me as I am working!!

When iRobot introduced the 980 to the market, it represented a significant shift in the way they designed their robots. The first significant change would be the navigation. Instead of using a thorough but yet inefficient random algorithm that a lot of consumers come to love, it followed suit with...

A cheaper version of the Roomba 980 (around $200 less; App-based control means you can control this robot anywhere with an internet connection; Comes with the same iAdapt 2.0 navigation found in the 980 for less; Predictable cleaning pattern make this more efficient than the older 700 and 800...

Short run time (just 75 minutes; Uses the older motor found in the 800 series; No turbo mode on carpet

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.