A particular challenge for vacuum cleaner filters pet dander in the home is: who is cat or dog lovers and one or even several animals housed in his apartment, knows them to sing a song. Since it would be advantageous if an unassuming little helper could take over the chore of the path suction of almost every day accumulating fur remains.
That is exactly what the
iRobot 565 Roomba PET Robot manufacturer iRobot
(link is external), the specially equipped for this task is. Read in our next report more about the iRobot Roomba 565 PET!
The standard cleaning system of the iRobot Roomba 565 PET is functionally divided into three stages:
li> on its underside are two counter-rotating brushes, make the most of the work: they carry dirt and dust in the 400cc large collection box.
- directly above the ground the suction of a vacuum cleaner is mounted which sucks the dust there and in the separate dust box carries (100 cc),
- and thirdly, there is a horizontally rotating side brush, which is intended for cleaning of edges and corners.
When the robot of wood parquet changes to carpeting, so it fits the
rotational speed of its brushes the new underground at: on carpeting the brushes must of course do more and then rotate a bit faster.
The iRobot 565 Roomba PET is just a pretty intelligent vacuum cleaner!
Links see the different cleaning brushes and the dust filter of the Roomba 565 PET household robot. Its ingenious system allows efficient vacuuming on different substrates. the horizontally rotating side brush enables efficient cleaning of corners and edges.
What makes the Roomba 565 PET is that it can be operated with two different holding tanks:
- you can him once normally like any other Roomba with the standard box operate or
- if necessary with the special PET box , which is of particular interest for pet owners.
The PET-Box contains an additional suction head, but this does not suck from the ground, but serves to bring the whirling of the two brush parts to the PET Box. The suction head is thus directed onto the brush and not on the floor! When using the PET box therefore no more pet hair stuck in the bristles of large brush, as these constantly hangs in the suction flow of the PET-sucker.
What does this mean for the
pet owner ? It's simple: You use the standard box, if you have it sights more on the ground dust. And take the PET Box (in iRobot jargon it is called
AeroVac Series 2 containers ), if you want to remove dog and cat hair. In both cases, the Roomba will ensure 565 PET ensure that your floor is thoroughly cleaned.
The Roomba 565 PET is called a. "
Virtual wall delivered". This serves to keep the robotic vacuum of sensitive parts of the apartment. Just think of the play area your children! If you set the virtual wall in front of such an area, the robot is stopped by the transmitted infrared beam.
The artfully built Lego houses or towers of wooden blocks remain so to the delight of your children intact - especially when the robot in your absence just leave work alone.
the image shows a "virtual wall" in use. the transmitted infrared beam prohibit the Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner in this case to enter another room. Analogously, even areas within a room for the Roomba 565 PET as "taboo zones be "marked.
One of the key capabilities of robots is their interaction with the environment surrounding them. This interaction should be particularly pronounced in the household. What good is the suction force of such a helper, he aimlessly wanders through the house and then down falls on the next steps and possibly suffer a total loss?
This can definitely a Roomba not happen 565 PET: he is a
smart fall protection system equipped with iRobot one speaks of the
"Cliff Detect ™ system" . This system consists of 4 attached to the underside of crash sensors whose cleaning should be after each use by no means forget: because then you have a robot that is blind in 4 eyes!
A fall arrest system is therefore an essential prerequisite for an intelligent household robot. Test your Roomba 565 PET, simply place it on a table and watch him in his work - he will not fall down
. The built Cliff Detect ™ system warns the iRobot robotic vacuum time before steps and other abysses The Roomba 565 PET brakes off and changes its direction. the system works so reliable that you can make and turn on the vacuum cleaner robot on a table: he will not crash!
Who is watching the Roomba 565 PET in its work, will find that he sometimes deviates from its straight lines of work, pauses briefly, then a spiral path describes (this is then called "intensive cleaning mode"). This is always the case when his dirt detector has reported on the underside of a particularly dirty area. In this case, which is
blue Dirt Detect lamp is turned on and the area processed until the sensor "all clear" is.
The technology of this sensor is actually a very simple: a small metal plate on the bottom counts the "impacts", by the hurled at them dirt particles occur. In technical terms this means that
acoustic contamination detection . From a certain number of strikes alarm is given!
Often there is a certain floor area to be cleaned without evacuate an entire room or the entire apartment. In this case, the "SPOT-cleaning mode" is intended, which is identical in design with the oe intensive cleaning mode , only that it can be specifically triggered by the Spot button on the top of the robot (or on the remote control).
this is a very practical thing: it sets the Roomba 565 PET easy in the middle of the "dirty spot", pressing on the SPOT button and it then moves
in spirals on this area until it has about one square meter covered.
What happens when the main brush Roomba 565 PET tangled in the fringes of a carpet? Now, even on the other hand, this robotic vacuum armed: the brush rotation is stopped, and he tries to free himself by forward and backward movement. The same he tries with cables of all kinds, when it encounters such.
But we want to warn suspend the robot a "cable clutter" on the ground, because the "Anti-Tangle-System" is limited efficient. A little "robot justice" should already be the to clean work area!
After use, you should first empty the respective box: either the standard or the PET box. In both cases, is very fast, because the boxes are easily distributed, it can be taken any extra vacuum cleaner bags and redeploy. The dust filter in the boxes you should at least beat, better still suck briefly with a conventional vacuum cleaner.
Longer hair (eg pets) get stuck between the bristles of the main brush, especially when working with the standard box ever happy.To remove these hairs is a
special cleaning tool provided in the form of a plastic ring provided with serrations, which you can just drag over the brush.
The programming of the cleaning cycles of your Roomba 565 PET can be done in two ways:
- once the keys that are directly accessible on the top,
- and secondly with the remote control (which must be ordered as accessories).
In both cases can be achieved by a few keystrokes on a
maximum of 7 days of limited cleaning cycle set. You can specify for each day of the week, a time at which the robot is to be started.
Especially nice is of course if you have Roomba programmed to always work when you are not even in the apartment. Coming then eg after work home, you will find a freshly cleaned home front and can enjoy your evening.
Left is the Roomba 565 PET cleaning robot at work. He can thoroughly clean through its relatively low level even under sofas and beds. So also areas are cleaned, you usually reach only with difficulty using a conventional vacuum cleaner.
The Roomba 565 PET navigated - like all iRobot Staubsaugroboter - after the so-called amoeba strategy, ie he drives, starting from the home base, in straight paths through the room, change the gentle bumping into obstacles like furniture or walls, the direction and thus recorded the. entire area to be cleaned.
Otherwise he behaves when for example simply exposes him in the middle of a room. then he falls into the scroll mode, and so long until it encounters an obstacle, then again continue on in straight runs
the effectiveness of this method is not necessarily visible to impartial observers, but it is
scientifically proven and the kameragestuerten navigate quite equal.
also important is the ability to corners and edges rooms must be totally cleaned. This shows that the designers of the Roomba have thought of everything, because even
edges the robot detects this as such and continues as long along them until it meets again on an obstacle.
Rooms edge is automatically detected by Roomba vacuum cleaner robot. He drives along the edge and the rotating side brush sweeps the dirt while the suction device. In the room itself the Roomba 565 PET uses the so-called. "amoeba" strategy, which is considered particularly effective in terms of coverage of the to be cleaned area.
To charge the Roomba needs 565 PET
around three hours , depending of course on how much he has used previously. Usually one will make the robot in its home base for charging, but you can also charge via the included power supply it.
In which charge state they happen, can be recognized by the Clean button at the top. If it is blinking amber, then the battery is recharged when it lights solid green, the battery is fully charged.
A somewhat larger containers for PET-Box would just in households with multiple pets meaningful.
In addition: There are no batteries for the virtual wall are provided as in the other iRobot Saugrobotern. This is especially annoying if you so finds a technical marvel under the Christmas tree and want to try immediately.
Overall we are very satisfied with the results provided by this robotic vacuum cleaner. Of particular note are:
- strong suction thanks to the additional PET-sucker,
- intelligent navigation covers all surfaces,
- safety barrier,
- Anti-tangle technology,
- Virtual wall is provided,
- minutes fast maintenance
- Shock with distance sensors.
