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We tried all the vacuum cleaners in wood and carpet floors.
How do we try Robot’s vacuum cleaners
Our method to evaluate robots vacuum cleaners is simple, but exhausting. There are two types of tests that we execute. The first test is to discover How good a robot covers the floor while cleaning. We build a standard test room of the industry as specified by the International Electrotechnical Commission Only for this purpose. The IEC is an international standard agency responsible for managing robot vacuum proof procedures, among other things, for vacuum manufacturers.
Greet our Robot vacuum test room. Inside there are objects that may seem a bit strange. They are design to simulate furniture and obstacles that a robot will find in the real world.
Within this room there are objects designed to simulate typical obstacles that an vacant robot is for navigation as it cleans. These obstacles include wall edges, table and chair legs, sofas and other furniture, etc., in addition to tile floors and bare wood, as well as carpet. We set up the LED lights at the top of each vacuum. The dimensions of the lights correspond to the width of the measured nozzle of each particular robot vacuum that we try.
As the robots move through the room while cleaning, an upper chamber captures a long exposure image of the entire room with little light. That photo will have a trace of light, created by the LEDs, which shows the exact areas where the robot toured (and its position of the nozzle) during its execution time. We can also see areas of the floor where the vacuum may have lost or stuck. You can see the results of the navigation of all the robot vacuum cleaners in our test group in the gallery below.
The second type of test reveals exactly how many physical debris a vacuum can be removed from the floor. To imitate the dirt of a small particle size, we use a mixture of playing sand and landscaping sand. For a larger particle floor, we use raw black rice grains. The robots then run in straight line mode through three types of floors (low pilot carpet, medium -sized carpet and naked hard wood floors).
More of our Robot Vacuum Test Configuration.
We also control the width of the specific nozzle of each vacuum. We build an adjustable tool to rent our test floors. It allows us to place a strip of a precise area of the ground to match the dimensions of the nozzle for each robot. The earth mass is not chosen at random either. We measure a proportional amount related to the floor material, the type of rubble, plus the width of the nozzle of each vacuum.
We perform three cleaning races (at least) in each type of floor. We also carry out cleaning and rice cleaning tests separately. That reaches at least 18 tests by Robot Vac. We weigh the robot dust container both before and after each race. From there, we can calculate the percentage of debris collection for each cleaning execution and the average amount of land that a machine manages to eliminate. In addition, we perform tests of anecdotal (visual) pet hair for each robot, in the three types of floors.
Our rice -based medium -sized particles test did not show enough differentiation between each cleaner, which says that they can all handle larger particles without problems. For the elimination of skins for pet owners, we judge anecdotally.
How we test wireless vacuum cleaners
We execute tests in a straight line in the three types of floors.
Putting wireless proven vacuum cleaners is not as complicated as trying a robot vacuum cleaner, but still requires a lot of time and careful effort to find the best wireless vacuum cleaner. We execute each void in a straight line on three different surfaces (hard wood, low pilot carpet, middle battery carpet). In the three test beds, the test area is of the same length (30.25 inches).
We tried the ability of a vacuum to clean the sand and rice.
As in robot tests, the width of the test bed is proportional to the width of the vacuum nozzle. We measure this width ourselves. We also use the width of the nozzle, plus the type of floor, to calculate the soil density for each test, according to IEC guidelines. We also use the same types of soil here; sand, rice and pet hair. We make three races (at least) in each type of floor. We also tested the suction power with sand and rice separately. That reaches at least 18 vacuum tests. We weigh the vacuum dust container before and after each race.
From there, we can calculate the percentage of dirt collection and debris for each race and the average amount of land that a vacuum manages to eliminate. In addition, we perform anecdotal tests (visual) of pet hair for each vacuum, in the three types of floors to help us select the best wireless aspiration.
