IROBOT Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner Reviews

Review score: 9.2 / 10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £799

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Overall Customer Rating

Overall rating

9.2

9.2 average based on 140 reviews.

How customers rate IROBOT Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner

Ease of use

9.5

Design

9.3

Performance

9.3

Value for money

7.6

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Features
Quality
Price
Reviews
Brand – Irobot
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Summary
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IROBOT Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner features

	IROBOT Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner
Type	Robot vacuum cleaner
Pet model	Yes
Suitable for allergy sufferers	Yes
Capacity	0.6 litres
Floor types	– Carpet
Filter type	Replaceable filter
Battery type	3300 mAh Lithium-ion battery
Power	14.4 V
Run time	120 minutes
Charge time	3 hours
Docking / charging station	Yes
Full reservoir indicator	Yes
Easy clean brushbar	Yes
Colour	Black
Box contents	– iRobot Roomba 980
Dimensions	92 x 351 x 351 mm (H x W x D)
Weight	4 kg
Manufacturer’s guarantee	2 years
Price	£799
Number of Reviews	140
Review Score	9.2 / 10 Average score in category: 8.3 / 10
Buy	Find Best Price

Quality

As with any electrical items, it’s particularly important to study the quality of a product before you buy it. This is especially important for Vacuum cleaners. But when we’re buying online, what can be done to get an idea of a product’s quality?

Our first area to study is normally the features. We’ve given a full list of features for IROBOT Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner above. This should give you a good idea of how good the product is in terms of features and functionality.

You’re also going to want to know how durable the product is, so here we’d advise taking a look at the materials that the Vacuum cleaners are made from.

There is also a lot of benefit in checking out the brand of the Vacuum cleaners. Some brands are known for manufacturing much better quality products. As I’m sure you’re aware, brands like Irobot are really well respected for making great Vacuum cleaners.

It’s also important to have a good idea of your expectations in terms of quality too. You may not actually be looking for the best quality product if your main goal is to get cheap Vacuum cleaners. So spend some time considering what’s important to you and think about the areas that you’d be happy to compromise or not.

Comparing Prices

That leads us nicely into price, where we’re going to spend some time looking at the price of IROBOT Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner and seeing how that compares to other Vacuum cleaners and also looking at the sort of price you can expect to pay for products from Irobot.

It’s really good at this stage to spend some time just getting an idea of the sort of price you can expect to pay for your Vacuum cleaners. When you’re spent a bit of time looking at the prices, consider setting yourself a budget.

Setting yourself a budget will really help you to narrow down your search. It can also help you to avoid the slippery slope of buying a really expensive product that perhaps had advanced specifications that you didn’t need or couldn’t actually afford.

The price that we found IROBOT Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner cheapest in our most recent search was at Currys and cost just £799.

Customers are obviously impressed with the value of IROBOT Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner as they’ve rated it in terms of value for money at: 7.6 out of 10.

How much do Vacuum cleaners cost on average?

We searched for all of the Vacuum cleaners that we could find at Currys. In total we found 135 different products available.

The average price of Vacuum cleaners was £223.40, which makes IROBOT Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner above average in terms of price.

We also thought it would be useful for you to know how much the price of Vacuum cleaners can vary. Of the 135 products we found, the lowest cost that we found was £33.99 and the highest price we saw was £799.00.

In the Vacuum cleaners category, 0 products cost more than IROBOT Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner and 134 cost less.

How much are Irobot Vacuum cleaners?

Next up we thought it would be useful to narrow down our search a bit more and only look at Vacuum cleaners made by Irobot. We managed to find 9 options at Currys.

The average price of these 9 products was £485.67. With the cheapest coming in at £249.00 and most expensive currently showing as £799.00. Based on this price analysis it shows that IROBOT Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner is above average against other Irobot Vacuum cleaners.

IROBOT Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner Reviews

Reviews are without question your best piece of information when researching a product to buy online. We love customer reviews especially, as they’re not incentivised and just written by genuine customers.

We also love customer reviews because many of them will be from customers who have been using the product for some time. We found 140 reviews for . So we’d strongly recommend you head over there and take the time to read plenty of the reviews to get a real feel for whether IROBOT Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner is just what you’re after.

IROBOT Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner has a customer review score of 9.5 and our review score is 9.1 out of 10. The average review score in the Vacuum cleaners category is 8.3 with an average of 454 reviews for each product. The average customer review score for products from Irobot is 8.8 based on an average of 34 reviews per product. So you’re definitely going to be in safe hands if you do choose to buy IROBOT Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner

The other useful source of reviews is expert reviews. Whilst these won’t give you as much user feedback as the customer reviews, it does mean that you’re getting some expert opinions on the Vacuum cleaners. Companies like TechRadar are really well known for providing great reviews.

It’s also worth exploring other product options and reading their reviews. Just some of the products that we liked are IROBOT Roomba I7558 Robot Vacuum Cleaner reviews, IROBOT Roomba 891 Robot Vacuum Cleaner reviews or IROBOT Roomba I7158 Robot Vacuum Cleaner reviews. Or something a little different could be a product like IROBOT Roomba E5158 Robot Vacuum Cleaner reviews or even IROBOT Roomba 676 Robot Vacuum Cleaner reviews.

Buying Irobot branded products

Brand, as mentioned earlier, is another really important factor to consider for buying Vacuum cleaners.

It looks like you’ve already got some idea of the sort of product you’re inserted in, as you’ve landed on this IROBOT Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner review. However, if you do want to consider other brands just make sure you spend some time reading lots of reviews. If you decide to stick to Irobot then you’ll not be disappointed, judging by the customer reviews.

YouTube Video of IROBOT Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner

Another fantastic source of information and great for reviews is video content. Below we’ve run a search for IROBOT Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner on YouTube if you wanted to check out some of the video reviews that may have been created by customers or expert reviewers.

Summary

Based on the amazing reviews shown at the top of this review, we’re really impressed with IROBOT Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it as one of the top options if you’re looking to buy Vacuum cleaners. This is only highlighted by the great customer reviews and our review score of 9.1/10 overall.

All that’s left now is for you to head over to Currys to check out the 140 customer reviews. Simply hit the green button at the bottom of your screen to start.

Further product details

- Product ID 1: 21297193703

- Product ID 2: 10168548

- Brand: Irobot

- Model number: 10168548

- EAN: 5060359281043

- Description: Top features: – Navigates multiple rooms with full suite of sensors to adapt to real-world clutter – Automatically recharges and continues the job for easy cleaning – Cleans all floor types for true diversity – Increases power automatically when on carpet or rugs Navigates multiple roomsThe iRobot Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner features iAdapt 2.0 Navigation with Visual Localization which helps Roomba 980 seamlessly navigate an entire level of your home and keep track of its location. It uses a high-efficiency cleaning pattern to adapt to real-world clutter and furniture so it can move around multiple rooms, going from the kitchen to the living room without hassle.Use the iRobot HOME App to choose how your cleaner does it job – you can see what your robot’s been up to using the Clean Map.Automatically rechargesWith a run time of up to two hours, the iRobot Roomba 980 will also automatically recharge and resume the current cleaning task until the whole job is completed.Cleans all floor typesSuitable for all floor types, the iRobot Roomba 980 will adjust automatically for carpets, tile, hardwood and laminate floors as it travels through your home.Increases power automaticallySome floor types may require more power than others, so the Roomba 980 has the feature of automatically increasing the power with floors such as carpets and rugs and will get to the places dust and dirt hide.