Review with characteristics, price and specifications

The best vacuumators in the market have passed through the Xataka Testing floor, from the More ambitious robble to the Dyson vacuum robots going through the Competitive Xiaomi Models either DREame. But we have also tested Models with good value for money Of a few hundred euros. Just because, It is not necessary to spend more than one thousand euros to have the house clean.

In fact, thanks to the maturity of the product and the democratization of technologies such as navigation or connectivity, you can find these characteristics in quite affordable models. Now, Aldi has broken the deck with a vacuum robot less than 100 euros. Without a doubt, the cheapest I’ve ever tried by far. This has been our experience.

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My experience with Aldi’s vacuum robot

The box caught my attention because of its contained dimensions in these times that run with huge highway bases, but It came quite completewith different control options such as a remote control (Spoiler: my favorite way to handle it) and even spare parts. The key is that the base is small and only load and that the vacuum cleaner is compact.

A classic resulton design. Not only is it rather small, but also light. The form of shape is the classic swelled cylinder, with a bumper on the front, the removable compartment of the water tank in the rear and a fairly cleared upper area except by two buttons. The housing is completely a somewhat rough plastic and that these days of use has already been scratched simply by passing under the radiator, although they are superficial scratches.

One aspect to improve is that the buttons are tactile and not physical, so you depend on their sensitivity to contact. Both buttons have an individual and exterior contour with an LED that changes color: yellow for synchronization, green if it is operational and red when loaded, Easy to understand.

Your cleaning weapons. The technical tab of the vacuum cleaner speaks of a power of 25W, but that does not reveal real information about its suction capacity (having offered the data of air or pascal watts would help the user more, in addition to being able to compare). But between the price, that the manufacturer does not contribute this data and that it is not especially noisy or put in full, it can be expected that it is not especially powerful. When we turn around we find a double side brush, arranged on each side, a central sows roller and a small mop of a fabric similar to a cloth that is fixed and released with velcros.

For navigation, neither laser visor nor cameras, much less recognition of objects: bumper, infrared and anticany sensors (today they are usually a complement to the above) are responsible for the vacuum cleaner to move through space with the help of the wheels traveling the entire area available in a “intelligent” way, in areas or in the perimeter. In this sense, it charges all the meaning Clear the terrain to avoid abuses and blockages.

In my first test I put it as is at home (about 100 square meters) and I had to be attentive to its aid requests (yes, speak) and its traffic jams: in a corner without more, between two chairs, on a fat carpet, among others. After getting up several times to take a hand, I discovered The most efficient way to clean: Locking it room per room after removing cables on the ground, sneakers and thick carpets, because although it climbs the finest, it is dead halfway from the fattest and hairy.

How about cleaning? The app offers a bar where I could adjust the power and I put it to the maximum of the first change (I did not notice much acoustic difference with respect to the minimum) and I have to say that quite well -man, taking into account that we are three adults without pets. It takes enough hair, miguits and some sand of my paddle shoes. With the use they end up forming hair balls in the brush and the most fat crumbs are resisting, but it comes to replace that sweep of convenience of an unpaid shape.

APPEARS. The premise of clearing the area and confirming the vacuum cleaner is essential to pass through the area and therefore, aspire. But for difficult access sites or if it is very dirty or there are solids the size of a lentil, its performance lowers considerably. The scrubbing consists in filling the tank and that the water comes out through a little hole (initially I thought it lost water) that is the one that moistens the mopa, in contact with the ground. The ideal is to aspire first and then (having removed carpets where you can get on) scrub, but perhaps using the word “scrub” is a lot to say. Yes, you can remove some small spots, but forget if the stain is large or very dry, since there is hardly any friction.

The technical file speaks of A 120 -minute autonomy of use In the best case, I have needed to aspire to aspire to the whole house because navigation does not shine because of its efficiency. Of course, going room per room until there has been plenty. In this sense, it seems to me that it is a better option to clean more open or smaller spaces (it is not so much the battery, they are the laps), for example a study or a place. Of course, arm yourself with patience to load it will take about six hours.

It has even app, but I prefer the remote control. To start it, it is enough to give the button, but it also comes with an app and with remote control. For me, the best thing is the command, reducing the options to the essential because it is not necessary.

Because The app is quite regular: It is that of Smart Life and it is a bite of functions, although when César is from César: you can put it at a distance even if you are not at home. But it is not very intuitive, it is regular and there are cut words. So I put batteries in command and run. And here very well: I not only handled it, my parents also managed with the four easy -to -understand buttons.

Regarding maintenance, quite frequent but simple. It will be to extract the back by pressing the tab to empty the solids tank or fill the tank to scrub, put and remove the mop (and put it in the washing machine later, because otherwise it smells bad) and worry about removing the roller to remove the hairs that are accumulating.

Aldi aspiring robot, Xataka’s opinion

For less than 100 euros I was clear that I couldn’t expect miracles. But it does something moderately acceptable: replace the broom in that maintenance sweep that my mother did daily when I returned from working. Yes, it works best room per room and you have to remove any obstacle, but it can be an option if you have a study or a place (I think for example in the room I have gone to make my nails) and you want something simple to adapt the ground.

It does not replace manual cleaning nor is it the most effective for corners, but If you want to remove superficial dirtit fully meets well. It takes a few laps of more and it is convenient to clear the available space, but in a floor free of obstacles and giving it its time, leaves the ground decent. And some spot has fallen, the scrub can make the Apaño.

Despite its versatility when controlling it, my recommendation is Forget the app and use the remote control. There are not many vacuum cleaners who still keep this option and however incredible it may seem, it has its audience: for a little technological person it is much more comfortable than bending down to press the button.

Is it worth it? For basic use, spaces with simple architecture and little technological people, it is an option to take into account if our budget is extremely limited. Of course, there are remarkably better options on the strip of 200 – 300 euros (and specific offers), but that means spending much more. Of course, if you can’t or don’t want to take the broom, for a little more euros you can ask.

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Outstanding image | Eva Rodríguez de Luis