Robot vacuums are arguably one of the most popular revolutionary home appliances of recent years. At just the touch of a button, robo vacs can keep your home clean from dust, pet hair, dander, and debris. And most robo vacs nowadays come with smart home and voice assistant functionality so you can literally clean your home without lifting a finger.
But if you’ve ever looked at a robot vacuum, you’ll probably notice that a large majority of them have a circular shape. This will surely leave you wondering then, how do robot vacuums clean corners in your home?
When deciding on a robot vac it’s imperative that it comes equipped with a side cleaning rotating brush. This handy addition helps to dislodge debris sitting in corners.
Below we go into more detail on the types of robot vacs that are best for cleaning corners and even list a few models.
What type of robot vacuums clean corners?
Robot vacuums usually come in two kinds of shapes – circular, and D-shaped robot vacuums. The best robot vacuums that clean corners are basically D-shaped ones. Their shape alone makes it easy for the underside brushes to clean 90-degree angled corners in your home.
With that said, most modern circular robot vacuums are also great at cleaning corners as they scoot along with the floors of your home. They have been designed to extend their underside brushes further once they detect a corner, thus keeping all areas of your home sparkling clean.
Generally speaking, the shape of a robot vacuum shouldn’t affect the way it cleans the corners of your home, as they have been designed and built with side and front spinning bristles that can reach out and extend further out than the unit itself.
How does a robot vac clean corners?
Robo vacs clean by using its spinning side bristles and brushes to send all kinds of dirt and debris straight into the suction area underneath the unit, effectively cleaning any area it goes over.
Most robo vacs clean corners by first detecting the corner as it’s coming close to it. This tells the system to switch to corner cleaning mode. For circular robot vacuums, this will trigger the spinning side sweeping brushes to reach out further beyond the circumference of the unit so that all the dust and debris that collects in the corner is broken up and removed via the suction head.
D-shaped robot vacuums have an easier job when cleaning corners, as the angle of their D-shaped front end makes it easy for the side and front brushes to reach into the deepest of corners to collect any debris and remove it via suction.
Some D-shaped vacuum cleaners also have the ability to line up their straight head right up to a particular wall and move sideways along the wall until it reaches the corner. It then turns around to go along the adjacent length of the wall, leaving both your skirting and corners sparkling clean every time.
Other factors for choosing robo vacs
When it comes to cleaning corners, robot vacuum manufacturers have clearly gone through lots of R&D to produce robo vacs that can do the task with ease.
Unfortunately, it has to be said that current technology is probably still not effective enough to produce robot vacuums that can keep corners 100% clean. In both D-shaped and circular robot vacuums, most users still note that they have to do a once-over with a handheld vacuum in deep corners for a complete clean.
But with all the functionalities and benefits that a robot vacuum provides to your overall quality of life, like saving you time and effort in keeping your home clean, considering investing in a robot vacuum isn’t a bad idea after all, especially if you lead a busy lifestyle.
Here are some of the best robot vacuums you can find today that are effective at keeping the floors, carpets, and especially corners, of your home clean.
Best robot vacs for cleaning corners (Roomba, Shark, Neato)
1. Roomba – My number one choice
The iRobot Roomba s9+ is a great example of a D-shaped robot vacuum that makes short work of cleaning corners in your home.
It features PerfectEdge technology that reaches deep into corners to clean the entire surface area of your home. Combined with its vSLAM navigation, the Roomba s9+ actively captures over 230,400 data points per second as it goes around your home, optimizing coverage and ensuring it never leaves any corner or area of your home uncleaned.
A Superior 3-stage cleaning system gives your Roomba s9+ 40x the suction power of regular robot vacuums. This ensures that all kinds of debris, pet hair and dust that is embedded deep inside your carpets is loosened and lifted away completely.
2. Shark
Another choice would be the Shark IQ R100 Robot vacuum, which comes with a reasonable price tag and also includes a great number of high-tech features such as home mapping, voice command ability, and Wi-Fi connectivity that enables it to work with both Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant in your smart home.
The key feature of the Shark IQ R100 Robot vacuum is the way it cleans your home. It first learns to map your home in its first few runs, and then eventually completes the mapping after a few cycles. This allows it to clean your home in a systematic, row-by-row pattern, instead of just bumping around randomly like early iterations of robot vacuums.
3. Neato – I’ve owned several of these
Neato has been a trusted brand in robot vacuums, and the Neato D7 Intelligent robot vacuum is a great option for those looking for a D-shaped robot vacuum that can clean your home effectively.
With 120 minutes of run-time per charge, you’re sure to get a whole home clean, with precise corner cleaning thanks to the exclusive D-shaped design and CornerClever technology that wipes up every bit of dust, debris, and pet hair that it finds in the corners of your home.
You can also create no-go lines in your home map for the Neato D7 so that it always cleans where you need it to, and avoids areas you tell it not to go to. This helps to prevent your Neato robo vac from getting stuck or entering areas you don’t want any disturbance in.
