Best Electrolux Pure i9 Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals & Sales 2020:

Since the launch of its Tribolite robot vacuum cleaner in 2001 – yes, yes … -, Electrolux has been rather discreet about robotic vacuuming. The Swedish manufacturer returns today with a rather surprising proposal. Its new flagship, the Pure i9 has a navigation system never seen before and a formidable obstacle management.

Presentation

In the early 2000s, Electrolux released its very first robot vacuum cleaner called Tribolite. Its main thing was its slightly high price, but it was also criticized for being a little too far ahead of its time. Last year, the Swedish manufacturer returned to the front of the stage with a product well in its time: the Electrolux Pure i9. Launched at € 899, this robot vacuum cleaner is undoubtedly positioned in the high-end segment. At this price, Electrolux makes no concessions and declines a navigation system powerful and precise enough to allow the robot to detect the smallest objects on the ground so as not to suck them up or push them. The promise is beautiful. Reality is just as much. 

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Convenience of use

Most robot vacuum cleaners often have the same design. Either they are round (like Roomba from iRobot ), or they have a D-shape ( like Neato vacuum cleaners) . The Electrolux Pure i9 does nothing like everyone else and sports a generally triangular shape with slightly truncated angles. Not only does this architecture allow it not to get stuck in the corners, but it also allowed the Swedish manufacturer to position the brush completely at the front rather than between the wheels. It thus occupies the entire width of the device and measures 21 cm. 

On its front panel, the robot has 4 sensitive keys, which allow you to start or stop the robot, send it back to its base, switch it to eco mode or ask it for targeted cleaning (“spot”). Several bright icons indicate the robot’s status: its autonomy, its programming or even if it is well connected via Wi-Fi. Like many of the robots in our comparison , it is not possible to program it otherwise than going through the app. 

Connectivity and the Electrolux application

The manipulation to connect his vacuum cleaner-robot to the Wi-Fi network of the home is very simple as the application supports the user step by step in his process. By carefully following all the steps indicated, the operation takes less than 5 minutes. 

When the Electrolux Pure i9 is connected to the home network, you quickly discover that the features are not legion. The basic functions are easily accessible (start of cleaning, pause, stop, return to base, programming, targeted cleaning) and the parameters menu only allows access to the eco mode and some maintenance functions (update of the device, delete the device from the app …). And that’s about it.

Note, however, that it is possible to access a history of cleaning cycles (surface, duration, hours, etc.). At the end of a cycle, a map is generated and accessible from the application. If it is possible to access the maps produced by the robot, it is not possible to create virtual beacons to prevent the device from covering certain surfaces. It is also not possible to create zones in which the robot will clean on demand, contrary to what the Ecovacs Deebot R95MKII offers , to name just him.

Interview

As mentioned above, the main brush occupies the entire width of the robot. This twisted brush (alternating bristles and rubber blades) can be extracted very easily since it is magnetized. In addition, the side brush has particularly long bristles. Most of the other robots on the market cannot afford this because they use infrared sensors positioned under their hull; the passage of dense hair in front of these sensors would hinder navigation. 

The collector benefits from a large capacity of 0.7 l. You can move the latter quite easily, by frankly pressing the dedicated button. The filter is sized to the scale of the collector, occupying its entire width. It is a high efficiency filter (not HEPA standard), covered with a fine grid to protect it from the thickest waste.

Navigation system

Electrolux bet very heavily on the navigation system of its vacuum cleaner. Called “3D Vision”, this device is based on a camera positioned on the front edge of the robot as well as on two lasers installed on either side of the device. This combination makes it possible to generate a 3D image allowing the i9 to better locate itself and to grasp the obstacles. 

When the robot has managed to map its environment, it divides the space into small zones (approximately 2 to 3 m on a side) which it then cleans concentrically (from the outside to the inside). The Electrolux solution takes the opposite direction from the Dyson 360 Eye’s navigation system  , which prefers to clean in a snail (from the inside to the outside).

At the lab, the result was perfectly amazing. The navigation system is so precise that the robot succeeds in detecting the smallest object to bypass it rather than sucking or pushing it forward. With the approach of a remote control, a book or an undergarment left casually on the ground. The Electrolux Pure i9 slows down its cruising speed, turns on its heels and judiciously avoids any obstacle. The robot then accelerates when it perceives an unhindered area.

If one of the main difficulties encountered by robot vacuum cleaners is to ensure cleaning under furniture barely taller than them. The Electrolux Pure i9 knows its height (9 cm) and avoids confronting these potentials obstacles. 

Aspiration

The Electrolux Pure i9 has demonstrated its great suction capabilities. On hard ground, he managed to recover 89% of our test materials in 2 min 27 s, time after which he returned to his base believing that he had completed his task.

However, it is on thick carpet that it becomes complicated and the Pure i9 loses a star in suction. In fact, the robot was able to recover 31% of the test materials in 5 min 9 s, after which it returned to recharge its battery. On this perilous surface, many robot vacuum cleaners have stuck their feet in the carpet.

Eco mode, accessible from both the device and the application, has no effect on suction performance.

Noise

The Electrolux Pure i9 is particularly noisy. Its noise level reaches 66 dB (A), whether on thick carpet or hard floor. As a reminder, the Samsung Navibot Corner Clean emits between 56 and 58 dB (A). It should be noted that this data has little impact, since the robotic vacuum cleaner can – or must – work when no one is at home.

Autonomy

In normal suction mode, the Electrolux Pure i9 hardly exceeds 45 minutes (it was able to hold 42 minutes watch in hand). The eco mode does a little better since the battery has run out of steam after 1 hour 10 minutes. For a full recharge, count 2h20. 

CONCLUSION

After 16 years without novelty, Electrolux returns to the robot vacuum cleaner sector with a surprising solution. The Electrolux Pure i9 is a very good robot endowed with a new navigation system and an efficient obstacle management, which has enough to thrill the behemoths of the sector. Its suction performance is almost perfect on hard floors and fine carpets. Its configuration and maintenance are simplified. It lacks very little in the end to reach the top of the podium: greater autonomy – for that, prefer the eco mode – and better performance on thick carpet. Either way, Electrolux took the time to get it right and it shows.

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