If you are looking for a perfect floor cleaning partner to clean all the different floors in your home, then the automated vacuum cleaning system is for you! There are many different options of robotic vacuum cleaners that are available on the market today. This review is going to talk about the iRobot 530 Roomba Vacuuming Robot by iRobot. The iRobot company are the innovators of the vacuum cleaner business and have come up with lots of easy to use and user friendly robots that take care of the floor cleaning jobs in your home.

Introduction To iRobot Roomba 530 White Robotic Vacuum Cleaner

The iRobot Roomba 530 automatic vacuum machine is part of the 5 series vacuum machine introduced by the company and it is a device that helps in getting your home vacuumed. All you have to do is just press the CLEAN button on the white Roomba 530 machine to power the machine for it carry out a thorough cleaning job of your homes floors. Once completed it will then return back to its docking station. This particular model offers deep vacuuming that takes care of all dirt, dust,pollen, allergens as well as pet hair effectively.

Design Features

The iRobot Roomba 530 white vacuum machine looks very attractive in it comes in all white and has a very classic look. It is about a foot in diameter and about 3 inches tall. The dimensions indicate that the machine is a wonderful round robot that has a low profile and hence will be able to easily move under your beds, curtains, furniture, sofas and end tables to offer a perfect and neat cleaning job. These are the areas that are hardest to get to when you use a traditional manually operated vacuum. The robot weighs about 13 pounds and the neat Roomba 530 package includes: the machine, a self charging home base, one brush cleaning tool, a rechargeable batter, a power supply, 2 virtual walls and an extra filter.

On the top of the robot vacuum cleaner you will find all the important function buttons: the Dock button, Spot clean button and the Clean button. The status of the Robot vacuum cleaner is highlighted by the two LED indicators provided on the top of the machine. The front of the vacuum has a light touch bumper that has the ability to detect walls and other obstacles so, that when it does come close to contact it slows down to impact the obstacles gently. The back of the machine is where the oversized dustbin collector is located, its capacity can hold dirt for two or three cleaning sessions depending on areas cleaned and is easily removable for disposal of dust and dirt.

Three Stage Cleaning System

The iRobot White Roomba 530 features a patented three stage cleaning system. The machine will use the innovative spinning side brushes to remove the dust and the dirt from the wall edges and tight corners and the two high speed counter rotating brushes will work to pick up pet hairs, dander, cat litter and debris on your floor. The dust, dirt and debris are instantly sucked into the large bagless dustbin by the power suction of this vacuum. The bin also has an extra fine filtration system which traps pollen, allergens, dust and dirt as well as pet hairs inside the unit so, that the infiltration is greatly reduced in your home.

Innovative Cleaning Head And Anti Tangle Technology

The Roomba 530 white vacuum cleaner comes with a cleaning head that will automatically adjust to clean different kinds of floors and can make the transition in cleaning from hardwood or tiled flooring to carpet cleaning without any assistance. The machine also comes with an improved anti-tangling technology that will make sure that the machine does not get tangled in cords or rug fringes. If it does get tangled, it will automatically reverse the direction of its brushes to get rid of the tangled item.

Powerful Sensors 

The Roomba 530 has powerful inbuilt sensors that not only sense obstacles in its path but, it also senses areas where there is more dirt and dust and will spend more time cleaning that area until it is spotless. There is also cliff sensors fitted on to the machine that prevent it from staircase falls and drop offs.

Self Charging Capacity

The Roomba 530 robotic vacuum cleaner will return back to its home base once it has completed its cleaning cycle. If the machine senses that it is running out of charge during the cleaning process, it will instantly stop the work and return back to its home base, dock and starts recharge without any help from your side. Moreover, the advanced power systems offer you the option for a quick charge in two hours by virtue of a supercharger or the normal three hour charger power supply. The machine is also powerful enough to clean a maximum of three to four rooms in one full charge cycle.

Virtual Wall Technology

If you would like the Roomba 530 to not enter a specific room, then you can use the Virtual Walls provided with the unit at the doorway of the room to set up the off limit areas and the machine will never enter the room.

Powerful Navigation System

Roomba 530 white has the best navigation system in place that will completely scan all the objects and obstacles in the room that it is going to clean so that it runs around the furniture and cleans under the sofas and beds to offer a perfect dust-free floor. The machine will cover each area in the room on an average of four times.

Pros 

• Better battery life
• Virtual walls are really effective
• Automatic recharging
• Very effective on carpets
• Covers each area of the room four times while cleaning

Cons

• Slightly heavy machine
• Noise level a bit high

Final Verdict

If you have different types of floors in your home, then you would definitely need the Roomba 530 white robot vacuum cleaner in your home as it is very effective in sensing the transition from hardwood floors to carpeted floors. Its thorough cleaning of the floors and carpets, effective corners and edge cleaning, high vacuum power and automatic recharging are some of the best features of this robot cleaner. So purchase today the Roomba 530 white robot vacuum, you won’t be disappointed.