What you can expect from the iRobot Roomba Max 715 Vac+
What testers say about the iRobot Roomba Max 715 Vac+
Rated at 30,000 Pa, the iRobot Roomba Max 715 Vac+ claims five times the 6,000 Pa that is normal for a robot whose station does nothing but empty the bin. Tested under the name Roomba Max 715 Pet, it drew an 8 for vacuuming from Just A Dad Approved, one point more than half the robots on that tester's ten-point scale manage.
Its station, on five attempts, could not pull everything out of the robot's bin, even when there was little inside. That bin holds 275 millilitres, 55 millilitres less than its peers carry, so whatever stays behind eats into the room for the next run and the owner ends up emptying it by hand. The tester withheld approval for that reason.
Obstacle avoidance was marked 8.5, a full point over the tester's norm. Long hair wound round both rollers and round the side brush, and the 6 it got for hair is half a point under par. A charge lasts 120 minutes, when its peers run for 175 minutes, which matters more in a large home than in a flat.




