'Which one should the rumba buy?' Cospa 'Rumba e 5' with the strongest water-washable dust container to put an end to the discussion

From the Rumba series of iRobot that can be said to be a classic robot vacuum cleaner, " Rumba e 5 " equipped with a water-washable dust container has appeared. Although the flagship model "Rumba 980" with the highest performance in the rumba has a capacity of 120,000 yen, it is suppressed to a price of 50,000 yen or less, although it has the ability not to beat the high-end model, I checked the rumba e 5 from all angles and compared it with Rumba 980.

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◆ Rumba e5 Review <br> The outer box of Rumba e5 is a vertically long surface treated cardboard with a handle like this.

Inside, Rumba e5 main body · home base (charging station) · power cord · filter for exchange · dual virtual wall · dry battery · instructions and warranty card etc were included.

Rumba e5 is like this. It is a coloring based on black, looks like rumba so far.

The handle on the top is equipped with a carrying handle.

Weight of rumba e5 is 3.9 kg and weighs a lot, but you can easily carry it with a handle.

Rumba e5 has a diameter of 351 mm and there are about this difference when stacking A4 copy paper sideways in order to compare sizes.

Rumba e5 has a height of 92 mm and looks almost the same height when it is aligned with the transportation type IC card.

In the center of the top surface there are "Home button" which returns the room number e 5 to the home base from the left, "CLEAN button" to start the cleaning, "Spot button" to centrally clean the specific area.

The small protrusion on the front side of the rumba e5, the top side is an infrared sensor, and sensors are also provided inside the bumper. Rumba will travel well, using the sensor installed.

The front bumper softens the shock of collision when Rumba e 5 hits furniture etc.

On the back is a dust container that can be washed.

Rumba e5 is turned over and I will look at the back side.

Brush is equipped with rubber "dual action brush".

By the way, in the 700 series, 600 series, 500 series rumba, bristle brush is installed. Hair bristles often get tangled between the bristles of the brush, but the dual action brush made of rubber of Rumba e 5 is hard to get tangled with hair etc because there is no part to catch.

There is a sensor that senses a step near the edge of the bottom. Thanks to this sensor, the room is cleaned without falling down from the stairs etc.

On the front side there is an edge cleaning brush that will clean the corner of the room.

Suspension enough to push the tire with such a feeling. Ignoring somewhat level difference is possible.

I will look at the accessories of Rumba e5. This is home base, it will be the charging station of the Rumba e5.

There is a slip on the bottom of the home base.

After installing the home base on the wall of the room to be cleaned with Roomba e5, Rumba e5 automatically charges back to the home base after cleaning is finished.

This is a dual virtual wall. With dual virtual walls you can create areas where rumba can not enter.

Insert two supplied AA batteries.

When turning on the power of the back side, it becomes possible to select "Virtual Wall mode" which creates a linear invasion impossible area in the front and "Halo mode" which can create a circular invasion impossible area centering on the dual virtual wall.

In the following movie, you can see how rumba e5 is actually cleaning the floor.

Rumba e5 is actually running - YouTube


Rumba e5 will clean carefully along the walls and around the chair. Although it does not brake on a thin object such as a leg of a chair, it collides with "Gonchu", but this was the same for the Rumba 980 as well.

Rumba e5 also detects the steps of the entrance and automatically avoids it.

After the cleaning is over, clean the dust container. Pressing the dust container removal button ......

Pakkatu and dust container can be taken out.

There is a button on the top surface of the dust container, and when it is pressed, the lid of the suction opening opens.

Open the lid of the suction mouth and throw away accumulated dust etc in the trash can.

A filter is attached to the side of the dust receptacle. It is possible to remove it by pulling out so as to hold down the top and bottom by hand.

The filter removes the dust container, you can clean the contents directly with water.

You can check the appearance that the dust container is actually cleaned and cleaned with the following movie.

I washed the dust container of rumba e 5 and tried it beautifully - YouTube


When I try to wash it actually, the dust container becomes shiny like this.

Dust container is small, it is difficult to clean every corner by hand. The dust container of old-fashioned rumba which can not be washed with water is such a feeling, inevitably fine dirt will remain. When dirt is left, it leads to a decrease in the suction power of the rumba, and what comes to think that "The rubrum that will clean it is dirty?", But if it is Rumba e5, the whole dust container can be washed with water So you can always keep a clean state.

The filter of rumba e5 hits on the trash can, and it cleans up the garbage and makes it clean. It is recommended that the filter be cleaned once a week and replaced every two months.

After washing, dry the dust container properly, attach the filter, insert the dust container into the rumba e 5 ......

Pushing it firmly, cleaning of the dust container is completed.

◆ Compare with Rumba 980 Compare with " Rumba 980 " which is the top model of Rumba .

Rumba e 5 (left) and Rumba 980 (right) are arranged side by side. Rumba e5 has a size of 351 mm in diameter × 92 mm in height, and Rumba 980 is about the same size as diameter 353 mm × height 92 mm.

The bumper is extremely thick specification at Rumba e 5 (left), so it seems to be more impactful.

Rumba 980 is equipped with a camera on the top, and it can efficiently clean up by recognizing the space that has not yet been cleaned by the judgment process "iAdapt 2.0". On the other hand, the Rumba e5 has no camera, so the top surface has a simple design with only buttons and handles.

Looking at the bottom and looking like this. Although colors of brushes and so on are different, they are using the same things.

The dust container of Rumba 980 (right) is slightly larger than the dust container of Rumba e 5 (left).

In the rumba 980, a motor is in the dust receptacle. The dust container is large due to the motor, it is not possible to wash it.

Since it is said that driving noise became quiet at rumba e5, we also compared driving sound of rumba e 5 and rumba 980. You can understand the differences in driving sound by comparing them with the following movies. In the movie, I run it in the order of Rumba e 5 and Rumba 980 first.

Compared the driving sounds of Rumba e 5 and Rumba 980 - YouTube


Rumba e5 has a smaller driving sound, and Rumba 980 produces higher tones. Rumba 980 has an exhaust port on the back side, but it seems that Rumba e 5 seems to be arranged in a hidden position because the exhaust port is so small that it can not be seen even by looking carefully and the driving sound is slightly small by that much .

◆ Operating Rumba e5 with the application <br> Rumba e5 can be operated with "iRobot HOME" smartphone application. Details of how to setup iRobot Home and details of the application are explained in detail in the following reviews.

Cleaning Robo "Rumba" is a mind brain, smart handling is possible & With the camera installed, the room shape and the position of the furniture are grasped and it becomes possible to clean "Rumba 980" review - GIGAZINE

Rumba e5 can be activated from the iRobot HOME application and returned to the home base.

In the history, it is possible to check the number of cleaning of rumba e5 up to now and the total cleaning time etc.

On the Rumba 900 Series, there is a function to visualize from the cleaning history map where Clemap called "Clean Map" using the camera maps. Rumba 900 series uses a camera to efficiently clean multiple rooms.

However, Camera is not equipped in Rumba e5, so "Clean Map" can not be seen. In addition, although opening the door of the room will clean multiple rooms, it does not seem to be planned to clean multiple rooms like the Rumba 900 series.

In addition, "Cleaning mode setting" is possible in the Rumba 900 series. In addition to the automatic mode in the cleaning mode "Carpet boost" which automatically increases the suction power in places where suction is needed, "Quick mode" to clean the room once and "2" to clean the room twice You can select traveling times ". "Edge clean" mode to quickly clean around the furniture etc. without cleaning finely was also selectable. These "cleaning mode setting" are not installed in Rumba e5.

The schedule function is installed commonly with Rumba e 5, Rumba 900.

Rumba e5 can also collaborate with smart devices such as Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and IFTTT. For a method of actually linking IFTTT and Rumba please refer to the following review.

Using IFTTT I instructed the start of cleaning on the Twitter on the rumba by command & mail - GIGAZINE

In fact compared, the suction power of the Rumba e 5 is 5 times that of the previous series and the suction power is inferior to that of the Rumba 980, but the dust container can be washed with water and the driving sound is small, There are several advantages. Rumba e5 is perfect for those who say "the small cleaning mode like a high-end model is unnecessary" because the main price is less than half the price of 12,500 yen for the main price price of Rumba 980, with a tax price of 49,800 yen It seems to be said that it is a model.

Rumba e5 can be purchased from the eye robot official online store , Amazon.co.jp, etc. The price at Amazon.co.jp at the time of article posting was 50,2097 yen including tax.

Amazon.co.jp: Domestic Genuine Eye Robot Rumba e5 Robot Vacuum Cleaner RoombaE 5: Home Appliances / Camera