Floor wiping robot "Just brushing the floor" Rubbing the dirt by spraying water A pair of reviews just before release

From iRobot of the robot vacuum cleaner "Rumba", on August 26, 2016, a new floor wiping robot "Bravajet"Will be released. We evolved from the original "Brava 300 series", brushed a new cleaning method that got a new cleaning method of spraying water with a jet spray, floating the dirt, rubbing the dirt with three kinds of finely oscillating cleaning heads Since I was able to borrow ahead ahead of time, I decided to use what we can actually do.

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I tried cleaning the large conference room actually and made it a time lapse picture. At this time, cleaning is carried out by "wet mop mode" which wipes the floor most carefully by going back and forth. You can understand well by looking at fast turning, but you can see how you are steadily wiping clean by repeating reciprocating on a straight line.

At the time lapse, I was cleaning all the conference rooms with "Bravajet" - YouTube


◆ I looked at the exterior carefully
The bravajet that came to the editorial department. The package is drawn with a new function water spraying and cleaning.


When opening the box, a small box filled with white blurbajet and accessories appeared.


The contents are like this. Includes the main body of brassie jet and instruction manual, lithium-ion battery and charger, and three types of special cleaning pads.


The main body of the bravajet is a simple design of almost a cube. The size is 178 mm in width × 170 mm in depth × 84 mm in height, weighing approximately 1.2 kg.


This small part on the front is the nozzle that injects water.


There is a clean switch on the top that also serves as the power button. As will be described later, the bravajet has a function to automatically switch the cleaning mode by reading the difference of the pad, so it seems that the operation UI is made simple.


On the right side of the main unit is only the seal of "Japanese genuine".


There is absolutely nothing in the left side.


It is designed to install a battery on the back. The previous model of the Brava 300 series is a built-in battery type, which was supposed to be set on a dedicated cradle when charging, but it is OK just to remove the small lithium ion battery and set it in the charger.


By the way, looking side by side with the first Brava, it is like this. Both the width and the depth are smaller than the 300 series, but the height has hardly changed. Nevertheless the real thing seems to be taller, but this is because the front face of the predecessor was tilted, whereas the bravajet became level and felt because it was square It seems.


A part of the main body is designed to stand up as follows and it becomes a handle at the time of carrying.


Two blue buttons where you opened the handle.


Button to remove the cleaning pad with one touch ... ...


It is a lid of the water tank for cleaning.



When turning over the main body, you can see two large tires and a base for mounting the cleaning pad. In addition, the sensor which detects the step and prevents falling is built in the four corners of the main body.


By moving the tires side to side like this, some steps can be cleared. It is likely to become less so-called "state of turtle child" to give up cleaning.


There are two insertion parts on the cleaning pad attaching surface in the front and back, and the mounting board of the cleaning pad is slid to install here. It is a sensor for recognizing the type of pad, such as the letter of "eyes" visible in front.


The cleaning pad is a blue color used when you want to wipe dirt and sticky stuck to the floorWet mop pad(Blue) ", which is used when wiping off daily stains and dustDump sweep pad(Orange color) ", and when you want to wipe dust, dirt, pet's hair etc from"Dry sweep pad(White) "lineup. Blue and orange pads contain a cleaning agent beforehand, and they are supposed to wipe the floor cleanly with a synergistic effect with the sprayed water.


Blue and orange pads are slightly harder to the touch, and it seems like they are going to scrape dirt anyway. The type of wiping from one side is a feel like a felt fabric, feeling that you can catch dust gently.


A white board for attaching to the main body is attached to the pad.


This board has holes of different shapes for each type of pad. This hole is for making the difference of the pad to be recognized by the bravajet, and the bravajet automatically switches the cleaning mode by reading the difference.


The above pad is a disposable type pad that can be used only once, but a washable type cleaning pad that can be used repeatedly by washing is also sold separately.


Compared to the right disposable pad, the washable type was a raised pad like a carpet. In fact when you touch it, something like a slightly stiff nylon fiber is woven into the soft fiber and it seems to catch the dirt using this. Since this pad is said to be able to use about 50 times at maximum, if you are concerned about the cost, it is also ant to use here. However, it does not contain detergent here.


When installing the battery ......


Almost done preparation for use. From next time we will start cleaning by actually wearing the cleaning pad.


◆ I tried cleaning · wet mop pad edition
We will try to use it at once, so that you can take advantage of the new features first "Wet mop modeLet's clean it with '. In this mode, while wiping the cleaning head in small increments, wiping the same place three times carefully, it scrubs dirt cleanly.


In this way, slide the cleaning pad from the side ... ...


If you push it in until you hear a click, the cleaning pad is installed. Then just put the water and press the button.


Inject water into the tank. It is a trick to put as much water as possible to put water while tilting the main body a little. By the way, tank capacity is about 150ml.


When you are ready, start cleaning by placing a bravajet on the floor. Set the starting position in the lower left corner of the area to be cleaned, as shown in the picture below, and set it to a place separated by 30 cm or more from the wall.


Press the "CLEAN" button once to activate the main unit. Simply press the "CLEAN" button again and the cleaning will start.


It looks like this is actually cleaning the floor. When you push the button, water is sprayed with the sound "wee", and while continuing to draw arcs on the left and right, it continues forward with jiwiwa. Sometimes it collides with a wall, etc. "Gun!", But since I memorize the place I hit once, I decelerate from the next time to soften the shock.

"Bravajet" rubs the dirt on the floor with water and pads "Cleaned in wet mop mode" - YouTube


During cleaning, first of all spray a small amount of water from the nozzle. Next, the main body of the brava bar moves forward and backward and left and right to make it wipe up the floor.


Also, during cleaning, the cleaning pad oscillates finely while making a sound "Vuvu ......". According to this movement which was not included in the conventional model, it is said that dirt is more effectively scooped up.


I tried challenging the dirt stuck to the floor with the wet mop pad worn, so that it is a brava bar jet that scrapes the dirt on the floor. Dirt like a black ring stain in the center is turned into a grueling dirt that hardly falls at about the hand mop.


Blurbajet approaching dirt. Well what makes the dirt wonderful! Is it?


As a result, although dirt was slightly alleviated, it was not completely disappeared, but a place like both draws. However, since it is also true that the dirt fell a bit, it is likely that the dirt will gradually fall if this cleaning is repeated on a regular basis.


When cleaning is completed, simply discard the dust by just operating the pad removal button on the trash can. It is safe because it does not touch the pad after cleaning.


The pad after the actual cleaning is dark in places and you can see that the dirt on the floor has been wiped away. This room was a room that I cleaned every day using a rumba, but it seems that the dirt that I had not dropped was wiped off by the bravajet which wipes off the dirt with the power of water and cleaning agent.


Also, it is a place to worry about the wetness of the floor after cleaning, but it seems to be a bit moist when you touch it with your fingers, it took a few minutes to dry completely. Basically it is used on the floor of flooring etc, so it seems necessary to worry about practical use.


◆ I tried cleaning · Dump sweep pad edition
Next, use an orange pad "Dump sweep modeLet's clean it with.


This mode is to wipe out dirty dirt and dust cleanly by wiping the same place twice while spraying less water than wet mop mode.


I tried spilling soy sauce on the floor to wipe it off to see how powerful it is to wipe away dirt.


When Suzu Suzu and Blava Jet go over the soy sauce ......


The spilled soy sauce has been completely wiped off. The only part left beside is the part that wiped off the pad without hitting it well, but on the contrary it should understand the difference from the part being wiped cleanly. Of course, the parts left unwiped have been wiped off by this later cleaning.


I can not bear to show the dirty pads over and over, but dirt including soy sauce was adhered firmly to the pad.


◆ I tried cleaning · Dry sweep pad edition
Finally, the only "wiping mode from"Dry sweep modeI tried using it. I use white dry sweep pad.


Unlike the previous two, this mode differs from the previous two, does not use water, advances all the way without vibration of the cleaning head, wipes off dirt, dirt, pet's hair, etc. from it.


After moving for a while, the dust and hair which had fallen on the floor were entangled. Rather, if you wipe the water, you will not be able to take off your hair, so normally you should take the dust off the floor in this mode and use the water wiping mode every few days to best use the bravajet It may be possible.


◆ Blurbajet can also be operated from smartphone application "iRobot HOME"
Although the bravajet starts cleaning just by pressing the button on the main unit, it can also be controlled from smartphone application "iRobot HOME". The applicationIOS versionWhenAndroid versionIt is available so you can use it from either.

A large "CLEAN" button is also displayed on the screen of the application, and when you tap it, the bravajet actually starts cleaning up. Although it seems that functions such as display of the cleaned area are not installed, it is a place I would like to expect from future upgrades.


I tried using it even at home environment
Although the above example of use was using the conference room of the office, I decided to use it at the house of the editorial staff thought that it is still not the actual use environment. I tried moving the bravajet by dining with tables and chairs. I tried putting the guitar on the stand in order to see if it crashed into the household goods and had no influence.


It looks like this actually moved. Occasionally I'm crashing on the table 's feet etc with "gun", but I am doing cleaning cleanly while circumventing the crash. Nevertheless, it is not necessarily a collision-free situation, so if you are placing expensive furniture, it may be safe to wrap pads in advance for protection beforehand. By the way, the guitar that I was offering as a sacrifice was completely uninjured so I was relieved.

If you try running "Bravajet" in real family dining actually, you will feel like this - YouTube


Of course the dirt on the floor was intertwined with the pads. Comparing the feel of the floor with Before After, it was a floor which was somewhere before cleaning but after cleaning it turned out to be a smooth and comfortable walking.


Finally, I cleaned the floor of the kitchen which is easy to get dirty with a brassie jet. Originally it was a kitchen that was easy to stain due to oil skipping and so on, when I wiped it twice repeatedly it appeared like a change appeared slightly, and it felt like a feeling of touch was coming out. It does not mean that the original sparkle will be revived only by cleaning a few times, but it is a way to scrape sticky dirt gradually while dropping the daily stains with the "dust is stacked if you pile up" system It seems that it can be said that it can be expected effect.


The bravajet will be released on Friday, August 26, 2016. The main unit price is tax-free price 19,880 yen, and iRobot official store will sell with tax of 32,270 yen. In addition, the disposable pad for replacement is 1296 yen including tax for each type 10 set, the washable pad which can be used repeatedly is 3 types set and it is 4320 yen including tax.

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