Philips SmartPro Active FC 8810 ( FC8810/01)

An independent "smart" cleaner from the Dutch company Philips has two side brushes in its arsenal, designed for more thorough cleaning of debris and dust in the corners of the premises. There are no other nozzles in its design, which is why the vacuum cleaner is not very well suited for cleaning carpet surfaces.

hard coatings

The elements of the robot vacuum cleaner are hard floor coverings (parquet, laminate, ceramic tiles). They are cleaned both automatically and manually using the remote control. Auto mode includes the ability to programme a cleaning schedule for the week ahead and 4 different scenarios for moving the device: arbitrary movement, zigzag, in a spiral or along walls. In all cases, the vacuum cleaner is able to avoid obstacles along the way and overcome small elevations up to 1 cm high (for example, interior sills).

Base

Almost the entire numerous range of sensors (obstacle detection, height difference, dust sensor) is dispersed around the perimeter of the device's spring-loaded bumper. At the back there is only a sensor for detecting the base, to which the vacuum cleaner automatically returns when the remaining battery charge is at 15%. A full charge of the built-in battery takes about 3.5 hours, and the operating time of the vacuum cleaner on this charge is about 1.5 hours.

Movement

Despite the large number of sensors, the vacuum cleaner still tends to crash into the legs of a table or chairs. It also hits obstacles when reversing (this is how the device tries to move off coarse carpets). Nevertheless, the robot almost always goes around large objects and furniture, while not forgetting to leave a clean floor behind.

Ergonomics

Access to the dust container is as easy as shelling pears — just flip the magnetic cover on the top of the vacuum cleaner. The useful volume of the garbage tank is only 0.4 liters, but this is enough to fully clean the floor in an apartment of about 60 square metres. m. And to further improve the quality of cleaning will help a special napkin, fixed between the wheels of the vacuum cleaner and designed to capture fine dust.