Instructions and review of the Xiaomi MI ROBOT Vacuum Cleaner 1S robot vacuum cleaner. Characteristics, pros and cons

In the age of technology and progress, some daily activities no longer take up much of our time.

For example, you can clean your house with the help of smart technology, sometimes such devices are much more effective than a person.

Why sweep the floor yourself when you can just put it on robotic vacuum cleaners.

Model Xiaomi MI ROBOT Vacuum Cleaner 1S will greatly facilitate the care of the household, freeing up your precious time. The article will give a detailed overview of this model.

Features of the robot vacuum cleaner

Today's vacuum cleaner is no exception. The main features of this model:

1. At rather low cost, its characteristics are easily comparable with more expensive analogues.
   And as always, in its price category it has no equal.
2. Another difference that immediately catches the eye is the presence cameras.
   She is takes pictures of the room and chooses the best route for cleaning.
   It is estimated that with the help of the camera, the speed of work increased by 13%.
3. Functions for advanced cleaning programming, which will be carried out by the robot.
   You can read more about this in the New Features section.

How is the device designed?

In general, it can fit into any interior, as it looks quite modern and neat.

White color, gives it a touch of rigor and accuracy. Pretty minimalist front fascia and side bumpers, not loaded with different buttons and lines at all.

Front panel located two buttons that are programmed to turn off / on, and return to the place of the charger. Nearby is a small chamber.

A little higher, under the podium, there are sensors, they recognize the room and build a cleaning map.

Bumpers are installed on the side, which prevent damage by softening blows and touching hard objects. The speaker is located in the same place.

Below you can see two stationary wheels and one swivel, a side brush and a central bristle-petal turbo brush, and a huge array of sensors.

Characteristics

• Installed cyclone filter, you do not have to get a bag clogged with dust.
• The power that is consumed is 55 watts.
• Li-Ion battery with a capacity of 5200 mAh.
  When fully charged, it can work 150 minutes.
  During this time it is stated that the cleared area can be up to 250 square meters.
• Also present a bunch of sensors, such as a sensor for building a map of the room, calculating the time of cleaning, installing on a charger, timer, control from a smartphone and programming by day of the week.
• The vacuum cleaner has dry cleaning.
• The weight is 3.8 kg.
• Also, he can connect to WiFi.
• Works in tandem with the phone, through the Xiaomi Mi Home application.

What is the difference between the new Xiaomi and the old Mi Robot Vacuum Cleaner?

1. Differences touched the top panel, there added one camera.
2. Also suction power increased to 2000 Pa, 200 Pa more than its predecessor.
3. Manufacturer installed New Rockchip RK3326 64-bit 1.5GHz Quad-core Cortex-A35 CPU and Mali-G31 Dvalin GPU.
4. Appeared voice command recognition function in English and Chinese, but for an additional fee, the flashing masters will also install a package with the Russian language.
   So now to turn on / off or other operations, you just need to say the command out loud.
5. Work speed increased by 13%

Here is the same case, and most of the components remained as before.

New device functionality

The main and most important innovation, as Xiaomi employees stated in the presentation, is the addition of a camera.

Now a map of the premises is built using two systems: camera + lidar.

Usually, even more expensive devices build a map of the premises either using lidar or using a camera, but separately.

Here, the two systems work together on this task, increasing the quality of its execution.

Naturally, ordinary users are unlikely to feel the difference, but they will definitely notice the addition of new features thanks to this innovation.

For example, in the Mi Home program, you can already divide the cleaning by rooms, previously divisions were available only by self-drawn squares.

This is quite a handy feature, because if several rooms in the house are not used as often, then you can set them to be cleaned less often than you usually do.

What is included?

1. The robot itself.
2. A brush with a blade for cleaning clogged dirt or hair from parts.
3. User's manual.
4. Cord for charging work from the network.
5. Charging dock with cord winder.

pros

• Naturally, the most important and underestimated plus in Xiaomi has always been price.
  It is very difficult to find a device with similar characteristics and at such a low price.
  And it is not taken at all from poor quality, but rather from the desire to advertise well in the market.
• Building maps with lidar and camera at the same time.
  Thanks to this feature, you can now divide cleaning by room and even create a schedule for each room.
• huge strength, which also remained from the previous model.
  Almost all components and spare parts are the same as on the regular version, proven over the years, easily replaceable and cheap in price.
• Voice command support.
  To turn it on, you don’t even need to press a button or open an app on your smartphone.

Minuses

• The presence of a camera.
  For some people, this may even be a disadvantage.
  There are skeptical individuals who will not like another "eye" in the apartment.
• Air outlets are installed on the back of the vacuum cleaner.
  Their direction is parallel to the floor and when working they raise a lot of dust and wool.
  This happens only when marking the room, then he programs in what order he will clean.
• There is no Russian voice acting.
  But you can give the vacuum cleaner to the flashing master, and he will install the Russian language in a few hours.

User manual

Smartphone control looks like this:

1. To get started you need install the docking station in a suitable location.
   The area where it will be located should be free of any things or obstacles so that it is easy for the robots to connect for charging.
2. Then its just a must lean the contacts against the docking station.
   Under the round podium, white will light up if the battery level is 50%, yellow if there are 20-50% left, red if less than 20%.
3. After charging, press the power button and he will begin to build a map of the house and clean the rooms.
4. To wirelessly control the device with a smartphone, you just need download Mi Home app.
   It adds the model of your robot vacuum cleaner.
   After pairing, the program will ask you to enter the wifi password.
   The application will introduce you to all the functions that you can control from your smartphone and show you how to do it.

How to care for a vacuum cleaner?

In fact, caring for the device is much easier than it seems to a novice user.

First, it's wheels., they are constantly clogged with dirt, wool, or, worst of all, women's hair.

To clean them, Xiaomi has included a brush with a blade.

She copes well and quickly with her task, which is recommended to be done once a week.

Also, depending on how often you clean, it is necessary to clean and shake out the dirt from the plastic container.

Some users, in order to increase the life of the filter, put disposable wipes between its walls, which partially absorb dust.

In general, care is quite simple and takes only a few minutes.

Vacuum cleaners analogs

1. iRobot Roomba 676.
   It has almost the same characteristics, but the battery is an order of magnitude weaker, its capacity is 2600 mAh.
   But it supports dry and wet cleaning.
2. Xiaomi Viomi Cleaning Robot.
   The operation of this model is considered to be little effective.
   Particularly pleased with the support of the Mi Home application, and the same soft bumpers that prevent a quick breakdown of the technical stuffing.
3. Bist Tornado.
   It has almost the same set of sensors except for the camera.
   It also allows you to select cleaning zones, limit them and program by room.
   Pleases more interesting equipment.

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conclusions

In conclusion, the following main points can be noted:

• New model turned out more functional than the old onewhile maintaining the same strength and reliability.
• She's easy enough to take care of. and keep it in working order.
• Thanks to the new mapping system, The device copes with cleaning better than analogues.

When testing a new device, there is not a very big difference in the quality of cleaning seen, but the time required for this procedure has decreased.

But it is up to everyone to decide whether to switch to a new model, or stay with the previous one, based on the information above.

Useful video

This video provides an overview of the Xiaomi MI ROBOT Vacuum Cleaner: