LG VR6270LVBM
{SPECIFICATION}
CAPACITY 0.6 litres BATTERY LIFE 100 mins
CHARGE TIME 3 hrs COVERAGE PER CHARGE
N/A NOISE (DB) 60dB
POWER/SUCTION 18W FILTERS HEPA
MODES 7 COLLISION SENSORS Ultrasonic
STEP CLIMB 15mm {DETAILS}
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SCREEN Bold red icons do the business, backed up by shrill voice commands
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BUILD QUALITY Lightweight but beautiful, we wouldn’t like to drop it, but it looks great in
the corner
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ADDITIONAL FEATURES
Remote dock on the charging base is a simple
stroke of genius
A real looker – admire its appearance as well as its work
LG’s stylish square sucker isn’t new, but despite its tech-pensioner status it is loaded with camera navigation wizardry. Using a tweaked version of SLAM that takes into account light intensity (II-SLAM, Illumination Invariant-based Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping) and adding a second floor camera, LG claims the dual mapping helps to reduce needless wandering.
The upper camera takes 30 images per second, while the lower Optical Flow Sensor camera measures distances and recognises obstacles and variations in floor type. So far so tech, but does it translate to better cleaning?
The square-ish design of the VR6270LVMB, combined with the long twin sweeper arms, means it can get tighter into corners than the rest on test. It still can’t quite make it all the way, but LG estimates it can get at 94% of the dust. In practice it works well, but we didn’t notice a gulf in performance compared to the Roomba or Neato. At least the extra-length sweeper makes swift work of the skirtings.
Route selection appears considered rather than haphazard, and the bumper sensors tread carefully in tight spots. But this hates rugs and carpets. It’s sluggish – despite boasting an automatic turbo mode that kicks in on carpet – and pick up is poor. Have pets and a carpet? Forget it.
But on hard floors it excels – it’s quick, quiet and efficient. Move it and it will remember its last position in the room and return to it to avoid unnecessary repetition.
The random Zig-Zag mode makes quick work of large open spaces while the Cell by Cell cycle breaks down the space into manageable chunks – ideal if you have lots of furniture. You can even program it to cover a specific area using the remote. It can only remember one route, but is handy if you want an extra clean around the cat basket or under a high chair. LOVE Super-quiet operation. Dual-camera mapping and hard floor cleaning performance HATE Carpet cleaning is woeful. Not great for pet owners. Gloss finish attracts dirt like a toddler T3 SAYS… A hard floor-cleaning maestro, but it does struggle with pet hair pick-up