iROBOT ROOMBA COMBO 2 ESSENTIAL
Empty brooms
There’s not much point in owning a robot vacuum cleaner if you have to spend half your time emptying it just so it can carry on sucking up all your muck. Self-emptying bots don’t normally come cheap, but this new Roomba is both affordable and capable of autonomously jettisoning its filthy cargo into a charging dock that can hold up to 60 days’ worth of dirt. It has four levels of suction power for inhaling even the biggest globs of crud, plus three different water settings for when it deploys the mop, with sensors that help it avoid getting stuck on your slippers – and also make sure it doesn’t miss a bit. If only doing all household chores could be so easy. £399 /go.stuff.tv/Combo2