iRobot Braava 380t

Works Silently on All Types of Hard Floors

The Braava 380t cleaner is one of those products that will clean your home to perfection. Also known as the whisper-quiet floor cleaner, the device can mop dust, dirt, hair, and grime off of any hard-surface floors. At just 3.1 inches tall, this device is specifically designed to fit under most furniture, including beds and kickboards.

• Sweeps and mops large surfaces: a full charge allows it to sweep a surface up to 1,000 square feet and mop an area up to 350 square feet.
• No built-in motor to make noise: due to the fact that it lacks a motor, the robot mop is very silent.

There Are Two Methods to Charge It

The device uses a standard U.S. (120V AC) outlet only and it doesn’t have a battery docking station like other models. However, there are 2 ways to charges it:

• Use the included adapter: with this charging method the robot needs more time to fully charge. You also need to know that Braava 320 and 380t chargers are not cross-compatible.
• Use the turbo charge cradle: this option is the best one since it only takes around 2 hours to recharge the unit between uses.

Once recharged, you will be surprised how long the battery will last – up to 3.5 hours in dry mop mode and up to 2.5 hours in wet mop mode.

Smart Enough to Avoid the Carpets and Obstacles and to Clean the Wall and Edges

The robot mop comes with advanced technology, including the Wall-Following technology, which will make it a perfect cleaner for walls, edges and baseboards. Additionally, it comes with Smart Sensors feature which will help the unit avoid stairs, rugs, keeping it at the same time out of the rooms with carpet. If something happens and it’s trying to make its way into your room with carpet, you shouldn’t worry too much about this aspect, because it is designed to discover the error and turn back around the hardwood floor.

• Can turn a full 360 degrees: so it can maneuver around furniture with ease.
• NorthStar Navigation Cube: this accessory should be placed somewhere in the room you want it to clean. It will sync up to the device wirelessly, giving it a navigation reference point. However, if you want to clean multiple rooms, you will need more than one NorthStar.

Opt for Dry or Wet Mopping

Each one of the two modes has their own distinct cleaning head. Therefore, the wet cleaning head comes with a reservoir that it has to be filled with water, while the dry cleaning head works with disposable Swiffer-style clothes. The wet head is using Velcro-like pads to hold the cloth in place, while the dry head features some grooves for you to tuck the clothes into. Once you have purchased your Braava cleaning headset, you can start cleaning wherever you want. You just have to select the desired cleaning mode and after a few beeps, the unit will get to work, cleaning in straight, neat rows in dry mode, or sashaying arcs in wet mode. If it’s finished with the work, it will return to the place it started, beep out an ”I’m finished” song, until you will take it back to its dock.

User-Friendly Design with Reusable Microfiber Cleaning Cloths

In terms of design, this product receives excellent marks. It is a good-looking product and unobtrusive cleaner. Compared to other products, this unit is small-fry, weighing 4 pounds and measuring 9.6 inches in width, 8.5 inches in length and 3.1 inches in height. The water tank can hold approximately 3 ounces of water.

• Simple operation: it features 3 buttons on the top of the device – one for wet mopping, one for dry mopping and one button to turn it on and off.
• Easy to carry: it comes with a handle on the back.
• Rubber bumper: to protect your furniture.
• Washable multi-purpose pads: the mopping robot comes with multi-purpose pads, including one microfiber cloth for mopping, one reservoir mopping pad and one microfiber cloth for sweeping. They are all washable and can be used hundreds of times.

Final Thoughts

What we really like about this mopping robot is the price. Also, it features a Wall-Following technology that helps it clean walls, edges and baseboards. Also, due to the Smart Sensor features, it can avoid stairs, rugs and carpets. The Braava 380t is a simple floor-mopping robot which doesn’t use suction, brush roll or bin. It uses only reusable or disposable cloths to do its job. All in all, this is a great unit, specially designed for mopping hardwood flooring.

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