Win an iRobot Roomba 870 Vacuum Cleaning Robot We're giving away an iRobot Roomba Vacuum Cleaning Robot valued at $599.99. Here's your chance to get a head start on Spring cleaning.I’m sure you have plenty on your plate, wouldn’t it be nice to knock something off that to-do list? Robotics Trends has partnered with iRobot to give away a Roomba 870 Vacuum Cleaning Robot - a value of $599.99. All you have to do to be entered to win is fill out the short form at the bottom of this page. The contest closes on March 31 at 11:59 PM ET, and the winner will be announced no later than April 8. Click here for complete contest details. Must-Read: 10 Essential Spring Cleaning Robots So, why do you need the Roomba 870? Well, for starters, the first day of Spring is March 20. The Roomba can be that extra helper you wish would magically appear every year as you air out your house. And it’s been a tough winter for many, especially up here in the Northeast, so you deserve some you time - so kick back, relax, and binge watch that new season of House of Cards while the Roomba 870 does the dirty work.

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Steve Crowe is managing editor of Robotics Trends. Steve has been writing about technology since 2008. He lives in Belchertown, MA with his wife and daughter.View More by Steve Crowe.Pocket-lint has teamed up with iRobot and - to wish the iRobot Roomba vacuum cleaning robot a happy 10th birthday - we're sharing the birthday love and giving one away. Over the past ten years Roombas worldwide have picked up snakes, thousands of pieces of Lego and one million tons of dirt. That's the equivalent to more than 10 Eiffel Towers. These clever robots will keep your floors dust free, while the cliffhanger technology ensures they won't fall down stairs. iRobot's dirt detector system will ensure your floors are as clean as a whistle, without the need for laborious vacuuming For your chance to win the iRobot Roomba 660 - worth a fantastic £419 - all you have to do is head to our dedicated competition page, leave your details and correctly answer an iRobot-related question to be in with a chance of winning.

Usual Pocket-lint Terms & Conditions apply. Entrants must be a UK resident aged 18 years or more. Prize is non-transferable and no cash alternative is offered. This giveaway has now closed. vacuum cleaner floating ball This is a C1 postcentral vac blind cleaner For full details please see mydisclosure policyaussie eco clean vacuum cleaner Cast your mind waaaay back to when we were renovating this time last year. It was fabulous because we had great local builders, but horrid because we had a newborn, no sleep, a shed load of crazy leaking out and lots of fucking sand inside and out. The outside of the house is still very much a work in progress because, like so many who have renovated before us, we have run out of money.

Meaning the front yard is comprised of a 4m pile of dirt that then grew weeds. It's affectionately known as "the mound" by our neighbours. The  backyard is slooooowly being done, bit by bit. There is now tufts of grass! There would be more but the bastard doves keep eating the grass seeds. Despite the results taking forever to show, I'm really getting in to the gardening side of things and we have basil, parsley, rosemary, citrus trees, olive trees, an apricot tree, peas, carrots, lettuce, onions, chillies, strawberries and cherry tomatoes all growing, nay, THRIVING! I can't believe it! There are a few snails, too, but we can't be awesome at everything. Being out there a lot with means I'm constantly back and forth to the shed to get my bits and pieces - I can't leave them out, secateurs and children apparently don't mix. .au to help me out. I'm normally pretty good at putting together flat pack stuff, and I'm a master with an Allen key, but it took me a while to assemble this thing.

The instructions were a bit hard to follow, my two enthusiastic helpers kept trying to spin the wheels, and there were a few washers missing; but it didn't change the way it worked so I just pushed through without them (I'm not an engineer, could you guess?). It can hold up to 300kg and it's not a toy, there's even a warning on it. So of course the first thing my kids do is take it for a spin. I supervised, they got their jollies and now they leave it alone because things aren't half as fun when mum lets you do them. I wheel it around then back to the shed and I don't have to lug everything. There is heaps of room and it steers really well. I like to pretend I'm at a garden centre when I wheel it around. While the outside slowly comes together, I'm trying desperately to keep the inside clean. New floors throughout the whole house mean I'm a bit narky when it comes to sweeping - I can handle toys strewn everywhere throughout the day, but the sand that is tracked in, the millions of goddamn crumbs in every room, and the few dog hairs shit me to tears.

I like to walk around bare foot and feeling the grit makes me cranky. .au sent me a robot vacuum cleaner to try out, I was over the moon because it can clean while I DO NOTHING! Or, as the case is usually, while I clean something else, prepare snacks, stop children touching dog poo etc. The robot came fully assembled and even had a charge so I could use it straight away. To be honest, I wasn't expecting it to be brilliant. The manual was a little lost in translation and it gave the impression it would be a cheap knock off, but I was actually really impressed by it. It senses obstacles and drops, comes with a virtual wall and remote control, and goes back to the recharging base by itself when it needs to. It doesn't go completely in to the corners, but it gets pretty close - closer than I had imagined. I've been putting it on every few days in different rooms to gather all that damn sand, and it has been doing a great job and emptying out the bagless chamber shows me that it really is picking up lots of sand, dog hair, crumbs and dust but NO TOYS!