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Compare Top ILIFE Vacuuming Robots: ILIFE A9 vs. ILIFE V8s - Which Is Best For Your Home?
 ILIFE A9 in Action (Photo Credits: ILIFE)
ILIFE vacuuming and mopping robots are some of the most sophisticated available in terms of the features they offer, but at the same time, some of the most affordable when compared to other brands with similar features. ILIFE makes two distinct types of robots:
- Those that belong to the A-series and that are strictly vacuuming robots. - Those that belong to the V-series, most of which are capable of both vacuuming and mopping. In this article, we will compare one of the top A-series robots, ILIFE A9, with the one of the top V-series robot ILIFE V8s. At the time of this writing, these two robots were the most popular and the best rated ILIFE floor cleaning robots among Amazon customers. (If you'd rather see a comparison of all ILIFE robots, please click: Comparing All ILIFE Vacuuming and Mopping Robots ) ILIFE was founded in 2007, and has been developing robotic vacuum cleaners ever since. All ILIFE products are assured to pass high quality control and acquire the international FCC, CE and RoHS Certifications. (FCC: Federal Communications Commission is the US certification that the product is approved for use in the US. CE: European Conformity Certification that indicates that the product complies with all relevant European requirement. RoHS: Restriction of Hazardous Substances certifies that the product was made without certain hazardous chemicals.)
This article will compare the ILIFE A9 and ILIFE V8s robots.
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Comparing ILIFE A9 and ILIFE V8s
The following pictures show the two ILIFE robots that will be compared below:
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The following table compares the ILIFE A9 and ILIFE V8s robots.
The (Note #) notation used in the table refers to the clarification notes provided following the table (please read these notes carefully in order to understand better the features that come with each ILIFE robot):
Explanation of Notes 1 to 23 from Comparison Table:
Note 1:
With iLIFE A9 you can download the ILIFE APP to your smartphone in order to have full access to A9’s functions anytime, anywhere, whether it’s for setting cleaning schedules, starting a cleaning cycle, or for tracking task progress with the cleaning map. A secured 2.4GHz WiFi network is required.
ILIFE A9 is Alexa compatible.
Note 2:
LIFE A9 uses a live-vision camera to scan the rooms and create a panoramic map of its surroundings. Using the map, it computes a systematic and efficient cleaning pattern that avoids redoing or skipping any areas. This is the ground-breaking PanoView navigation that uses the advanced CV-SLAM graphics algorithm that helps the robot to map the floors even faster and more precisely.
Note 3:
Though it can be used on all type of floors, the bristle brush is great for deep cleaning of low pile carpets.
Note 4:
Though it can be used on all type of floors, the rubber brush is is best for hard floors and pet hair.
Note 5:
The two side brushes on these robots effectively gather dirt and debris at corners and edges and sweep it to the cleaning path.
Note 6:
The self-adjusting anti-tangle suction mouth on ILIFE V8s effectively improves the cleaning performance when picking up pet hair on hard floors.
Note 7:
Even though both robots can be used on the various types of floors specified above, for carpeted floors, it is better to consider ILIFE A9 because of the bristle main brush it comes with. ILIFE A9 will of course work also great on bare floors as it also comes with a rubber brush.
ILIFE V8s does not have a main bristle brush, it has only side brushes. But if you don't have any carpets, you could very well consider ILIFE V8s which has a self adjusting suction mouth which is great for picking up pet hair and debris from bare floors.
Note 8:
Both ILIFE robots considered here come with a charging station (also known as the docking station). When the battery gets low, these robots automatically return to their charging station, dock and recharge, and they are always ready to clean. The charging dock needs to be in an open area with no foreign objects within 40 inches from its sides and 120 inches from its front.
Note 9:
After auto-recharge, ILIFE A9 resumes automatically the vacuuming job, if it was not completed.
ILIFE V8s needs to be restarted after recharge, unless it was already scheduled to restart later.
Note 10:
Equipped with a full suit of infrared sensors, both ILIFE robots avoid obstacles and protect your furniture. They freely go under narrow places (beds, sofas, etc.) and easily cross between chair legs.
Note 11:
A full suit of infrared cliff sensors keep both ILIFE robots from falling off stairs. When they detect a height that is above 8cm (3.14 inches), they slow down and select a new path.
Note 12:
Note 13:
Both ILIFE robots considered here can be asked to do a spot clean for very dirty places. Spot mode easily handles floors with heavy dirt or hair.
Spot cleaning can be invoked using the remote-control device (with ILIFE A9, it can also be invoked using your smartphone and the ILIFE APP ).
Note 14:
Both ILIFE robots considered here can be asked to do an edge clean which makes the robot clean intensely along walls and corners.
Edge cleaning can be invoked using the remote-control device (with ILIFE A9, it can also be invoked using your smartphone and the ILIFE APP ).
Note 15:
The suction power of both ILIFE robots considered here can be increased by selecting the Max mode to enjoy a super-powered clean with maximum pickup. Max mode cleaning can be invoked using the remote-control device (with ILIFE A9, it can also be invoked using your smartphone and the ILIFE APP ).
Note 16:
Electrowalls (known also as Virtual Wall Barriers in the vacuuming robots jargon) are battery run standalone little devices that stop the robot from entering areas that are not supposed to be cleaned. The device basically creates an invisible barrier that the robot won't cross. That makes it easy to confine the robot to a particular room or area, and prevent it from getting too close to anything delicate or dangerous. An Electrowall and the required batteries are included when you get the iLIFE A9 robot,
Note 17:
When the dustbin is installed, V8s simply vacuum the floors, but when the water tank is installed, the robot wet mops.
So, for wet mopping, all you have to do is swap the dustbin for the water tank, and the robot will automatically go to mopping mode, when you press the default cleaning button. For wet mopping, the included microfiber mopping cloth need to be attached to the lower area of the robot. The microfiber cloth removes stains and dirt and won't damage the floor.
Note that, there is no vacuum suction during wet mopping. Therefore, for better results, it is suggested to do the suction (i.e. dry vacuum) before the wet mopping is done.
Note also that ILIFE V8s comes with the i-mopping feature: The robot mops the floor with an invisible barrier! In mopping mode, ILIFE V8s moves forward in a (23ft x 23ft) area, creating a blocked off area behind it. So, to avoid mopping on your carpet, you just need to place the robot against the carpet area, as shown in the following picture:
Note 1:
With iLIFE A9 you can download the ILIFE APP to your smartphone in order to have full access to A9’s functions anytime, anywhere, whether it’s for setting cleaning schedules, starting a cleaning cycle, or for tracking task progress with the cleaning map. A secured 2.4GHz WiFi network is required.
ILIFE A9 is Alexa compatible.
Note 2:
LIFE A9 uses a live-vision camera to scan the rooms and create a panoramic map of its surroundings. Using the map, it computes a systematic and efficient cleaning pattern that avoids redoing or skipping any areas. This is the ground-breaking PanoView navigation that uses the advanced CV-SLAM graphics algorithm that helps the robot to map the floors even faster and more precisely.
Note 3:
Though it can be used on all type of floors, the bristle brush is great for deep cleaning of low pile carpets.
Note 4:
Though it can be used on all type of floors, the rubber brush is is best for hard floors and pet hair.
Note 5:
The two side brushes on these robots effectively gather dirt and debris at corners and edges and sweep it to the cleaning path.
Note 6:
The self-adjusting anti-tangle suction mouth on ILIFE V8s effectively improves the cleaning performance when picking up pet hair on hard floors.
Note 7:
Even though both robots can be used on the various types of floors specified above, for carpeted floors, it is better to consider ILIFE A9 because of the bristle main brush it comes with. ILIFE A9 will of course work also great on bare floors as it also comes with a rubber brush.
ILIFE V8s does not have a main bristle brush, it has only side brushes. But if you don't have any carpets, you could very well consider ILIFE V8s which has a self adjusting suction mouth which is great for picking up pet hair and debris from bare floors.
Note 8:
Both ILIFE robots considered here come with a charging station (also known as the docking station). When the battery gets low, these robots automatically return to their charging station, dock and recharge, and they are always ready to clean. The charging dock needs to be in an open area with no foreign objects within 40 inches from its sides and 120 inches from its front.
Note 9:
After auto-recharge, ILIFE A9 resumes automatically the vacuuming job, if it was not completed.
ILIFE V8s needs to be restarted after recharge, unless it was already scheduled to restart later.
Note 10:
Equipped with a full suit of infrared sensors, both ILIFE robots avoid obstacles and protect your furniture. They freely go under narrow places (beds, sofas, etc.) and easily cross between chair legs.
Note 11:
A full suit of infrared cliff sensors keep both ILIFE robots from falling off stairs. When they detect a height that is above 8cm (3.14 inches), they slow down and select a new path.
Note 12:
- ILIFE V8s can be activated in auto clean mode by pressing the start button on the robot itself or on the remote-control device. In auto mode, the robot adjusts its cleaning behaviour based on the worked required to do the job. More precisely, it will go in random directions cleaning thoroughly the place, changing direction when detecting obstacles or stairs, until they sense that that the battery is low and go to the docking station to recharge.
When you select the path clean mode on ILIFE V8s, instead of going in random directions, the robot navigates across the floor with back and forth movements, until all the floor is covered or the battery gets sufficiently low for it to head to the charging station. - ILIFE A9 can be activated in auto mode by pressing the start button on the unit, on the remote-control device, or using your smartphone and the ILIFE APP. In this mode, the robot uses the map it has built to compute a systematic and efficient cleaning pattern that avoids redoing or skipping any areas. It navigates carefully across the floor with back and forth movements (similar to the ILIFE V8s path mode movements described above), until all the floor is covered or the battery gets sufficiently low for it to head for the charging station.
Note 13:
Both ILIFE robots considered here can be asked to do a spot clean for very dirty places. Spot mode easily handles floors with heavy dirt or hair.
Spot cleaning can be invoked using the remote-control device (with ILIFE A9, it can also be invoked using your smartphone and the ILIFE APP ).
Note 14:
Both ILIFE robots considered here can be asked to do an edge clean which makes the robot clean intensely along walls and corners.
Edge cleaning can be invoked using the remote-control device (with ILIFE A9, it can also be invoked using your smartphone and the ILIFE APP ).
Note 15:
The suction power of both ILIFE robots considered here can be increased by selecting the Max mode to enjoy a super-powered clean with maximum pickup. Max mode cleaning can be invoked using the remote-control device (with ILIFE A9, it can also be invoked using your smartphone and the ILIFE APP ).
Note 16:
Electrowalls (known also as Virtual Wall Barriers in the vacuuming robots jargon) are battery run standalone little devices that stop the robot from entering areas that are not supposed to be cleaned. The device basically creates an invisible barrier that the robot won't cross. That makes it easy to confine the robot to a particular room or area, and prevent it from getting too close to anything delicate or dangerous. An Electrowall and the required batteries are included when you get the iLIFE A9 robot,
Note 17:
When the dustbin is installed, V8s simply vacuum the floors, but when the water tank is installed, the robot wet mops.
So, for wet mopping, all you have to do is swap the dustbin for the water tank, and the robot will automatically go to mopping mode, when you press the default cleaning button. For wet mopping, the included microfiber mopping cloth need to be attached to the lower area of the robot. The microfiber cloth removes stains and dirt and won't damage the floor.
Note that, there is no vacuum suction during wet mopping. Therefore, for better results, it is suggested to do the suction (i.e. dry vacuum) before the wet mopping is done.
Note also that ILIFE V8s comes with the i-mopping feature: The robot mops the floor with an invisible barrier! In mopping mode, ILIFE V8s moves forward in a (23ft x 23ft) area, creating a blocked off area behind it. So, to avoid mopping on your carpet, you just need to place the robot against the carpet area, as shown in the following picture:
(Photo credits: ILIFE)
On previous ILIFE mopping robots, wet mopping was achieved using a simple gravity drip water tank. The water tank module that is on V8s features the ILIFE "i-Dropping" system which houses an actual pump, giving it greater control over the amount of water released during mopping. So, rather than blindly dripping water all the time by gravity, the new system ensures that water only gets released when the robot is moving, minimizing water consumption as well as accidental spills. The water tank stops dispensing water as soon as the robot stops moving.
Note 18:
Both ILIFE robots considered here can be scheduled to clean your home automatically every day, at a specific time, even if nobody is at home.
Scheduling is done from the remote-control device.
Note 19:
ILIFE V8s has a small LCD screen on the robot itself that keeps you informed with simple icons of the various states the robot may be in.
The cover of the ILIFE V8s robot also features a number of buttons that allow controlling the robot. These buttons are shown in the following picture.
Note that these controls are also available on the ILIFE V8s remote-control device.
Note 18:
Both ILIFE robots considered here can be scheduled to clean your home automatically every day, at a specific time, even if nobody is at home.
Scheduling is done from the remote-control device.
Note 19:
ILIFE V8s has a small LCD screen on the robot itself that keeps you informed with simple icons of the various states the robot may be in.
The cover of the ILIFE V8s robot also features a number of buttons that allow controlling the robot. These buttons are shown in the following picture.
Note that these controls are also available on the ILIFE V8s remote-control device.
ILIFE A9 has no LCD screen on the robot itself, but you can control and track all operations of the robot on the ILIFE APP screen using your smartphone.
Note 20:
The intelligent i-Voice technology, available only on ILIFE A9, tells you vocally what the robot is doing or if it requires attention.
Note 21:
Both ILIFE robots considered here come with a remote-control device that can be used to schedule the robot, to invoke the various run modes, such as auto clean, spot clean and edge clean, and to send the robot to home base to dock and charge.
ILIFE A9 supports Wi-Fi and can therefore also be remotely controlled using your smartphone from wherever you may be.
Note 22:
Both ILIFE robots considered here are equipped with a high performance filter able to remove more than 99.97% of allergens, pollen and particles as small as 0.3 micron. These filters can be easily removed and cleaned periodically.
Note 23:
Both robots considered here are equipped with a 2600mah high capacity rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery that delivers performance during cleaning. The fade-free technology used in these batteries ensures a steady and lasting battery life. The run time for these batteries after a full charge can vary anywhere from 90 minutes to 120 minutes, depending on the amount of work the robot has to do. Note that the amount of work the robot has to do depends on many variables such as the cleaned area size and shape, furniture and other objects present in the area cleaned, floor and carpet type as well as the amount of dirt and hair to be picked up.
Please Note:
ILIFE robots come with 1-year warranty for fixing and 1-month for replacement.
For exact price information on the above compared robots, please refer to the Amazon products section below.
Note 20:
The intelligent i-Voice technology, available only on ILIFE A9, tells you vocally what the robot is doing or if it requires attention.
Note 21:
Both ILIFE robots considered here come with a remote-control device that can be used to schedule the robot, to invoke the various run modes, such as auto clean, spot clean and edge clean, and to send the robot to home base to dock and charge.
ILIFE A9 supports Wi-Fi and can therefore also be remotely controlled using your smartphone from wherever you may be.
Note 22:
Both ILIFE robots considered here are equipped with a high performance filter able to remove more than 99.97% of allergens, pollen and particles as small as 0.3 micron. These filters can be easily removed and cleaned periodically.
Note 23:
Both robots considered here are equipped with a 2600mah high capacity rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery that delivers performance during cleaning. The fade-free technology used in these batteries ensures a steady and lasting battery life. The run time for these batteries after a full charge can vary anywhere from 90 minutes to 120 minutes, depending on the amount of work the robot has to do. Note that the amount of work the robot has to do depends on many variables such as the cleaned area size and shape, furniture and other objects present in the area cleaned, floor and carpet type as well as the amount of dirt and hair to be picked up.
Please Note:
ILIFE robots come with 1-year warranty for fixing and 1-month for replacement.
For exact price information on the above compared robots, please refer to the Amazon products section below.
So which ILIFE vacuuming robot is best for your home's cleaning needs?
As the above comparison table shows, ILIFE A9 and V8s come with slightly different features. So, we suggest you carefully study the above table and clarification notes before you decide which ILIFE will respond best to your needs.
Here are a few good reasons why you might want to consider ILIFE A9:
Here are a few good reasons why you might want to consider ILIFE A9:
- It is equipped with a camera and uses map based navigation which allows it to compute a systematic and efficient cleaning pattern that avoids redoing or skipping any areas.
- It can clean better carpets thanks to the main bristle brush it comes with.
- After it recharges itself, it can resume the vacuuming job automatically where it was left off.
- It talks and tells you about what states the robot is in.
- It supports Wi-Fi and can be controlled from your smartphone.
- It supports Electrowalls, so you can control where it is supposed to clean.
- It can be used for wet mopping as well as vacuuming the floors.
- Thanks to the self-adjusting suction mouth, it can better collect pet hair and debris from bare floors.
- It is equipped with more controls on the robot cover, so you don't always have to use the remote-control device to control the robot.
You will find in the Amazon products section that follows both ILIFE robots compared above which you can click for exact price information or to purchase:
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