iRobot’s Roomba j7 Plus, our favorite robot vacuum, has hit an all-time low

There’s a cause folks nonetheless usually discuss with robotic vacuums as “Roombas.” The corporate behind the well-known robovac sequence, iRobot, has spent many years iterating within the area, leading to among the greatest robotic vacuums you should purchase. The Roomba j7 Plus is a good instance, one which’s on sale at Wellbots for Verge readers for $549 ($250 off) — its lowest value up to now — with coupon code VERGE200.

Whereas nonetheless dear, the j7 Plus brings collectively a number of terrific options for beneath $550. Its twin rubber curler brush system is nice at selecting up filth off your ground, whereas its intuitive AI impediment avoidance ensures it’ll avoid cables, stray pairs of footwear, and even pet waste. It’s additionally identified to obtain new options — a latest replace added Siri help, for example, whereas one other added the power to make use of it as a safety digicam — which has solely made it a greater robovac since we first examined it final 12 months.

Not like the usual j7, the discounted “Plus” mannequin on supply right here comes with a slick auto-empty dock, which usually retailers for about $250 by itself and cuts down on undesirable upkeep. Wellbots can be closely discounting the Roomba Combo j7 Plus utilizing the identical promo code, which drops the mop-equipped mannequin right down to $799 ($250 off).

Whereas nothing has been confirmed (but), Apple is extensively anticipated to unveil its subsequent set of smartwatches alongside the iPhone 15 subsequent month — which is maybe why we’re at present seeing some steep reductions on some last-gen fashions. Proper now, for example, you may decide up a 41mm Apple Watch Collection 7 with LTE at Walmart for $299 ($100 off), one the most effective costs up to now on the 41mm mannequin with mobile connectivity.

As my colleague Victoria Music famous in her evaluate of the Apple Watch Collection 8, the newest mannequin isn’t all that totally different from the last-gen Collection 7. It touts Apple’s newer Crash Detection characteristic and temperature sensors for menstrual monitoring, however, in any other case, the 2 are practically an identical. The Collection 7 options roughly the identical processing energy, the identical always-on show, and the entire identical health-tracking options — to not point out ahead compatibility with watchOS 10 when it launches within the fall.

Ultimately, you’re saving $130 by choosing the last-gen smartwatch over its newer counterpart, even with all of the reductions the Collection 8 is at present receiving at Amazon, Walmart, and different retailers.