Prime Day is back for autumn, which means there are plenty of deals to check out on Amazon. Robot vacuums (and cordless ones for that matter) are some of the machines we recommend buying during sale events like this because you can often save hundreds on the stick price. One of the best Prime Day robot vacuum deals we found is on the iRobot Roomba Combo j9+, a vac-and-mop hybrid. You can buy it right now for $800, which is a $600 discount.
This is our pick for the best robot vacuum and mop combo. The Roomba Combo j9+ covers all the bases – and floor types – because it offers almost everything you’d want in a device like this.
It has strong suction, the ability to deep clean your floors and the intelligence to avoid obstacles. The included Clean Base not only allows the Combo j9+ to empty itself, but it also refills the robot’s liquid tank with water or solution. That way, you won’t have to empty the debris bin or refill the base’s liquid tank for weeks.
You can set up vacuuming and mopping routines, and ask Alexa or Google Assistant to start ad hoc cleaning. The Combo j9+ can map your home faster than previous models, and you can label objects to help direct Roomba to clean a specific area.
The Combo j9+ is definitely a more premium option, but there are other Roombas on sale for Prime Day. Another vacuum and mop combo (Y0140) is down from $275 to $219. Meanwhile, you can pick up the even more affordable Roomba Q0120 vacuum for $190. It normally costs $250.
Apple’s excellent 15-inch M3 MacBook Air is on sale in a rare promotion that sees more than just one model being discounted. Amazon has slashed the price of the 512GB version by 17 percent, or $250, making it $1,249 for a limited time. With all four colors — Midnight, Silver, Space Gray, and Starlight — as well as the 24GB RAM variant also included in the sale, there’s no need to settle for the base model. In fact, if your budget allows, this is a great opportunity to pick up the 24GB model for $1,449, or 15 percent off its usual price.
As the proud owner of an M3 MacBook Air, I agree with everything my colleague Devindra Hardawar wrote in his review last year. The latest Air is a tremendous laptop, offering plenty of performance for all but the most demanding tasks.
It also has a fantastic keyboard and trackpad that make the laptop a joy to use. For these reasons and more, this is why Engadget recommends the M3 MacBook Air as the best MacBook for most people. Plus, now that 16GB of RAM is standard on all of Apple’s new laptops, it’s easy to recommend the base model without the usual caveats.