Matic’s robot vacuum is getting a $250 price hike in September

Matic 扫地机器人将于九月涨价 250 美元

The Matic is our favorite robot vacuum by a pretty comfortable margin. If you’ve been thinking about buying one, you may want to plan on doing it sooner than later. The company will raise its price by $250 on September 9th, going from $1,245 to $1,495. Matic told The Verge that the new price reflects its rising costs for memory and other components for the vacuum, which it says are now tenfold.

Matic 是我们目前最心仪的扫地机器人，优势相当明显。如果你正考虑入手，建议尽早行动。该公司将于 9 月 9 日将价格上调 250 美元，从 1,245 美元涨至 1,495 美元。Matic 向《The Verge》表示，此次涨价反映了内存及其他组件成本的上涨，据称这些成本目前已翻了十倍。

Those who buy one directly from the company will get a year’s worth of replacement bags worth $96 at no extra cost. Each refill contains 12 bags, and they ship for free. Additionally, Matic has increased their return policy from 60 days to six months.

直接从该公司购买的用户将免费获得价值 96 美元、可供使用一年的替换尘袋。每份补充包内含 12 个尘袋，且包邮。此外，Matic 还将退货政策从 60 天延长至 6 个月。

Our reviewer Jennifer Pattison Tuohy praised the Matic’s “human-like navigation,” noting in her review that it got stuck only twice during six months of use. In her cluttered (Jen’s words, not mine), three-story home with pets, thick rugs, and high transitions, it handled difficult layouts with ease while delivering powerful suction and a great self-cleaning roller mop. It’ll continue vacuuming even if its water tank runs dry, and it’s quiet enough to let it run without becoming a distraction if you work from home.

我们的评测员 Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 对 Matic “类人般的导航”给予了高度评价，并在评测中指出，在六个月的使用过程中，它仅被困住过两次。在她的三层住宅中（据她本人描述，家里杂物较多），尽管有宠物、厚地毯和高门槛，它依然能轻松应对复杂的布局，同时提供强劲的吸力和出色的自清洁滚筒拖把。即使水箱没水，它也能继续进行吸尘工作，而且运行声音足够安静，即使你在家办公也不会受到干扰。

It also requires very little maintenance. Rather than relying on a big multifunction dock, it carries its own water tank and stores dirty water in a disposable bag, so you’ll only need to empty and clean its dirty water reservoir. It even drives itself to the sink when it needs more water. Unlike many competing robot vacuums, it can also operate entirely offline, with maps and other data stored locally instead of in the cloud.

它所需的维护工作也非常少。它没有依赖大型多功能基站，而是自带水箱，并将污水储存在一次性袋子中，因此你只需要清空并清洁污水箱即可。当需要加水时，它甚至能自动开到水槽边。与许多竞品扫地机器人不同，它还可以完全离线运行，地图和其他数据均存储在本地，而非云端。