You need to manually swap in the attachment any time you want to mop, and it will happily try to mop your carpets and rugs given half the chance. Some of these include Batman's Batcave and Batmobile, the Avengers' Tower, Superman's hometown of Smallville, and the Daily Bugle newspaper building. In our tests it was noticeably better at picking up dust, dirt and pet hair than any other robot vacuum in our list, and while it doesn’t have a camera to help it steer clear of hazards, it retains all of the app-based smart features you’d expect from iRobot. Space saving: The compact and minimalistic design means robot cleaners take up much less space in your home than a traditional vacuum cleaner, plus they look a lot nicer.

To control which areas of the home you don’t want cleaned, you have to attach special magnetic boundary strips to the floor. You need to ensure the room is reasonably clear before the robot is scheduled to clean, so don’t leave socks and loose cables lying about. We have a vast collection now ranging from magnatiles,playmags, children’s hub, shine halo: wheels, dome set and windows. They can imagine what it's like to be an astronaut with a space shuttle playset, a city planner with streets, railroads and city buildings to set up, and dream of being a pilot with the City Passenger Plane Set.

There are only 13 letters included in the set, which might frustrate children who want to spell words that require more letters.

Hoover less often: You’ll still need to give your floors a manual clean every now and then, but robot vacuum cleaners can maintain a baseline level of tidyness around the home that means you can hoover a lot less often. We have 160 which feels like a good amount – we started with 60 but quickly ran out when building bigger structures. It has a D-shaped body with a flat square front, meaning it can get right into corners to clean every last inch of your floor. The LEGO Friends playsets are made with little girls in mind, although boys can play with them, too.The app lets you reduce the amount of water being used, to help extend the mopping function further between refills.