Roomba Vaccumm?

Question

Hello. Has anyone bough one of these vaccumms? I seen the stuff on tv and they seem to work well. To me it seems that it would never clean a whole room. I did see on on shopping network and it seem to just go back and forth over the same area. Was wondering if it worth the money or not?

Answer 1

Yeah, I bought one, I don't think it is worth the money, $250, it works ok but the dirt despenser is very small, (has to be emptied every time)...it's memory gets screwed up and you have to take the battery out & reset it and the battery only lasted about 4 months & costs $50 for a new one.

Answer 2

I have a roomba and love it! We never used to vaccuum the carpet regularly out of sheer drudgery, laziness and tiredness. After working a long day, the last thing I want to come home and do is vaccuum the carpets.

While it doesn't have as much suction or capacity as an upright vaccuum cleaner, it will vaccuum your carpets and floors for you when you're too tired or lazy to do it. You can set the roomba to run everyday while you're at work, and it will find it's way back to it's charging base without any intervention.

It also is short enough to get under the bed... a place that rarely gets vaccuumed. We have dogs, so the daily pick-up of pet hair is a lifesaver!

I would say it depends on your current cleaning habits whether you will enjoy the benefits of owning a roomba or not. If you vaccuum your floors regularly now, you'll probably not be impressed with the power of a roomba if you're intention is to replace your current vaccuum.

If you vaccuum the floor rarely to occasionally, the hands-free vaccuuming of the roomba is a fantastic improvement. I would buy a roomba just for it's ability to vaccuum under the beds! You wouldn't believe how much dust accumulates under there... ewwww.

It's also a great way to maintain the floors between regular vaccuuming!

Answer 3

Yes!!! definitely a good investment. What I do is run the roomba at night in the living room while I sleep. In the morning when I wake up, the room is sparkling clean and the roomba is back on it's base, charged and ready for another action. It runs for about 2 hours on a fully charged battery.

It goes back and forth at first just to get a feel of the environment, then it goes wherever, like having a memory chip of where it had been.

Another thing, the roomba is pet friendly. My cat and dog are never bothered by it. They actually seem to like watching it work, too funny.

Answer 4

The newer ones are actually pretty good. Make certain to get the one that knows it is running out of power and will head back to the base for a recharge. It will not go over steps, so you can only use it on one level unless you move it. This sucks for me as I have two steps down for my living room from the rest of the downstairs. I have thought about a second one to leave upstairs! All in all, it is pretty cool and I am glad I got it. It was a gift, but having had this one for a couple years, if it dies, I would probably buy another one!

Answer 5

bought one at a thrift store, it is the model from 2, maybe 3 years ago.

it works well on my kitchen floor - but
it takes as long to set up the kitchen ( pick up the throw rugs, block off the toe kicks under the cabinets ( my Roomba is the perfect height to get stuck.) as it does for the Roomba to work in my medium-large kitchen.


i haven't tried it on carpet -- worried about how the Roomba and my 10 pound Terri-poo will get along. I imagine that they will both try to be the Alpha male; i fear for my Terri-poos self esteem. : )

i have friends with tile floors throughout their house, and they think their Roomba works great. it is sort of relaxing to watch it do its increasing spiral pattern.

Answer 6

'I really love my Discovery roomba, it gets under the beds couches and anything thats low level and if it had two lips i'd kiss it,about once a month I'll use my upright, I also have the scooba, it's alright, I don't think I ever get another scooba...the scooba doesn't have a remote so it goes any where it wants to, and there some area's that need more attention than others, but with no remote there's nothing much you can do.....

Answer 7

Just one of those gadget devices for the lazy person. Just like the lawn mower type they take longer and aren't 100% coverage.

Your best bet is the Dyson vacuum as the initial outlay of cash will be recovered since you don't need bags and you won't have to replace it. They have the best suction after there is some dirt and debris in the canister than any other vacuum.
http://www.factorydirectsuperstore.com/Dyson/default.htm?gclid=CLWk7qWg0YYCFQ9kDgodfCog5Q
http://www.dyson.com/homepage.asp

Answer 8

Think of it this way:

Normal vacuums nowadays draw 12+ amps out of sockets, weigh nearly 20 lbs, and still don't have any automatic guidance. Even the lightest vacuum (Oreck) still weighs 8 lbs.

Something tiny, flat, battery powered, and completely automated isn't going to exactly tackle your plush carpeting. It might work for spilled cereal on a hardwood kitchen floor, but I wouldn't expect Mr. Clean to jump out of it anytime soon.

Answer 9

I thought about because I work so many hours, but I have pets that shed and the collection bin on them is too small and I don't want to spend $1500 for the one that empties itself. So if you have pets that shed alot you may not want to waste the money.

Answer 10

We had one of these for a retail clothing store. It only picked up some of the stuff from carpeted floor. I think it would work better on a smooth surface with less obstacles.