Have you ever used one of the robot vaccum cleaners?

Question

Have you ever used one of the vaccum cleaners that is pretty much like a robot? If you have what did you think about it? Does it do a good job is it worth the money? Does it work on carpet floors or only hard wood? Let me know what you think

Answer 1

I own one (got it as a gift) and used it for about a week or so. I would advise against getting one.

It is certainly a novel concept, but it really doesn't save you much time, and you normally have to clean what it hasn't gotten anyway.

It does work on carpet and hardwood, and it it interesting to watch for a couple minutes, but the container which holds dirt is very small (so you need to empty it often). I put my Roomba in the closet about a year ago, and haven't taken it out since. So, at least for me, it is definitely not worth buying. Trust me, $250 dollars would be much better spent elsewhere.

Answer 2

I have one and it is okay. You don't have to sweep for dog hair all the time because it handles it. You have to put the little electronic "blockers" across openings where you don't want it to go, then it stays in that area. If you don't have enough "blockers", then just set a chair tipped over on its side in the opening so it can't physically get past. It is much quieter than a regular vacuum cleaner. If it sees a spot, it goes around it a few more times just to make sure it got all it could.

It will work on carpets and wood floors. It fills its little inner tray with the dirt and hair - it will stop when it needs it cleaned out. Its brush needs to have some stuff taken off of it (hair usually) as well. Sometimes it will drop a ball of hair on the rise (separation) between a wood floor and carpet.

Remember to move any chairs and stuff like you would for a regular vacuum so it can get under those areas.

I'd say it is worth it. You just have to develop a habit of using it, which I haven't done yet. I have the iRobot Roomba Discovery model.

Answer 3

The Roomba vac works pretty good. You set it in the center of the room, and put these littl infrared beam gismos at hallways. Turn the vac on and it starts spiralling around until it figures out where the funriture is, then it goes back to the spots it missed. it gets under most furniture, and works on low and medium pile carpet.

The way it works is slick. it uses a rotating sweeper brush to pickup the larger stuff in a dustpan, and a small vacuum behind that picks up the fine dust.

it has a little trouble getting into corners and sometimes gets stuck under the edge of the couch. Also sometimes I have to take the brush out and untangle bits of hair and threads. Compared to a regular vac, it's worth it.

There are a lot of cheap imitations on the market that only work on hardwood floors (and not very well) by randomly dragging a dust cloth around.

This link has reviews of different products
http://www.everydayrobots.com/

Answer 4

I have a Roomba Discovery, and I love it. How can you beat something you sit in the middle of a room and come back 30 minutes later and your floors are clean - including under the bed!!! I find that it works better on carpet than it does on hard floors, but does work on both.

Answer 5

I have justed one of those Roomba robot vaccums, the work alright, but they are kinda noisy

Answer 6

I have not used one but have seen it in action and owners and users I've spoken to have given their vacuum robots a thumbs-up.

The brand they chose and use is: Roomba made by iRobot.
http://www.irobot.com/

Answer 7

as you presently a canine has a mushy nostril and a vaccum air purifier options up and throughs cents around and airborne dirt and mud you cant see ,the canine thinks that between the niose and the airborne dirt and mud this vaccum adult adult males have been given to flow ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,completely aggravating his territory.