I found myself without a vacuum cleaner and saw this one on offer for £79.99 +VAT at Makro. Not being fond of housework, I bought it. Downstairs, I have wood and tiled floors and the robot works a treat on these. They can be cleaned everyday without any effort which is great. It has a ... Read review
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Robot features iRobot's newest innovations for dramatically improved performance, reliability and durability. Schedule up to seven different cleaning times per week for Roomba to clean when it's most convenient for you - whether you're at home or on the go. Roomba systematically cleans four rooms on a single charge, gets into hard-to-reach areas like wall edges and beneath furniture, avoids stairs and other drop offs and automatically adjusts from carpets to hard floors and back again. Two Virtual Wall® Lighthouses confine Roomba to a room until the entire floor is vacuumed before it moves on to clean the next room. When the job is done, or when the battery is running low, Roomba automatically returns to its self-charging Home Base to dock and recharge. Whats in the box ? 1 iRobot Roomba 560 2 Virtual Walls/ Lighthouse units 1 Self-charging Home Base / Docking station 1 Power Supply (3 hour charge time) 1 Brush CleaningTool 1 Rechargeable Battery 1 Extra Filter
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Advantages: Excellent on hard floors Disadvantages: Limited cleaning power with deeper pile carpets.
I found myself without a vacuum cleaner and saw this one on offer for £79.99 +VAT at Makro. Not being fond of housework, I bought it. Downstairs, I have wood and tiled floors and the robot works a treat on these. They can be cleaned everyday without any effort which is great. It has a spot clean mode function so if it finds a bit of 'dirty' floor, it will focus on this area for longer than usual. I was worried about how well it would cope on my carpets ... ...of paper from my shredder. I had short pile carpets and the vacuum managed fine - better than I expected - although it didn't clean the edges very well. I recently bought a deeper pile carpet for my bedroom and let the robot loose on this. It cleaned the carpet reasonably well but I could see 'little bits' on the carpet which the robot just couldn't cope with. I went over the floor again with an upright hoover I just bought and it was obvious that ... more
I found myself without a vacuum cleaner and saw this one on offer for £79.99 +VAT at Makro. Not being fond of housework, I bought it. Downstairs, I have wood and tiled floors and the robot works a treat on these. They can be cleaned everyday without any effort which is great. It has a spot clean mode function so if it finds a bit of 'dirty' floor, it will focus on this area for longer than usual. I was worried about how well it would cope on my carpets upstairs, especially as I had spilled lots of little bits of paper from my shredder. I had short pile carpets and the vacuum managed fine - better than I expected - although it didn't clean the edges very well. I recently bought a deeper pile carpet for my bedroom and let the robot loose on this. It cleaned the carpet reasonably well but I could see 'little bits' on the carpet which the robot just couldn't cope with. I went over the floor again with an upright hoover I just bought and it was obvious that the robot just didn't have the same cleaning power.
It is very easy to use; just put it in the middle of the room and switch it on. Cleaning is easy too although hairs curled around the wheels can be difficult to remove. It's a lot quieter than a normal hoover; most of the noise comes from the motor driving the wheels and when it bumps into objects around the room (especially radiator pipes). The robot is supposed to have a sensor to stop it bumping into things but it will quite happily charge into people (although it doesn't hurt); this keeps the kids entertained as they step in and out of its way. The cats don't quite feel the same way and exit the room at the speed of light whenever it's switched on.
I either leave mine on charge and forget about it or forget to put it back on charge so it's flat when I want to use it. It takes a good few hours to charge up so I have a long while to wait if it isn't charged. When I first got it, the charge seemed to last for ages but after a few uses I left it on extended charge and now it doesn't seem to be able to manage more than one room on one charge although it is improving. If you use it regularly, this shouldn't be a problem.
Advantages: SMALL, LIGHT, WORKS FOR YOU Disadvantages: CAN TRIP YOU UP IF YOU ARE NOT CAREFUL
As the ?proud? owner of a Roomba I have to say that whilst it doesn't live up to it's hype, it certainly lived up to my expectations which were to have a 'cleaner' who would just 'run the hoover' over the floor while I was out at work during the week.
The thing to remember about these small (almost dinner plate size) robots is that they do not have the flexibility of a traditional hoover - no getting cobwebs from the ceiling or hoovering your sofa ... ...to make your life a bit easier I would have to give it a big 'Thumbs up'.
Whilst it can take over an hour to hoover a good sized room (I always leave mine running until the battery runs out) you have to remember that during this time you are off living your life.
Ok, it doesn't get into the corners and I am not certain that it actually cleans as close to the edge as I would like. But, for me, this does not matter. The weekend is when I like to ...
CLAWSON0810 17.09.2008
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Advantages: Great concept - it does what it says on the box Disadvantages: Appalling reliability - it doesn't do it for long enough
This is a fantastic product if it would only keep going long enough to clean a room. Unit one - purchased in August 2008. Main vacuum motor failed in October 2008. Unit two - replaced in October 2008. Fault with brushes and carraige in March 2009. Unit three - replaced on 7th March 2009, failed next day on first clean of first room. Fault with main front bumper sensor. Unit four - there will not be a unit four - I will avoid in future Apparantly ... ...me it is too short - blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah - there that's about 120 ...
busterbloodvessel 08.03.2009
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What Is It?
The iRobotRoomba is one of the latest robots; built for busy people and to fit into peoples day-to-day lives. It is an automatic vacuum that runs efficiently, safely and effortlessly on its own. It uses technology that is used for bomb disposal robots in the armies all over the world.
Why Would You Buy It?
I got the iRobotRoomba recommended to me by a friend. I had gone over to her house and saw it vacuum the whole room while we were busy chatting! I sat watching it cleaning around the chairs, tables and even the lamps gracefully.
She was saying how useful it was and you could even go out shopping and you would come back to a vacuumed house. That was enough to convince me.
Other reasons to buy it would be if you have an older relative who finds it hard to clean the house then this would be perfect as ...
scotlandizdabest 01.02.2008 (09.04.2008)
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Advantages: It vacuums by itself! Efficient and time saving! Also very cute! Disadvantages: Gets stuck on rug tassels, no scheduling.
This is my second review on the iRobotRoomba, the first review I did was about the latest Roomba. This is about the slightly older 5545 version. This is why the some of the review is the same as my last one!
We bought this Roomba about six months ago, more for the amusement factor and out of curiosity than anything else!
I will tell you a little more about the company that we bought our first 'Roomba' from?
iRobot is an American company which was founded in 1990. They supply robots for home use (such as the 'Roomba' Vacuum cleaner and the 'Scooba' floor washing robot) as well as supplying places like Iraq and Afghanistan for help with search missions through debris and rubble.
iRobot supply different robots for different uses, these are:
Roomba: A vacuum cleaner for the home.
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charlottemt 16.11.2007
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Advantages: Anti Tassle, Cliff Sensor, On Board Scheduling......you dont have to vaccum!! Disadvantages: No major problems, can sometimes get stuck.
We bought our first iRobot 'Roomba' a few months ago, and I can honestly say we haven't looked back since!!
I will tell you a little more about the company that we bought our first 'Roomba' from?
iRobot is an American company which was founded in 1990. They supply robots for home use (such as the 'Roomba' Vacuum cleaner and the 'Scooba' floor washing robot) as well as supplying places like Iraq and Afghanistan for help with search missions through debris and rubble.
iRobot supply different robots for different uses, these are:
Roomba: A vacuum cleaner for the home.
Scooba: A floor washing robot for the home
Dirt Dog: A vacuum cleaner for the industrial floor
Verro: A pool cleaning robot for your swimming pool
Looj: A gutter cleaning robot
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