iRobot 12501 Looj 125 Remote Controlled Cordless Electric Gutter Cleaning Robot With Belt Clip
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of iRobot 12501 Looj 125 Remote Controlled Cordless Electric Gutter Cleaning Robot With Belt Clip
Customer Review: OKay, but definitely requires patience
Summary: 3 Stars
I have an older home with box gutters. The last time I was on the roof, the ladder moved as I tried to get off the roof which spooked me. A distant neighbor had a serious accident as well. As a result, I usually pay a roofer to clean the gutters. Unfortunately, they can take several weeks to come out and do the cleaning and I am an impatient person.
On our house, the gutters are 40' from the ground, so there isn't a convenient way to use the looj from the ground. I can access the gutters from the roof via dormers so my method of using the looj was to tie a rope to the looj and drive it into the gutters that were 3 or 4 feet below me.
Prior to looj'ing, I had 3 main problems around the downspouts. Roofing companies put small wire traps over the gutter to keep the downspouts from clogging. Three of these were clogged at the trap. The first one was relatively straight forward although I kept getting caught on the trap. Usually backing up and going forward would resolve the problem, but frequently I needed to use the rope with forward motion on the looj to get it to figure out how to get around the trap. This worked relatively well and after 20 minutes I had cleared the gutter. Unfortunately, I had also worked the trap free and had no way to retrieve it.
I moved to the second gutter to repeat the process. This one was pretty easy although, again, I had to convince the looj to bypass the gutter trap.
During the cleaning of the third gutter, I lost the auger twice. Luckily, I was able to drag it back using the looj and retrieve it and resinstall it.
During the cleaning of the fourth gutter, I lost the auger once and eventually lost one of the treads. I was unable to retrieve the tread, so I need to go to irobot.com and order another two. It sure would be nice if Amazon carried replacement parts.
I rate the Looj about a 3. Outside of a human going up on the roof (and the $150ish price tag that comes with it, the looj is the best thing out there, but it's not without its issues.
Customer Review: Smart buy.
Summary: 5 Stars
Purchased this product, fast shipping and as shown. Unit did not fit in my gutters and I returned to shipper and was given a full refund with no hassle.. I inspected and played with unit, seems would have worked great. Other people have stated it makes a mess and I can see that but again beats the ladder cleaning aspect.Customer Review: Stay away from the Looj, you'll save time, money, and frustration
Summary: 1 Stars
My sister is happy with her Roomba, so even though many of the reviews urged caution, I decided to take a chance on the Looj -- that was a big mistake. It could not get through really mucked up areas and it constantly kept flipping over and getting stuck. I spent WAY more time trying to hassle with the Looj than if I had just cleaned my gutters the old fashioned way. Also, on my unit, reverse stopped working. It will drive forward just fine, but it won't go in reverse. If you are on the fence about buying this beware that even the positive reviews are full of tons of caveats. Bottom line: stay away from the Looj and save your money.Customer Review: The Looj is a light-weight
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought a Looj several years ago, but it's sat in my garage for at least a year. I find bringing my blower up the ladder works much better for whenever I do gutter cleaning. The Looj can be helpful - it will work okay on a full battery charge with few leaves in a dry gutter. This is not the typical case for me. It usually rains enough around where I live that the gutter is often wet and the mucky leaves inside are at least damp. The Looj takes forever in this case just to get a few feet done (if it can). Many times I've taken the Looj up to my gutter, only to spend over an hour getting it to move back and forth to clean a very small section. Often it also would get stuck, causing me to have to move my ladder to rescue it. Also, the rubber spinning blades actually lap dirty, mucky water all over my gutter so it looks dirty down the side. I then have to either have a nasty looking gutter or wipe it down the whole length (I tried just shooting water from a hose.. unfortunately, it doesn't come off that easy).
Anyway, the Looj would be great if it worked, but it doesn't work well at all for me. When there's a robot that I can stay on the ground, drop in the gutter with a pole and know it's going to do it's business well and without me, maybe I'll buy another robot.
Customer Review: good idea didn't work for me though
Summary: 4 Stars
I live in oregon and it is very wet. I ended up cleaning the gutters by hand since the leaves were to heavy for the auger. Good idea and would probably do better in a slightly drier climate.