iRobot 500 Series Roomba Vacuum-Cleaning Robot with On-Board Scheduling
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Manufacturer: iRobotBrand: iRobot
Edition: Kitchen
Model: 550
Color: black/gray
Publisher: iRobot
Studio: iRobot
Music Label: iRobot
Product features:
- Vacuum-cleaning robot with on-board scheduling for all floor surfaces
- 2 high-speed, counter-rotating brushes; anti-tangle technology; side brushes
- Gentle-touch bumper; dirt sensor; built-in cliff sensors; self-charging Home Base
- Includes bumper extension, cleaning tool, power adapter, rechargeable battery, 3 extra filters, 2 Virtual Walls, and batteries
- Measures approximately 13 by 13 by 4 inches; 1-year limited warranty
Tools and Hardware Reviews of iRobot 500 Series Roomba Vacuum-Cleaning Robot with On-Board Scheduling
Customer Review: 3.5 stars...If it were a human maid, it'd be fired. As a robot, it's not bad.
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this during one of Amazon's lightning deals and had no idea how much it regularly costs. Quite honestly, after using it, I think it will earn the $200 I spent on it. But, the regular price of $400? I think I'd hire a human...
In short, I have two dogs and two cats (which of course = a LOT of fur). This means that when it runs, it regularly tells me to clean its brush. On the one hand, I never have to clean the brush of my vacuum..on the other hand, while it's toodling around, I can be doing other things. So, I'll call this neutral.
Its 'cliff sensor' has issues around the heating grate and it keeps getting stuck over there and stopping, telling me to check/clean the 'cliff sensors'. This means that if I schedule it to go while I'm not around and don't block the grate off, when I get home, it will be patiently sitting by the grate waiting for assistance. I'm not sure what its issue is but given that I have to 'save' it at least four times each cleaning cycle, I view this as a minus.
Then you have the fact that it misses chunks of floor...This could be because even though my rooms are rectangular, they have things in them such as furniture that it has to go around - which then throws off its internal room area calculations. I'm really not sure. But it spends excessive time in certain areas (it goes by to one corner about 5 times in a cycle and spends a total of about 7minutes there) meanwhile other parts (15%) of the floor never get touched. Thus if it were a human maid, we'd be having a chat...But, since it's a robot, it can't see what it missed...so though I view this as a minus, I also give it some leeway. (Again though, if I paid $400 on it...I wouldn't let this slide). On the plus side, when it misses a section of the floor, the next time it runs, it does get that part (and misses a different one). Thus in the end it evens out.
As a plus, its 'cliff sensors' do do a good job of brushing dirt/fur from the edge where the floor and wall meet. Thus it is able to keep these areas clean despite being a circular object..
As a minus of sorts - some reviews said how it fits into all of these places their vacuum can't. For me - it can go under the bed, but, due to its surprisingly large size, there's nothing it can get to that my vacuum can't. (It can't even fit under the treadmill). Again, this is a minus of sorts because - my vacuum requires me pushing it...and i've got to say that the fact that this thing cleans on its own far outweighs the fact that it can't get under the treadmill.
Another minus is that when it switches rooms that have different floor surface levels (i.e. going between hardwood and carpet), it dumps a pile of fur/dirt that it has been collecting. On the one hand, with the fur, it's in a ball and easy for me to pick up. On the other hand, I got this so I don't have to deal with cleaning up the floor all the time. so, I'm seeing this one as a bit of a minus.
I'm not 110% convinced of how in depth the cleaning it does really is...When I go through the house with my vacuum, before I'm done, I have to change the bag (every time) (again, 4 furry kids)...But this thing's bucket is far smaller than a vacuum bag and somehow it considered itself done cleaning the house without making me empty it once. Part of this is likely due to the fact that it missed part of the floor :) but I suspect that my vacuum simply does a more in depth cleaning job. This said, yet again, my vacuum requires me.
Bottom line - given the fact that I am alone in cleaning this place and cleaning up after the walking, mud-tracking, fur-dropping, furniture-destroying crew, having something (anything) that helps out around here...I'll take it; imperfections and all.
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Description of iRobot 500 Series Roomba Vacuum-Cleaning Robot with On-Board Scheduling
The 500 series Roomba cleans routinely� so you don�t have to. 500 Series robots offers the latest innovations from iRobot with unprecedented efficiency, coverage and cleaning performance. Roomba navigates and cleans rooms systematically, then returns to its Home Base� to recharge. Roomba efficiently vacuums the entire floor, under and around furniture and along walls and automatically adjusts from carpets to hard floors. Virtual Wall� Lighthouses confine and guide Roomba from room to room, then direct it to the Home Base to dock and recharge between cleanings.Tools and Hardware
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