iRobot 560 Roomba Vacuuming Robot, Black and Silver
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of iRobot 560 Roomba Vacuuming Robot, Black and Silver
Customer Review: A real labor saver
Summary: 4 Stars
We have pets that shed and so if we wanted to keep the hair up off the floors and carpet we needed to vacuum more than once a week. The Roomba does the job for us now. It runs three times a week and keeps our living room, dining room, and kitchen swept clean of dirt and hair. Granted it doesn't do deep vacuuming of the carpet but we can do that on a less frequent basis than before with our full size vacuum.
You will need to learn the fine points of using this wonderful device. For instance keep stuff up off the floor, don't leave cords exposed, and shut the door to the areas of the house that have such stuff exposed.
Overall I am very pleased with my Roomba and would recommend it to anyone.
Customer Review: A real timesaver that works well
Summary: 5 Stars
We have a toddler, so keeping the floors clean is both important and difficult to do. In fact, it is what motivated us to look at the Roomba in the first place. We have had the Roomba for several weeks and it has made it much easier to keep our floor clean. At night (or whenever we use the Roomba), we just lift the chairs onto the dining room table and push start. (Putting chairs up isn't necessary, but makes it easer for the roomba to clean under our table which is a mess after feeding our daughter). The Roomba spends about 40 minutes vacuuming our dining room, kitchen and living room. After the Roomba does its thing, it finds its way back to its dock and starts recharging itself.
Our experience is that the Roomba it does a better job than we would, if we swept up after every meal. The only downside (if you consider it a downside) is that it makes a "vacuum cleaner" noise. But this is not loud enough to disturb us or our daughter.
I highly recommend the product.
Customer Review: A second roomba, now with scheduling.
Summary: 5 Stars
I picked this roomba up remanufactured for one thirty and am very happy with its performance. I have been using a 535 for about two years and the new roomba is even cleaning up things the 535 is leaving behind. I assume the cleaning performance difference is due solely to it being newer and cleaner. The on-board scheduling is the big win for this model and was the major selling point versus the off-board scheduling of the 535.
If pressed to provide cons, I would cite the fairly high amount of maintenance required, especially in terms of the time it takes to clean out the brushes which are easily tangled by cat hair.
Customer Review: A simply amazing increase in quality over older models.
Summary: 5 Stars
Me and my wife purchased an IRobot a long time ago, back when the technology was still pretty new. Needless to say we, where not impressed. It was excessively noisey, required alot of hand holding, and while it kept us from needing to move some furniture as often it just wasn't what we expected.
However the newer iRobot we have purchased the 560 show some great advancements in design and intelligence. It rarely gets stuck(usually only under the dinning room table chairs). With the lighthouse settings on the virtual walls the 560 does an incredible job of getting the major rooms clean with a minimal of fuss and it parks itself when it's done. No more finding the iRobot under the couch and fishing it out. While there have been improvements in the noise area I'd still like to see them work on reducing the noise levels. But for all the improvements the 560 certainly earns it top grade of 5 starts.
Customer Review: AMAZON SHIPPED USED ITEM
Summary: 3 Stars
This is my 2nd Roomba and the product is really great (5 stars). But!!! I canno believe Amazon sent me a used one. Now I have to through the hassle of a return. Very very disappointing. Not right!