iRobot Roomba 400 Vacuum-Cleaning Robot, Orange
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of iRobot Roomba 400 Vacuum-Cleaning Robot, Orange
Customer Review: BUY IT
Summary: 5 Stars
WHAT A TIME SAVER. THIS LITTLE MARVEL IS JUST GREAT. IT IS SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH IT CHASE THE DOGS AROUND THE ROOM. I CALL IT THE ROOM-BA-TLER. A LITTLE VACUUMING EACH DAY GOES A LONG WAY.Customer Review: Believer
Summary: 5 Stars
I owe my fellow vacuum-holics this review.
1. I got this roomba for 70$
2. Roddy (Roomba) is AWESOME.
Basically due to the ease of use you can run the little guy every day and over time, the room is definitley going to be lot cleaner than a single pass of extremely powerful Dyson.
Customer Review: Best Advice: Just Try It
Summary: 5 Stars
I was as big a skeptic of the Roomba as probably anyone out there. My uninformed perception was that it was nothing but an expensive novelty and couldn't possibly clean very well. It wasn't until my boss (who's as pragmatic an individual as I've ever met) raved about his Roomba that I decided to give it a shot.
I've owned mine for about 2 months now, and I can't imagine being without it. There's a reason these things have such high ratings on Amazon- they actually work. It won't replace your regular vacuum, but it'll relegate it to the corner of your closet for a month at a time.
The Roomba isn't perfect though and brings some minor annoyances with it. As other reviewers have pointed out, bi-weekly or monthly maintenance is required to keep the Roomba functioning properly. Also, the manufacturer's recommendation is that the filter in the Roomba be replaced every month or two, and although the process is trivial, the filters are approximately 4 to 5 bucks a pop.
I've also found, as common sense would suggest, that the Roomba performs best when confined to smaller areas. I live in a small apartment, and the first time I used the Roomba I let it loose in the living room, and it haphazardly traveled from room to room until its battery died, never really doing what I felt was an acceptable job in any one room.
I've since altered my routine to confine the Roomba to a particular section of the apartment, and it does an impeccable job. I just carry it to whichever section of the apartment I want it to vacuum and turn it on before I leave for work. In this way, I cover the entire apartment in 3 day cycles. Note that there are other (more "capital-intensive" and elegant) strategies that people adopt for efficient Roomba cleaning- this is just mine.
My advice to any skeptics out there is to just try the Roomba for yourself. If you're not convinced that it's the next best thing since sliced bread, then you'll definitely be in the overwhelming minority. Also, if you have pets of any kind, the previous statement applies double to you.
Customer Review: Beware of the battery...
Summary: 1 Stars
Exactly a year after I bought it, the battery died. Now it won't hold a charge at all.
You would think that the battery would have degraded slowly? Apparently not. It's as
if iRobot had a timer inside, which killed the battery after exactly 1 year.
I hate it when manufacturers do that. Let the batteries run their due course.
What a waste of resources!
Customer Review: Change my life!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have this exact vacuum and absolutely love it. In fact, I am buying one for the upstairs of my house so there is one on both floors. It frees me up to do so many other things. Yes, I do have to pick up things that were dropped in the floor~like hangers, socks, etc...but I have to do that anyway with the upright vacuum. Also, I just removed my rugs with fringe on them....it was worth it! With 2 cats, 2 daughters with long hair and 1 hubby who loves to eat chips in the den, it does a fabulous job each time. My next purchase is going to be the Scooba...which will mop my kitchen floor!