iRobot Roomba Vacuum Cleaning Robot

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Vacuuming was a chore that we all dreaded while growing up, but now there is a solution, iRobot 530 Vacuum Cleaning Robot. It efficiently vacuums dirt, debris, pet hair, dust allergens and more from carpets and hard floors. The counter rotating Bristle Brush and Beater Brush work together like a dustpan and broom. The iRobot is a powerful vacuum that sucks large and small debris into the large, bag-less bin. It cleans the whole floor, under and around furniture, into corners and along wall edges. There is also a Spot Clean feature, which provides quick clean up of spills and concentrated messes. Counter rotating Bristle Brush and Beater Brush work together like a dustpan and broom Sturdy Bristle Brush digs deep into carpet fibers to grab dirt, debris, pet hair and more Powerful vacuum sucks large and small debris into the large, bag-less bin Fine filter traps dust, pollen and tiny particulate inside the bin Cleans the whole floor, under and around furniture, into corners and along wall edges Detects dirtier areas and spends more time cleaning them Spot Clean provides quick clean up of spills and concentrated messes Automatically senses and avoids stairs and other drop-offs Simple operation just press the Clean button and Roomba does the rest Advanced Features Automatically returns to its self-charging Home Base to dock and recharge between cleanings Improved Virtual Walls (2) tell Roomba where to clean by restricting off-limit areas now with longer battery life and streamlined design Faster counter-rotating brushes with improved design pick up more hair and debris and are easier to remove and clean Improved filter captures more dust and allergens while a larger bin holds more debris Improved anti-tangle technology keeps Roomba from getting stuck on cords, carpet fringe and tassels Improved side brush makes Roomba even more efficient at cleaning edges and corners.
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3.0 out of 5 stars It really works, but gets stuck along the way July 7, 2011
By Jason
I think my Roomba really helps me keep my 525-square-foot apartment clean in a variety of ways, and it actually does clean the carpet well. It's not perfect, but I almost feel like vacuuming is not a chore that I have to deal with anymore, which makes it worth the $100 I spent on it used. Would I buy it again? Under $200, yeah. Over $200 or have a bigger apartment? I'd wait for a better model.The good:It cleans my apartment. Whenever I use my Roomba, I find about two cups full of cat hair and litter that it's pulled out of the carpet and off the linoleum. Even if I vacuum twice in one day, it'll still get that out. Which is pretty good. I have nice clean lines in my carpet (even if they are zig zags instead of parallel lines), and the floor feels "crunchy" when I walk on it afterward, as though the carpet is not as compressed as it was before.It's easy. You only have to press one button, but you'll probably end up sitting to watch it and positioning it exactly where you want it to clean. It's times like that when I think I'm actually spending more time than using a real vacuum, but that's because I want to micromanage my Roomba. Another easy point is cleaning the brushes. They're color- and shape-coded, so you will always know which brush goes where. And emptying the bin is as easy as pulling it out and dumping it into the trash.It really gets in there. The Roomba goes where no vacuum cleaner has gone before. It spends just as much time underneath my sofa and bed as it does cleaning the carpet in the living room (which could be a bad thing if you care more about the living room or if the battery is running low.) I know that even if a lot of cat hair collects underneath the bed, it's still going to get clean.It's fun to watch. I've had it for three months now, and watching it make it's way around the apartment is probably still more of an "event" than it should be. It's fun wondering which way it will go and if it will ever cover a certain spot.It motivates me to pick up clutter. Because the Roomba gets caught on clutter (cat toys, cords, etc.), I end up keeping the floor free to be vacuumed. And I move other clutter like boxes and clothes out of the way too, because even though the Roomba won't necessarily get caught on it, I don't want any of my floor to go un-vacuumed. The result is an apartment whose floor is usually very clean and tidy. Also, with some light objects (like the cats' bowls), it'll push them into the corner and free up my floor space.The bad:It gets "stuck" a lot. I just had to get up from writing this because it tried to go underneath the entertainment center, even though it knows it's not going to be able to get out. About 60% of the time I use it, it either get stuck or gets something bad stuck in the brushes, which means I have to play doctor a lot pulling cat toys and random plastic litter out of its brushes. This is not a complete minus, though, because sometimes this litter is something that would have had to be cleaned up anyway at some point.It's dirt detector seems off. There's a blue light that comes on whenever it's found a particularly dirty spot, and then it stays in that general area until it thinks it's clean. My dirt detector, however, is off because its light will go off after it's LEFT the dirty spot, and it'll clean the wrong spot over and over again.Bad for curtains and cords. I have some curtains that touch the floor and a few cords running around my room, and the stress that Roomba causes has made me use the included virtual walls (come in handy) to block off this zone of my apartment. Otherwise, cords and my beautiful curtains are aggressively pulled on, and they end up stuck in the Roomba. It's a shame this zone of my apartment can never be vacuumed.Battery life. I live in a 525-square-foot apartment (primarily just a living room and bedroom), and Roomba can BARELY cover the whole apartment before it's battery dies. The box says it covers three rooms with a single charge, and it does, but it cuts it close. I know that technically it hits each spot at least once, but it seems like it will hit one corner (under my bed) five times, hit everywhere else once, and then the battery dies. One reason I bought it was because my apartment is so small, but it turns out that the battery life is small too. Sometimes I just close off my bedroom so it can focus on the living room, since the living room is seen more.Not great at navigating home. Every now and then when I come home, the Roomba has made it back to it's charging base. More often, however, I find it sitting in the bathroom or in the middle of the bedroom. Why? Because either it got stuck or because the battery died before it could find it's way home. If I put the Roomba three feet in front of the base (which defeats the purpose), I know that EVENTUALLY it'll find the base, but it really is only a handful of times that it has returned to the base from a regular vacuuming situation.The ugly:Cat hair. I have two cats, and even though they are short-haired, they still produce enough hair and kitty litter for the Roomba to pick up two cups of hair per battery life. The hair gets caught in the brushes, and it gets spun around so many times in the "hinges" of the brushes that it's almost spun into a thick yarn that's a little difficult to remove. I probably should have gotten one of the "pet models," even though I don't know how it's any different.
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Item Features

Covers up to three rooms on a single battery charge
Self-charging Dwelling Base
two Virtual Walls
Effectively vacuums dirt, debris, pet hair, dust, allergens and far more from carpets and hard floors

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