iRobot Roomba

[Muchadoaboutnothing]

How are they with electrical, musical, and other cables on the floor?

(I'm worried they may just chew them up...)

Get silicone cord ties and those little
sticky hooks from dollarama to hang the cords off the floor tucked against tables or simply on the wall. I found this has helped with dust as I would get clumps of dust bunnies billowing in the cords that would blow like tumbleweeds when a door opened

 

[Muchadoaboutnothing]

iRobot has gone belly up.
They filed for Chapter 11 last month and are selling their business to their Chinese manufacturer.
I wouldn't buy iRobot anymore.
The best robot vacuums right now are either the Dreame X50 Ultra or the Roborock Saros 10.
They are both 2-in-1s by the way. They vacuum and mop.
I use the Roomba S9+ and it is really good. But the S9+ is just a vacuum.
Interesting fact is the best robot vacuum these days are all Chinese.

They are the best at copying technology and are patient to out smart any other countries technology

 

[Muchadoaboutnothing]

I have one but it's the shittiest model so my experience might not match others. Generally speaking it does a decent enough job considering it requires zero effort on your part aside from cleaning it after use.

I find it is extremely derpy and gets stuck easily. My couch, dresser and the radiators are all particularly troublesome, so much so that I block them off with 2x4s. It also has difficulty navigating around objects on the floor, chairs or coffee tables etc. It also has rather poor battery life, my apartment isn't really that big and it has a hard time doing the entire apartment and getting back to it's base station on one charge. It's seems to like to run out of battery under my bed as I'm constantly fishing it out from under it. Also as far as the job it does at vacuuming and mopping...I still tend to have to sweep a little after it's done. I do not use the mop function at all as it does a very poor job. I can do better in less time with a Swiffer WetJet.

If I actually paid money for it I'd be a little disappointed but I got it as a birthday present and I'm not the type to look a gift horse in the mouth. So I'll keep on using it as it does cut down on cleaning time

I will say I primarily love it to vacuum under my king sized bed otherwise it’s awkward getting on my hands and knees and making the Dyson get to the middle and back is incredibly cumbersome

 

[Shaquille Oatmeal]

They are the best at copying technology and are patient to out smart any other countries technology

They have actually become really good at producing innovative and good quality products.
The China of the past where everything that comes out is a low quality knock off, is not the case anymore.

 

[Muchadoaboutnothing]

I have one. Use it mostly on the main floor hardwood, thought does ok on hallway runner carpets.

Mine I found in a dumpster, and already had a spare new battery from another earlier dumpster find sitting out in the garage.

I had to disasseble the vac motor to clear an error code. It uses current draw on vac motor to signal dirt box is full. Oiled the shaft bearings with a drop each of light oil and it is now happy.
Plus I had to wipe dog hair oil out of where a LED send/receiver looks for dirt in the box.

Other than that, I pick up a bunch of chairs and set them on tables and then turn the thing loose, usually when out to get groceries, etc.
Works as advertised and the zero dollar price of mine makes it cute to use.

Often it goes back to base with a full cannister, so it finishes the job once I empty that out.

What dumpster did you go to ? my grandfather used to hoist my brother and I into the future shop dumpster and we got amazing lights and other finds

 

[Ponderling]

What dumpster did you go to ? my grandfather used to hoist my brother and I into the future shop dumpster and we got amazing lights and other finds

The battery came from a CrossBorder Pickup dumpster when they used to have a break warehouse where the truck over the bridge would split loads between the north Sauga site and the Markham site. It also got the returns.no good address stuff. It was a shame to me when it closed. Then I found it again, a few km away. Then the Mississauga site has a big enough unit dumpster now is inside a loading door.

The vac was from behind a Metro near Southdown and Lakeshore, in south Sauga.
Fortunately with mating base, and I had an AC power cord to suit it hanging around.

 

[Shaquille Oatmeal]

It does not chew them up, but can get trapped by them.

The latest models avoid them.
The latest ones have Lidar and optical detection and they go around them.

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

I ended up buying this clone. Its on sale for $119, so I figured why not

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