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Has anyone had any luck with the $200 or less style roombas you see on amazon? We just moved into a new place with hardwood on the entire first floor and we can?t keep up with out Pyrenees mix and his hair hahah
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mindfold
06-22-2020, 10:09
We like ours for that same reason. Can?t keep up on hair. Only thing is the schedule. They are noisy. I notice it now more because I am home all the time.
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We like ours for that same reason. Can?t keep up on hair. Only thing is the schedule. They are noisy. I notice it now more because I am home all the time.
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Do you have a roomba or one of the more affordable ones?
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Not sure about the $200 or less, but we have the 675 ($250 on amazon w/ Prime shipping) and it does fine. It's not super fancy, and re-docking is sort of a nightmare for it, so we hand dock it. It does a good job every night. We turn it on about 8pm and it's done around 930-10pm, depending on how hard it's working.
The brushes, sweeper and wheels will need to be cleaned often for a Pyrenees' presence, as the hair will roll up in it those parts.
It's a niche thing. It basically does a good surface clean on carpet and we supplement with a regular vacuum. For hardwood, it will be fine; we used it in Oklahoma on hard floors and it left the floors clean. For deep suction on carpet, a regular vacuum is better.
ChickNorris
06-22-2020, 10:35
I named my 1st gen Roomba 'Deiter' & added googly eyes of course. Still works well (pet hair) though I've had to replace consumable parts a number of times. Slips past the boundry markers on occasion & ends up belly up @ the bottom of the stairs. Had to raise the sofa 1/4 inch with leveling feet to keep him from getting stuck too. No issues with docking.
Scanker19
06-22-2020, 10:38
I had a KOIOS brand from amazon. Worked pretty good for being really cheap. Decent quality. However the battery only lasted about a year. But it did it’s job and never had any issues with it.
For the record it’s name was Regina Regina The cleena Machinea
Ours is named Leon, because he's a Professional Cleaner
Ours is named Leon, because he's a Professional Cleaner
[ROFL1]
I think I'm going to call ours Rain Man aka Raymond.
We have one, the dog keeps it pretty much clogged up. It was sub $200.
Works well if you clean it after ever use and have a wide open floor plan.
TEAMRICO
06-22-2020, 19:16
Oooook, we got one last Black Friday.
Sub $200 model.
Pros: The App allows you to program and start and stop the Roomba.
It picks up those little bits and pieces on the floor.
You vacuum less.
Wife is happy to have one less thing to do.....seems like I inherited taking care of her robot.
Cons: Loud and annoying if your home.
Random pattern that makes no sense.
Goes to the part of the house you don?t want it to go.
Gets stuck on anything 1/2? or higher and then ?Cries? until it is tended to.
Must leave small rooms closed because it might bump the door closed and then bounce around in there until it dies.
Must be cleaned frequently, it does pick up a lot of fibers.
Favors certain parts of the house.
In rare cases it may sound like someone is upstairs breaking in causing you to go into the safe and.....well it was the Roomba......again.
Added: had to put up barriers to prevent it from going under the couch. Could not find it early on for a day!
Certain rug patterns with odd grains will cause it to stop.
I am so lazy that I might need to get more than 1.
Our weekly vacuum has been reduced to every 10 days.
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Oooook, we got one last Black Friday.
Sub $200 model.
Pros: The App allows you to program and start and stop the Roomba.
It picks up those little bits and pieces on the floor.
You vacuum less.
Wife is happy to have one less thing to do.....seems like I inherited taking care of her robot.
Cons: Loud and annoying if your home.
Random pattern that makes no sense.
Goes to the part of the house you don?t want it to go.
Gets stuck on anything 1/2? or higher and then ?Cries? until it is tended to.
Must leave small rooms closed because it might bump the door closed and then bounce around in there until it dies.
Must be cleaned frequently, it does pick up a lot of fibers.
Favors certain parts of the house.
In rare cases it may sound like someone is upstairs breaking in causing you to go into the safe and.....well it was the Roomba......again.
Added: had to put up barriers to prevent it from going under the couch. Could not find it early on for a day!
Certain rug patterns with odd grains will cause it to stop.
Exactly this. Ours is named Kreature.
SideShow Bob
06-22-2020, 20:26
I’ve heard that they are not compatible with older incontinent older pets..........
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I saw this at Walmart anyone tried this one
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^ same. Would like to know.
I wanna get one which is under 150.
Ours can't keep up with our constantly shedding German shepherd, vacuum makes grinding noises now... was like a $350 model.
No pets they're prolly amazing lil cleaners...
TEAMRICO
06-22-2020, 22:27
Ours can't keep up with our constantly shedding German shepherd, vacuum makes grinding noises now... was like a $350 model.
No pets they're prolly amazing lil cleaners...
No pets? Challenge Accepted. I raise you a 15 year old teenage boy!
buffalobo
06-22-2020, 22:32
For under $150 I could use it to tease the dog when wife says it sucks.
Noisy at nite would not work. Dog would raise hell, wife would raise hell because of the dog and the vacuum would get shot.
They aren't as loud as a regular vacuum, but in a room that would take you 3 minutes to vacuum manually, that thing is running for like 35 minutes straight and it's annoying if you're just sitting there listening to it the whole time. Worse if you're trying to make phone calls.
hollohas
06-23-2020, 06:03
When will one of these companies make a full sized, R2D2 like robot vacuum that can actually handle the chore and get it done in a reasonable time? Powerful vacuum, larger bin, etc? That'd be sweet.
Ours is named "Sucky McSuckface" (of Boaty McBoatface fame... Google if you're not familiar) which is downright hilarious to hear Alexa pronounce whenever you use her to do something.
That said, I would NOT skimp on one of these devices. You will regret it sooner than later. I tried cheaper ones to include the Walmart lineup as well as many other relatively unknown Chinese brands that were famous for making "similar" to the well-known brands for less money and nothing came close to what we have. After (too) much research & more trial and error than I had wished I invested I ended up with a Neato D5 Botvac and we love it. The D5 is the sweet spot IMO for what you pay versus what you get in the Neato Botvac lineup. I've turned a few friends onto this make/model and they've echoed our praise with several having upgraded from these $150ish options people are asking about. They're better in just about every way that makes a robot vacuum work.
That said, this is a bit of a sales pitch as I have a vested interest so take everything I just said with a grain of salt and do your own research. The reason I've got some skin in the game so to speak is because I got a couple of them at a great price with the intention of having one on the ground floor and one in the basement (ranch style home) and we have since decided to focus our efforts on paying off the mortgage before we throw anymore money into finishing the basement. As a result, I've got a brand new D5 on Craigslist right now for $399 which is a solid $235 (before tax) less than what Walmart is selling them for right now. I think retail price on these when I bought them was like $649 or $699 so this is a pretty solid deal and puts it within range of these far lesser equipped robot vacuums. My intention wasn't to turn this post into a shameless sales plug but I realize I've basically done that after I started typing out my personal experience and opinion so...
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lulz
You didn't even cover why it's better. I can guess, but you have all the answers. Is it programmable?
You didn't even cover why it's better. I can guess, but you have all the answers. Is it programmable?
Your Google machine b0rk? I said it's better, isn't that good enough? lol
In a bit of a hurry so I'll just copy/paste the bullet points from Amazon since all of the claims are legitimate and the reason I chose this over the competition because they all work together to make for a far better user experience in just about every measurable way:
*LaserSmart technology intelligently navigates and maps your home, cleaning in straight lines instead of a random pattern.
*D-shape design, large core brush, and side brush finds pet hair and debris where they hide - in corners and along walls.
*The ultra performance filter captures up to 99% of tiny dust mites and allergens as small as 10 microns.
*Perfect for cleaning on any surface - hardwood, carpet or tile
*Get up to 90 minutes of battery life*, perfect for most homes.
*Auto charge & resume lets your robot return to base to power up and then go back out and pick up where it left off.
*Use the Neato app to schedule cleanings daily, every other day, or on a schedule that works for you.
*Easily control your robot from your phone, smartwatch, Amazon Echo, and Google Home.
I'm waiting until they develop the models that can wear a french maid outfit.
And then I'll constantly watch it with suspicion....
...why is it staring at my silverware....
bellavite1
06-23-2020, 13:25
We tried one.
Not excited.
Is like a dishwasher: by the time you rinse the dishes, load it up, run it, unload it etc...you could have done the dishes by hand like 10 times over and invested the dishwasher money in ammo.
Then again I am a known Luddite...[Coffee]
hollohas
06-23-2020, 15:21
*D-shape design, large core brush, and side brush finds pet hair and debris where they hide - in corners and along walls.
I've always wondered why most are round...it's a VERY inefficient shape when trying to engineer parts/layouts, etc and certainly doesn't fit in 95% of homes which have all right angles.
I've always wondered why most are round...it's a VERY inefficient shape when trying to engineer parts/layouts, etc and certainly doesn't fit in 95% of homes which have all right angles.
Our Roomba is great at pushing crap into the corners and eating the corners of rugs.
Ours was a Secret Santa gift when we remodeled our kitchen and replaced the 1st floor hardwood floors.
We tried one.
Not excited.
Is like a dishwasher: by the time you rinse the dishes, load it up, run it, unload it etc...you could have done the dishes by hand like 10 times over and invested the dishwasher money in ammo.
Then again I am a known Luddite...[Coffee]
Not sure the math supports that. I haven't spent any time on vacuuming in years. Unless you can manually vacuum your whole house by hand in less than 0 seconds the math doesn't support that statement in this case.
Also, with dishwashers it's more about convenience and consumption as dishwashers use much less water, especially the high efficiency ones these days. We bought a Bosch a few years back that is incredible. They had to put a little red laser shining on the floor underneath it because otherwise you can't tell it's running it's so quite.
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