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Product Description

Push a button???not a vacuum cleaner???to get your house sparkling clean. The Roomba Discovery Robotic Vacuum senses, finds and eliminates dirt while automatically adjusting to any floor surface including carpet, wood, tile and linoleum. The round-shape vacuum goes where others can’t like corners and edges then returns to its self-charging home base. The remote-control Roomba also features a bagless bin for mess-free emptying and has received the #1 CPR rating worldwide. Comes with wall mount.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19017 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Color: Ice Palace
• Brand: iRobot
• Model: 4210
• Released on: 2004-09-15
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 5.20″ h x 16.80″ w x 21.10″ l, 12.00 pounds

Features

• Robotic floorvac with dirt detection and convenient infra-red cliff sensors
• Auto adjusts to any floor surface; 2-hour continuous cleaning; easy-to-empty debris bin
• Edge-cleaning sidebrush; stasis sensor; virtual wall for confining to designated area
• Rechargeable APS battery, 3-hour charger, 2 virtual walls, 2 air filters, and remote control included
• Measures 16-3/4 by 21 by 5 inches; 1-year warranty

Amazon.com Product Description
Enjoy effortlessly clean floors with this vacuuming robot. The unit senses, finds, and eliminates dirt while automatically adjusting to any floor surface including carpet, wood, tile, and linoleum. The round-shape vacuum goes where others can’t like corners and edges, then returns to its self-charging Home Base where it automatically docks and recharges between cleaning cycles. In addition to active dirt detect, a stair-avoidance system, surface transitioning, and a bagless debris bin, the unit offers three cleaning modes (clean, spot, and max) and a standard, infrared remote control. The vacuum also provides an Advance Power Supply (APS) battery, which enables up to 120 minutes of continuous cleaning time, and an APS fast charger that fully charges the Roomba in less than three hours. Two virtual-wall units, which use an infrared beam to create a barrier, come included for cleaning only where desired. Each virtual-wall unit requires two D batteries (sold separately). Other accessories include two Roomba filters, documentation, an owner’s guide, and a cleaning tool. The vacuuming robot measures 16-3/4 by 21 by 5 inches and carries a one-year warranty.

Customer Reviews

I threw it away
Roomba worked for 6 months and I tried to get a response from the website without luck. When I finally got someone to respond they said that the software was bad and I had to buy a new one and they would give me a discount. Warranty sucks. Customer service treats you like an idiot. Buy an upright vacuum sweeper.$200 down the drain. They have no facility to fix ones that do not work. You have to throw it out and buy another.

Mixed feelings about Roomba after a year
After using my Roomba a year, I’ve decided I’ll probably not buy another when this one gives out. The main reason I bought a Roomba was to save time and concluded Roomba doesn’t help much in that department. The time it takes me to set up the room (getting cords and junk out of the way, etc.) plus the time it takes to clean the Roomba out is more than how long it would take me to just whip out the vacuum and kamikaze the floors myself.

We’ve got 2 dogs (short hair but prodigious shedders nonetheless) and 2 teenaged girls (long hair, also shedders) and the hair gets wound up in the brushes. After every run, I have to take the Roomba apart, cut the wound-up hair off the brushes, comb out the rest of the hair, and so on. This is a 15-minute operation by itself.

Roomba also does not match the performance a decent rug-beating vacuum does on carpet.

If you have lots of hard flooring and don’t have hair issues, Roomba is for you.

Stay away! Poor product, worse customer service, required acessories routinely out of stock.
Stay away. Stay far away from this company and their products. Poor quality product, abysmally pathetic customer service after you’re already on the hook for $250+, no follow-up with the customer and required accessories are routinely out of stock. It’s not worth it even if the thing did occasionally clean a floor now and then.

A case in point:

My wife purchased a Roomba Discovery as a gift for me. Unfortunately, this model’s delicate power supply was initially put on the market with no sort of internal surge suppressor. As a result, a blip in our electricity 9 months later fried the power supply. An iRobot rep dutifully offered to send me a new & improved power supply with surge suppression. This took over 2 months, as they were out of stock due to the aforementioned manufacturing glitch.

12 months and 6 days from the date of purchase, the power supply arrived. We found that the power surge 2 months ago apparently fried the robot itself as well as the power supply. Due to iRobot’s incompetence in design and the subsequent lack of in-stock power supplies, we found ourselves outside of iRobot’s year warranty period. iRobot refused to replace the robot unless I paid $99 plus shipping for the repair since it was 6 days out of warranty! No amount of discussion would swerve the customer service drone away from charging me to have a repair done on a product that fried while it was still in warranty. He even admitted that he had the whole record (including that they were out of stock on replacement power supplies for close to 3 months) on file. “There’s nothing I can do, sir” I was told. In subsequent calls I was told that if I had filed a particular form that was never mentioned by any customer service people, the $99 fee would have been waived, but that it was too late to do anything about it now (like issue a refund or give me, say, $99 worth of accessories.) Nope, no can do, sir. We apologize for the inconvenience but we’re still keeping your cash.

iRobot then sent me 2 dud “remanufactured” Discovery Roombas before we found one that would actually charge up. (Do they even turn them on to test before they ship them out again?) The “working” one they finally sent would not dock on the self-charging dock from day one. But the same poor customer service that got this nightmare started eventually worked in my favor. Due to what I assume to be a computer glitch (imagine!) a second Roomba showed up on my doorstep a month later via Fed Ex. When the battery gave out after 3 sessions, I was then forced to purchase a new battery. Pity that - iRobot seems to have forgotten to manufacture batteries recently.

For the past 4 months the iRobot website has said that Roomba batteries are out of stock and due back “within 4 to 6 weeks.” They say not to use non-iRobot brand batteries or they’ll void your warranty. What are you meant to do when the only company that sells “approved” batteries won’t keep said batteries in stock? Go to eBay like everybody else for after-market “Made in China” knockoffs, I guess.

What a hunk of junk. Wait - what HUNKS of junk. I forgot I now have TWO dead Roombas.

Product Description

iRobot Roomba’s powerful vacuum and counter-rotating brushes reach deep into your carpet to remove dust, dirt and pet hair. Robot cleans routinely with the push of a button so you don¿t have to.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7329 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Color: Orange
• Brand: iRobot
• Model: 400
• Released on: 2008-10-31
• Dimensions: 4.41″ h x 15.05″ w x 17.92″ l,

Features

• Vacuum-cleaning robot automatically adjusts to any floor surface
• Counter-rotating brushes, effective vacuum, and edge-cleaning spinning side brush
• Removes dirt and debris from under beds, couches, and other hard-to-reach places
• Infra-red cliff sensors; rechargeable battery, 3-hour charger, and 3 filters included
• Measures approximately 13 by 13 by 4 inches; 1-year limited warranty

Product Description

iRobot’s award-winning floor washing robot preps, washes, scrubs and dries up to 500 square feet in a single cleaning cycle. The Scooba 350 uses only clean solution to wash sealed hardwood, tile and linoleum floors. Scooba cleans hard-to-reach places like under cabinet edges, tables and chairs. Uses clean tap water, water and vinegar or deep cleaning, fresh scented Clorox® Scooba Cleaning Solution. 4-stage cleaning process preps washes scrubs dries. Preps - picks up dirt, sand and crumbs. Washes - uses only clean solution to wash floors (mops just spread around dirty water). Scrubs - powerful brush removes dirt, grime and stuck-on messes. Dries - lifts dirty water from floors

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #24325 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Color: Blue/Grey
• Brand: iRobot
• Model: 350

Features

• Floor-washing robot cleans sealed hardwood, tile, and linoleum floors
• Can handle up to 500 square feet on a single battery charge
• Uses water, water and vinegar, or Clorox Scooba cleaning solution
• Preps, washes, scrubs, and dries; cliff sensor; 1 virtual wall included
• Measures 14-3/4 by 14-3/4 by 3-1/2 inches; 1-year warranty

Amazon.com Product Description
For reliably clean floors including sealed hardwood, tile, and linoleum, this award-winning floor-washing robot can handle up to 500 square feet on a single battery charge. Its four-stage cleaning process includes the prep stage, which picks up dirt, sand, and crumbs; the washing stage, which uses only clean solution (mops just spread around dirty water); the scrubbing stage, which removes dirt, grime, and stuck-on messes; and the drying stage, which squeegee lifts dirty water from floors. The cleaning machine uses clean tap water, a water and vinegar mixture, or deep-cleaning, fresh-scented Clorox Scooba cleaning solution. In addition, it avoids carpets, rugs, ledges, and stairs thanks to its cliff-sensing technology. The unit conveniently self navigates throughout each room cleaning beneath cabinet edges, tables, chairs, and other hard-to-reach places. The robot’s autonomous cleaning pattern covers each area of floor an average of five times, and one full tank washes up to 250 square feet before it requires refilling. Accessories include one 8-ounce bottle of Clorox Scooba cleaning solution, a measuring cup, a suction bulb (to prep and maintain the pump), an APS battery, a power supply and charging base, a storage mat, and an owner’s guide. One Virtual Wall also comes included to mark off-limit areas with an infrared beam that the robot will not cross (requires two D batteries, not included). The floor-washing robot measures 14-3/4 by 14-3/4 by 3-1/2 inches and carries a one-year warranty.

Customer Reviews

Does the job, but leaves some touch-up work
well, it works, that’s the good news. The tank full of dirty water is proof that it’s doing the job. The bad news is that it doesn’t do corners, and if you have a lot of dust (say, pet hair) you’re probably best off doing some vaccuming first because it doesn’t deal well with light things like hair that blow around instead of being trapped under the robot.

In short:
Pros:
1. It gets the floor clean
2. It works well w/vineagar, which is good news for those who prefer natural cleaning things intead of chemicals
3. it’s pretty easy to clean up - just empty the tank, pop the brush and the filter and run them under the tap.
4. It leaves the floor reasonably dry.

Cons:
1. You’ll go absolutely batty if you hang around and try to watch it work. It almost invariably does what i consider the wrong thing (like going the wrong way or going straight when it should be spiralling). save yourself the hassle - walk away and come back to a clean floor. It eventually does the job, and who cares if it takes more time? it’s the robot’s time, not yours.
2. it doesn’t do corners. problem.
3. Occasionally the cycle has stopped in the middle (i think i had a dirty tank).
4. it’s loud. really, really loud.
5. would be nice if it could handle more than 12′ by 12′ on 1 tank.

Overall, good product, if a little pricey (i bought it refurbished and have had no problems…)

SCOOBA NEEDS TO GET SMARTER
During the time I am writing this, my Scooba has ended up stuck on my floor heating grate FOUR TIMES!! Does this thing ever learn? It can - obviously - not be left alone, just like a child. Scooba has also managed to get itself stuck under my kitchen kabinets over and over. As far as I know, our kitchen kabinets are standard height from the floor. Why does Scooba then get stuck under them over and over? If I have to supervise it the whole time, I cannot say that it frees up time for me. Scooba does not get a passing grade from me, I am sorry to say. I am the happy owner of a Roomba, which I absolutely adore!

IT’S GREAT IF YOUR HOUSE IS ALREADY CLEAN
IF YOU HAVE NO CHILDREN OR DOGS THIS PRODUCT WOULD BE GREAT FOR YOU.
HOWEVER IF YOU’RE BUYING IT TO ACCTUALLY CLEAN DIRTY FLOORS I WOULDN’T.
AFTER USEING IT ONE TIME I KNOW I AM GOING TO RETURN IT.

Product Description

iRobot Roomba RED Cordless Robotic Vacuum Cleaner - Wouldn’t be nice to have a robot servant? It’s not science fiction anymore. Roomba is the first practical robot for your home. It vacuum cleans floors all by itself roaming through your room like a pet, sucking dirt and dust all along its path. There are no cords or wires. It simply runs on a rechargeable battery. Red is the Roomba that attracts. While all Roombas work hard and eliminate dirt, it’s Red that gets the stares. What’s more, behind the beautiful design is a vacuuming robot that does what Roombas do: it cleans. So…to help reduce the monotony of cleaning your floors, get a Roomba. It goes where no vacuum has gone before.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1342 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Color: red
• Brand: iRobot
• Model: 410
• Released on: 2004-09-15
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 4.50″ h x 14.80″ w x 18.40″ l, 10.25 pounds

Features

• Entry-level robotic floorvac with dirt detection and infra-red cliff sensors
• Auto adjusts to any floor surface; 2-hour continuous cleaning; easy-to-empty debris bin
• Edge-cleaning sidebrush; stasis sensor; virtual wall for confining to designated area
• Rechargeable APS battery, 7-hour charger, 1 virtual wall, and air filter included
• Measures approximately 13 by 4 inches; 1-year warranty

Customer Reviews

Don’t be skeptical
This is a really great product. The only reason I hadn’t bought one before was the price point. After two weeks of twice a day use, I wish I’d have bought one sooner.

We have a multi-level house with tile, carpet, and wood floors. We also have two black labs that come inside at least weekly and three kids, so our floors need constant cleaning. This vacuum was the best investment. We can set it to clean one level while doing laundry or dishes and in thirty minutes, the floors are clean. After a couple of hours on the charger, the light is green and we can vacuum another level. It’s been a HUGE time saver.

Pros: It really does what it advertises — cleans automatically with no human interference. Relatively quiet (much quieter than a regular vacuum) especially on carpets. Battery runs for about 45 to 60 minutes, so it can clean two average sized rooms (about 900 sf) on a single charge. Goes in between chair legs, and under end tables where a stand up vacuum can’t. Sturdy! Fell down our stairs twice without a dent or ding.

Cons: As with all vacuums, you need to clean up loose items, toys, shoes, etc. before you clean. With the Roomba, you have to watch out for things that you can avoid with a manual vacuum that the Roomba won’t (i.e. cords, tassels, etc.) It tries to avoid stairs, but noses over a little and occasionally, it will fall off if it can’t get good enough traction to back away. We use the virtual wall to keep it away from the stairs.

iRobot
I wasn’t sure if I would like this or not but it is great. It easily goes from hardwood floors to carpeting and does a good job on both surfaces. I just run it in one or two rooms a day and recharge it. If there is a drawback it would be that it isn’t quiet so I turn it on when no one is watching TV or radio in that particular room. Even my dog has accepted it. Now I am tempted to try the floor scrubber. I also worried it would tumble down the stairs but it senses the stairs and turns around….what will we have next?

should be great
I ordered this red Roomba in February 2008. It worked well for about 3 weeks and then the brush stoped turning. I cleaned everything and when that did not work I called iRobot support and they sent me a new one. The next one lasted 2 weeks and started just going in circles and beeping. The carpet the Roomba was cleaning was not shag and not very dirty and I cleaned the Roomba after every use. Very poor quality product. Its also almost completely made from hard plastic, so one good drop could break it.