Do you love your Roomba?

[cereal K]

Well, do you?

If so, what brand/model do you have?

If not, why does it suck? (Ha!)

Our first floor is a combo if carpet and dark hardwood floors. The hardwoods ALWAYS look dirty between dust and crumbs. We're wondering if a robot-vac could be a good solution to keeping it looking a little nicer on an ongoing basis.

[onomatopoeia]

I don't have one but a few friends do. I'm not sure of the model. They've actually used the words "life changing" as well, like the pp. I'm insanely jealous. All of them have pets - I'm not sure if it would be as dramatic a purchase if it was just typical house dirt.

[thecatinthehat]

We also have the Neato pet and I love it!! It runs 1-2 times a day.

[malibu]

We have an older Roomba. I'm meh on it. It gets stuck/trapped a lot and usually misses a lot that I have to vacuum up behind it.

[MixedBerryJam]

I have the Roomba that's one model down from the top. I don't remember which one. I love it, but I only have hardwood and tile at this point, so I can't vouch for carpet. I love that it keeps the floor dustbunny free, but mostly what it's good for is that I have to keep on top of floor clutter, so that alone makes the house look better. I run it while I dropping the kids at school and it's usually finished and put itself away by the time I get back.

[Cioccolato]

We have a Roomba. It's ok but I still find myself sweeping often. Its expensive and I don't really think its worth it.

[IrishBelle]

We had one but really didn't think it was worth it. Between me and my 2 DDs, we shed a lot and the hair would get crazy tangled up in the brushes. It would also get stuck somewhere and wouldn't make it back to the dock. We have all hardwood on the main level where we used it.

[winelady]

Apr 17, 2014 18:16:36 GMT -5 thecatinthehat said:

We also have the Neato pet and I love it!! It runs 1-2 times a day.

this is the one I'm looking at!  Do you have hardwood/tile or carpet?

[thecatinthehat]

We have hardwood and tile. It works great for both. We have two very hairy dogs and I have to empty the canister after very run.

[FrozenSunshine]

We heave the Neat-o pet. We have 2-3 throw rugs, otherwise all hardwood flooring. We deploy him twice a week or so and any nooks and crannies he misses, the housekeeper gets on her next trip.

[melodramatic26]

Another with the Neato. Love it. We run it twice a week. With 2 kids and a long white haired dog, it's a life saver.

[cinnamoncox]

I have the 650 and it's life changing. I actually posted about it when I got it because I couldn't believe how great it was.
I've had it for about a month or two and my house has never been cleaner.
Besides the actual vacuuming, it forces us to make sure the place is picked up so it can run freely. It's been wonderful.
The amount of dirt/fur in the collection cup every day is wild. I never swept daily , that's for sure, so seeing what it picks up everyday is pretty eye opening.

Maybe once a week it gets stuck on my ikea Pyoang (sp?) chair, but aside from that I love to have it running everyday while we are out and come home to a clean place.
Good luck! It's worth it, IMO.

[nomad100]

We are thinking of getting a Roomba or Neato but weren't sure. We have a ranch house with all hardwood or tile (with a few area rugs) but it is over 2K sq ft on the level we would have the Roomba/Neato.
How much flooring does it clean in a day?
Would it cover most of that in a day? Over the course of a couple of days?
Does it just go over the same space time and time again?

[underwaterrhymes]

We looooooooove our Roomba.

It's not perfect if you set it up to vaccum an entire area, but you can set up an invisible wall that maximizes its potential.

I don't know what we did without it.

I think ours is the 630.

[eddy]

We have the 595 and I would adopt that thing and call it my third child if I could. It has changed my life and I amn not even being dramatic.

[eddy]

I just don't understand the people who say they could do without it. I feel like you are doing roomba wrong lol.

I could roll around on my floor right now in black and not get any hair on my clothes. I have a dog, cat and two kids. LIFE CHANGING

[papie]

I would love one I think. How does it work in a two story house? Does it fall down the stairs if you put it upstairs? Do you have to baby gate it?

[cinnamoncox]

Apr 18, 2014 8:40:50 GMT -5 papie said:

I would love one I think. How does it work in a two story house? Does it fall down the stairs if you put it upstairs? Do you have to baby gate it?

The info on mine says it self preserves and will not fall down stairs
It also comes with a "virtual wall" if you'd feel better about putting that at the top of the stairs. It is a little black thing that sends a laser out that the roomba recognizes as a wall and backs off.
But it won't fall down the stairs, according to the info that came with it.

[eddy]

Apr 18, 2014 8:40:50 GMT -5 papie said:

I would love one I think. How does it work in a two story house? Does it fall down the stairs if you put it upstairs? Do you have to baby gate it?

It has a sensor that stops it at the stairs.

[cinnamoncox]

Apr 18, 2014 8:11:22 GMT -5 eddy said:

I just don't understand the people who say they could do without it. I feel like you are doing roomba wrong lol.

I could roll around on my floor right now in black and not get any hair on my clothes. I have a dog, cat and two kids. LIFE CHANGING

Seriously. I used to be a crazy person about all the fur in my house and now that I have the roomba I'm all do whatever you want everyone!! You couldn't get furry on my floors now if you tried!

Eta: and I have two dogs and three kids

[eddy]

Apr 18, 2014 8:52:28 GMT -5 cinnamoncox said:

Apr 18, 2014 8:11:22 GMT -5 eddy said:

I just don't understand the people who say they could do without it. I feel like you are doing roomba wrong lol.

I could roll around on my floor right now in black and not get any hair on my clothes. I have a dog, cat and two kids. LIFE CHANGING

Seriously. I used to be a crazy person about all the fur in my house and now that I have the roomba I'm all do whatever you want everyone!! You couldn't get furry on my floors now if you tried!

Eta: and I have two dogs and three kids

Yes

My house was SO disgusting. Despite cleaning my floors daily. I just could not get them clean. I was always so embarassed. Also it impacted how unclean my whole house was. Hair would get up on my counters, clothes were always covered which means furniture was hairy etc etc etc. It was so gross.

Now I just push a button and BOOM clean floors. And it is so rare for me to see pet hair on anything now.

[cereal K]

Thanks for all the input. H did some additional research and we bought a Roomba 650 today. It's has charged and run once in the kitchen and I'm super impressed!

Well, impressed and a little grossed out by what it cleaned up!

[kirra]

I really want one. I can't vacuum, so my husband does, but at best it's once a week during school. It's usually closer to a week and a half or two weeks, but that's just not enough.

Eta: He doesn't mind vacuuming, and won't let me vacuum, but working full time and being in a demanding graduate program means that there just isn't enough time to do everything.

[eddy]

Apr 18, 2014 19:55:38 GMT -5 cereal K said:

Thanks for all the input. H did some additional research and we bought a Roomba 650 today. It's has charged and run once in the kitchen and I'm super impressed!

Well, impressed and a little grossed out by what it cleaned up!

We run ours everday and I continue to be horrified with what it picks up in a day.

[maggiemoo]

Is this just a hard floor thing? Does it work on carpet?

[lulu13]

I finally bought the Roomba 780 today and it is truly amazing. I wish I would have gotten it sooner. When I sweep our hardwood floors it just kicks up dust everywhere. Roomba actually gets rid of if rather than just dispersing it. I am really impressed so far.

[MrsAggie]

Anyone have experience with a Roomba and a Neato pet to determine which is better?

[sherbanator]

I like my neato but mine likes to get stuck in random places. It locked itself in the bathroom once. It does do a great job picking stuff up.

On YouTube it shows back to back comparisons of rumba vs neato. I don't think you can go wrong either way.

[furby]