Roomba or any other robotic vacuum cleaners?

[Cobblersandhogwash]

Are they any good?

I'm hoovering the whole house every day because I have four dogs.

I'd really rather do other more profitable things. Plus it's so boring.

So, are these robotic vacuum cleaners any good, particularly for pet hair?

[LochJessMonster]

I have this - electriQ Pet Robot Vacuum Cleaner with Wet Mop & WIFI Smart App & HEPA Filter

Quite frankly I am very disappointed. Can't connect it to my wifi and it doesn't seem to clean in any logical pattern, no matter which setting I have it on (zig zag/spiral/boundary etc).

For no explanatory reason it always seems to head to one corner and stay there spinning around. I'll physically move it to face a different way and it'll spin back round and head to the same area.

Last night I had it on and had to stay with it and keep moving it around and I realised I could have just bloody hoovered myself.

So, I wouldn't recommend that one!

[PlausibleSuit]

I bought a Roomba recently (partially persuaded by enthusiastic reviews on here, actually). I intended it as a quick, every-other-day tactical whizz-around in between proper cleans with my Dyson. I called it War Bastard (after one of the Robot Wars robots from comedy show Spaced).

I've been extremely disappointed with it, especially considering it cost over £400.

The suction is very weak, meaning it doesn't pick up half the dust or fluff-bunnies from the floor. In fact, sometimes it dumps dust clumps back down again because it hasn't got the strength to suck it properly into the bin. The bin also fills up fast, and the sensor doesn't work properly; it keeps telling me the bin is full when it isn't. (Meaning, effectively, it doesn't work.) It keeps losing the wi-fi signal (or the connection to my phone) partway through a clean, so it just stops and sits there beeping. When it reconnects it's forgotten where it's been.

I could have had a cleaner in for 20 weeks for what I paid for War Bastard. Total waste of money.

I'm currently trying to get it sent back. Although like a fool I got rid of the box after the first use. So I'm not sure how far I'll get.

I certainly wouldn't have another robot vacuum.

[aNonnyMouse1511]

I have a roomba. I like it upstairs. I used to use it daily but now about once a week. But daily, under all the furniture etc was great. I don’t know why I stopped.

Carpet upstairs.

Don’t like it on the wooden floor downstairs. Don’t think it would be any good with four dogs.

I hoover daily downstairs.

[Nothingoriginalhere]

we have a roomba 860 ( I think) lovve it, no issues with wifi, works fab with dog hairs ( lab and Airedale) doesn't eliminate need for normal hoover but means I don't walk in the front door after work despairing at state of floors.
the bin is smaller than I ideally would like but the convenience of roomba overrides that!

[TitsalinaBumSquash]

We have a Roomba upstairs, it lives under DS's bed because he had severe dust allergies he really struggled with dust in the air. We have a Dyson air purifier on at all times and the 'Brian Mk2' (the Roomba) comes out twice a day to have a Hoover round the upstairs.
It also encourages us (me) to keep the floors clear so he can get around all the bedrooms. I highly rate it, it's little bin collection thing is always full so it gets a lot of dust up.

[fivedogstofeed]

I had a Roomba which I thought was good but it eventually couldn't cope with the volume that too many dogs and DDs with long hair produces. I spent so much time unclogging it I could more easily have got the hoover out myself.
Recently bought Eufy however, and actually quite impressed with it. It doesn't seem very powerful but seems to do a reasonable job and more importantly is less complicated to take apart when you inevitably need to pull some hair out of the brushes. It was £80 off on Amazon so not ridiculous compared to a Roomba.

[kjhkj]

Ive had mine for about 12 years now. Ive been through phases of using it and not bothering but since we've had a puppy its been a godsend. The dog hair and bits of "stuff" from outside was driving me mad but now the roomba is on a couple of times a day and it makes things so much better.

[friskybivalves]

Our eufy is a godsend. Nothing more satisfying than listening to it hoover while I am MN-ing and then emptying it of crud. We have wooden floors. It scopes out the parameters of rooms and then methodically makes its way round. It's not WiFi connected - maybe that's an unnecessary complication? I don't have pets but it picks up our shed hair brilliantly.

[Maximoo2]

We have a eufy and it’s amazing! We have hard floors, 2 cats and a messy DS. We put it on once a day and it saves me so much time...I really LOVE IT!!

[SuperficialSuzie]

I got a cheap non branded robot vacuum from Amazon and was disappointed with it so sent it back.

Then I got an entry level roomba and it is fantastic. It won't get right in the corners and chews anything left on the floor but I would replace it in an instant if it broke. My Dad and sister got one as they were so impressed with it.

DD and I both have mega long tangly hair that has killed many vacuums but I got a special tool to cut the hair away and it has been going great for several years now.

[Aquamarine1029]

Roombas are ridiculously overpriced. I have a eufy and absolutely LOVE it. I have 5 cats and was hoovering at least twice a day to keep the fur situation sorted. With my eufy, the job is done for me. I will never be without one.

[WhereWillYouBeInAYearFromNow]

eufy it is then!

[AlCalavicci]

I agree the roombas are very expensive,
I bought a Eufy two weeks ago for £185 and I love it.
It's only a basic model so you can only program it for once a day and it does not use WIFI .
I was stunned at the amount of dust it picked up .
I have a cat and it picks up his tracked litter with no problems. If it broke I would replace it instantly ( well the next pay day )

[Murinae]

I got the Eufy 30C in the Black Friday sale for £169 and it’s great. Can definitely recommend it. It does like chewing up shoe laces and cables so you need to tidy them away but it picks up really well and is easy to take apart and get rid of the long hair tangled around the brush

[AlCalavicci]

Here is a link to other threads about robo vacs, I have posted a link on there about another thread too there are lots of opinions out there but Eufy comes out top

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/3789013-Please-recommend-a-robovac?msgid=92983727

[TasLondon]

For those with an eufy, what's the noise like? I live in a 2 bedroom ground floor flat with hard floors and use a broom so currently sweeping is in silent mode. I don't want to annoy the neighbours with hours of loud vacuuming noise. I'm looking at the Eufy G10 because of the mop function.

[SpaceCadet4000]

We've just bought a Roomba 960 because I spent my life sweeping up cat hair. Our house is mostly hardwood floor, about 1800 sq ft and all on one level (for context).

On the upside, it's catching most of the hair and I'm not having to sweep all the time. You can schedule it and the app gives you a handy map of what it has done. I love the fact I'm not constantly sweeping or going crazy at seeing all the darn hair. It gets in places I CBA to sweep, like under furniture.

There are some limitations though.
-It doesn't do well with our rugs and can only get onto 1 of them. I've tried placing it on the rug but it doesn't stay on them.
-The bin gets full about 2/3 of the way around our house so needs emptying, meaning you're running it twice and manually placing it in the area it didn't get before.
-The battery doesn't do our full house- it manages about 80%.
-Doors need to be 100% open or it will miss a room.
-I still need to vacuum rugs and areas it struggles to get to.

I really love it though and don't regret the purchase. My recommendations are to get a version which does mapping because you get less bang for your battery with the cheaper, random navigation ones. Also, pick up random items (socks etc) off the floor before it vacuums as they still get caught.

If anyone ever develops a dusting drone I am all for that!