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Anyone have an iRobot Roomba?

33 replies

Dolittledo · 20/06/2014 15:20

Would you recommend it?

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Germgirl · 03/07/2014 16:39

I thought about one of these but we have black floors downstairs.
Also, I read about someone who's dog did a big poo on the floor & then the roomba started up & spread it all round the house. Is that possible? It makes me boak just thinking about. And I own a pukey cat!

Mostlyjustaluker · 03/07/2014 16:57

Eew germ girl. I think I have gone off the idea of getting one now.

atticusclaw · 03/07/2014 18:29

We have currently lost TED our roomba. The DSs are hunting for him as we speak (calling "TED, TED" which I'm not sure is going to help Grin)

I wasn't much of a fan but recently I have had him on twice a day every day and it is making a difference to the house.

BillyJoel · 25/07/2014 22:59

I love my roomba. Best invention ever. And very small if u don't have room for a Hoover.

JohnnyDeppsfuturewife · 26/07/2014 22:51

I used to love my roomba but while it does do an amazing job of what it does, I don't think they clean particularly large areas. It says they will do four rooms on one charge but it wouldn't do four rooms in my house very well - and none of them are particularly big. So I used to do hall and kitchen one day, hall and sitting room the next, hall and dining room, then hall and playroom. Then sometimes I'd remember to take it upstairs to do bedrooms.

After four years I don't use it much, we need a new battery so it doesn't last for long and it seems to get clogged up with hairs (just human hairs, no pets) and needs to be cleaned out every time I use it which is a faff.

The best bit is setting it to do the cleaning at 7am knowing. I'd come down to two hoovered rooms.

babrow13 · 26/07/2014 22:55

Roomba Great for cleaning under the beds. We moved house and Roomba was out of action for a few months. Then it wouldn't work, battery needed replacing £80. They say not to leave it unplugged for more than 2 weeks or it kills the battery Hmm

JohnnyDeppsfuturewife · 26/07/2014 22:56

This is my roomba

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003CKJ2WC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It's been replaced with a 585.

JohnnyDeppsfuturewife · 26/07/2014 22:59

Babrow, that's interesting, I wonder if we killed our battery. The dc and their friends are fascinated by the roomba (lots of toddlers) and I have been known to unplug it while we had a play date and then forget to plug it back in again afterwards.

This thread made me nostalgic and wonder if I should buy a new battery but £80 is a lot.

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