Roomba/robot vacuum cleaner questions

[TheBitterBoy]

I hate hoovering with a passion. DH used to do it all when we both worked full time. Now I do most of it as I work part time, but not very often as I hate it! I am sure our house would be cleaner if I had a Roomba or similar. Does anyone have the Roomba that goes back to charge itself then carries on? Does it work okay? How do you work with upstairs/downstairs? Can you move it about day to day?
Also the eufy ones seem quite well reviewed and a bit cheaper, can anyone share their experiences?
Want to gather some evidence to convince myself and DH that it's a worthwhile purchase for us!

[MommOfTwo]

I'd go with your roomba 800, weve had the 860 and we're very happy with its suction power. Until such time that we had to lay it down to rest, lol. I hope this can narrow your choice down. lol. We're now using a different Roomba and well, it is still loud as usual, but it cleans good.

[gazmitch]

Looking at a Roomba 805 read a review www.vacuumkoo.com/roomba-805-review/ and with so much choice of robot vacuum's now available it's confusing, to say the least.

[another20]

Yes had mine about 2 weeks - it has revolutionised our house - none of the back breaking hoovering - house gets hoovered everyday. I just put it in a room, shut the door and go out. Picks up loads. Really good value for £200 - the newest model are £800 and just have extra "tech" which I dont need - apps to programme from work etc....

[TheBitterBoy]

Just popping back to update, I've had mine around a fortnight now, and I love it! My floors have never been so clean, it even gets into the edges and corners, which I wasn't expecting. It spent so long under DS's bed I thought it was stuck, but came out full of cat fluff, I guess that had been there a long time
Here's to a much cleaner house, thanks for the advice everyone.

[outnumbered77]

Received my 605 at the weekend and am loving it! We don’t have a dog at the moment but think it’s best left locked on its own in a room and left to get on with it.

[TheBitterBoy]

To clarify, I have ordered one roomba, based on info in two threads! Will report back.

[CrabappleCake]

We have a cat so I only set the Roomba off when I've done a check of the room and locked the cat out so there can't be any accidents like dead mice trapped in the brushes.

So I don't leave it programmed to go on while we are out.

[StrangeAndUnusual]

I would never get one as we have a dog.

I have read more than one description of the horror that is a Roomba which encountered a dog 'accident' and spread it across the entire house ...

I have cleared up after a few dog D&V incidents and it's bad enough when it is in one small location. I think I'd have to burn the house down if I had to deal with a Roomba'd version.

[TheBitterBoy]

Brilliant! I have just ordered the 605 referred to on this thread, and the other one linked to by Hedwig. Looking forward to much less hoovering! Thanks everyone.

[SoPassRemarkable]

hedwig. I noticed this as well, initial good reviews but then grumbles about them not lasting, etc. Think I will pay a bit more for a roomba.

[DontBuyANewMumCashmere]

We've got a cheapo Vileda one and with nothing to compare it against I'd just be able to say it's OK...

It hoovers up most of our dog hair but isn't as good as our proper Dyson (which picks every single hair up) and it gets stuck on one area of raised carpet we have - like a mat.
It also gets stuck under furniture sometimes so I never bother with it in the living room but usually just use it in the hall where the hair shows up more.
I don't use I every day. Every time I use it it needs emptying. I put it back on charge after every use so it's always charged and hasn't run out mid run yet.
It has three room size options which might help? I just stick it on M most of the time.

If we could have afforded it, I'd have gone for an all singing and all dancing one which emptied itself out and mixed me a drink at the same time...but this one is OK and keeps on top of it!

[hedwig2001]

I looked at the Eufy, but while the initial reviews on Amazon were good, they were often updated with grumbles about reliability

[DonkeysDontRideBicycles]

I think a Eufy Robovac will probably be the one I'd go for but it's not cheap.
Really pleased to see this thread because I had been considering this before and none of my friends have one.

[another20]

Might also order the EUFy and do my own test -- as long as I can send it back - need to check the small print...

[another20]

Just seen these comparisons which is helpful as most consumer reviewers have just bought one for the first time...

allpowermoves.com/best-robot-vacuum/

EUFY wins - but it is comparing the Roomba 650 @ £370 vs Eufy 11 @ £199 - so the E wins on value?

[Debby08]

Eufy and Neato are great products. I've seen good reviews. Will basically check these and hopefully get one on sale.

[another20]

Just ordered the 605 - paid extra for it to be delivered tomorrow - cant wait..........

[lovesmycake]

We have a Roomba affectionately called Englebert Hooverdink. Alas he is utterly utterly stupid and having it is akin to having an elderly house pet. We regularly have to rescue him from the edge of a rug or from under a cupboard and some days when he is just mindlessly humming round and round in irritatingly small circles I push his little home button and let him go and sleep it off.

Occasionally he does a good job of cleaning the hallway and so we have decided to keep him, that and we once tried to give him away and he was returned politely a week later it seems that loveable though his idiocy is to us, to others he is just a shit hoover....

[CrabappleCake]

We've got one - about 4 years old now and a basic model.

Pros - setting it cleaning every other day is better than my reluctant fortnightly hoover.
It copes with cat hair.
Fine with rugs.
Leave it to get on with it after picking up stuff that it'll swallow (phone chargers, cat toys etc).

Cons - you have to clean it out fairly regularly, especially if you have long hair - that gets wrapped around the brushes.
it doesn't do stairs.

But basically it's good - not life changing. And you still need a proper hoover.

[PETRONELLAS]

Love my Roomba. I didn’t even want one but it’s so good. I leave it on when I drop the dc at school, trap it in a room etc.
Mine has a spot function where it cleans a diameter of about a metre in a particular area. It does collect Lego but you can pick it out from the tank.
My main issue is that it’s not intelligent in that it doesn’t map the room which means it may go over one area ten times but completely avoid another. If it broke I’d definitely replace.

[lampert]

I bought my eufy after seeing a thread on here. He's wonderful! He sometimes struggles to find his way home if he's in a different room from his dock but that's partly because we didn't have an open space wide enough for his dock near a plug. It's no buggy, if he can't find his way home I just pop him back. I love him and am amazed by how much he picks up.

One word if warning, you can't set him while you're out if you have a burglar alarm (unless you have pet sensors).

[another20]

thanks hegdig does that one have suction? Read somewhere than some are just brushes and not suction.....

[hedwig2001]

another I bought the iRobot 605 from appliances direct for around £200. It is a simple model, so no programming or remote starting.
You just press the button and off it goes. It works brilliantly.
Jemima It works very well on carpets.

[jemimafuddleduck]

Are they any good on carpets?

[another20]

I am interested in one -- but just seen the vast diff in price for the same brand from £800 (iRobot 960) down to £219 (might be another £20 off on a promotion).....£600 difference - is that justified?

ao.com/l/robotic_vacuum_cleaners/1/127-57-90/