Sandra in Minnesota

So, do I assume from all the comments above, that the Roomba is just for hardwood and linoleum floors and not carpeting? I thought that I wanted one, now I have to rethink this.

quiltingshorttimer

we have a roomba, but it' won't charge right now--if I think about it when I'm not just sitting on the QB, I'll check out the manual and see if I can figure it out. We have 2 dogs and plenty of dog hair. I wasn't any noisier than any other vacumn, but it did seem to take it's time doing the work. My only real complaint is that when it moved from the hardwoods to the rug, it dropped dog hair at the edge. It did fine in the bedrooms with carpeting and great for under the beds and other furniture. We'd like to either get ours working again or replace.

sewverybusy1

Bought a no wifi Shark a few weeks ago. All hardwoods only a few area rugs & love it!!!! Two cats- not so sure about it. Cat 1 did the Halloween cat impression, then followed as it went away from him & backed up when it came at him. Female, sat & watched & plotted until it docked. Then she batted at the brushes, & patted the blinking lights. When 'Jaws" wouldn't come out to play with her, she paw punched it & happened to hit the power button. Mission complete!! She too loves it, but we do 'lock her up' while cleaning so that she leaves it alone.
Mine does a really good job & is almost quieter than my Miele cannister. Seems to be a really decent tool.
sewverybusy1

Murphy224

I have the Deebot 79S brand and absolutely love it. I am currently dogless and never had cats but I love this little vacuum. I use it in my kitchen, dining, family room area that has hard floors. It does go over the area rugs with no problem. You do have to get cords, and fabric type things off the floor but other than blocking the doors I don't want it to go in, just get the remote, push start and off it goes. When finished it takes itself back to the charger and docks. It makes very little noise, can watch TV without adjusting the sound. I generally set it up to run in the morning while I have coffee and "surf the net". I have never timed it so not sure how long it runs, but guessing 45-60 minutes. The little bin is always full of dust bunnies and dirt. Where that stuff comes from, I don't know! lol
Only one issue: Came home one day and found the vacuum not in its dock. Searched all over and found it stuck under the bed in the guest room (where it never goes). Seems the electricity went out and set it off. My 88 year old mother has one and she told me hers took off when the electricity when off. She also loves hers and uses it as I do. I called the Deebot people and they gave me a code to prevent such a thing. Suggested they put that in the owners manual! Works great and now when there is a blip in the electricity, it just sits on its dock.
I basically use it to just get up the "ground clutter" in the main living area and use a regular vacuum in the carpeted rooms. It does have suction and little brushes that sweep the litter into the suction area.
Have had it about a year with no problems and keeps me from having to sweep or vacuum those hard floors every day or so.
Here is a link to a google search where it is sold in lots of places for less than $200.00 and is highly rated.

https://www.google.com/search?source...31.SIO9vbDnWLY

pahega

I have a Roomba 980 and love it! I can control it with my phone and have it scheduled to run at the same time each week. I don't have pets, but my daughter has a cat and she has a Neato that she loves. Mine has a low enough profile so that it can go under my bed, sofa, etc. without getting stuck. It goes over my carpet and hardwood without any problems. They only place it will get stuck is under my dining room chairs, so I just put 4 boundary markers around the table when I'll be gone so it won't go there. It runs about 2 hours on a full charge, and then goes back to its docking station to recharge. It has a side brush and good suction--you have your choice of more suction power over carpet or normal suction. Glad I got mine, but I hate to vacuum!

SusieQOH

I've never thought about getting one because it would freak my cats out. I'd love a cleaning person though

NJ Quilter

Great timing on this thread. We just installed new flooring in our LR so now have hard surfaces throughout the lower level. As I was looking at all the dust on the new floor last night - while still putting things back in the room and cleaning up - was thinking it might be a good idea to get one of the wet/dry ones. We have 1 dog with lots of hair and very muddy feet, lol.

I'll have to look at some of the links above and check these things out. Thanks everyone.

pflum1

I like my robot vacuum for quick clean up. It does get stuck under furniture, so you do need to be close to watch it. I don't think it does as good of a job as a good big vacuum, but I use it every other day and it does a fair job. I don't use it in my sewing room as I have carpet and it doesn't work on carpet. We don't have any animals or kids, just the 2 of us, so the house don't get very dirty. I don't even us my big vacuum in the sewing room till I get the thread and pins up. I have a large magnet with a handle, I put masking tape on it with the sticky side down, run it over the thread and pins and get almost all of it. Then I use my big vacuum.

QuiltE

I keep hoping for more cat videos to show up!


And for those that have/want robo vacuums ...... check out the robo lawn mowers!

selm

We just got a Roomba 690 and have it used only once. We got a good price at Amazon. I really have a hard time vacuuming because of a bad back and I think I'm going to love it. It goes under the bed which is a big plus.
It goes over floors and carpet. I do think we will have to do(or have done) a vacuuming with the regular vacuum every few months to get into corners, etc. The noise isn't bad at all. It did take quite a while to complete the job but that's a minor issue I think we'll get used to.

My only problem right now is I'm having a problem setting up the phone app so I used it manually. No problem. I'm hoping to get the phone app working very soon.