Best Robot Vacuum: Buyer’s Guide
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Best Robot Vacuum: Buyer’s Guide
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#2For whoever doesn't know what robot vacuums are... they're basically the first step in AI: metallic pets cleaning the house. I predict that true AI will be added to them soon.
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#3For whoever doesn't know what robot vacuums are... they're basically the first step in AI: metallic pets cleaning the house. I predict that true AI will be added to them soon.
I do talk with my robot vacuum cleaner.
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#4I've owned Roomba since the first generation, they are well built and fun to have around, they also sweep well, the hoovering is limited to dust, the back to home has never worked that great, but then my floors are not that flat so ymmv, given that hoovering is actually something that needs to be done this is a genuine time saving device, maintained well they last around 4 years given a new battery a couple of times, beyond that if you are careful not to let threads build up around the axles and occasionally hoover out some of the microdust (if you can find the hoover...) if someone you love does not have one, this is the time of gifts so...
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#5My Roomba sits abandoned in our cellar. The side brush broke just after one year and didn't spin anymore. But the whole concept of the Roomba is flawed IMO. Our apartment isn't particularly complex, but it was impossible to leave the Roomba to do its job without first making the apartment inert. And inert means removing cables, trailing plant leaves and anything else from the floor. It also means setting up the lighthouses to prevent Roomba 'romping' with lamp bases. Unfortunately one of our lamp bases is badly scratched from where Roomba climbed on top and wouldn't get off.
Eventually we admitted defeat.
We bought a Dyson fluffy. It may need me to control but the balance between convenience and cleaning is much better.
I won't waste any more cash on these automatic hoovers until they have proper reasoning and decision making.
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#6My Roomba sits abandoned in our cellar. The side brush broke just after one year and didn't spin anymore. But the whole concept of the Roomba is flawed IMO. Our apartment isn't particularly complex, but it was impossible to leave the Roomba to do its job without first making the apartment inert. And inert means removing cables, trailing plant leaves and anything else from the floor. It also means setting up the light…
Totally agree. I got a neato botvac connect and I use it maybe once a month when I can babysit it. My dream of having it on a twice a week schedule were shattered the first time I ran it and it got stuck several times in several different ways. It got stuck under a chair, under my cabinets, on a shag carpet, but the most absurd was in the kitchen, not touching anything at all, the sensors were confused by the reflection between the stove and refrigerator. Not to mention if you don't use it for a while, it forgets its settings or something and I have to go through the setup process again to add it to my network. sigh...
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#7We have a Roomba at home, from photo search looks like irobot 880.
It only makes it back to its home base less than 50% of the time. Other times it may be stuck in following ways:
-stuck on rounded foot of bar stool. Why not drive backwards to get off it?
-stuck under radiator with backside lifted up a bit. Why not drive backwards as soon as it felt the resistance?
Less avoidable:
-stuck in room where it closed the door by pushing against it but obviously couldn't open it anymore
-stuck by having tried to suck up a tshirt or cable or similar
Also, when trying to make it dock its homebase, it sometimes misses it by a few centimeters, and in that case, instead of simply driving backwards a bit, then forwards again with better aim, it instead rotates around 180 degrees, drives really far, and can take a very long time to go for the home base again. Why not just drive backwards a bit?
And then, it has a hidden mode, where it doesn't clean despite being scheduled. This mode will randomly sometimes enable when its battery was empty (which it is often due to the above reasons). To disable this mode, there is no simple button or UI or anything, instead the mode is disabled by making it clean for at least 1 minute. Since there is no indication when it's in this mode, the only way to find out is by noticing that it was not stuck under radiators or on bar stools for many days in a row so probably it has not been cleaning.
Also, it has no separate battery for the time. So if it got stuck and battery got empty, the time resets. Annoying!
I really think some simple programming fixes (learn to drive backwards for example and no hidden modes with bad UI) and a separate battery for time would already make it so much more useful! Why don't they do that?
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#8My Roomba sits abandoned in our cellar. The side brush broke just after one year and didn't spin anymore. But the whole concept of the Roomba is flawed IMO. Our apartment isn't particularly complex, but it was impossible to leave the Roomba to do its job without first making the apartment inert. And inert means removing cables, trailing plant leaves and anything else from the floor. It also means setting up the light…
The lawn-mower attached to a pole concept seems just as useful, especially if you're already clearing floors of obstacles before hand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QoQZSU_ex4
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#9So does this website get paid if you buy a robot using their link?
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#10People worried about robots replacing ALL jobs just need to use a Roomba for a month. Assembly line jobs sure, but ALL jobs no way, not for a while at least.