iRobot says robot vacuums now represent 20% of worldwide vacuum market
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Re: iRobot says robot vacuums now represent 20% of worldwide vacuum market
#2iRobot can't really see the market need while competitor like neato and LG are offering better product with lower price. In China market, Xiao Mi and other local copycats are also selling well.
Re: iRobot says robot vacuums now represent 20% of worldwide vacuum market
#3I owned an Roomba and it works fine until recently its battery is going down quickly. I'm watching Neato recently and yes it sure has an upperhand with its patent, but the marketing is way behind iRobot.
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#4I do not own one, and I don't see the point of owning one until they can clean as well as a real vacuum.
Can someone explain to me the draw?
Re: iRobot says robot vacuums now represent 20% of worldwide vacuum market
#5I do not own one, and I don't see the point of owning one until they can clean as well as a real vacuum. Can someone explain to me the draw?
The point is that you can setup the machine and leave home for your work. And after you come home it has already finished cleaning. However, as the restriction of the size and design, they will never clean as a vacuum like Dyson.
Re: iRobot says robot vacuums now represent 20% of worldwide vacuum market
#6Ah, they mean 20 percent of the vacuums sold this year. Since a vacuum is not something that gets replaced each year (or every 5 years even?), it will take quite a while for robots to reach 20 percent of all existing vacuums, if ever.
Anecdotally the only person I know who owns a roomba used to work for iRobot.
Re: iRobot says robot vacuums now represent 20% of worldwide vacuum market
#720% seems a bit high, now perhaps if it was "20% of the world's vacuums and Cat Antagonists" I might find that believable.
Re: iRobot says robot vacuums now represent 20% of worldwide vacuum market
#8I do not own one, and I don't see the point of owning one until they can clean as well as a real vacuum. Can someone explain to me the draw?
Most people are really bad at vacuuming regularly. A robo-vac buys you more time between required vacuums.
If you're happy to vacuum weekly and are already, don't buy one (seriously), but if like me you don't recall the last time you manually vacuumed then buy a $300 Xiaomi Mi and let it do your chore for you.
Plus I've found that they get into places which people ignore (e.g. under the bed, bottom of the closet) and dust still acculates in those places.
Re: iRobot says robot vacuums now represent 20% of worldwide vacuum market
#9Ah, they mean 20 percent of the vacuums sold this year. Since a vacuum is not something that gets replaced each year (or every 5 years even?), it will take quite a while for robots to reach 20 percent of all existing vacuums, if ever. Anecdotally the only person I know who owns a roomba used to work for iRobot.
That's a good call for pointing out the logical flaw. But basically from the people I know who owned a cleaning robot, generally it last no more than 2 years because of the new technology and the battery life.
Re: iRobot says robot vacuums now represent 20% of worldwide vacuum market
#10I do not own one, and I don't see the point of owning one until they can clean as well as a real vacuum. Can someone explain to me the draw?
I have a cheap robot vaccum from Aldi. It cleans 90% as well as a hand held vaccuum cleaner and requires less than 10% of the time (total of time to switch on, occasional monitoring and emptying).
For me, this means that my environment can be cleaned daily while I exercise or brush my teeth. Manual, time consuming, but admittedly more effective cleaning can now be done far less frequently.