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- This smart, efficient vacuum helps pet owners maintain cleaner floors
- Easy Clean Brush System picks up pet hair, dander, cat litter and more
- Automatically docks and recharges between cleanings
Customers most agreed on the following attributes:
from Mississauga, Ontario on 9/8/2007
This is my second Roomba. The first one (one of the earliest models), I bought second-hand and broke down after more than a year of faithful service. [...] I love this robot and wish I could buy all of my friends one. It is a fantastic "mother's helper". By keeping the dirt down on my floors, I have less dust on my other surfaces, not to mention, brighter and whiter socks! It's only downfall is it doesn't fold and put away laundry. I am saving up for a Scooba now. iRobot, please come up with a complete housekeeping robot - I would love to be your beta tester! BTW - We have adopted this one and refer to it as my son's "little brother". It has definitely become part of our family
Was delighted to find it really isn't just another "gadget". Does great on cat hair.
I did recommend it to a friend (several of them).
We have 3 samoyeds and this little monster of a vac keeps our main level of the house looking good.We use it every other day with no problems and we get a ton of hair even with weekly brushing of our dogs.We just push the clean button and go.Come home at night its charged and ready to go.Clean up is a snap 10 min of your time, your done and back to enjoying your free time
from Huntsville, AL on 8/10/2007
I must admit, as an owner of two golden retrievers, I was skeptical of the roomba's advertised capabilities. However, after owning one for just one week, I couldn't be more impressed with its performance. Our home is all hardwood floors and only has floor vents. This means that all of our pet hair (which is plenty) gets blown into corners and under furniture. Amazingly, our Roomba cleans up the entire mess with absolutely no problem. If you own a pet, or plan on owning a pet, this Roomba is a must have. As a bonus, it does not bother our pets in the slightest.
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This is my first online review of any product...ever. I cannot explain how much I appreciate and value its capabilities. I absolutely felt the need to remove all doubt from anyone considering this purchase.
Enjoy!
This robot has been such a help for me. Saves lots of time! I run it just about every day, alternating areas. We have 3 cats that constantly shed and now, finally the pet hair problem is under control. The main reason I bought it is because our grandson is allergic to the dander and hair. So I'm very pleased that this little robot works as well as promised.
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from New Jersey on 7/27/2007
This thing is insanely wonderful. It does an incredible job getting up the dog hair. We have two Australian Shepherds who are currently going through a "blowing their coat" cycle - vacuum Sunday, floor looks like a hair farm by Monday night. We vacuumed three days ago, figuring Rhonda would enjoy an easy start, but she's pulled up tons of dog hair.
Yes, the brushes and beater bar get "felted" with the hair. Any good vacuum with floor brushes does that. But the cleaning tools are spectacular, the first time I fed that brush through the tube and it came out almost completely clean, I wanted to send one to the Dyson people and tell them to be as creative as iRobot. It took me two minutes to clean the brushes with the provided tools last time Rhonda called me. With a regular vacuum it's a ten minute minimum job.
The dogs pretty much ignore it. When it trills at start up, they do the head cocked curious thing, but once it gets moving they watch a bit and then go hang out in another room. Both have "challenged" it, refusing to move, going on visible alert, and letting it run into them. Rhonda bumped them, turned around and wandered off elsewhere, and since that they've both completely lost interest in her.
Biggest problem for us: we have many Persian rugs, and the ones that have long thread-like fringe get caught and Rhonda can't figure out how to get free. She handles the rugs with shorter fringe or more frizzy fringe just fine, has a great "getting unstuck" routine, but it just can't handle a couple rugs. We're trying to figure out how to deal with that, because we want her to go EVERYWHERE.
My wife teased me when I said we should get Rhonda, "boy toys" and all that. SHE is the one who is now bugging me to get the floor washing robot.
I have allergies but won't kick my dogs out of the bedroom. I now use this in my bedroom every day and it does wonders. I recently tried a "regular" roomba that my friend has and it did not pick up nearly as much as my "pet" version with the different brushes. I tell everyone about this product and several have bought one for themselves or for their wives.
There is a small amount of prep work before turning Roomba loose to do its thing. I pick up a few things so Roomba can have access to the places with no obstructions, but once completed I walk around and put those items back in place. Small price to pay for such a wonderful little maid! Roomba does such a good job that even the dusting of the furniture has becomes obsolete for the most part. No more dusting every other day to the low spots. I run Roomba at least once a day and I could not be happier with my purchase!
I recommed everyone I know. This Roomba clean rooms like dust free zone. very quiet. I love it, and plan to buy Scooba.
from Bellevue, Ne. on 5/22/2007
This is a wonderful vaccum. It does my carpet beautifully and I would buy another one without hesitation. Love it!
from VA on 5/20/2007
We were skeptics but once we got it unwrapped and tried it out, we were amazed. VERY PLEASED.