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iRobot Roomba 580 Vacuuming Robot Reviews
By the way, the package "Roomba 580" at Amazon can be different from the package at iRobot. In several ways a better design than the former models; cleaner, stronger, quieter.
My cat is pretty much used to it now. Not a problem, yet. It is good at not bumping into white walls (when the lights are on) but bumps a little firmly into dark objects/surfaces. I clean the waste hopper and around the brushes after each session and make sure to clean the edge sensors, as well. Seems to do a good job. Performs as advertised.
I use it every day (scheduled) and sometimes another time after recharging. I got the free accessory kit without having to ask or pay. Noise is moderate, but not a problem as most cleaning is done when I am not there. It finds its way back to the charging station most sessions, and is usually charged back up by the time I get home from work.
Don't be discouraged the first few times you run the Roomba, as it learns from all its mistakes and typically does not repeat them as it learns the shape of your rooms and where obstacles might be. The Roomba 580 is well worth the extra bucks. The lighthouse capability for the Roomba to travel through a series of rooms and then back to the home station is the plus that makes the Roomba worth it, to me. For anyone with kids or pets, this is a must-have. Instead of moving it room to room on your own, you press start and get multiple rooms vacuumed with no oversight on your part.
The main problem is coverage of a large room with a lot of furniture (coffee tables and chairs). - you may have to temporarily move furniture, remove cables (it "eats" them);. It has a set of nifty heuristics to deal with obstacles and corners. The result. - the dirt compartment is small - you have to empty it after each use;.
I bet it works just fine in an empty room. - the fun toy factor is a plus;. In summary:. It gets "stuck" in some parts of the room for a long time for no apparent reason, like a creature with a fried brain. - it takes a lot of time - you might not care until the battery gets weaker;.
- it works, but the vacuum is not very powerful so the results are not perfect;. It all depends on furniture arrangement in a particular room. It deserves 3 stars in terms of functionality, but because I am impressed I'll give it 4. However, it doesn't learn the shape and size of a room - it uses another set of heuristic algorithms for coverage. My house is rather large, but not a mansion (3 bedroom with large spaces).
- you may need extra virtual walls if you have spaces with many doors/openings (or you can use strategically placed obstacles);. It compensates for this deficiency by running for a very long time.
I have laminate flooring throughout the house, so I can't attest to how well the iRobot cleans carpet, but it has done a great job on the hard floors. Make sure you know what comes with what you are ordering and review all options to order and what accessories are included. This would be a 5 star product if it didn't require so much maintenance in cleaning out the brushes every use. The way it covers a room in a combination of following walls, spirals, and zig zagging around and bouncing off things takes it awhile to finish a room, much longer than I could manually sweep the floors, but the beauty is I don't have to do the work, other than clean out the dirt bin, filter and brushes. This includes unscrewing the little side brush from the bottom and removing to get the stuff that winds underneath it.
It sounds about like a hair dryer, except you are not holding it near your head so it is not quite that loud. I do make use of the lighthouses to control keeping it in one area until finished until moving onto the next, and also occasionally find the wireless command center to be handy. In one charge it can clean the main living areas of the home including the kitchen, dining area, halls and living room. It is amazing how much stuff it picks up. I rate its automated usefulness similar to a dishwasher or washing machine, and would not want to go back to living without this product.
I ordered from Amazon, got a good price, and got the extra items included at the same price, but they should have it packaged the same as on the manufacturers website if they are calling it the same model and item number instead of selling some of it as a separate item unless you order it the right way. Putting this off and using without proper maintenance only causes problems. I haven't used the scheduling features as I prefer to manually set it cleaning when I want and this way I can make sure the kids have floors picked up of obstacles before it runs. I have used the Roomba daily for the past 2 months, and although it was a rather expensive purchase in my opinion for a vacuum, it has been well worth it. It is a little noisy, but less so than many regular vacuums. If I didn't have a couple of toddlers that leave toys throughout the house, I think the scheduling option would be great.
Amazon sells this with 2 lighthouses, 2 extra brushes, 1 extra filter, wireless command center, charger and home base as main package and also sells an accessory pack with the extra items including 1 more lighthouse, 3 bristle brushes, 3 flapper brushes, 3 side brushes, silver faceplate and 6 filters. 0 stars to Amazon on this item for making this a problem for their customers. iRobot sells this model directly and also calls it Item Number: 58001 with a total of 3 lighthouses, 11 brushes, 7 filters, wireless command center, charger, home base, and a silver faceplate. First off the 4 star rating is for the actual Roomba product.
We have 5 kids and a dog and therefore a lot of dirt, grit and hair ends up on the floors. I found brushes don't properly spin and work if I don't keep the hair and fibers cleaned out. With all the hair it picks up, I find I have to remove and clean the brushes with every use, as the manual recommends.
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