Roomba iRobot Vacuum Review

Well I have had my Roomba for about 5 weeks now. The battery seems to be good, and the charge stays charged for quite a while. I have never had to put it back on the charger to charge it back up while in the middle of cleaning, so that is a plus.

What I didn't like about the Roomba was that it seems to clean the same area 4 or 5 times and then misses other spots. The spots that it didn't get were being more in the middle of the room, where it doesnt seem to bump into anything. It got the edges of the room very well, that is where it went 5 times during the cleaning, but not in the middle of the room. I was disappointed about that. But what it did clean was cleaned very well, even the room that was not cleaned five times. I used it once when I first got it and I was amazed with all the dirt and dust and hair that it picked up. Of course it says I do not have to empty the container until 3 vacuums, but I wanted to see what one vacuuming got out of my carpet. I was quite shocked with all the stuff that was in the container with just one cleaning.

I like the fact that it will turn off if it gets caught up in something, it also beeps loudly to let you know that it is stuck. I got it stuck under my air bed and the cords that go with the bed. But it didnt hurt the Roomba at all, it simply beeped and I was able to get it off the cords without a problem. Roomba seems to no what it is doing for the most part. I only have one of the Virtual Walls come with the unit, but did not use it because I did not have any size D batteries, but really do not no where to put it anyways. I will clean out from underneath my bed someday when I have time, so that it can go under there where there is quite a lot of dust as always. I think it did a good job where it did go and an extra good job where it went five times!! The first time I used it I stayed in the room right along with it because I was unsure of what it was going to do. It is kind of neat to watch it too. It is not the quietest thing but it is not as loud as a regular vacuum either. I had not problems with the brushes getting full of hair or dirt, it seemed that most of that went right into the container, so that was good. There are also places online where you can buy and extra battery and other things for the Roomba, and when I registered it, then I was emailed a 10% off at the iroomba site for extra things so that is a plus too. All in all I like my Roomba and would definately refer to friends and family.