iRobot Roomba 550 Bagless Robotic Vacuum Reviews

In a home with four kids, three dogs and various shades of white carpet throughout, it is virtually impossible to keep the carpets looking clean and fresh on a daily basis. The roomba has been doing just that for over a month now. It does need a little suprevision. The machine will stop and tell you it needs its brushes cleaned when there is a lot of pet hair - but with daily use this happens infrequently. It also occasionally goes under a peice of furniture and gets stuck coming back out. (Though in a month of daily use, this has happened only twice on a sofa with a particularly low… read full review »

My Name is Barnaby, — I am a iRobot Roomba! — I have been with this family for the last five years! — — This little powerful sweeping machine cleans as good — or better than I can. — I can't get under couches, tables or beds with my upright vacuum, however he can go under them and come out by himself. — He is so helpful, — we named him "Barnaby" — and are so glad we adopted him into our family. —… read full review »

I purchased one of these from Costco. Two days later I bought a second for the upstairs since I was so impressed with it. I couldn't believe how well it picked things up, especially cat hair. I love the fact I can schedule it to clean our downstairs everyday at 3am and it's quiet enough now to disturb our sleep. I can come down in the morning to find crumbs from the kids gone, cat litter that spilled out of the litter box gone, etc. It only takes a minute to dump the bin and clean the rollers. The first view runs it was packed with cat hair, etc, but since it's been running daily it has less… read full review »

The Roomba (and I robot  in general) have really made my life better.  Along with a few frineds of mine.  Santa brought me the Scooba last year and along with it came a free ROOMBA.  Having Rheumatoid Arthritis , bad back and Firbomaylgia, anything to help.  Not to mention the fact that I am so busy.  I can just turn it on and put my feet up.  The dogs don't mind it and it picks up EVERYTHING !  Got an updated one in Sept , like it even better, loaned old D2 out to my son in law.  Got my sister one and my pastor one.  They don't know how they… read full review »

I love my Roomba! We got it as a gift - as more of a joke rather than a functioning vacuum cleaner. But it cleans far better than my standard, pretty pricey upright vacuum!  I had just cleaned our carpets with my other vacuum the first time we tried out the Roomba and watched it spin around in circles.  It picked up TONS of dirt when I thought my floors were pretty clean! I was sold. The best part is we schedule it to vacuum at night while we are sleeping, so every morning I wake up to a clean house. I still use my other vacuum for things the Roomba can't reach… read full review »

It's somewhat helpful when we don't have time to do the cleaning of the house. We need to spend time to move the small furniture like chairs, stool or stuff, enable to let the Roomba clean it. We have a area carpet at our living room, every-time when the Roomba goes there to clean our living room, the Roomba strucks and stops by itself because the Roomba can't go over the area rug carpet. I am surprised because the advertisement says this Roomba can go over the carpet area, but it doesn't mean that it can always successfully go over the carpet. So, the Roomba can't clean our living room.… read full review »

Roomba is great hands-free vacuum cleaner. Little prep is needed. — You can leave shoes on floors, books, whatever…he goes around them. — You do not have to move chairs. — He auto shuts off when he is done. If he detects lots of dirt, he vacuums more. — What is not to like??? — I  have special rubber rugs I use for Roomba under my antique furniture. I have a lighthouse but that is too much trouble to figure out and it requires batteries. You can use the rubber rugs (three stair treds… read full review »

     The most impressive function I love about this iRobot Roomba 550 is auto docking. The robot could go back to his/her charging station by himself/herself 9 out of 10 times. This is impressive for $300 's. Roomba 550 works on carpet as well as on hardfloors. After our new carpet has been vacuumed it was quite very clean as if we used a regular size vacuum cleaner. —      I'm waiting to buy a more improvement of lower maintenace, larger trash storage and more small spot cleaning's patterns. —… read full review »

The roomba is an excellent help to keep my house clean. It vacuums the house while I am doing the ironing or other house chores. — We use it twice a week to keep our appartement clean. It does a great job as long as you don't give it to much surface to clean in one time. Use the lighthouse to make the surface smaller and the chance is bigger it cleans every squared inch. — I cann't miss it any more! — The only small disadvantage is that it does not clean the edges. But than again a regular vacuum cleaner can not reach the edges also very well. —… read full review »

This Roomba I just bought it for a week. It does cost a lots of money. But it save lots of my time to help me to clean the house when I was away from the house. When I come back home, at least 2-3 rooms are cleaned. The battery of this Roomba only lasts for about an hour and it needs to re-charge again. What it means is it can't clean the whole house when I am away. For my opinion, this Roomba is batter than nothing if we are all busy, especially I don't like to vacuum the… read full review »

I'm handicappped so I consider it another assistive device.But, it's great for everybody. It picks up much more than my $1,000. vacuum. I recommend it to everyone. It cleans where I can't and it doesn't take any of my time. Now, if I could just get it to do the… read full review »

This is the most awesome machine ever inven  My house ted. I love the fact that I can program it and away it goes.  It cleans better that you could with any other vaccuum.  My house smells so fresh and under the bed is… read full review »

This is one of the best household appliances I have ever bought.  While it's vacuuming I can be taking care of other household chores.  It cleans under my bed and in other hard to get to areas.  I highly recommend… read full review »