I wasn't sure how well the Roomba would work. I especially wasn't sure how well it would "learn" a map of the house and be able to navigate it in a reasonable manner. I was impressed on both counts.
The Roomba (this specific model, as I haven't had an earlier version) not only works really well from a vacuuming perspective, but it has done a remarkable job learning the house. Until I saw it working its way around legs on chairs, and under things like our bed, I really hadn't thought about how detailed the map would have to be. It's still learning after multiple runs, but it has become noticeably quicker in how well it moves from place to place. I originally thought that it's somewhat random patterns of navigation would continue, but as it has learned that has given way to a much smoother transition from relatively straight runs across the room to diving under furniture. We decided to move the base station after the map was mostly complete, and I thought it might get confused. Nope. It figured out where it was and returned to the base station to dump the vacuum and charge itself up. It's really pretty slick how well it tracks where it is, and can scoot back to the base station when it needs to.
As for the vacuuming, we have two dogs, one of which is a retriever that sheds constantly, and two cats, one of which is a long-hair which leaves clumps of hair around randomly. We're constantly dealing with hair, tracked in dirt, and whatever cats leave on the floor occasionally. The Roomba has done a great job cleaning up after the endless tumbleweeds left by the dogs. I thought my wife would be annoyed by the noise (our only negative comment), but she's so happy with the floors that she's willing to work around that. The animals became oblivious to the Roomba within 15 minutes, and they now just stay out of its way. It's almost funny how oblivious they have become to it.
As to the noise, yeah, it can be noisy, but it sort of blends into the background. You can turn down the suction of the thing, but then what's the point? All in all, very pleased with the performance. We're still not running the mop unit, as we're trying to sort out the best place to put it, but that will be for another installment. Right now I highly recommend...we'll see if it holds up.
Minor Update, 6/24/2022: So far the Roomba is still doing a great job. I've started seeing a couple minor things that could use some work. First is the battery life. It seems to run well on the hardwood, but cleaning the bedroom, which is carpeted with a high pile carpet, really sucks the juice out of it. It will quit partway into the job and head home to dump the dirt and recharge. I would also like to see the controls moved to the cloud so that it could be managed remotely, or a couple people could manage it, i.e., my wife and me in this case. Maybe it has that flexibility and I haven't found it.
On the plus side, the app let me know that I needed to service the brushes, which was a snap--they pop right out. This sort of reminder for a machine that generally operates autonomously is great, as it might be overlooked otherwise.
Minor Update, 7/24/2022: As I mentioned before, the animals adapted to the Roomba very quickly. Today I watched our retriever not want to budge for the Roomba. So, it nudged its way around him, even nudging in between his spread out legs. I don't think it even touched the dog. While I realize that not all dogs will get this comfy with a gadget like this, after watching how the Roomba interacts with the animals, I'm even more sold on it. (I found one of the cats draped across the mop the other day while it was in the charging station. It seems these things have been assimilated into the pack of our critters.)
Minor Update, 3/25/2023: The Roomba continues to perform well. It's still working as advertised in terms of cleaning. I thought I might mention that it does have one quirk a regular vacuum does not: It can get lost. We've had a couple times now where the Roomba has managed to lock itself into a bathroom. It was trying to get behind the door and managed to push the door closed. We only found it when we noticed it hadn't returned to the charging station. It has also managed to get itself stuck behind the sofa. After a while it finally gave up trying to escape and shut down. Fortunately, it let the app know that it was stuck and needed help. I had to use the "find" feature in the app to figure out where it had gone. These are not show stoppers at all, but they are different problems than you might have with a standard vacuum--none of which I have had have ever taken off and gotten themselves lost or trapped.
Another Update, 1/6/2004, and my first critical comments: The Roomba is still working well, but after living with it, I do have a couple critical observations. 1. Comparing it to a regular vacuum, the Roomba is, honestly, more fragile. Vacuum cleaners are pretty simple devices--they suck up dirt. You either empty the canister or bag, and that's about it. The Roomba is more complex. The Roomba has sensors that detect when things are full of dirt (a plus, right?). Those can get dirty, and the Roomba may not want to launch until they've been cleaned. You actually have to manually clean the thing now and again. 2. The internal filter has to be replaced occasionally. The rollers and the edge brush wear out, and have to be replaced from time to time. which I mentioned above. The Roomba will let you know how much life you have left in these parts, but it's not just a "fire and forget" sort of device. 3. Also, because the Roomba takes off on its own, it can get lost or stuck. It's not a big deal, but it did manage to get itself stuck under a dresser, and had to be rescued. It does have a feature to locate it, so at least it's easy to find. So, do I still think it's a great gadget? Yes. That said, I sounded like a fan boy, and I thought it would be fair to show off a couple of its warts.
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I'm loving it so far!
I've had these for the past month and a half now and feel confident enough to now write a review of my first thoughts. I'll update this again as time goes on.Where I came from: I've had a couple Neato vacuums for the past 8 years and got tired of having to replace batteries every few months and the constant getting stuck. I even replaced the control boards a couple times over the years. Sometimes it was getting stuck under or behind something and other times there was no reason for it. I went with Neato initially because it used logical back and forth rows to vacuum a room which was more efficient than the roomba's random appearing motion. With the advances that Roomba has made, it was time to give them a shot.As a technology geek, the software features attracted me as much as the hardware features. Auto mapping of a house, drawing exclusion zones, defining specific rooms or areas with names for use with home automation appeared to be great. I also love that the completion of vacuuming can trigger the mopping schedule.When I got the vacuum & mop, I did their auto-mapping of the house which turned out to be quite accurate. It did get stuck behind couches during this so was a bit cumbersome to monitor but after two runs with each, I had the bottom floor mapped out. The software guesses where rooms begin/end. This was pretty accurate and I only had to adjust a few things to get it just right. I created exclusion zones for behind the couches that it would get stuck or tangled up in cords to prevent that from happening and then linked it to my Amazon Alexa account.Next, I defined two small areas just to mess with people's heads. I called these two small areas, one in my kitchen and one in the family room, "this spot" and "that spot". I will stand in the kitchen in the area I defined as "this spot", which is also in front of the Echo Show, and state "Alexa, ask roomba to vacuum this spot", as I point down. This is just for show, of course, since the pointing and camera integration with echo is well beyond its level of capability. The vacuum will come out of its dock, make its way to the kitchen and vacuum that little area I defined and go back to the base. For the finale, I say "Alexa, ask roomba to vacuum that spot" as I point in the Family Room at the area I defined as "that spot". Again, the vacuum comes out of its base and diligently vacuums "that spot". People are impressed. ;)The vacuum works much better than the neato. The neato didn't have an edge brush so left the edges of rooms a bit dirty over time. The roomba edge brush works really well. As the vacuum transitions from hardwood floors to carpet, the suction motor intelligently ramps up to ensure it cleans carpets as effectively as on bare floors. Impressive! It also no longer makes what appears to be random movements but rather vacuums a room in rows just like the Neato did. Neato! The last pass through a room is around the edge with the edge brush to ensure very little is left on edges and in corners. And when it returns to the base station, it's sooo nice to not have to empty the vacuum every time as it empties itself now. I haven't been notified to change the bag in the base station yet which is nice as well.The mop is a different story. I read reviews where it was said that it didn't clean very well and didn't spray very evenly and was useless. So I was pleasantly surprised that it met all of my expectations. The level of cleaning is adjustable in the app based on how dirty you feel it is, which controls the amount of passes over an area and amount of cleaning fluid it uses. I have mine on the medium setting which works just fine for me in the kitchen to keep spots off the floor. When it runs out of fluid, it returns to the base station and notifies me in the app. Once refilled, it will pick back up where it left off to complete the cleaning job.How mine is set up:I defined my cleaning job to vacuum every room in the house, except one. After it vacuums, the braava jet is triggered to mop the kitchen. If I need the entryway mopped, I trigger it to clean that area manually using the app or by using Alexa to have it done. The photo attached shows the report after the vacuuming portion is done. There is a second, similar report for the mopping. The report shows my 'Keep out' zones by couches in my living room and the back door. The boxes it didn't clean scattered about are from furniture it had to go around.Improvements that could be made:1. The level of cleaning on both the vacuum and mop are global settings meaning you set it and then all activities are using those settings. It would be nice to be able to adjust it by room or defined area. My kitchen needs more attention than my hallway with the mop.2. I expected the braava jet to remind me to change pads, but it does not. I am currently using the single use pads and have never been told to change it even after a couple weeks of use. It does detect what kind of pad is being used so it is capable to doing this.3. The noise level is higher than my Neato was. Not just from the vacuuming sound but rather from a vibration type sound. I wish it just sounded like a vacuum.
