Rhoomba automatic vacuums?

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So I am considering getting an automatic vacuum. Like many I work too many hours and the vacuum has become a source of contention for a variety of reasons.

I really would rather do this once, and don't mind spending a few bucks for something good. I don't want to buy something expensive and then regret it. I could buy a manual vacuum that meets my needs for probably 3-400.

The newest model looks pretty good. Claims it can do hardwood and carpet. I like that.

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It also looks like I will be buying bags every month and then their is the intrusive tech thing.

Thoughts and experiences or other options?
 
We've had one a couple years, once you get the floor roomba proof its nice.

Kunta Kinte cleans up the dog hair great. Dont think we've ever bought bags, just empty the bag into the larger trash receptacle.
 
Consuela cleans downstairs and has to be run off an App

Manuel is an old dude, one of the first and don’t need no stinking app.

Consuela needs a reset every so often. Manuel keeps going and going but occasionally tries to launch off the upper level into the fountain

Both get new brushes every few years.
 
Herbet keeps my main floor clean. just not having obstructions or cords is the main thing and with kids that gets challenging. bags are cheap and last longer than youd think.

i also own Martha the mop one. surprisingly it works well if your floor is fairly clean.
 
We have Carlos the vacuum and Molly the mop one. With 3 dogs in the house and 3 kids, they both get regular workouts. Still have to use the regular 'cuum:flipoff2: on occasion.
 
I bought the cheapest one Walmart had and it seemed to do about the same job as my mother in laws $800 or whatever roomba. Maybe it wasn't as good, but for $90, I think it worked fine.

If you have hard floors, I'd really suggest picking up a cordless wet/dry vac. It's so damn handy for spills.
 
Shaheed
ToughBowtieTruck said:
Alphabet agencies will have a good layout of your home once your information is sold to businesses trying to sell you furniture and **** from the vacuum's mapping algorithms.
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Or they can look in the windows like the property tax assessor... and claim it's not trespassing when confronted.
 
The newer models are supposed to not suck up cords or dog ****.

The first Rumba i had, around 2010 painted half the house with dookie. Came home from a 14hr night shift, probably 7 or 8 days in and about cried.

Grabbed a pillow and cot and went to sleep in the garage, hoping i was hallucinating.
 
Look at the Neato brand before you make a final decision. One of the kids has one and likes it a lot.
 
My mom bought us an ilife, it worked pretty neat until we had kids.
 
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roborock S45Max Robot Vacuum - Precision Navigation, Strong Suction, Ideal for Pet Hair & Most Floor Types https://a.co/d/19rcngu

I bought this one. Works well. I would definitely buy it again.
 
Broomba cleans our hardwood floors no problem. Got the one that empties itself into the charge station.

I replace parts and empty the bag in the station as needed. No issues.
 
Hazel works pretty well but I do use a manual vac now and then. I just empty the bag into the trash and reuse it. I have replaced a brush once per year and cleaned the beaters quarterly.
 
Got a couple of the Eufy brand ones.
Original one works off a remote control, doesn't have mapping or any of that fancy crap, just pinballs around until it needs to recharge or gets stuck. Cleans well, but mildly annoying to watch if you have any degree of OCD. Lives downstairs now and gets run once every week or 2 just to stay on top of things.

Second one I ended up with after my folks bought it, opened the box and decided it was going to take up too much floor space. :homer:
App controlled, doesn't "remember" the layout of the house, but maps as it goes every time and will pick up where it left off if it needs to recharge mid-clean. Runs once a day upstairs to keep up with dirt and cat fur. Again - cleans well, no complaints there.

Replacement parts are cheap - the knockoff amazon brushes seem to last longer than OEM, initial cost was way less than an equivalent Roomba brand one, gotta manually empty the hopper, but its a 30 second job, and they hold a fair bit, no bags or anything to **** with.

I'd never go back to not having one. I generally hate technology, but coming home to clean floors after a week on the road makes it all worthwhile.
 
XtremeJ said:
Consuela cleans downstairs and has to be run off an App

Manuel is an old dude, one of the first and don’t need no stinking app.

Consuela needs a reset every so often. Manuel keeps going and going but occasionally tries to launch off the upper level into the fountain

Both get new brushes every few years.
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Consuela does my downstairs too! She gets stuck under the bed fairly often.

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As others have said, once you robot vacuum-proof your house they’re great. They vacuum daily which is nice. Our Roomba allows us to block off rooms we don’t want it to vacuum in case we don’t want it going there. It will let me know in the app it is stuck. Typically it’s anything with a string left on the floor but also clothes. Hoodies, kid’s toys, socks, etc.
 
I have a knockoff. It lives in the bedroom. I close the door and run it every other day. Works great for what it is. Won't pick up metal shavings for **** so downstairs gets a real vaccuum.

It's too old and dumb to have network capability so I don't worry about the feds using it.
 
I called mine Shaheed... which I thought was a word I made up. Basically a PC version of ****head.

Soo... my Rumba is a Muslim i guess.
 
Have a Shark. Got it because of the price, and the reviews on Costco.com rated it higher than the Rhomba. Sharky the Machine works very well on carpet and hard floors. Planning on buying the vacuum/mop model when I get my Arizona home built, floors will be all hard.
 
Yota Up said:
You live with dog **** inside your house? Or are you running the vacuum outside?
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Live with dog **** inside? No.
Have dogs indoors that have a accident a couple times a year? Yes.

If theyve finaly figured out how to prevent the **** pentagrams then go for it.


:lmao: at the names.
 
have the Neato 6 for about 3 years now

Awesome machine. Just works and without issues. Flat front gets against walls well. I clean the filter every so often and dump the bin after every run.

Would buy again if it **** the bed.
 
I have that j7+ and I love it. Knock off bags and filters on amazon are cheap but they last a while. It doesnt do long carpets well. It definitely sucks up legos and really small kids toys. Sometimes it passes them, sometimes it gets angry.
 
My wife loves ours. Took the dogs a couple days to get used to. She runs it while she's getting ready for work.

Not sure why she calls it Fredrick....
 
We got one for Christmas a few years back. It lives in our lower level/walkout basement which is 2,000sqft of carpet and sucks to vacuum. Never did hook it up to the wifi or use the app, just turn it on when we are relaxing and let it do it's thing. For the rest of the house we hired a cleaning service.
 
We named ours Rosie from the Jetsons
I don't feel it's worth it for us, it does a great job with the dog hair but doesn't really get all the floor, we have too much stuff, couches, end tables, book cases etc etc
 
TLDR, hot neighbor moved in next door last year, I’m on 2.5 ac, she bought the 6.5 behind me. One day I see her pacing her long driveway distraught on the phone. I had not met her yet. Not long after that the cops come rolling down her driveway and a couple of them go in her house. They leave after about five minutes. I think you see where this is going but single lady out in the country for the first time comes home and thinks there’s an intruder in her house upstairs, turns out to be a roomba :lol:
 
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