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Chicago, IL
“Roomba or not?”
Roomba Discovery Robotic Floorvac, Silver —
I saw this item at Sears and thought I would save a lot of time at home and office with a Roomba. I do when it works. I have had mine for about 3 years now. It was completely replaced under warranty at about 11 months. The second one acted up doing all sorts of weird things. The company sent me an automatic reprogramming thing to plug in. It worked for a while longer--then does weird things like spins aimlessly in circles or simply parks under a couch and eventually the battery dies. It does not like thick carpet. It loves tile and hard wood floors and does a very nice job on them. I would highly recommend this unit for hard floors or very tight weave carpet. It does not work well at all on thick carpet! It does a very good job on pet fur also dust along walls. The unit does not always return itself to the charging base, and sometimes it won't park itself when it does make it back. Sometimes I need to look for it all over the house or office. My battery has died. Parts are only available mail order. A battery pack is $70.00 plus shipping! I can buy a new vac for that price! The battery pack is too costly to rebuild, so I'm stuck with buying a new one. Also, plan on investing in a air compressor. When the unit starts spinning and not working--Roomba techs will tell you to blast out all the sensors, especially the ones in the wheel mechanisms. Evidently these sensors don't like dust--but isn't that what a vac is supposed to be built for! One more thing--you need to "Roomba-proof" your house--no cords, shoe laces, and it can get wedged under lazy boy or rocking chairs. I would still recommend this unit if you have lots of wood and tile floors. It is noisy so don't plan on watching TV while it works for you. The remote control is sort of lame--but it will assist in moving it when you get the hang of it--but it is easier to simply walk over and pick it up.Roomba Discovery Robotic Floorvac, Silver
is recommended
by RudyM
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