[Glowing Horizon]

Once our Roomba got stuck in the middle, under a King sized bed & it was difficult to drag it out.

[kendi]

Originally Posted by Kenswing

The wife loves it. We just purchased a new bed. When they removed the old one there were absolutely no dust bunnies anywhere. We have no carpet anywhere in the house so I think it’s a perfect solution for us. If there are any drawbacks I would say sometimes it tries to climb some of the round chair bases we have. And once in awhile it just gets lost.
One thing we did find out is that it will set off the motion sensors of an alarm system. Not a great thing to find out when you’re in the middle of the Atlantic on a cruise ship-lol. One other thing, a few times it has gone into a room and closed the door locking itself in until the battery died. At least that room was clean.
We have a Shark. Not sure of the model but it’s three years old and still going strong.

Fires have been started by robot vacuums getting stuck. Never good to let it run while away.

[bragones]

Originally Posted by Michael 61

I’m considering purchasing a robot vacuum. Would like to hear from other TOTV folks who have purchased. What do you like, what do you not like? What brand/model did you purchase, and are you happy with your model purchase? I’m considering roborock Qrevo S Robot Vacuum and Mop. As always, I appreciate those that take time to respond.

My Roborock S7 Max V (aka "Molly") has been near flawless. It uses LIDAR for mapping and sensing. It avoids obstacles in real time. Would never smoosh dog poop. It maps to your whole house quickly and easily. We use it for carpet and mopping floors. It empties itself and tells you when you need to add cleaner/water or empty dirty water. It vacuums places I never would have gotten. It has a camera so you can watch where it is remotely. I also use the camera to look around the house while I'm away. The cleaning it does is good, but not deep. If you start with a deep clean house, it will keep it clean but periodically, we need to use the old fashion mop and vacuum. Also, Molly does need maintenance. Hair and dust need to be removed and dirt bag needs to be filled / replaced. Cost was around $1,200 and well worth it in my opinion.

[LianneMigiano]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

How lazy can you get?
For the elderly, vacuum cleaning is one of the best forms of exercise.

It may be the "best form of exercise" BUT - it really hurts when I vacuum! Some people have way-too-frugal spouses, and they won't spend money on people to coma in all the time to clean the house! If they're lucky they can salt away some money to buy one of these anyway!

[almondz]

We have the IRobot 7 - self emptying. Self emptying is a must for me. Pain in the butt emptying that little bin all the time. LOVE our robot, we do not have the mopping but have considered and would like opinions on it. I love the mapping feature so I can choose which rooms to clean when I want and specific areas of rooms. Like at Christmas, I can block off the Christmas tree area. We run ours when we leave the house and it is done when we return. Can make changes on the app at any time. We have 3 small dogs and none are bothered by it - they know to get put of Henrietta's way. You do have to clean the sensors, rollers, etc. now and then. No big deal. Love it!

[Inexes@aol.com]

Originally Posted by LianneMigiano

It may be the "best form of exercise" BUT - it really hurts when I vacuum! Some people have way-too-frugal spouses, and they won't spend money on people to coma in all the time to clean the house! If they're lucky they can salt away some money to buy one of these anyway!

Maybe that "way to frugal spouse" could vacuum for you and spare you the pain. Just a suggestion.

[Sparky365]

Over the years we have tried at least5 different brands. What we like about the Neato is it vacuums in straight lines. The ones that randomly bounce around the house have a tendency to mis a few spots here and there.

[Traveling lady]

Originally Posted by Michael 61

I’m considering purchasing a robot vacuum. Would like to hear from other TOTV folks who have purchased. What do you like, what do you not like? What brand/model did you purchase, and are you happy with your model purchase? I’m considering roborock Qrevo S Robot Vacuum and Mop. As always, I appreciate those that take time to respond.

I have the Shark robot with the cannister back. It does a wonderful job. I have it scheduled to vacuum 3 times a week. It empties into the cannister and I empty the cannister about once every two weeks. Best Buy I ever made for myself.

[SteveCanada]

we bought the eufy on amazon .. amazing and works better that our 4 year old irobot.. has a handheld remote to steer around things .. great battery life.. much quieter .. we have tile and wood floors

[BostonRich]

Have one and never use it. It always gets stuck under a piece of furniture or trapped under the kitchen table in the chair legs. It was kind of frustrating actually.

[Cbriggi]

Agree the roborock is wonderful. Hardly ever need to touch the floors anymore. We have two cats and all luxury vinyl planks. Wife setup once with a few tweaks and some. Auto empties the dirt, recharges and mops. Once a weeks we refill the water supply with a small amount of special cleaner and empty the dirty water. Very self sufficient. Yes expensive even on Black Friday but without a doubt paid for itself in the time we have had it.

[thelegges]

Originally Posted by kendi

Fires have been started by robot vacuums getting stuck. Never good to let it run while away.

Must be first gens, ours can be programmed to not enter any part of a room. Plus if it does get stuck in our case I didnt draw line to stop at the area of the stacking sliders. It pivoted, then beeped and sent a message to my phone it had shut down, and the exact location

[johnfarr]

We have a RoboRock with mop. Does an excellent job! We have dark wood floors in living area and it shows every little speck of whatever. So we programmed "Scooter" to clean that area daily, kitchen twice a week and whole house weekly. What a blessing!

[nob77@comcast.net]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

How lazy can you get?
For the elderly, vacuum cleaning is one of the best forms of exercise.

I beg to differ. It’s actually a tool for the active person. I am to busy paying pb, water volleyball,swimming, Pilates, socializing.🤷*♀️

[westernrider75]

Originally Posted by asianthree

What model did you have that didn’t work? That would be great info.

Our Shark will not run over cords, stops, and goes along the length, then continues until it finds the open non corded area then continues to clean. Plus I can actually draw a line avoid 6” in the program to avoid cords, rugs, or anything.

Haven’t ever had to pick up chairs Shark will clean under and around chairs and bar stools.

The iRobot didn’t do as well under

chairs

Unfortunately I do not remember the model number. Regarding the cords, they run from the furniture to the wall so there is no open spot for the robot to get through, it would go up and down the cords but not cross them.

It was bigger than the base of the chairs and bar stools so did not fit under them, so I still had to clean under the bar stools, kitchen chairs and table. Unfortunately, it really did not save me any work and was an expensive lesson.