Rhondito
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Post by Rhondito on Apr 12, 2019 16:55:10 GMT
I'm thinking of buying a Roomba because I'm going crazy trying to keep my floors clean. We have a Beagle/Walker Hound mix and she sheds constantly it seems. I'm wondering if a Roomba will help?
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cakediva
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Post by cakediva on Apr 12, 2019 16:58:36 GMT
LOVE my Roomba!
We got it in January. Just a basic model, no wifi with the one we got. Our entire main floor is hardwood & tile with area rugs. It works great! It can't do the entire main floor all in one go - I still haven't figured out how it decides where to go each time. But we are loving it.
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Post by pierkiss on Apr 12, 2019 17:04:40 GMT
I love my roomba on my carpets and on my wood floors. Roomba is a great little robot! I don’t have pets, so I can’t comment on how well it picks up pet hair. But I do have 4 kids, and one of them is a toddler. And Roomba picks up almost all of the crap they get on the floors. Crumbs, legos, eraser shavings, more crumbs, pieces of chicken, rice, whatever. It’s great!
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Post by smartypants71 on Apr 12, 2019 18:13:30 GMT
I hate mine. I have a dog that sheds heavily, and that stupid thing just sort of pushes the hair around most of the time. It rarely makes its way back to the base. My Neato was so much better.
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Post by flutterbymom on Apr 12, 2019 18:27:47 GMT
We have a different brand robot vacuum and love it for our tile floors downstairs. One of my daughter's responsibilities was to dust mop every couple days because our beagle would shed and the dust bunnies would wander around. Since we got our Deebot vacuum, she only dust mops a couple times a month in areas where it has trouble getting to.
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Post by blueeyedpups on Apr 12, 2019 18:51:06 GMT
I love it for my wood floors. It actually almost buffs them - they always look shinier when Roomba has done her thing.
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Post by Lexica on Apr 12, 2019 18:57:00 GMT
I had one of the originals years ago and the darned thing went wacky within a few months. The company sent out an update gadget for me to plug in to the Roomba, but it still didn’t work. I eventually just threw it away. I wish I would have persevered because when it did work, it did a great job - other than getting itself stuck quite often. I couldn’t just let it work and return itself to the base, I had to monitor it, which added to the frustration with the thing.
That experience hasn’t soured me on them though, and I will get another one after I relocate.
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Post by pyccku on Apr 12, 2019 19:10:02 GMT
We love ours. Our dog has pretty thick, puffy fur and sheds a lot. Ever since we got the Roomba, we don't run into little piles of fur in various places. We haven't had to do any touch-up vacuuming or anything either. The floor always feels clean.
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Post by LuvAgoodPaddle on Apr 12, 2019 19:53:37 GMT
I got the Eufy brand one from Amazon and I LOVE him! I named him Dobby and he does a great job picking up all the cat hair all over the house.
After doing research between brands, I ended up with the Eufy because reviews said it was much quieter than the Roomba brand. My husband works from home and is always on conference calls, so I wanted a quiet one. I don't know how loud the Roombas really are, but Dobby just has a soft hum while running and he's not heard over phone calls. You can program him to schedule run times, but I don't use that because of the cat and she can leave messes. A smeary mess through my house would be my worst nightmare! He can run about 90 minutes on regular mode, has a good size trash holder and when done, no matter where he is he makes his way back to home base. In fact, the other day when I set him back onto his charger he got off and re-set himself automatically because I didn't have him set correctly. I had no idea he was that smart!
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Post by caangel on Apr 12, 2019 20:10:53 GMT
We have had one for about 6 years and will never be with out one. Our old dog wasn't much of a shedder and but our new one is. It does a great job. We get ours at Costco. This is our 3rd one. One we did return because it stopped charging after about 8 months, easy return at Costco.
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Post by tentoes on Apr 12, 2019 22:44:29 GMT
I have one and I love it. It does a great job on my wood floors.
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Rhondito
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Post by Rhondito on Apr 12, 2019 23:30:18 GMT
Thanks everyone! I think I'm going to bite the bullet and get one. I feel like it will make my life a lot easier and right now I REALLY need that! I got the Eufy brand one from Amazon and I LOVE him! I saw this one on Amazon and was considering it too.  |
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Post by ModChick on Apr 13, 2019 4:19:08 GMT
We love ours. Our dog has pretty thick, puffy fur and sheds a lot. Ever since we got the Roomba, we don't run into little piles of fur in various places. We haven't had to do any touch-up vacuuming or anything either. The floor always feels clean. This has been our experience as well and we have a Sheltie and 3 cats, 2 of which are long haired so our Roomba gets a workout! |
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Post by Really Red on Apr 13, 2019 14:10:16 GMT
I have the real Roomba that was a gift from my kids and it is THE BEST GIFT EVER. I love Jeeves so so SO SO SO much. I have wooden floors and I run him every other day.
Sometimes he gets a little disconcerted and sometimes he eats my phone cords, but mostly he is simply delightful!!
Do not hesitate!!
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Post by RosieKat on Apr 13, 2019 16:18:57 GMT
I have a Neato and 3 cats - I love it!
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Post by freecharlie on Apr 13, 2019 17:32:28 GMT
Love it. Best purchase in a long time. I should have gotten one the day we got the shedding dog
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Post by rayshow on Jan 15, 2020 9:02:35 GMT
I have a Roomba and can definitely recommend it for both hardwood floor and carpets. Though keep in mind that robotic vacuums are not as powerful as an upright hoover but does a pretty good job for a daily cleaning. Read reviews on robotbox.net for more information. |
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Post by trixiecat on Jan 15, 2020 13:49:52 GMT
So now you all have me wanting to buy one. I am so tired of looking at and trying to clean up the dog and cat hair daily and I dont' think my Dyson stick vac is working too well. Is there anything specific in one I should look for? I like the comment about the Eufy being quiet since both my husband and I work from home. Also since these vacuums are round, are they able to get the dirt out of corners? And also, do all of you have them vacuum every day?
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Post by tenacious on Jan 15, 2020 14:43:30 GMT
I have miles of wood floors that are stained dark and a nightmare to keep clean (I didn’t pick them). I have been too afraid to get the Roomba because I am nervous it will scratch the wood all up. Does this ever happen?
Thanks!
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Post by moodyblue on Jan 15, 2020 15:07:09 GMT
I’m wondering how well they handle area rugs, like a rug in the kitchen or bathroom or inside the front door, not a big one like you might have in a living room?
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Post by trixiecat on Jan 16, 2020 12:19:42 GMT
I ordered the Eufy 30C from Amazon yesterday. They have a promotional coupon for $100 off. Can't wait to get it today.
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Post by candygurl on Jan 16, 2020 13:19:13 GMT
We have one and like it. We have to run it while we are at home so we can watch and make sure it doesn’t get stuck somewhere. I like how it came with sensors to avoid certain areas and I think it’s great for daily use. My only problem is it’s very sensitive to get right back on the track to charge. I feel like if we move it slightly by accident it stops charging. Other than that, I think it’s freat.
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Post by jmd74 on Jan 16, 2020 13:44:13 GMT
We have the Shark ion and we love it! We have a huge kitchen with wood floors and it helps a lot. We don’t have a dog just 1 shedding teenager with very long hair.
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Post by pierkiss on Jan 16, 2020 14:53:11 GMT
We got our roomba specifically to clean our hardwoods in the downstairs areas. That it also does carpets is a happy extra to us.
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Post by pierkiss on Jan 16, 2020 14:57:40 GMT
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Post by pierkiss on Jan 16, 2020 14:58:49 GMT
I’m wondering how well they handle area rugs, like a rug in the kitchen or bathroom or inside the front door, not a big one like you might have in a living room? Ours has no problem running over the area rugs in our hallways. |
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Post by River on Jan 16, 2020 14:58:57 GMT
I have miles of wood floors that are stained dark and a nightmare to keep clean (I didn’t pick them). I have been too afraid to get the Roomba because I am nervous it will scratch the wood all up. Does this ever happen? Thanks! My hardwood is pretty dark also and I've been using a roomba for about 3 years daily. No scratches whatsoever!!! |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jan 16, 2020 16:27:15 GMT
I’m wondering how well they handle area rugs, like a rug in the kitchen or bathroom or inside the front door, not a big one like you might have in a living room? Ours has no problem running over the area rugs in our hallways. Same here. We took ours to the lake cabin where we have all vinyl plank flooring except the bathroom which has tile. There is an area rug by the back door and also a thick chenille type bath mat in the bathroom and it has no problems with either one. It does okay with dog hair from one shedding dog, but it was no match for when we had three. The dust cup in it is way too small for that volume of dog hair. It would get full before it was halfway done with our main floor at our house and then would just stop somewhere random, beeping because it needed to have the dust cup emptied. |
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Post by TXMary on Jan 16, 2020 17:55:03 GMT
I have a roomba, hardwood floors and cats. Love it!! It has no problems with area rugs.
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Post by chlerbie on Jan 16, 2020 19:53:36 GMT
I love it for my wood floors. It actually almost buffs them - they always look shinier when Roomba has done her thing. Yes! I was surprised that it looks that way after getting ours as a gift. We don't have a Roomba, but a DeeBot. It cleans kind of haphazardly, but I've found that it gets in between the cracks on wood floors very well and I've been really pleased with mine. |
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