The new and sleeker looking vacuuming robot offers you all the features of Roomba Scheduler. System includes filters, brushes, Cleaning Tool and 2 Scheduling Virtual Walls.
excellent product, clean and easy I schedule it when I am not home. It cleans the floor automatically for you. After it is done, it just know how to go back to the home base to recharge. Sometime, it might be stuck in somewhere, but after 1-2 times try out and rearrange stuff. It works perfectly. Highly recommend it. First day at work. I got excited about 5min after opening the box... most people laugh at the idea, but this thing is perfect for me... i live in a decent sized apartment and always have unexpected guests... all i did was set the schedule to to the thing on twice a week while at work... lets see how that runs... just for fun, as soon as i got it, i plugged thehomebase charger in, took the roomba to the opposite end of my apartment in another room... pushed the "find home" buttons and within 5 min, it was charging it self.... right now i have it running around the apt just to watch it.. its entertaining, circling around chair legs before its done going under furniture, stopping at lint and going over it again it till it gets picked up... i dont know what to say... ive had the thing for 5 hours, and im loving it... whenever it goes over wires, it backs up and tries something else... and the thing sounds like a remote control car... maybe not even that loud... i was expecting it to sound like a full blown vacumm.. not the case at all.... just as a test i put a very thin cord about 6 inches long in its path to see what would happen... the thing tries everything to get it from being stuck, then if it cant get it out.. it stops and makes little "game over" type sound effects... this thing is good... anyone who sees what its doing to my apt will wind up getting it. I will update this if anything changes. hope you get the same results! Get the Regular Scheduler Instead - or Ignore the Light 2006 was the year of the Specialty Roombas. Their "high end upgrade" for this year was the Intellibin option for their top of the line model, the Scheduler. We have 2 schedulers and love them, so I was intrigued by this intelli-bin. However, for an extra $20, I actually consider this a BAD feature, not a good feature. here's why.
In essence you get the exact same robot as the Scheduler robot, which I love. However, they added on ONE light, which tells you if the bin is full. The theory here is that you'll clean it when you see the light. However this is an awful theory! Roombas need to be kept clean to run well. Even if there's only a little dirt in there, if it's a hair wrapped around something and you leave it in there, it's going to wrap more and more tightly and start to damage parts. You need to give it a cleaning each day. Not a thorough, hefty cleaning, but a shake of the dust bin and a quick glance at the brushes. If it becomes a normal and natural part of your schedule, it's really no big deal at all.
I definitely think you should NOT have a dust bin light - and most definitely do not use it to know when to clean your Roomba. This would really lead to more Roomba issues ... which isn't good for the owners nor good for iRobot! Roombas run wonderfully when they're kept clean - and they break down quickly if allowed to fill with crud. As you might expect from any appliance. So by letting the Roombas fill up with more crud than they should, iRobot is going to get a bad reputation. Which is a shame.
We did end up getting an intellibin when we had issues with one of our regular Roombas and had to send it in for repairs. Because the Roomba is such a hot item right now, and our failure was right before the 2006 holiday season, it was over 2 months and we still hadn't gotten a replacement Roomba back. We called and complained, and they sent us off the Intellibin version as a free upgrade. It works exactly the same as the Scheduler, and I kept waiting for the bin full light to light up. The bin was *stuffed* full of junk and it kept going. Eventually after a few runs it did light up, but I really question how well the suction could have been working by then. I really would much rather just empty it after each run - it's a 20 second job - vs waiting for the light to light up and having the Roomba's performance suffer as a result.
My verdict - get the regular Scheduler which is *Awesome* and keeps our home incredibly clean. Ignore this improvement. It's not worth the $20 and relying on it could actually cause you more trouble.
A quick comment on cost - people easily pay $500-$700 for a dishwasher, and think it an essential part of life. I certainly know I love my dishwasher. With a dishwasher, you still have to do certain things by hand - the fine crystal stemware, the large pots. Even so, the dishwasher makes your daily life easier. I consider a Roomba to be FAR better than a dishwasher, especially if you have pets. Every morning, all that pet hair and dander is just GONE. It makes my daily life - since I work at home and am breathing that air every second of the day - infinitely better and healthier. Roombas are cheaper, too! I'm OK with Robots taking over the world if they also do my chores... I'm OK with Robots taking over the world if they don't mind doing my chores as well! This robot is perhaps the best purchase I've made in years. We have hardwood floors and pet hair tumbleweeds that we were not able to reach, but were able to see. Not only do we have clean floors now, but I barely have to do anything. Probably the only thing it doesn't do is empty itself (you also have to occasionally make sure that the junk on your floor doesn't clog the brushes--just like any other vaccumme). You also still have to pick up the stuff on the floor if you expect it to vaccume underneath, but it just gives us an excuse to keep our stuff tidy.
Coming home each day to a clean house has been AWESOME! I just can't wait until they get a robot that will clean the shower... Busy mom & dad love their roomba! We have the Roomba Scheduler that is the version prior to this one (without the intellibin light). Both hubby and I work so we are busy parents taking care of our 1 year old son. With that kind of a schedule, the Roomba is the best appliance we've got around the house! Its heaveanly coming home to a clean floor, no dust bunnies ever (we have two indoor cats).
Granted, the Roomba may not be for everybody. We have hardwood floors and rugs throughout the house and the Roomba excels in performance for our situation. I can't honestly tell you how it would work if you have wall-to-wall carpet or very high pile rug. You also have to be diligent about cleaning it, but it really only takes no more than 10 minutes of your time, if not less. That's still a lot less time than I would do sweeping the house and vaccuming the rugs. One other thing as well: the Roomba is definitely not the best for last-minute or quick pickup jobs as it does take about 30-40 mins to clean one large room. We keep a cheap-o lightweight vac and dustbuster for those jobs.
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