bObsweep - Bob PetHair Plus Robot Vacuum and Mop - Cobalt

Even if you got Bob for free, you paid too much. I've had 5 robotic vacuums in the last 10 years- all different brands- and I've never had to deal with such an idiotic badly-designed machine before. Bob is clunky. He is too tall to go under regular-sized kitchen cabinets, so forget about him properly vacuuming your kitchen. Bob is loud. Comparable to a standup vacuum, rather than a robot. He is much louder than other robot vacuums. Bob is REALLY stupid. Unlike every other machine I've owned, he doesn't remember even where his base is. He gets stuck everywhere: Under the sofa (I stuffed a pillow there after the 3rd time), in the slight gap between the tile and the screen door (rolled up a carpet to keep him off the gap), in the corner between the black kitchen mat and the trash can (placed a stool there), in the corner between the speaker and the wall (???? I just let him tire out there, it's just a corner!!). These are not places that were hard for any other vacuum cleaner before him. I had him 10 days and he NEVER completed a cycle. Apparently, black floor mats make him feel like he is falling, so he refuses to get near them. He has no mapping system and you can tell. He wastes tons of time and battery going back and forth in corners trying to get out and hitting objects and pushing them repeatedly. If your house has any sort of step-down (under 3 inches), Bob will lose his mind. Bob's sensors tell him to stop rolling when he reaches a step of 3+ inches (so he doesn't throw himself downstairs). If you have shorter step-downs, you are in for a treat. Bob pushes his front end down, tilts, and then just hangs there, wheels in the air, running his battery out. I called the factory- there is nothing they can do. They told me to just send him back. Bob comes with a nifty barrier to keep him out of places. Great! We used it on the stepdown to keep him from falling. Except, the barrier is only active for 3 hours (to conserve energy). Bob technically runs for 90 minutes. You can't use using the programmable schedule if you want to use the barrier. They have to be turned on at the same time and the barrier is not programmable. IF YOU DO NOT USE THE PROGRAMMABLE SCHEDULE AND ARE HOME TO START BOB AND TURN ON THE BARRIER EVERY TIME, AND YOU STUFF PILLOWS AND ROLL CARPETS INTO AREAS WHERE HE GETS STUCK, it should work, right? Nope. Once Bob is done cleaning, he'll slowly run around looking for his base, for longer than the battery on the barrier lasts... because this morning I came out to find BOB tangled in the fringes of my very very expensive antique silk Persian rug. Other vacuums have gotten stuck here before, and I usually just roll back the spinning brush and wheel to untangle the vacuum (silk is sturdy) But, not BOB. When Bob is off, his wheels don't turn at all. I called the factory again. I had to COMPLETELY disassemble the machine by hand. Removed every screw and unplugged every cable inside, to get to the wheel and remove it to get the fringe free- after which I put him back in his box (disassembled), and sent him home.

My floors are so much cleaner more often since I have bought Bob! I run it twice a week, sweeping one day and washing the other. Saves me lots of time. The customer service is great and very helpful. He gets stuck easily. He gets between chair legs and can't get out. He also slips off my wood floors onto my carpet and can't get back on the wood floors. I've decided to not program and just use him when I'm home so I can help him when he's stuck. Buy this one sale, otherwise I think he's pricey.

At first it worked great. We were amazed how much per hair it would suck out of the carpet. But it quickly declined in quality. It would often get stuck in places after just a couple of weeks. Today I was out of the house and came home while it was running. It had gotten stuck under a drawer and was rocking back and forth. The wheels were spinning the whole time. It burned two ruts into the carpet. See picture. Now I have to replace my carpet because of this thing.

It picks up dog hair and I love that, but it gets stuck everywhere, and when you push the charging button it doesn’t respond

I love my bobsweep I can’t say enough great things about it it has very strong suction and does a very good job over carpet and my tile floors I was amazed when I clean the dirt box how much dirt was in my carpet I just turn it on and go outside and do other things relax by the pool or garden I would definitely recommend this vacuum