iRobot - Roomba 770 Vacuum Cleaning Robot - Black

I had wanted a Roomba for years. We bought the Roomba with some initial buyer's remorse because of the price and told ourselves if we felt like we could do without it before the return period was expired that we would return it. We have a low carpet in our bedroom, wood and tile in the rest of the house and several low and high rugs throughout, plus a four year old. On day three, we knew we were keeping it. Some reviews harp and moan about it not cleaning everything on a single run - that's not how it's designed. You schedule it for a reason. I purposefully let the floors go a week to see how well it would do. On the first day, it missed a dust bunny in a corner of our hardwood floor living room and I could easily see the dog hair on the runner. Day two, dust bunny was gone - nice job - but hair on runner was still there. Day three, hair on rug was gone. I caught it going on the rug over and over again to get all the hair! It was the coolest thing. It's been several weeks and our friends are amazed. I've never seen another dust bunny. I dust less because there's less dust. Roomba gets it. Under the beds where you can NEVER vacuum, Roomba gets every day. We love knowing that I can let our two dogs in the house and not have to worry about vacuuming the next day just because we wanted to spend some indoor time with them. Oh, and our four year old? If he didn't get a chance to clean his room that day, we just put out the virtual wall and Roomba stays out of his room. Worth every penny. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

For the amount of money these and other vacuums now cost I figure it better do the work without me and finally it does! I love this machine. It is easy to use, maintain, and does exactly what you expect and then some. Does it get stuck sometimes? Yes, BUT it also announces that its stuck so you can go find and help it. Do you have to empty the bin everyday? Yes, takes seconds. Do I still have to vacuum behind it? NO!! Even with two dogs this thing gets more dirt in more places than I ever imagined! I haven't vacuumed since I bought it and don't expect to do so anytime soon.

Works well on multiple surfaces (tile, laminate, and carpet). Pleasantly surprised at how well it works on carpet... Like to come home and see "the clean tracks", in the carpet... (a little additional evidence of the work being done, while we are out of the house). After completing it's cleaning cycle... It returns to its charging dock, to be ready for its next assignment (whether scheduled or initiated manually). *Especially helpful in minimizing pet odors.

Wonderful being able to set when I want my floors vacuumed! I just make sure all wires are out of reach and pick up anything that will be caught and let him do his job! When I get home, my floors are clean and I feel like wow I didn't do a thing but it looks like I worked all day!

My cat likes it more of me! He rides over it like cowboy) Roomba cleans up fur of Butch and I fully satisfy with price and quality of them

This little marvel was easy to set up and does a great job cleaning. I was a bit skeptical with its ability to remove dog hair from my living room area rug (the rest of the house has hardwood floors), but it did a fantastic job. I schedule Roomba to clean two hours before I get home and pick up all the dog hair that seems to be never-ending. Occasionally it gets stuck under a bar stool or up on an item I left lying on the floor. The best thing to do is “Roomba Proof” your home (LOL) by uncluttering stuff on the floor such as cables, books etc. I have to clean the dirt bin almost every day (which is easy) and the beater bar and wheels about once a week (again, no big deal). I personally keep it out of the bedrooms and bathroom (where it will vacuum the rug on the floor and because the rug is so lightweight, it bunches up and Roomba gets stuck between the rug and tub) and let it roam the living room, kitchen and dining room with no issues. I was one who vacuumed EVERYDAY and yes it’s a bit on the pricey side, but now I vacuum just the bed rooms and bathroom each week (pets stay out of those rooms). I would personally recommend this little guy.

I got this because I recently changed my floors from carpet to Laminate. I have recently over the past 3 years became very allergic to almost everything. I am 30 now and have a cat so making sure that everything is clean is very important now. When you have carpet the day to day particles and dust will sink into the threads of the carpet but with laminate or wood they just sit there and get pushed around. I hate sweeping and would have to do it everyday for it to be clean as my wifes hair and my cats are always everywhere as well as all other particles. I went out to home depot the other day to get the swifter jet to use on the floors and got some extra throw away pads to use. I spent around $45 for all this. It didn't make sense to me to spend all this when I have always wondered about the Roomba. I finally went out two days ago after reading all the reviews out there and made my decision. I used my BB card for the 18 month financing they have and got the 4 yr protection plan. Now for $600 it's expensive but I just finished my first cleaning here as I have a two bed two bath condo and the job it did was just amazing. I just cleaned the bin that everything goes into and it was filthy full of so much stuff. Don't let me forget to tell you that I had maids come over yesterday and all this stuff the Roomba picked up was in the last 12 hrs or so. I have set this up so it works everyday. I really can't say enough about it. I will hopefully come back later and do an update after I use it more and learn more about it. One thing I should mention is that it never actually made it to my second bedroom for some reason although it did go to the second bathroom. Anyways I would highly suggest this to anyone and everyone. It's pricy but your health is priceless and it will be so much better. Also if you have the BB card it's only like $30/month which anyone should be able to afford. So go out and buy this one. I'm in love!!! The pictures below show you what the Roomba picked up even after my maids come through, and no the maids do a great job :)

I love this thing! Program the time you want it to run and it automatically takes off. I schedule it to run during the day when we are gone so that noone gets in its way. I first set it up to run during the night but it was so noisy it woke us up. It is too loud to watch tv while it is running. The bins need emptied and brushes need cleaned everyday - it's amazing how much dirt and fine dust it picks up in addition to dog hair & other stuff. It has a sensor to stop at stairs so it doesn't take a tumble and goes from area rugs to hard floors with no problem, however, it sometimes gets stuck on the plush furry bathroom rugs. It also occasionally gets caught on electrical cords and will eat small cords like phone chargers so I put the electrical cords next to the wall and make sure phone charging cords are out of the way. I'm not sure the lighthouses work. I shut the doors of rooms I don't want it to go into because the lighthouses didn't seem to do the job? Roomba is able to move small lightweight objects left on the floor, it seems to bump into things kind of hard. Dispite its downfalls, I love it picking up the dog hair & dirt tracked into this farm house everyday. I just bought another one for a wedding present.