Samsung - POWERbot™ Wi-Fi Connected Robot Vacuum with Visionary Mapping™ - Satin Titanium

This is not our first Robot Vacuum, but the first from Samsung. This review is after about two weeks of use. The vacuum itself looks the part with shiny plastic sides, a silver metallic painted plastic crown; where the top has a dark smoked plastic with a hidden LCD display, touch-sensitive controls on one side, and a video camera 'eye' on the front, with the dustbin an shiny silver painted plastic on the other side. It looks fine, but I wish it had more rugged materials. Painted plastic in appliances tend to scratch easily. Time will tell. The bottom has two large, hinged wheels and two small wheels that are not removable. On our older robot vacuum, the smaller wheel (which is four times as big as these) tends to get caught with hair and other dust, but it's removable, so time will tell how this vacuum holds up. The cleaning element is a large, single brush that goes from edge to edge, with an air barrier, squeegee-like ribbon on front that the vacuum lifts automatically on carpets and lowers on hard floors, which is clever. The dust goes to a dustbin, which has an internal 'cyclone' that's a bit hard to keep clean, where the dust gets trapped, and from there air goes to a dust filter and the suction fan is sealed internally in the vacuum. The internal section after the dust filter was already dusty with small particles after a few cleaning cycles. Out other vacuum has a simpler system where all the air flow elements are easy to clean. This vacuum is much more quiet than other vacuums we have, and it cleans about as well as regular vacuums. The front of this vacuum is flat, so its roller is larger than on round vacuums, which cleans better on corners. Round vacuums have a side brush, which is not needed here. Navigation in this vacuum is more advanced than earlier robot vacuums: Instead of going in random patterns, this tries to navigate in a grid attempting to cover the whole are. Also it's more aware of where it's supposed to be within the house but still misses several areas of the house on one cleaning cycle and goes through in others. It's very good in general at detecting objects. It does not fall over stairs. It backs off when it's front wheel looses footing. It also detects objects and either slows down or avoids them completely. Occasionally it can end up pushing a small box-sized object around but overall it works much better at detecting objects than older robot vacuums. If there is an area that needs to be avoided, it comes with a magnetic strip that's supposed with tape on one side that's supposed to be affixed to the floor. I was surprised that it does not use light beams like other vacuums. Since we didn't want to glue things to the floor, for now we have to remember to close the door to our kid's playroom. It comes with an IR remote control (of the type that have to be pointed at the thing, not RF like many new devices), which works fine for the purpose of manually navigating it around to clean a spot (As long as it's in line of sight) and for initial Wi-Fi setup. The Vacuum can also be controlled from a mobile phone or tablet via Wi-Fi with the 'SmartThings' app and a Samsung account to use with it: After creating the SmartThings account, add a new 'thing' and select the model, then the vacuum is set in pairing mode using the IR remote to set it in AP mode and switching the phone to that temporary Wi-Fi (I set it up with an iPhone, it might be slightly different with Android), then select the house's Wi-Fi, link it to the SmartThings account and then its's pretty much all set. Took me about five minutes to set up and found the process to be well documented. Note that it only works with 2.4 Ghz networks, it does not have a 5 Ghz W-iFi. Once it's set, the SmartThings app does all that the IR remote does and more. The interface is simple and well organized. It claims on the packaging that it supports Alexa and Google Home. We have both and since SmartThings integrates with pretty much everything I thought it was going to be simple, but I was mistaken. SmartThings does integrate easily with both Amazon and Google, but on both assistants the vacuum shows up as a light switch and telling either assistant to turn it on or off makes the vacuum beep but does not start. It looks like Samsung / SmartThings are not mapping the 'switch' to the correct actions on the vacuum, so after spending too much time trying to set it up, it's not working for me. Once the cleaning cycle completes, the history within the app shows what it's supposed to be an area map, but about the size of a coin, and every vacuum cycle looks slightly different, so this isn't very useful for now, and the mapping is way off. Also the LCD display never turns off. It can stay in the cradle the whole day and it continually displays 'Full', never turning completely off (The vacuum does have an actual mechanical switch on the bottom that turns it completely off). I could not find, and I'm pretty sure it does not have an option to make it dark when in standby mode. The battery lasts about one hour of cleaning and charges within 2 to 4 hours in its cradle. Also note that there is the charging cradle and a very large power supply, so if you're one of those like me that would prefer to hide all the cables, it's going to be tough. Another issue is that when it gets stuck, it can completely drain the battery, so once it's put back on its charging base, it can take some minutes before it starts responding again, so it can be hard to know if it's on the right spot to recharge. Besides its inaccurate navigation, and the lack of real integration with home assistants, it gets stuck a lot when running over small area rugs: The reason is the squeegee-like air barrier that it lowers on hardwood, and most of the time, it doesn't detect the transition to the area rug so it pushes the edge of the area rug and gets stuck in it. None of the vacuums we have ever had issues like this with area rugs. Out other robot vacuum might sometimes push a rug at the foot of the bathroom shower around a bit but wouldn't get stuck rolling over the rug. On the positive side, it does have better suction than other robot vacuums, while being quieter. Remote operation is reliable though the SmartThings app, which is good at sending notifications to the phone when the vacuum gets in trouble. For its price point, it provides a refined product with more refinements than others in the price range.

I had heard mixed opinions about robot vacuums from friends of mine, but since I have three indoor cats, when I got the chance to test this Samsung POWERbot R7065, I jumped at it. I've been using it for about 3 weeks and I love it! Unpacking and set-up were simple; the hardest part was deciding where to place the docking station. I also had some issues with the app; it took a bit for it to find/recognize the vacuum (not sure why). The whole process took about 15 mins, and then I let the bot charge. Once fully charged, I pressed auto-clean on the app and watched as the bot rolled around the house, cleaning as it went. The app allows you view the status of the bot as well as set the cleaning mode and amount of suction power. You can even drive the bot using the app, but the response is not as crisp as the remote. I actually use the remote more than I do the app simply because it's easier to drive the bot if need be. I've been running the bot on quiet mode, which I assume is the lowest amount of suction, and it cleans just fine... it runs for over an hour, cleaning about 1000 sq ft. The pathing is a little suspect at times, and occasionally the bot will decide it wants to stay in one room for longer than usual. For instance, one day it kept going back into the bathroom. It would've probably gotten to the living room eventually, but I wanted it to spend most of it's battery in the living room, so I had to manually drive it and then turn it loose. The bot cleans carpet, tile and hard wood equally well, but it doesn't always play well with all area rugs; stiffer area rugs are fine, but thinner, more pliable area rugs sometimes have their corners flipped up, and then the fun begins. I've never seen it get stuck on an area rug (it is rather adept at escaping tricky situations), but I have seen it spend several minutes trying to figure out what's going on. As a matter of fact, that's one reason I don't have the unit set up for a scheduled cleaning when I'm not at the house; I'm afraid it might get stuck and just waste battery power trying to escape. It's not a huge danger because the machine will turn off it it REALLY gets stuck and an alert gets sent to the app. Once in the kitchen, the bot was cleaning under the bottom of the cabinets near the kickplates and it manged to get wedged between the bottom of the cabinet and standing cushion that's infront of the sink. It shut down and sent an alert to the app... basically yelling for help. I now make sure that cushion is in the middle of the floor to avoid that happening again. Other than those few minor incidents, the bot has been cleaning like a champ. Again, I have 3 cats, so the main 'dirt' for any vacuum in my house is fur, and this bot has had no real problem with that. The only thing I would mention is that hair/fur tends to collect at the 'exhaust point' instead of falling into the collection area of the bin. It doesn't really seem to affect the suction, but I usually dump the collection bin about half-way thru the cleaning just to be sure. It would be great if the collection bin could be redesigned so that a majority of the hair/fur would fall into the bin, but emptying the bin is super easy, so it's not a huge problem. Also, I should mention that the bot doesn't really pay any attention to the boundary marker. I've tried placing it in several different places and it usually just rolls over it like it's not even there. I'll probably call support when I have time, but it's not that big of deal for me right now. Overall, I'm very impressed with this vacuum. The lower level of my house looks MUCH cleaner, which I must admit surprises me. I honestly didn't think a robot vacuum would deal with fur as well as this one has. This thing has GREATLY reduced the amount of time we spend vacuuming.... it's a true work horse. I would recommend this vacuum to anyone looking to cut down on the time they spend cleaning their floors.

With so many robot vacuums on the market these days, it can be a bit of a challenge finding one that checks all the boxes. The new Samsung POWERbot™ R7065 Robot Vacuum definitely checks most every box. This thing is like a little Rosie, the robot maid from the Jetsons...just set it up and forget it for the most part, other than cleaning out the dust bin. The unit comes well packaged and includes the vacuum, charging dock and cable, remote control with batteries, boundary tape and manual. Set up is pretty straight forward and is well outlined in the user manual. Basically it needs to be turned on and set on the charger for a couple of hours to fully charge the onboard battery. I read through the manual and downloaded the Samsung Connect App while waiting for it to charge to "FULL" which is clearly displayed on the top of the vacuum. Once charged it was time to give it a try. It's set up in my kitchen area which is hardwood with assorted rugs, stools, furniture, etc. I started it with the remote and had it do a "auto clean"...at first it seemed to start, stop and re-adjust so often it was actually making me anxious while watching. However, I realized it just needs to be allowed to run and it will get the job done. My wife had recently vacuumed with our stick vacuum, so I didn't expect much to be collected. After about 30 mins of letting it run, I pushed the "home" button on the remote and it put itself to bed for a charge....pretty cool! I checked the dust bin, and was very please with the amount of dust, dirt and dog hair it picked up! The dust bin itself is very easy to pop off and empty into the trash, Samsung also recommends washing the filter...which is also easy to take out of the bin for cleaning. In "Normal" mode, the vacuum volume is relatively low compared to stick or standard vacuums and it does have a Quiet mode as well...which I never use. The cleaning performance surpassed my expectations, it's not going to replace a standard vacuum in our home, but it is programmed to run every other day and makes the weekend clean up much lighter. In full disclosure, I have not set up the app as our unit is set on a schedule and we really don't pay attention to it, other then cleaning...and the provided remote seems to cover every feature. Pros: - Love the intelligent power control that pumps up the suction power when the unit detects carpet instead of our hardwood. - Edge cleaning - the POWERbot™ R7065 has a standard spinning brush setup very much like a standard vacuum and unlike other bot vacuums I've seen. It knows how to adjust itself under the counter edge to get along the baseboard and clean corners. - Easy controls - on the unit itself and the remote control, the command/operating buttons are easy to understand and use. - Scheduling - we run the vacuum during the week when we are at work and our dog is at daycare....she is absolutely horrified of this thing! Cons: - As mentioned on many reviews, smaller/lighter area rugs do tend to mess with this bot. The bot gets stuck under them instead of riding over them. - Samsung Connect App - was a bit of a challenge trying to set it up, so I abandoned it and just use the remote or scheduling. Overall, I feel that Samsung has done an amazing job with this model and at this price point checked all the boxes for me. I would certainly recommend it to anyone looking for a Robot Maid to keep the floors clean without having to do much more then turn it on!

Pros Powerful suction Edge Cleaner Washable air filter Avoids furniture very well Alexa Integration SmartThings Integration Home Map View 90 Minute runtime Cleaning brush works on carpet and hard surfaces Charge and continue cleaning function Seems to have a dust sensor Cleans carpet very well when not clogged Cons Often gets lost Edge cleaner often cleans corners and rarely cleans edges Rarely cleans entire house Often has difficulty cleaning in straight lines Leaves 4 inch gap away from walls when cleaning to try to avoid them Home Map View cannot be zoomed or adjusted Suction tube often gets clogged Bearing on brush bar often gets clogged with debris and is hard to access Bearings on brush bar gets loud after a short time causing squeaking Brush bar has difficulty picking up hair on hard surfaces Instructions are out of date and say to use Samsung Connect instead of SmartThings app Magnet barrier strip doesn’t stay stuck Magnet barrier strip doesn’t blend in well with any décor No sensor for clogs or waste bin full The Samsung PowerBot R7065 is one of the latest generations in the series of PowerBots by Samsung. Each series adds some extra features and improvements in the attempt to replace or largely negate the need for a traditional vacuum. Largely similar to the previous generation, the R7065 adds extra suction power and a home map for 2018. In the box you will find the PowerBot, charging base, remote control, and barrier strip. Initial setup is not as intuitive as it first seems. Installing the charging base is straight forward but installing the barrier strip proves to be a little more difficult. The magnet strip is rolled up and doesn’t sit very flat on the floor. For those conscientious of style, the barrier strip is also unlikely to blend well with any décor. Software setup can be a bit confusing as the instructions say to use the Samsung Connect app, which is now renamed SmartThings. The name change without the instruction update adds confusion but so does the fact that Samsung also offers two SmartThings apps. If you are family with SmartThings or electronics it might not be hard to bridge the gap, but others might find it confusing that the instructions reference things that no longer exist. Further adding to the confusion is the fact that the box says there is a visual mapping element but nowhere in the instructions or app does it say anything about it. On previous generations of PowerBots, the installation process would inform you of software updates and allow you to update your PowerBot and make it smarter. With the R7065 there is no indication if updates are supported or happen but there has been no indication of improvements in the firmware. It may still have this feature, but the system no longer provides any feedback. The R7065 finally fixes a nagging cleaning problem found in previous generations in that it no longer rams into dark furniture or rubs against walls continuously. Unfortunately, it achieves this by avoiding some obstacles completely. Along most walls it insists on maintaining at least a 4-inch gap meaning many floorboards will remain dirty. When it does clean against walls it often does so in a series of odd U-shaped paths. An edge cleaning function is included where an extra bar comes out and sweeps debris close to the wall back to be sucked up. Strangely, this function never seems to activate against any walls but rather runs on outside corners and doorway transitions between carpet and hard surfaces. Inside corners and floorboards, where such a function would be useful, are left untouched. For those with pets this presents a problem because that is exactly where a lot of pet hair collects. That said, the R7065 seems to have change something in the brush bar design as a good portion of pet hair remains on hard surfaces. Even though there is no indication of a dust sensor, sometimes it will reverse and run over larger clumps of hair sometimes but often this means only a little more hair is picked up. Hair seems to be one of the hardest things for this little guy to handle whether the hair comes from pets or long-haired family members. Even if it does pick up all the hair the brush bar gets loaded up easily compared to previous models. To make matters worse, on one side is a bearing with a little rubber bushing and hair seems to love to get stuck inside that bearing and it is near impossible to get it all out. Frequent cleanings with a thin object, such as a knife, is required to keep the bearing from seizing. Even with frequent cleanings, this eventually leads to a squeaking sound during vacuuming which sometimes sounds horrible. If the hair does manage to get past all this, the next hurdle in the tube leading from the brushes to the bin. For some reason debris often gets stuck in there or the opening to the dust bin causing a clog. With no clog sensor or waste bin full sensor this PowerBot will happily continue vacuuming without picking anything up. It’s a shame too because the suction, when working, is very good and it can clean carpet or dust on hard surfaces very well. A decent compromise would be to be able to stop the PowerBot when you see this happen, pick it up, and clear any debris, and resume the cleaning. Unfortunately, this is also not possible because the moment you pick this little guy up it will become permanently lost and never find it’s way home. Overall, this may not matter much since it often gets lost regardless. This could be fixed in a firmware update, but if history is any indication, it will not. On previous generations, PowerBots would clean until the battery was depleted, return to charge, and then continue to clean. The R7065 does boast an improved 90-minute max runtime so on some houses it could potentially clean everything in one charge. On larger houses, an extra charge and cleaning can be required but it often fails to do so. Again, this is something that could be fixed with a firmware update but for some reason the R7065 regularly decides to clean only part of the house each time. The promotional materials would have you believe it cleans the whole house during each cleaning, but in practice it seems to choose a portion each time and clean just that. Eventually it seems to cover it all but only after several days of cleanings. You can verify by looking at the cleaning map, which is buried in the cleaning history. Unfortunately, the cleaning map isn’t generated each time. The map also isn’t zoomable or editable for future use, so it is far less useful. Alexa integration returns for 2018, but with a caveat. The 2017 model would allow you name your vacuum however you wanted. If you named your PowerBot Rosey, you could just say, “Alexa, turn on Rosey.” The PowerBot would then begin cleaning. For the 2018 model of the R7065 the instructions don’t tell you this, but you must first enable a new Alexa skill, with again a very similar name to the old skill. For some reason Samsung didn’t just update the old skill but instead created a brand-new skill with a near identical name. Then, regardless of what your name your PowerBot you must use the command, “Alexa, tell Samsung to turn on the robot vacuum.” Not only does this mean naming our PowerBot is useless but the command has become more complicated and easier to forget. It’s just disappointing to see the regression. If you have read this far will see a pattern of features on this vacuum that are often counterbalanced by a con. If Samsung wants to be aggressive in the smart home market they really need to work on coordination, consistency, and ease of use. Some careful though and a firmware update could solve most of the issues with this robot vacuum. It would be great if they did because this vacuum does have a lot of potential. The primary hardware gripe is some improvement needs to be done on the brush bar and the path to the dust bin. This begs the question, who is the PowerBot R7065 for? First, if you have SmartThings and want a robot vacuum then this is probably your best option. If you want a robot vacuum for more frequent cleanups of dust and trash no your floor and don’t want furniture touched, this could suite the bill. If you have a family with pets or family members with long hair, this could still work if you keep an eye on clogs and run it more frequently to prevent larger debris that creates clogs. The R7065, when not encountering large amounts of debris can clean quite effectively. If you are willing to just regularly take a quick peek on how it is doing, it can still make a good daily smart vacuum. If Samsung commits to software improvements and a slight hardware tweak, this could make a great vacuum.

Over the years robotic vacuums have not made much headway in regards to keeping up with the full size or stick/wand vacuum market although they appear to be more prevalent on the store shelves now than ever. Even with the latest technology this seems to still be the case with Samsung’s Powerbot. Setting up the hardware was fairly easy however I had to troubleshoot other issues including the vacuum not powering on, not receiving commands from the provided remote and not registering or syncing with the Samsung SmartThings application. After about 30 frustrating minutes of troubleshooting and having to research issues in the provided manual, I was finally able to get it charged up and cleaning. One of the most noticeable improvements is the camera technology for sensing objects. Where previous robotic vacuums would just bump into objects and redirect the vacuum, Samsung’s on board camera does a great job of detecting the surroundings, adjusting the speed and choosing the best course of action. I initially followed the Powerbot around the house because it was entertaining to watch it maneuver around tight spaces and clean right up to walls and edges with speed and ease; this was probably the most impressive thing about this little robot. Since then I decided to schedule it to clean our floors in the middle of the night so I woke up with clean floors. However, now this robot has decided it is going to have fun with me playing hide and seek causing me to be late for work. For the past few mornings I came downstairs to discover the vacuum is not in its docking station, which it’s supposed to do when it’s done cleaning or is close to running out of power. On the first occasion it got stuck underneath our dining room table in between chairs which was understandable but last night it decided to just remain in the middle of the floor in our spare bedroom so I’m going to assume it just ran out of power; I’m just confused as to why it wouldn’t know it was running low on power and start making its way back to the docking station. The main wheels underneath driving the robot have great traction and had no problem changing from hard floor to carpets or rugs however, if you have a lightweight rug or runner, they have periodically caused the rug to bunch up and stop the robot causing you to fix the problem. I found this time consuming because now before I go to bed, I have to go around the house to ensure there is nothing on the floor that it could suck up and cause the motor to stop which is not always easy with toddlers in the house and the messes they leave around. The latest casualty was a necklace that was left out and got wrapped around the spin brush causing the robot to stop cleaning and sit idle in the early morning until I discovered it beeping downstairs hours later; by then the battery was nearly empty and did not finish cleaning. When this malfunction does happen, and if you have the application installed, it will send you an app notification stating what the issue is. The other part I found time consuming, but understandable, is once you have it on a schedule, you need to ensure the dust container is washed out and dried every day otherwise I will get backed up quickly and stop cleaning. It does a decent job of top cleaning on hard floors and automatically adjusts the suction speed for more difficult carpet jobs. The amount of dirt and dust found in the container really shows what little cleaning it does on carpet. It appears to only clean what’s on the surface and you may still require a more powerful vacuum to get deep down on carpet. It is nice to set the schedule for cleaning and come downstairs in the morning without having to worry about tracking dirt and dust on the bottom of my feet, assuming it didn’t get hung up on anything causing it to stop cleaning which has been more often than not. At this price point, I would definitely consider sticking with a full size vacuum or stronger wand/stick style vacuum to periodically do a more thorough cleaning. However, for those of you who may not have the time, and have hard floors they like to remain clean, this is a feasible option to consider and Samsung’s camera technology might have an edge on the other competitors in this market.

Pros: * Relatively good suction. * Automatic suction power (and noise level) based on needs of surface being cleaned. * Useful remote control and available app. Cons: * Navigation is worse than other brands- frequently tripped up at stair landings. * Buggy app frequently “forgot” vacuum and app had to be restarted to see paired vac again. * Useless “history map” in app. * Scheduling options worse than most. * Automatic “Edge Clean Master” is only marginally useful. This is the newest robot vacuum to join my stable that includes most of the major brands. The earliest ones took forever to clean and just randomly moved around in set patterns until they bumped into something and then changed directions. The newer ones clean more efficiently by using various forms of navigation to create specific vacuum paths; some use visual cameras to look for shapes in the room while others use lasers (LIDAR) to map the room. This vacuum uses a camera aimed at the ceiling to determine the shape of the room and then uses close-range sensors to avoid bumping into things. Overall, this method works, but not nearly as well as the laser-based methods of competing models. In our home, we have a sunken sunroom that shares a ceiling with the main level. The POWERbot had a lot of difficulty navigating this pair of room and frequently fell off the cliff between the rooms and got stuck. One nice feature is the ability of the vacuum to use “normal” (quieter) suction on our hard floors and automatically increase suction to the noisier “turbo” mode when climbing onto the area rugs. The suction was quite good and definitely got all noticeable dog hair from the floors, but the room edges were not as clean as models that use brushes to “sweep” stuff into the ‘bot’s path. This one tries to use a fancy motorized bar to clean edges but that rarely worked in our home since it requires the bot to approach perfectly squarely to the walls and corners which it almost never did. Like many other internet-connected models, this one has a smartphone app that can show status and control various aspects of the ‘bot. Most of the time, however; I would open the app on my iPhone and it would say that no vacuum was already set up. I would have to force-quit the app and re-open it and then the previously setup ‘bot showed up again. Also, this vacuum supposedly has a view that shows a map of where it cleaned in your home (see photo in this review). The map was completely useless as there was no context (walls, etc.) and could not be zoomed. In contrast, the laser-based vacuum (another manufacturer), shows where the walls and obstacles are and where it cleaned in a much more useful map. One the best benefits of a robot vacuum is the ability to schedule it to clean when you’re not home. This is a major deficiency of the Samsung POWERbot in that it has only two scheduling options; “Once” and “Daily.” You can set it to clean later in the current day or at a set time every day. Most other similar vacuums from the other manufacturers allow you to set various days of the week to clean - most people don’t need to vacuum every day. Keep in mind that it’s common practice with all robot vacuums to manually clear clutter from the floor before and empty the dustbin after each cleaning session. To run the vacuum every day, you have to remember to do these things every day which is a bit of a hassle if you don’t even want it to vacuum every day of the week. The provided IR remote control is a slightly better way to interact with the ‘bot versus crouching down to push buttons on it, but the app is an even better option. While useful, it is not really necessary. On the unit is a segmented blue LED display that is OK but sometimes difficult to read. The navigation was not as good as others and at the end of the day, if the robot vacuum doesn’t clean everywhere on its own without intervention, then it really isn’t doing its job well. Overall, this is an OK robot vacuum but there are better options out there at similar price points.

Yes - I'm a bit of a tech geek. I have 3 robot vacuums - one on each floor of my 3 level home. Each vacbot is a different model - so this was a good test. So far - I think I like the Samsung vacbot the best - here's why. 1. It's got great suction and it is QUIETIER. 2. It cleans in corn rows (straight lines) unlike one of my other vacbots that just bounces off things. 3. It has both an App and Remote that allow me to drive it around, chase the cat, focus on a spot, etc. Neither of my two other vacbots have that. 4. Mobile app is very easy to schedule a cleaning time. "Ollie" cleans my floors tirelessly 6 days a week at 10 AM. 5. This vacbot was top pick in the Consumer Reports robotic vacuum roundup. I use Consumer Reports quite a bit when making purchase decisions. The only bad thing about these vacbots is they are a little difficult to empty out the dust bin. On the Samsung, you actually have to disassemble a few parts to do it. It works ok - just adds a few steps to do daily. Occasionally, all my vacbots get lost and I have to carry them back to the base station, not that big of a deal to me. Also, then sometimes get stuck by or under a lower piece of furniture - and the Samsung is not different in that regards. Overall - I plan to "promote" Ollie to cleaning my main floor and "demote" one of my other bots to the basement. They are a little pricey, but will admit that I don't use my Dyson vacuum as much anymore except on tougher spots - you can't beat the suction power of a corded vacuum with a robot vac just yet. Curious? Take a chance and see how it does for yourself! I bet you'll keep it!

A Powerbot is just what you need! Inside the box you have the bot, charging dock, remote control with batteries, manual and barrier tape. I know most people are skeptical of robotic vacuums, I am here to let you know you need and want one! The Samsung Powerbot is by far my favorite and the best. So let me introduce you to Rosie, yes you have to name your Powerbot. Rosie is part of our family and I would be lost without her. The technology on Rosie is impressive, she is one smart bot. Setting up and using Rosie the bot is simple and quick. Turn the bot over and you need to hit the power button on. First download the Samsung connect app, place the charging dock in an area that accessible, charge the bot up and get ready to see the bot in action. Rosie comes with barrier tape with allows you to block the bot from venturing into an area that you do not wish the bot to go. Wi-Fi connectivity allows you to control the bot from your smartphone/tablet, google, Bixby and Alexa. Rosie works well with Alexa and Google as I have tried her with both. When I am out I can have Rosie vacuum the house and return home to spotless floors. Rosie knows whether she is on a wood floor, tile or a rug, she adjusts to the different types of flooring. The edge master feature has Rosie clean the edges of your woodwork, under the cabinets and other hard to reach areas. No worries Rosie is very careful and does not mark up your woodwork, she takes special care not to bump into or scratch anything. With her mighty suction power she clears the floor of the crumbs, pet hair, dust bunnies and debris. Let it be known Rosie does not like Lego’s. In our house there is no more arguing whose turn it is to vacuum because everyone knows Rosie enjoys vacuuming. The days of dragging the bulky upright vacuum out every day is over now that Rosie the bot is here to stay. She is equipped with visionary mapping and full view sensors. With her sensors she knows to turn around and avoid taking a tumble down the stairs, Rosie does not want to take a trip to the bot hospital. When Rosie needs a charge she returns to her docking station for a nap, if her dust bin needs to be emptied she lets you know. If Rosie needs a charge while cleaning she will take a break and when she is ready she resumes vacuuming where she left off. A smart bot Rosie is, I know when I vacuum if I get interrupted I forget where I left off. I can set up a schedule for the bot to vacuum while I am home or away. With her cyclone technology she is able to maintain her suction power and effective cleaning. Rosie glides through the house vacuuming and by the looks of it she enjoys it. A bot will definitely free up your time. As for pets some like the bot and some hide from the bot like my dog. I have used many other different bots and the Samsung bot performs better and the best part is it does not get stuck like other vacuums do. You can select your level of suction which controls the battery life. Rosie is much quieter than other bots. Her dustbin is not that large and it depends on how much crumbs, dust, pet hairs etc. she picks up how often you will have to empty the dustbin. Empting her dustbin is easy, hit the push button and out comes the dustbin. Having a washable filter is nice unlike others that you have to replace the costly filters. Keep in mind that you will have to get use to the Bot and the Bot will have to get use to your home. In the beginning it take time for Rosie to get the quirks out and learn her way around the house. Once Rosie is comfortable with you she does wonders keeping up with the messy floors. I am very happy with Rosie and recommend the Bot. Everyone who meets Rosie and sees her in action is impressed. I was given the opportunity to review the Powerbot at a discount in exchange for my honest review as part of the Insiders. #InsidersPowerbot #TheInsidersUS