Other considerations: it doesn’t do a great job on long hair, or lots of hair. So if you have a huge head of hair or two dogs, shop carefully. It has no mechanism (except for the Scooba) to clean up using water; so it is only mildly useful in kitchen areas. My roomba is about 2″ tall, so I had to raise my couches for better effect. I like them taller, which makes that a winning proposition. Oh, and they can get high-watered by things like doorway thresholds, for instance if you have an arctic entry. It is definitely convenient to get the kinds that can find their way to the docking station.
As a cheaper alternative, shop vacs are pretty awesome. They pick up just about anything and have long hoses. I definitely prefer them over standard vacuums.
Yes, this is what happened with my family. We got a Roomba maybe 6 years ago to use on the ground floor; it had a terrible time with our 4 dogs & cats’ hair. It could run constantly, but that didn’t help much. So when it finally broke, hardly anyone noticed.
Other considerations: it doesn’t do a great job on long hair, or lots of hair. So if you have a huge head of hair or two dogs, shop carefully. It has no mechanism (except for the Scooba) to clean up using water; so it is only mildly useful in kitchen areas. My roomba is about 2″ tall, so I had to raise my couches for better effect. I like them taller, which makes that a winning proposition. Oh, and they can get high-watered by things like doorway thresholds, for instance if you have an arctic entry. It is definitely convenient to get the kinds that can find their way to the docking station.
As a cheaper alternative, shop vacs are pretty awesome. They pick up just about anything and have long hoses. I definitely prefer them over standard vacuums.
Yes, this is what happened with my family. We got a Roomba maybe 6 years ago to use on the ground floor; it had a terrible time with our 4 dogs & cats’ hair. It could run constantly, but that didn’t help much. So when it finally broke, hardly anyone noticed.