Roomba 530 Robotic vacuum cleaner -- fabulous (iRobot Roomba 530)

Member Name: AnnFinn

Product:	iRobot Roomba 530
Date:	31/07/09 (26 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy Effective and Frees up your time

Disadvantages: None for me

We have recently bought a Roomba after being recommended one by a friend. I have to say it is excellent! We have a number of pets -- cats and dogs and we have a mixture of wood, laminate and carpet flooring. The little droid copes brilliantly with all of these and picks up teh dog and cat hairs really effectively. I was sceptical about how well it wound cope on the landing -- worrying that it might fall down the stairs. However, it has sensors which can identify the dissappearance of the floor and so it stops when it gets to the edge. A really neat feature is that, should it get caught up in something, or if a wheel get stuk (and even if it just gets too full) it makes a sound followed by a number of beeps -- the number of beeps tells you what the problem is. It even has recorded messages for some instances so 'speaks to you! It can find its way to its docking station and sings a little triumphant tune when its properly docked. All in all it is both cute and very effective -- what more could you want?

Summary: Wonderful - best thing I've bought for ages

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