Roomba vacum, or Evolution robotics

[badass88gt]

anyone have or use one of these robotic vacums. Was thinking of getting one for the wife for mothers day. The evolution is way cheaper, Are they worth a shit, or no?

[BradM]

Happy Mother's day! Now you won't have to leave the kitchen to vacuum! lol, I'm going to come by the dealership Monday to see your black eye.

[slow99]

Vacuum. We have the roomba pet version, works pretty well. It has trouble with our floorplan sometimes, but we have a very odd design. I'd recommend.

[badass88gt]

lol, thanks Brad, she would like it though, we have hard woods, tile, and 4 kids. She hates cleaning the floor!

[Tyrone Biggums]

Bought a refurb Roomba off woot for keeping up with pet hair on our hard surface floors and it worked okay for what it was until it gained a mind of it's own and went berzerker. Now with kids toys, baby gates, etc., I wouldn't even bother. Too much stuff for it to have to work around and it would take forever for it to complete a clean cycle.

[JC316]

I have one. I like it and it does it's job, but it's fucking annoying. If there is a cord on the floor, that goddamn thing will find it and attempt to eat it.

[Magnimike1]

I sold the Roomba at Best Buy a few years back.. They are more of a sweeper and work better on hard floors.

[Samhain]

Roomba is a must have if you own pets.

[mardyn]

Get the Neato robotic vacuum... much more intelligent than a Roomba, works great.. I bought mine on Woot for 299.00 while the cheapest I could find it on line was 425.00.

mardyn

[abecx]

Worthless on carpet, well unless you use it as a temporary measure for in between cleanings.

[juiceweezl]

Worthless on carpet, well unless you use it as a temporary measure for in between cleanings.

We have 2, and this is exactly what they are. It's a stop gap so that you can vacuum on the weekends only (unless you're either super trashy or have 8 dogs in the house).

[STANGGT40]

i bought one a few years ago, and it was suppposed to be roomba's best model, but it would only find its way back to its base every once in a while...usually it would just be sitting in the middle of the floor when we got up in the morning. after about 4-5 months, it pretty much stopped working, making noises, etc, so i just put it back in the box and stuck it in the garage. i have all hard floors (wood/tile) and no carpet, so i would think it would be pretty easy on it...maybe i just got a lemon.

[badass88gt]

i bought one a few years ago, and it was suppposed to be roomba's best model, but it would only find its way back to its base every once in a while...usually it would just be sitting in the middle of the floor when we got up in the morning. after about 4-5 months, it pretty much stopped working, making noises, etc, so i just put it back in the box and stuck it in the garage. i have all hard floors (wood/tile) and no carpet, so i would think it would be pretty easy on it...maybe i just got a lemon.

thats what i have, and thats what im affraid of. Think i may try the cheaper one and see what happens

[ceyko]

In theory these should be cool little things, but reviews overall are generally mediocre at best. Considering the cost, that's the biggest reason I've never bought into one.

[momo]

my roomba was great if you planned in advanced, virtual walled the area off and picked up anything in its way.

did fine on my carpet and floors, did horrible on rug transitions. stock battery was a pile o shit.

still have it but it's put away till i get an Li-Ion upgrade battery for it.