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iRobot Roomba Silver | 
 enlarge | Brand: iRobot
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $199.99
Buy New: $159.99
You Save: $40.00 (20%)
New (7) Used (1) Refurbished (1) from $118.55
Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 2828
Color: Silver
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries: 2
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 10
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 4150R
Model: 415/4150
UPC: 853816041503
EAN: 0853816041503
ASIN: B000GF57DY
Release Date: August 25, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Dirt Detect : Roomba actually detects dirty areas and stays cleaning until the dirt is gone | | • | Max Mode- Use MAX Mode to clean multiple rooms in a single cleaning cycly | | • | Bagless Bin - No bags to replace. Roomba's bagless bin is easy to empty and holds more dirt than ever | | • | Patented Cleaning System - Roomba' powerful vacuum and counter rotating brushes reach deep into your carpet to remove dirt, dust and pet hair. |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 As Good As Can Be Expected November 20, 2008
This is my pen name, ok? (Houston, TX USA)
If you read enough of these reviews, you will understand that this cannot entirely replace a standard vacuum. However, for keeping your floors 95% clean in between vacuuming this will work just fine. I only vacuum my house using a standard vacuum cleaner probably once every 3 weeks, so this is a big help in keeping the dust, dirt, and dog hair under control in the mean time. I have been using it on laminate and tile floors, very little on carpet. In my Office I have a very low pile rug and it has no problems with it. However, my family room has a pretty thick wool rug and the Roomba tends to get stuck on it when trying to move from laminate to the rug, or it will bump up against the rug and think it is a wall and bounce off, sometimes getting somewhat "stuck" in a confined area for maybe 10 minutes. So I don't use it too much in the family room, but it works great everywhere else. You do have to be careful about cords laying on the ground, as it can run over them and then drag whatever the cord is attached to. On the upside, it has helped me keep clutter off the floors a little better than I had previously. It does pick up a lot of dirt, much more than I was expecting. I usually just close off the room I want it to vacuum and let it work unsupervised, then come back in an hour to clean out the dust bin and filter and put it back on the charger. If you have a Harmony universal remote, you can program your remote to control this thing, too, kind of like a remote control toy car. It is useful for making it chase the dogs, but not a whole lot else. One thing not specified in the instructions is that you can pause the Roomba while it is cleaning by pressing the "Clean" button on top of it, and pressing that button again will make it resume vacuuming. Overall I'm very satisfied with the purchase.
Very Useful, but with some flaws October 19, 2008
Margaret H. Bonham (Montana, USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
First, let me say that I love my roomba. It does a tremendous amount of cleaning without a lot of fuss, and I eventually want to get a scooba when I have the money. It's made a believer out of my husband who first thought it was a silly gadget that wouldn't work. But it does. Quite a bit. We've even named it Dobbie after the house-elf in Harry Potter.
What it will do: It's awesome on hard floors and low pile rugs. It keeps the dust down, which is very important because I have allergies. It does an ok job on dog hair, but with my number of dogs (4 Malamutes inside plus a cat), life can get hairy. Literally. I can set it to go and it does a pretty decent job as long as I keep it away from electrical cords and occasionally move it off the stairs (sometimes, despite the cliff sensor, it does get stuck).
Now, onto the negatives. The dust bin is way too small and must be emptied constantly. The air filter and intake is beneath the robot, which means it sucks in the dirt and hair into the filter, which must be dusted out and replaced often. They say that the roomba handles pet hair easily, and while that's true, there's a huge maintenance associated with that. Hair gets twisted around the brushes, wheels and whatnot constantly, and if not cleaned out, will cause undue drag on the motor and shorten the life of the battery and the robot. After each use, I'm in there cleaning the brushes, wheels, and filter.
The battery is a huge negative. I've had to buy a new one because the old one wouldn't hold a charge. The new one seems to be better, so maybe they've gotten the battery issues worked out.
Even with these negatives, the roomba is so handy, I can't imagine not using one. We're running it daily in one of three areas of my house because the dogs drag dirt in all the time. It keeps me from having to do a fair amount of work. This is one robot, in my mind, that is worth dealing with the negatives.
 Don't Bother October 6, 2008
Warren F. Clift (CA, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have the green (sage!) 400 series pet version which this silver model most closly resembles. OK, when they work they do a good job. However I don't expect to have to replace the $70.00!! battery after little over a year! All the battery consists of is some rechargable C cells connected in series and put in a speciality box to fit the vacuum. Thankfully there are some cheaper kits right here on Amazon. All in all, I wouldn't bother, just get yout normal vacuum out and get it done yourself.
Unbelievable cleaning power, best gadget I have ever bought September 7, 2008
C. Yeung (NEW YORK, NY United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When I bought the Roomba, I thought I was buying a new gadget that happens to clean. That was until I set it to work. The carpet that I thought was decently clean... until I emptied the bin, boy was I wrong. The little machine has incredible cleaning power. I am impressed.
Roomba Fought My Living Rom, And My Living Room Won July 15, 2008
31u3b1rd
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
I think this machine has potential, and could work for some people. I think you have to be a "neat" person already for it to function ideally.
I don't have a lot of clutter, but I have hardwood floors and a rug in the center of the living room and a dining room set with chairs, tables, etc., but in a smaller space (the dining room is connected to the living room). So I had to "rescue" it a lot. It would get temporarily hung up on the edge of the rug (which has a higher pile), but would, if you gave it enough time, correct itself. Sometimes it would interpret the rug as a wall, I think, and this would lead to it getting "stuck" in certain areas of my living room (cleaning the same few square feet over and over again). I know it does go over its path a few times, but this really was a situation in which it was seeing the rug as an obstacle.
It did a good job picking things up, but couldn't get into all the nooks and crannies I would with a canister vac. So, if I used Roomba, I'd have to have another vacuum for those areas. I also found that I had to move my furniture around a little, and *everything* had to be picked up off the floor. When I vacuum, I just go around these things, but Roomba would be confused by them (things like my daughter's infant swing and play pen).
It also lost its charge rather quickly. It took two charges for it to clean my living room, and the room is not that big (maybe because it had to do so much thinking to get around my stuff).
Also, after these two cleanings, it took me about 15 minutes to clean the brushes (so I could return it). Overall, I spent MUCH more time creating an environment in which the Roomba would work, and maintaining Roomba (plugging it in to charge, cleaning brushes, dislodging it when it got stuck on something (it beeps to warn you when it's actually stuck on the corner of something)) than I would have spent vacuuming the room myself.
That said, if I had all hardwood floors or all carpeting, a more spacious abode with furniture more spread out, it would be a nice tool to have IN ADDITION to a regular vacuum. It really does do a decent job of getting dust and pet hair up and getting into some nooks and crannies. I'd give it a try to see if it works in your environment, but if you do have a smaller space, multiple terrains (rugs & hardwood), and aren't already very neat, or have kids and their things around, it may be more of an inconvenience than a convenience.
I also think it might be good for someone with disabilities that made it difficult to use a push vac. Even though some bending over is required, it's not as much PHYSICAL labor as vacuuming (more time-labor though). It would function to keep things relatively clean enough until someone else could come over every few weeks and help with more detailed cleaning. For this person, though, I'd get the more expensive, self-docking model. I would consider the more expensive model for my mom, who has trouble with her knees and bending over, lots of pain, etc.
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