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I have an area rug with fringed edges. Hate the fringe but love the rug.
Anyway, how would one of these contraptions handle fringe?
The newer Roomba's don't seem to have a problem with fringe. The earlier models would try to eat the cords behind your TV too but the newer ones are good at sensing them and avoiding them.
Also too: what happens, when it comes to the edge of the stairway, second floor? Does it fall down the stairs?
It senses the step makes and either turns around or has a senior moment and stops at the step and beeps until you go turn it around. Again the newer models seem to have fewer problems when they encounter steps than the older ones did - and I'm only talking about Roomba's not other brands as I am not familiar with them
A similar thing happened to me but my dog had thrown up. Fortunately I caught it early and was able to clean up. It was not on carpet so clean up was easier. I never operate it when I won't be there.
I purchased the first Roomba when it came out and it had some problems. Since then, I have had two and I would never be without it. You do have to clean the brushes and pull dog hair caught on the spools, but I would rather do that than vacuum.
We had a Roomba several years ago (10+) and liked it ... except it seemed to periodically get stuck under stools or on loose throw rugs. Also, it never really went back and docked as advertised - and I had to replace the batteries once or twice. Finally, the 'brain' went out and it would only go around in circles, so we got rid of it.
My daughter got a new one this Christmas and I'm wondering if Roomba has overcome some of these earlier problems.
We had a Roomba several years ago (10+) and liked it ... except it seemed to periodically get stuck under stools or on loose throw rugs. Also, it never really went back and docked as advertised - and I had to replace the batteries once or twice. Finally, the 'brain' went out and it would only go around in circles, so we got rid of it.
My daughter got a new one this Christmas and I'm wondering if Roomba has overcome some of these earlier problems.
Yes, they have improved them a great deal, we have a 960 and have had no problems with it, even the issues in the past of having to remove the brushes and clean them is gone, the new 'brushes' are rubber blades and hair and stuff don't get stuck in them. Its wifi enabled and even works with Alexa. Things they could still fix - the opening for dust and debri is too small leaving some debris in the roomba when there is still room for it in the dust bin. Success in docking depends upon having the dock in a corner, otherwise roomba sort of pushes the dock around the floor while trying to attach itself, and Rooma still has an issue with very dark throw rugs on a very light colored floor. We have a black mat at our rear patio slider to protect a beige carpet. Roomba avoids it, I guess he thinks it's a cliff or something.
We had a Roomba and I was actually glad when it died, there were places it missed. We now have a Neato Robotic Vac D80 and LOVE it, it misses nothing. The model I have is for pet hair and allergies. My husband has named her Rosie after The Jetson's Maid. When this one stops working I wouldn't hesitate to buy another one. I do have 2 little dogs but they don't potty in the house and if one got sick (hasn't happened yet) I would know before Rosie went to work.
My daughter has one and she seems to like it well enough. My observation of her Roomba is that it's kind of high maintenance -- seems like it gets stuck a lot and can't find its way back home.
That, plus the Roomba's high price, makes me want to stick with my regular vacuum cleaner. It is kind of heavy, so maybe when it dies I'll just replace it with an inexpensive lightweight vacuum cleaner.
Yuck, ours did that also when the Roomba wandered out of a sliding glass door that my daughter left open, and onto our balcony where the dog had pooed. Cleaning up the Roomba was disgusting, I used my pressure washer on the balcony.
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