Are Robot vacuum cleaners any good?
 

Anyone here have a robot vacuum cleaner and can comment on if they are any good?


I'm considering one as my children are always making crumbs and bits everywhere. I wondered what people thought of these devices?


Thankyou.

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The good ones are. I saw one on Linus Tech Tips that had a dock that enabled the vac to empty itself of solids and liquids and recharged itself also

as with all tech though you get what you pay for

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I've been looking at this one:
https://www.ebuyer.com/1127096-eufy-...a-and-t2117v11


But I've only just started my searches so still looking at my options.

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My daughter has a eufy and says it is good. She has laminate all through 2 kids and a cat and says it does ok

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Nothing cleans your carpets like a good woman

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Oh my! you better get on that bike pretty quickly before they come after you!

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My son has one and it has an atitude problem. It seems to dislike his cats and it's the only thing that gives them both hissy fits. I swear they shovel out the cat litter from their tray just to pay it back. :D

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I can't imagine a Robo being able to navigate my house, I find a Dyson V10 Absolute cordless super easy and quick to use.

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Not a vacuum, but we have an iRobot mop and have given up using it. It takes an hour to do a job you can do better yourself in 5 minutes.

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Unless you have wooden floors, lino or very short pile carpet, they are rubbish and a waste of electricity. I was asked to look at two that "don't seem to pick anything up".

This short film gives the reasons why they fail to do their job.

https://youtu.be/wCEHyGlm7mk

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Thanks everyone. I have mostly tiled floor downstairs but lots of furniture I have a feeling will cause it to get stuck on.
I may give it a miss for the moment then and put the money towards holidays instead.

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I have a Eufy X8 Hybrid. I used it for daily cleans of the kitchen, downstairs cloakroom & the hall (which are all tiled) does a good job, navigates around the dogs. the IQ boost feature which adjusts suction is decent.

We have deep pile carpet in the living room, dining room & snug, it does OK but leaves track marks which can be annoying.

When i need want to give the carpets a proper clean the SEBO comes out.

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Consider a Dyson cordless my V10 absolute made hoovering a breeze and I can do the whole house in 20mins with no effort, I bought it refurbished from their eBay outlet and it looked new, even better when you can get a extra 20% off.

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Yes but they do answer back a bit. I'm sending mine back for a newer model....

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I'm glad you asked this question. I'm looking at ways to cut down the hours of my cleaner and was considering this as an option.

The installation of a dishwasher was a good investment. Now if only they would invent something that does the ironing :D

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People still iron?

I just hang my shirts on a hanging after washing machine and hang on drying rack.

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I insist that she irons shirts etc, but aren't bothered about things such as underwear.

I no longer have her ironing bedding in an effort to cut down on electricity use and make more efficient use of her time.

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If you’re that bothered, iron them yourself…

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I'm assuming that your days in the RAF will mean that you were trained to iron, alas I haven't been so lucky.

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This is a good solution, it's what we do to, except annoyingly we didn't get a refurbished one :(

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Training? It's not a fihghter jet! Very east to use.




I've got a small cordless vacuum cleaner which is good after the kids have had breakfast.

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My sister-in-law showed me before I joined up, and practice makes adequate.

This may help in your training - I iron shirts/polo shirts/T-shirts in a different sequence (collars, sleeves/cuffs, front left, back/yoke, front right), but the end result is the same…

https://youtu.be/z91MtZpcsKY

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I couldn't manage it these days, but have to admit that, even before I became disabled, I outsourced this task as I didn't have the inclination to iron.