Hi Gordon and all who have been talking/asking about these useful toys,
Gordon, when you say that the battery powered hoovers are not as powerful
as the corded ones, you are, of course right, but there is a caveat: because
you have the pleasure of not having to actually do the hoovering yourself, you
tend to do it more often and, in this way, the overall effect is superior!!! I
have a house with tiled, wooden, and carpeted floors. The Roombas that I have
had since about 2003, have all done sterling work! We have always had dogs,
even so, my floors have been the envy of my friends! Don't I sound sad?....
Seriously, I have left the house with a friend, off to enjoy ourselves about
town, and she has said to me "What is that sound? Have you left something on?"
'Tis my little friend, the robot vacuum cleaner, he is doing the floors while I
am out." I cannot describe the astonished jealousy! For, not only the blind
find hoovering a bit of a chore, most people do too, especially living here, in
rural Ireland, where every muddy boot/paw bears testimony to the great
outdoors!
I can only say that if your only arguement against these robots is that of
power and therefor efficiency, my house disproves it!
As for loudness, someone asked about: it is quieter on some surfaces than
others, but, in general, I would say it is much much less noisy than our
Milfisk (if that is how you spell it) We do have ordinary vacs as well, but
when the Roomba is working, they don't get used, except for stairs and ceiling
corners.
If you have children, who might be messy, leaving toys etc around the
floor, I would think twice about purchasing one of these as these objects will
slow up the efficiency of the robot, but this applies to using a normal vac
anyway, especially, when one doesn't see them and sucks them up.
For anyone interested, and, keeping this on topic, there are, as far as I
know, 2 main competitors for the "best" slot, both of which can work with apps.
The Roomba 980 (very expensive) and the Neatorobot VacBot connected (a couple
of hundred cheaper) I am going to investigate both while trying to resuscitate
my old one!
Sandy.
sent from the dark side of the moon
> On 30 May 2016, at 07:55, Gordan Radić <razbij...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi!
> Frankly, I don't think robotic vacuum cleaners are better than the usual
> ones. First thing you need consider when purchasing the vacuum cleaner is
> it's strength in wats. Stronger it is the cleaning process is better because
> it better sucks the dirt.
> Robotic cleaners work on battery and you can't get the same strength with it
> as the machines plugged into wall outlet.
> So, true, it will probably clean the floor better than a blind person hitting
> all the spots and corners but it won't do it like a nice old fashioned
> cleaner. And this is not my philosophy, this I've been told by Vorewerk
> representative while we talked about their new robotic model.
>
> S poštovanjem
> Gordan Radić
>
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> 30.5.2016. u 3:17, Brent Harding je napisao/la:
>> What makes these special compared to the cheaper ones before? I could see
>> the utility in having a robotic vacuum because there's always those little
>> spots one might miss around something, and I'd imagine it can do a better
>> job than many of us.
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Logan" <pdlloga...@gmail.com>
>> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2016 2:27 PM
>> Subject: Re: Roomba 980 with an app!
>>
>>
>> Ok, my unit arrived a couple of hours ago. Setting it up was quite easy.
>> There are a couple of really good unboxing videos on You Tube that might
>> help. The app has a few places where things aren't labelled the best, but
>> you should be able to figure it out. The basic things are all accessible...
>>
>> Fired Mr. Roboto up...you can name the unit .. And he took off. Did a
>> pretty decent job ...
>>
>> My suggestion is to make sure you buy it from a place that will allow you to
>> return. With spending almost $1K, you want to make sure it does all that
>> you expect.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On May 27, 2016, at 6:15 AM, 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone
>>> <viphone@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hallo There!
>>>
>>> OK, so I am in the market for a new robot vacuum cleaner. The latest,
>>> from iRobot's Roomba range, is the 980 and it comes with an app! I want to
>>> know how accessible it is. I downloaded the app, and it looks OK, but,
>>> because I haven't, as yet, got the machine, needing to know if it will work
>>> for me with the app, I can't tell if it is usable with VO.
>>>
>>> So, my question is: does anyone have experience of the app and running
>>> the 980 Roomba. Now, before you all shout at me for profligacy, I know it
>>> costs an arm and a leg! I can only say that I have been seduced by the
>>> hype! I have long term experience of the Roombas and love them! This new
>>> one, not only has an app which should help with error analysis, but will
>>> allow me to start the thing off from anywhere and, it says, it will do the
>>> whole of one level of my house, going back to the charger for a refuel
>>> session and then continue where it left off.
>>>
>>> Anyway, I am almost convinced, but, with such a large outlay, just need
>>> to know about the accessibility.
>>>
>>> Can you help?
>>>
>>> Sandy
>>>
>>> sent from the dark side of the moon
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