cmiddl01 wrote:How does this do with lots of dog hair? I have a german shepherd who sheds like crazy. I feel like 10 minutes after I sweep that there are 10 more tumbleweeds. I was thinking a roomba would be nice to turn on for every other day type cleaning, not intense cleaning...

It does great with dog hair. I have 2 shedders and run mine frequently. Just be sure to keep the brushes and bin cleaned after every use.

krenbaird wrote:Does anyone know how long the battery lasts in one of these?

I have had mine for two yers and just now batt is dying.....but that is because my 4 year old has been running it non stop these days.

Also as a side note i bought this same series on here for 135.00....why you jacking the price WOOT?

Anyone have any experience with sending cat toys/roombas in to SquareTrade?

The cleaning spree continues!

Woot must be telling us something...

rebeltreble wrote:They can be one or two days usually. Two days seem to have happened more often this year. I've even seen some three-day ones around the holidays. Bundle of Crops is usually on the last day, so probably will be up sometime today (unless this is a three-day, but I doubt it).

and "bundle of crops" is? lol

Dear woot!,

are you telling me my house is dirty? First the toilet scrubber, now this? I refuse to clean it. You can't make me!

Ringo4422 wrote:Will it sync with i-Tunes?

If you have not looked on yourtube at the roombas in action you should not make fun. Yes they can work with an ipod and everything in between...especially cats.

grampawizard wrote:you guys must have zillions of these things . thy show up every week or so . which means they didn't sell well to start with . which suggests . . ?

A couple years ago they showed up just about every 3 weeks and these and Sansa MP3 players and ridiculously expensive knives became the running joke of woot-offs. Then there was a period of at least 6 to 8 months with no roombas; and the people were sad. Then the woot gods started up again - hence the tone of the write-up.

Just bought one! Got to work, checked Woot to see if Woot!Off was still going. Been wanting a Roomba for a while now, glad I checked this morning.

I dont dance, I cant Roomba. Will it teach me?

What if it "finds" undiscovered dog pee while I'm gone? How bad is that? Big mess? Robot ruined?

enjuran wrote:Im somewhat new, are woot-offs normally two days? or is it just WOOT goes until they feel like it kind of thing?

There aren't any rules. Usually they last two or three days. Usually the Bundle of Crops is around 1620. Usually the monkeys or lights are the last thing. Usually there's not a day off in the middle.

All of these have been violated in the two years I've been watching.

I think it's just awesome that included in the box is a "virtual wall". What about a virtual Scarlett Johansson to empty it when it's full? You guys just rock!

If you grow bored with it there are ways to make it more interesting here:

http://www.roombadevtools.com/projects/roomba-frogger/

My favorite is making it into a live action Frogger(TM) game and going out to play in traffic =)

Awww, thanks Woot!! You guys listened. Thanks for finally answering my Roomba prayers!

will it work if you have oriental rugs with fringe?

I bought 1 of these from hammacher schlemmer for 2x's this price about 3 years ago. It comes with a LIFETIME guarantee from them. I did this cuz after buying several woot versions & they'd die I figured this would pay off. Well, I have returned mine 3X's for new exchanges @ approx $30 ship costs, seems like a good deal to me! :D bwaaahaha

I don't know anything about this product, but I have seen videos of cats riding on top of them. I might get one just to see if my cat would. Who cares if it really works or not! I would have hours of free entertainment and so would my cat!

socks.mark wrote:How does this compare with the 560?

Not sure, but this one only has one virtual wall as compared to the 560, which has 2. Very tempted on this one, but SO love our 560!!

skatonic wrote:I bought this 2 years ago off a woot and have not a single complaint. Just remember to send in your warranty card and you get deals on more filters and virtual walls. This thing cleans our basement every 3 days or so. Just remember to change the storage bin after every use...it fills up fast.

Do you keep the battery plugged in or do you plug it in just before you use it?

I got one of these a while ago.
I love it.

Havne't had the time to hack the scheduler yet, but there's details on it here:
http://www.robotreviews.com/chat/viewtopic.php?t=9235

D

I dunno...I got this exact model a year ago for $20 less on woot...what gives??
Altho I DO love my baby robot, the rules of capitalism still apply.

Ive got several parrots that make a mess all the time. I turn the roomba on and the place is clean....really wonderful!

how come no one posts lolcat pictures in the woot-killer posts anymore? those were always fun.

I think Roomba is suffering the effects of the economy too! I got one on my birthday last year (same one, refurb 530) for $139.99.

$199.99 for this refurb at irobot.com
http://store.irobot.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3143268&cp=2804605.2501652&view=compare&s=A-ProductAge&parentPage=family

...but currently out of stock. Guess they are all now sitting in the Woot warehouse for $50 less. Would be in for at least one if it had scheduling.

Damn!

Another "robot"

Look, if it doesn't look and act like R2D2 or C3PO then it ain't a robot.

Be careful about leaving herring sandwiches on the floor. This thing might eat one and wind up as depressed as Marvin...

Woot must be the sole distributor for the iRobot line.

Decided that I've held out long enough on the Roomba love...picked one up to torment the cat!

NNNNnnnnnnooooooooooo!!!!!!!

Bought 3 previously. New house, lots of carpets. Wife loves them for the work they save and their quietness compared to a regular vacuum.
Roomba, better than a Woofa!

OK ~ doesn't every household in the country have one of these things yet??? I think it's a subversive plan by WOOT to infiltrate every home with this brain-eating cat killer in order to take over and bring some uncommon sense to the world as we know it ...
HEY !!! Sounds like a good idea to me !!
I'm in for 3 ~!~!~

they should make these with silly faces and designs on them.. like the special edition godzilla roomba

EasyGoinGal wrote:Do you keep the battery plugged in or do you plug it in just before you use it?

He's got a little dock that he returns to after he's done cleaning...charges himself. Have to keep the dock station plugged in (and, in our case, "poster-puttied" to the floor).

I bought two of these on Woot about 2 years ago, one for me and one for my mother-in-law. We both love them, and their cleaning is fairly impressive (although neither of us have dogs), but both became unusable after about a year... they would just slowly scoot backwards and/or spin in place. In both cases, it was the right-side bumper sensor: for some unknown reason, they used an optical sensor instead of a cheaper (and more reliable, apparently) leaf switch, and the IR LEDs get dim and burn out over time. This made it think it was bumping into something constantly. Fortunately, I'm an electronic engineer and have access to lots of different IR LEDs at work... I was able to find a drop-in replacement and fix them both. I wouldn't recommend this unit to a typical consumer, though, unless they've changed their bumper sensors.

cat38skip wrote:OK ~ doesn't every household in the country have one of these things yet??? I think it's a subversive plan by WOOT to infiltrate every home with this brain-eating cat killer in order to take over and bring some uncommon sense to to the world as we know it ...
HEY !!! Sounds like a good idea to me !!
I'm in for 3 ~!~!~

Ditto, i was tinking the same thing when I saw it again.

The Roomba is one of the few 'gimmicky' type devices that I have bought and actually exceeded my expectations. I have the 540 model, one step above this, and it does a great job of keeping my hardwood floors clean. I noticed less dust around the place when I started using it routinely. Even though I'll have a computer cable or two laying on the floor it usually manages to find its way off of them without getting stuck.

None of my Roombas work any more. The battery will no longer charge. :-(

I miss the theme for wooting off.

we should come up with a dance that mixes the motions of the roomba and zumba