bought mine 5 months ao. works like a dream. silent efficient and cautious. titally recommend

I have the roomba from woot right before xmas. I love it. My wife loves it. It works great. I dont need this particular one, but I was a non believer in them robot roombas but they really do work well. I recommend!

If the Roomba is a vacuum, and the Scooba is a mop, would you consider the Dirt Dog a broom? =)

If you don't have a "workshop," =P, could this just be used as a lazy dust picker upper around the house? My mother might like something like this...

Any suggestions?

I love the Roomba from the other Woot. Think I'll let this one loose out on the street, too many squirrels running around.

Wooted! Instantly ... LOL!

Ok, been waiting for this one to come up. Finally did. Now, we have every iRobot product. We some cleam babies now ... (actually, our Scooba went to mother in law) ...

Just make sure this puppy's back in its charger before you start backing your car out, know what I mean?

I loves me my Roomba. I'm getting this one to sweep the outdoor deck, which collects leaves and debris constantly. We'll see how well it works on that.

ralphycarlton wrote:Wooted! Instantly ... LOL!

Ok, been waiting for this one to come up. Finally did. Now, we have every iRobot product. We some cleam babies now ... (actually, our Scooba went to mother in law) ...

I'll bet you don't have the iCreate. I'll buy that one if it shows up here. But I doubt it will, because it's a hobbyist robot, not a cleaning robot.

Got on of these for Xmas from my kids. I had the discovery for the house already. This is for the garage. It doesn't have a vacuum just brushes but it works great. I have a 28 by 36 garage and I back the cars out and turn it loose. It sweeps up all the dirt rocks and wood chips and saw dust.

I have a Roomba for each of my four Leakfrogs to drive around. Every Thursday night is Bumpercar Night in the dining room. Sometimes I'll squirt em with a squirt gun to really make things get exciting.

markzero wrote:

I'll bet you don't have the iCreate. I'll buy that one if it shows up here. But I doubt it will, because it's a hobbyist robot, not a cleaning robot.

You're right ... I don't. I saw it on their website that it was going to come out, but I didm't see it released. I'll have it soon, though. They all are hobbyist robots since they're hackable ...

These type of cleaners are like cutting your lawn with a hand clippers, randomly cutting here and there, versus mowing in a straight path.
There's no point at all to these--except to fuel laziness.
Thanks to the other logical comments here that see no point in an item such as this!

normalbrains wrote:i dont trust these self auotomated mechanized cleaning units.

i prefer my vacuum to have a hande.

AMEN!

lithoid wrote:I have a Roomba for each of my four Leakfrogs to drive around. Every Thursday night is Bumpercar Night in the dining room. Sometimes I'll squirt em with a squirt gun to really make things get exciting.

I used to do that too, but it got old. Then I got four of those Barbie Bissell Vacuums and velcroed them to the Roombas. Now we're talking action!

Nothing better then getting them all going at once while I sit back and sip my Sierra Club wine. Now that's some sweet entertainment.

ravinangunoori wrote:A Serious doubts guyz!!!!!!.....Did woot took over iRobot ??????????????......These days I see woot selling only iRobots..... woot.com should change its name to iRoboots.com

Someone from woot works at iRobot, or was from iRobot, or something like that from what I've heard.

I bought the Irobot Scooba. Its awesome. I dont need one that sweeps my garage. However if they make one that mows my lawn put me in for 2

You've obviously never seen a time lapse of a Roomba at work. A roomba, while seeming to move at random, provides better and more complete coverage than a normal person using a traditional vac to clean up a room. Yes, the Roomba has its weakness, corners but our Roomba keeps are carpets cleaner than our traditional vac did anyday.

Does it fuel "laziness"? Me, I've got things I'd rather do with my time. There just aren't enough hours in the day. Why waste time when a Roomba can handle it for me?

As an added bonus, iRobot customer service is awesome. I'm waiting for the Scooba to come up again so I can get a couple of them. I hadn't even thought about using one of these outside on my lanai. Great idea.

joshheat25 wrote:There is a Irobot or a Roomba on here at least once every two weeks!

Good, cuz I'm gonna buy one the next time it comes up! (of course I'm broke as a joke right now and can't afford it...)

This is GREAT! Now I don't have to clean up after using my workshop!
Yippee!

Well, I got me one of these to keep company with the Discovery and Sage roombas.
If the Dirt Dog works out well, I may just get him a mate... for the basement. Soon I'll have a roomba in each room. LOL

BTW, is the Dirt Dog fixed and vaccinated??? Do I need to buy him a muzzle?

1johnu wrote:These type of cleaners are like cutting your lawn with a hand clippers, randomly cutting here and there, versus mowing in a straight path.
There's no point at all to these--except to fuel laziness.
Thanks to the other logical comments here that see no point in an item such as this!

Thats not really accurate. They not only cover every part of a room once, they actually cover it four times. And they do a very decent job of it. The only areas that need any attention when the roombas are done is the corners, which can be easily covered in a couple minutes with a dustbuster. Lazy? Perhaps. Efficient? Absatively!

How is this thing on pet hair. Would it be better or worse than the models with vacuums?

kctx7 wrote:How is this thing on pet hair. Would it be better or worse than the models with vacuums?

I have two shelties and a border collie. Lots of hair. I run the roombas daily, and once a week I need to spend about 10 minutes on each roomba with a pair of tweezers to remove hair from the front wheel axels. Its time well spent though, because they keep the floors as hairless as, well, Brittany Spears.

You know, these Roombas and Scoobas are kind of high maintenance.

They've got tanks to drain, brushes to clean, bins to empty, filters to replace, etc, etc, etc.

Someone should come up with a robot that takes care of these tasks. They could probably sell a ton of them on Woot!

According to the description, this is not a vacuum but just high speed brushes that pics stuff up, for your garage. Don't know if it's really useful as there's so much stuff on the floor of the garage, I'm afraid it would get tangled in something, a wire or such. Has anyone actually used the Dirt Dog? I have the Roomba but that's a vacuum.

lithoid wrote:

I have two shelties and a border collie. Lots of hair. I run the roombas daily, and once a week I need to spend about 10 minutes on each roomba with a pair of tweezers to remove hair from the front wheel axels. Its time well spent though, because they keep the floors as hairless as, well, Brittany Spears.

Do you think the brush alone on the DirtDog will be effective on dog hair?

FritoBandito wrote:You know, these Roombas and Scoobas are kind of high maintenance.

They've got tanks to drain, brushes to clean, bins to empty, filters to replace, etc, etc, etc.

Someone should come up with a robot that takes care of these tasks. They could probably sell a ton of them on Woot!

Amen Bro!

kctx7 wrote:How is this thing on pet hair. Would it be better or worse than the models with vacuums?

This isn't the one you want. Instead, you should look at the "Roomba Discovery for Pets". It has brushes specially designed for pet hair.

kctx7 wrote:

Do you think the brush alone on the DirtDog will be effective on dog hair?

I think the discovery roombas would be better for pet hair than this one. Also, i'm pretty sure they actually make a roomba with pet hair in mind, but it costs alot more.

lithoid wrote:
I think the discovery roombas would be better for pet hair than this one. Also, i'm pretty sure they actually make a roomba with pet hair in mind, but it costs alot more.

Price is the issue here. If $99 gets me an entry level unit that works on our tile floors and deals with the pet hair reasonably well, then I'm in.

Anyone who actually owns the DirtDog model have specific experience with pet hair???

GeorgeWBush wrote:I bought the Irobot Scooba. Its awesome. I dont need one that sweeps my garage. However if they make one that mows my lawn put me in for 2

Way

ahead

of

you,

buddy!

Wow, I just did a search on Amazon for roombas. There's a guy who sells leopard costumes made for roombas for $25. You gotta love the opportunitys to get rich in America.

Am loving my Roomba. Don't need one of these but I do recommend IRobot products.

Harryme123 wrote:Never heard of this one yet. Still don't own a cleaning bot. Waiting for the deal of deals. If it could get me a beer......bye bye girlfriend!

Hell, when they start selling a bot that does all the cleaning, my laundry, and the dishes I'll get rid of my girlfriend also! Maybe I'd even get rid of my wife while I'm at it!

lithoid wrote:
Thats not really accurate. They not only cover every part of a room once, they actually cover it four times. And they do a very decent job of it. The only areas that need any attention when the roombas are done is the corners, which can be easily covered in a couple minutes with a dustbuster. Lazy? Perhaps. Efficient? Absatively!

Actually, more accurate than you think...
>>read Consumer Reports magazine you'll be able to have more complete facts rather than a biased opinion.
While the following link is for the scooba, all formats of this type of vacuum work similarily.
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/home-garden/cooking-cleaning/irobot-scooba-506-mopping-cleaning-solutions/index.htm

Yes...SOMEONE at Woot! PLEASE quit obtaining these stupid things to waste sales on! They all get crappy reviews by 'professional' testers (e.g. Consumer Reports) and it seems like 1 Woot! a week is one of these ridiculous things. Enough!

[quote user="Marooned"]You've obviously never seen a time lapse of a Roomba at work. A roomba, while seeming to move at random, provides better and more complete coverage than a normal person using a traditional vac to clean up a room. Yes, the Roomba has its weakness, corners but our Roomba keeps are carpets cleaner than our traditional vac did anyday.

Does it fuel "laziness"? Me, I've got things I'd rather do with my time. There just aren't enough hours in the day. Why waste time when a Roomba can handle it for me?

***Local news shows have highlighted their ineffectiveness and Consumer Reports has not rated them favorably (check the magazine articles for yourself).
WWW.ConsumerReports.org has limited articles without subscribing or I'd have included info on other iRobot cleaners.
Makers like Dyson and others make $200-$500 vacuum cleaners and Sell them as well because people that want better cleaning buy them--thats just the facts.

This link is for the scooba, other iRobot products are similar.

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/home-garden/cooking-cleaning/irobot-scooba-506-mopping-cleaning-solutions/index.htm

$129 on shopzilla w/o shipping

http://www.shopzilla.com/12--IRobot_Dirt_Dog_Workshop_1100_Robotic_Vaccum_-_cat_id--13110106__nwylf--__prod_id--525677761

Like it or not, improbable or not, the dang things actually work, and do a good job. This model doesn't include all the bells and whistles as the model I paid dearly for, but it will get the job done, and you'll have fun watching it work, or not. :p

I use my roomba in my garage, which is large, and it works great. I see no real need for this. Granted, I don't have bolts and screws laying around on the bloor (they aren't stellar for tires) but all the leaves, dirt, gravel, etc, that is normal to have in a garage, my roomba picks up fine.

I have the Roomba and the Scoomba (wet/dry) floor robot cleaners; they both are really cool and clean really really well. I'm happy with BOTH of them and bought both off WOOT.

As much as I LOVE pets, and this is TEMPTING BIG TIME with the paw on the top of it, I'm gonna have to pass on it. As they say, "two is company but three is a crowd".

Since I have the two mentioned above and am very happy with both, I will say if you want something VERY VERY simple, this iRobot DirtDog Model 1100 IS for you. AND it's not a bad price at all!

You'll like it b/c it's user friendly and you just may be surprised at how much it really picks up!

Night all!