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As a former Roomba owner with allergies I have mixed feelings about current robots. The cleaning and coverage is pretty good. My Roomba didn't have massive cl
by Lio 10y ago
As a former Roomba owner with allergies I have mixed feelings about current robots.
The cleaning and coverage is pretty good. My Roomba didn't have massive cleaning power but because it revisits the same spot over and over it got the job done.
It required quite a lot of attention though, both emptying it and removing hair and carpet fluff from it.
However the real reason I got rid of it was that I suspected that the filtration wasn't very good and that it was just sucking up allergens and blowing them into the air as it went.
- izacus 10y agoDid you have one of the newer models with HEPA filters?
- Lio 10y agoI didn't, so hopefully newer Roomba's should be better in this regard. It's a difficult thing to measure though and I didn't want to take the chance again (in the short term). I found I got better cleaning (measured anecdotally by how much Ventolin I use) from a high-end handheld vacuum cleaner with HEPA and changing how I clean to include curtains, mattresses and pillows. Definitely not as cool as having a robot though. I think that Karcher used to make a robot with a base station that it would empty itself into, which is a neat idea. That would cut down on the emptying. [EDIT] I should add that the handheld vacuum cleaner has its own problems too since it's bagless. Great in principle until you empty it into a cloud of dust. I like seeing how much dirt is picked up but maybe disposable bags are the best solution after all.