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I own a roomba and I do think it's great. Why dont you like it?

• jonathankoren 8y ago
  I own two, and use them regularly. They're not a gimmick, but they do have lots of room for improvement. They're very inefficient. Perhaps the 980 with the camera is better at mapping, but my 880 and an ancient 551 feel like they take hours to clean a single room. Granted, I can do something else entirely while it wastes time, but it feels weird. (I simply take them from room to room and lock them in for an hour or two, and then move them. I don't want to waste all day with the bots cleaning my house, and I've learned I can't trust them not to get into trouble by themselves.) Also, they're not the most powerful vacuums. They're fine for regular maintenance cleaning, but they can't replace a regular vacuum. Now if only I can find a robot to dust...