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sandpan

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15. I returned the roomba because...

Reply to shraby (Original post)

Mon Sep 22, 2014, 01:40 AM

Sep 2014

it did not clean the corners, it did a poor job cleaning around furniture or other obstacles, it fell off stairs and rugs, it banged into furniture and corners and I spent too much time pulling pet hair out of it.

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Does anyone use a roomba? If so, do you like it? Any drawbacks? [View all] shraby Sep 2014 OP

I don't have one, but a fella my hubby works with does. napi21 Sep 2014 #1

That poor guy! I can imagine what he was thinking. shraby Sep 2014 #4

It's great! By the way, has anyone seen my cat? pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #2

I had one abelenkpe Sep 2014 #3

You didn't get a new battery for it? shraby Sep 2014 #5

I did but it drained the new battery pretty much right away abelenkpe Sep 2014 #23

You can get a new one from Amazon--better than the ones they sell. nt MADem Sep 2014 #8

Good to know! Thanks! abelenkpe Sep 2014 #24

Yes, run it 2 or 3 times most days Zambero Sep 2014 #6

My wife and I had one some years ago, a gift from one of our daughters. . . Journeyman Sep 2014 #7

I was going to say the same thing laundry_queen Sep 2014 #10

It sucks mindwalker_i Sep 2014 #9

yes. i bought one when they first came out. DesertFlower Sep 2014 #11

Don't own one, but the reviews at Amazon are better than I would have thought. greyl Sep 2014 #12

Every once in a while I dance to one. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #13

Oh what a Tango'd web we weave... pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #14

Back at' chacha JHB Sep 2014 #20

I returned the roomba because... sandpan Sep 2014 #15

You just perfectly described my old drunk roomate. Glassunion Sep 2014 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Sep 2014 #16

Over five years old and going strong AngryAmish Sep 2014 #17

Yes it's great for carpet Freddie Sep 2014 #18

A roomba can give a cat an inflated sense of empowerment, as if they didn't have it already. Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #19

My sister had one but it did a poor job at her place. randome Sep 2014 #21

Love this picture! M.C. Escher had some dandies. shraby Sep 2014 #26

Yup, it's great. I have hard wood floors and it works wonderfully. Javaman Sep 2014 #22

Roomba? Is that like a Sybian? snooper2 Sep 2014 #25

Have the 880 model and like it IphengeniaBlumgarten Sep 2014 #28

Thank you for the discussion. I don't trust the online shraby Sep 2014 #29

I had one. Puglover Sep 2014 #30

As a person who lives below someone with one, I *loathe* them. myrna minx Sep 2014 #31