Mint and transitions between tile, wood and carpet: How does the Mint no not to cross a boundary?
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The Mint has a 'Height' sensor which does very well, however, I have only used my Mint twice (its my FIRST hard floor cleaner) the transition between my Den carpet and my Kitchen Linoleum Floors is not much difference and the Mint both times crossed over into the carpet and got itself stick. If you pick it up, It loses its programming for that cleaning session and you will have to start over which you may have a fairly dry pad by that time and not enough cleaning solution left on the pad for another cleaning session. I hate seting out a boundry in that area as this just seems to defeat the purpose of having a robotic cleaner, however, I really do not see myself using it while I am away from home anyway but one never knows. I solved this problem simply by pushing it with my finger as the it was attempting to back up anyway and my push was enough to get it back onto the right floor and it never missed a beat again.
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I used this to transition to 3/4" solid cherry hardwood. DitraXL with aprox. 5/16" glazed porcelain floor tile provided a perfect transition between different flooring.
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My kitchen/bathroom recently recv'd a tile update & it has worked just fine in the bathroom. It literally glides with my feet if I move it. My sister and I have even used it on the hardwood floor with ease as well--it's not a super grip with the rubber feet that would limit mobility. Hope this helps. :)
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Yes! It will get stuck. We have the same flooring, nearly all hardwood with Persian rugs. We have found that Neato is fine on rugs with 2-3 " fringe but gets stuck on one with longer fringe. The solution has been to put a virtual wall strip just under the fringe on the rug (which is only on two sides of the rug) and the fringe completely hides the strip. The neato stays away from the fringe and enters and exits the rug from the side instead. This has worked for us. YMMV. But on shorter fringe rugs it does fine.
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It's grout. It will fill the area between tiles no matter what they are made of.
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Ideally elevease needs a SMOOTH surface to ensure secure fixing to your tiles and as such we would not recommend it if the surface is too uneven. Regards Elevease
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good if you have even floor surface...all wood, tile or carpet...not good at transitioning between surfaces. I returned mine for this reason.
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You can't pass, as near as I can figure. Consider swapping out tiles, instead. Maybe you can try to swap out "0" tiles. I don't think you'll be able to, but it is worth a shot.
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Sorry that it took so long to answer. In our house we have, wood floors, thick area rugs and tile. Roomba transitions from any surface type to the other without issue.
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Bona has a product for hardwood floors and one for laminate and tile. I have laminate and tile in my house and have used both products without a problem.
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The tiles are of various configurations, like "L" shapes, for example, so they will only fit certain ways and may not fit at all, depending on how much space is left. Your own tiles must touch, but only at a corner. The strategy is to play as many of your tiles as possible while blocking other players' possibilities. The winner is first to use all his tiles or have the fewest number of tiles remaining when everyone has nowhere else to go.
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Ubuntu runs great, as well as archlinux :-) Mint should run quite nicely as far
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I'm not sure but there is nothing you can do now. I had the same problem. Be careful where you play with it. It is fine on tile.
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It is my understanding that the only thing different is the solution used. One is for hardwood and one for tile.I actually do like it..but I still remind everyone beware how slippery it is. My daughter uses it for her hardwood floors and she likes it alot.
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I have also just used my new Mint twice now with the same problem. It does not stop at the edge of my carpet, but keeps trying to clean the carpet as if it were a hard surface. I also have an indoor/outdoor type area rug in my kitchen and it has been unable to determine the transition from hardwood to rug. Other than this small problem, I am thrilled with my new toy.Late Note 1/8/12: I did contact Mint Customer Service by email, and they promptly replied with a suggestion to run the Mint at an angle to the carpet edge so that the corner of the Mint hits the carpet first. Haven't yet had a chance to try that, but it sounds like a good idea. I have also just used my new Mint twice now with the same problem. It does not stop at the edge of my carpet, but keeps trying to clean the carpet as if it were a hard surface. I also have an indoor/outdoor type area rug in my kitchen and it has been unable to determine the transition from hardwood to rug. Other than this small problem, I am thrilled with my new toy.Late Note 1/8/12: I did contact Mint Customer Service by email, and they promptly replied with a suggestion to run the Mint at an angle to the carpet edge so that the corner of the Mint hits the carpet first. Haven't... » Read More I have also just used my new Mint twice now with the same problem. It does not stop at the edge of my carpet, but keeps trying to clean the carpet as if it were a hard surface. I also have an indoor/outdoor type area rug in my kitchen and it has been unable to determine the transition from hardwood to rug. Other than this small problem, I am thrilled with my new toy.Late Note 1/8/12: I did contact Mint Customer Service by email, and they promptly replied with a suggestion to run the Mint at an angle to the carpet edge so that the corner of the Mint hits the carpet first. Haven't yet had a chance to try that, but it sounds like a good idea. « Show Less
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I have laminated wood floors in my kitchen. I have had these for some time, and they have become slippery, and the corners have turned up and separated. I am constantly moving them back in place.
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useBlockTile R0US5112 Interlocking Ramp Edges Without Loop, and BlockTile R1US5112 Interlocking Ramp Edges with Loop. And all the edges will be clean and nice. There is no need to trim anything.