Corners? Can someone share their corner experience with the Roomba vs. the Neato XV-11?
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There's a lot of factors to consider. Roomba does a pretty good job of getting into corners because it has a side brush. Roomba is also much more tenacious, to a point where it's just brutal on your walls, furniture and carpet. Cleaning the sidebrush can be a pain when hair gets wrapped around it. You need to remove a screw and pop the brush off, then tweeze out the hair. Roomba will also clean for much longer than is necessary; going over the same areas repeatedly. I find this to be extremely annoying personally. Neato doesn't have a sidebrush. I thought this would be a major shortcoming of the Neato, but it turns out it's not been an issue at all. The laser guidance allows the Neato to get right up close to walls and corners. It's crazy; beyond anything I ever expected of a robot vac. Neato cleans more methodically and it has a much stronger suction so it does a good job of not missing any spots without having to use a brute force approach like Roomba. If you want the best robot vac on the market then get the Neato. The biggest negative for Neato right now is the price.
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Yes, pretty well. I have wood floors that I use it on, and I use the narrow head attachment to get the corners. The wide brush head has a suction-control tab to get flat-vs-shag surface control for suction.
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I'm test driving a roomba now and like it, but after reading all the comments (and yours about the hardwoods) I'm worried. The trilobite is SO expensive!
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I have the Roomba Discovery for Pets and it is awesome. I have a husky (need I say more) and two cats. My floors are hardwood, tile, carpet and rugs, it works great on all of them. After the big clean it has been just routine maintenance. I use it daily. It has never been overwhelmed by the hair even at the beginning.
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Our Roomba will go right over things like cords. The problem is, she's really good at vacuuming so sometimes the cords either get caught and she stops, or she yanks on them and pulls lamps and telephones off tables. So we've done two things to combat: 1) we got some 3M strips for cords and hung them up so they're out of her way and 2) we've used the lighthouses/haloes so she avoids areas like under the computer desk where there are a lot of cords. It's much more worth it to have a Roomba and spend an hour Roomba-proofing the house than it is to vacuum.
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The neato is thourough, sometimes I want it to concentrate on a room that I need done asap, so if you put the boundary magnetic strip there it doesn't go in that room. I have one currently under my island in the kitchen, it can get stuck there every once in awhile.
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The XV-21 picks up animal hair like a dream, and rarely does it get wrapped up in my long hairs. I recommend the XV-21 at the discount and a spare pack of filters. Even my pricey Kirby and Dyson vacs don't do the job the Neato does. And I don't have to do the legwork!
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Roomba works very well on wood and laminate floors! It works in a consistent pattern to pick up dirt and debris without leaving marks behind. I have multiple pets and it always picks up hair and dirt well. The bin fills quickly, so one must check often to assure maximum sweeping action. It also must have a pretty obstacle free floor to work most efficiently. If you move stuff around a lot or have lots of clutter, that impedes Roomba's ability to work by memory and it may appear to bump around randomly in this situation. Love Roomba and even purchased a Scuba after my Roomba purchase.
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I don't know how it compares to the room mate. But this dirt devil robot is a piece of junk. Threw it away after only a couple of uses. Do not buy!
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"Virtual wall"-only type (thin, with auto/off switch on top) works for Scooba, but NOT the "Lighthouse / virtual wall" combo type (semi-cylinder, with lighthouse/vitual-wall switch in front) for 500/600/700 series. On the other hand, all Roombas--including 780--work with the "virtual wall"-only type.
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So it sounds like the roomba comes first or only. There seems to be more than one model. Which one should I buy for all linoleum and enormous fluffy dog hair piles.(Could be lesser piles if roombaed regularly) Please advise. Thanks.
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I never had Roomba or any other remote vacuum so I can't answer that part. This one doesn't give as many errors but you really really need to empty the space of wires, thin doormats or rugs otherwise you NEED to babysit it. It does its job though. Keep cleaning all the hair regularly and keep it away from water. I am satisfied with their after-sale service. My Hovo 510 needed repair within 2 months (I had bought a second hand from Amazon) and they asked us to parcel it and they sent it back in very few days. I also didn't want to spend 300+ so bought mine for less than 200 and can say I'm fine with it. Just once a week I take my standing vacuum and clean the corners.
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Try keeping the base up against a wall, so when the roomba docks it can't move the base around. Also, although hardwood floors might look even to us, if the floors are not 100% level, the unit has a hard time docking. However, I found over time that the roomba had a harder time docking on the base as the unit got older. Eventually I ended up getting rid of the docking station and plugging it in manually for recharging.
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my house is about 2600 sq feet. i pick it up and move it room to room. have some stairs. sometimes need to re-charge. it is great!!! cleaning as i type in my living room. between that and the roomba - my life is changed:)
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Good. You can adjust the suction. I have several and with one foot on a corner, can do these easily.
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I bought a Roomba - non pet version at Costco. I have a wire hair dog, a poodle/terrier/mix and a cat. Along with two snacking kids and messy husband. I am amazed on how much the Roomba gets. I run it everyday and do have to clean out the brushes about 1 x a week. I think the trick is to do a good cleaning with a regular vacumm then set your roomba up for daily cleaning. I am now ordering the Roomba - Scooba for my tile kitchen floors.
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Neato gets caught up in large fringes and will also bump off high rug-edges as if it were an obstacle. Still, it does very well compared to my two Roombas. Neato get's itself into cords and climbs sloped lamp bases but lifts itself up like a turtle on legs, shakes, turns, and lifts itself free. Amazing how it's able to get itself out of almost everything I've seen it get into. As for fringes, I've learned to either tuck them under during cleaning, or trim them down to 3 inches or so.