The reviews say it is good on hard floors for dirt and such, but will it pick up something like cheerios or just push them around?
1969328
Yes - the pick up is very good for cheerios, unpopped popcorn and such. I have not been disappointed, and it is so quiet in comparison to other cleaners.
1847446
It does that well so long as you empty the cylinder when necessary and clean the foam filter as it gets dirty (both being easy things to do). Should do Cheerios very well. We use it to pick bits of cat litter dragged around the house.
1628575
That is a great question. This unit is perfect for picking up dry crumbs and debris however when it comes to wet food like bananas, avocados, etc. this may not be the best option as it could stick and become difficult to clean the sweeper after use.
429955
It works well on hard floors with the tool setting lever on to stop the beater bar. it's great on carpets and steps. It is built well and not to heavy or hard to push.
1724345
This is primarily a pooper scooper. It is very strong. If you use it for picking up small toys, etc. It would be fine. The bottom of it has claw like so you would have to watch it on carpet. It would save your back, that is for sure.
492695
Not well. I bought this for small pickup on jobs where lugging out the larger vac was not worth it. Honestly, this wont even pick up a dry Cheerio. Don't waste your money
750321
It can't do much when its "bigger" objects. It's pretty much just a moving box with a wet tower tucked under its belly. Its a floor mop after all. If it is your first robotic cleaning device that you are looking for, I highly recommend buying a Roomba first, its a vacuum cleaner, can get 95% of the dirt sucked up. Another note: My mint just broke down after 3 months. Currently in the process of sending it back for repair/replacement. Let me tell you the process isn't super smooth so far.
146146
I use it on all my hard floors, and it has really good suction and picks up pretty much everything. I usually clean the filters after using it, which helps also and you can see how much dirt and dust it really picked up.
1847445
It's ok, but not great at edges. The roller brush stops short of the side edges, but it does have little fixed brushes that are designed to get along the edge. I would think it would pick up cheerios, etc. It's a really convenient, lightweight little machine.
2227493
Actually, its better on tile at least as far as debris is concerned. My wife says that she now need s "Scoomba" though, as tile can be swept and clean yet still look "dirty". Does great as a pre-mopper. Several months into it and I just wish my wife would learn to program its auto-clean function.
2166075
You need to remember that it is pushing anything on the floor around and not picking or sucking it up as a vacuum would. The microfiber cloth works well as a dust cloth and picks up some of the hair. I would suggest that you vacuum if you truly want your floor free of debris. I have found that the robot works best as a wet mop
2041142
Works great. It has a carpet setting and a hard floor setting. The suction is strong enough to clean up those bare floors with ease. Hope this helps!
2037577
I only use it on the hard floors, not the carpet. I would say that it does a pretty good job of getting most everything, but I can't always see the cat hair on my floors. I like it mainly for the crumbs and it does a good job.
1691238
It depends. I use it to pick up nails, bolts, ect. It would pick up stuff out of the ground if the objects are not to deep, the ground is soft, ect.
1190667
it's ok. The bucket doesn't really have teeth, so it can pick up blocks (legos in our case) if there is a pile, if there is only a few on the floot/carpet it has a hard time.
457718
In general, canisters are better for bare floors and uprights are better for rugs and carpets. I tried this model on bare floors and found it didn't work well. Although the motor may be powerful, the head rode so close to the floor that it actually pushed crumbs and things in front of it instead of picking them up. I also found it not very convenient to maneuver. I thought the design would make it very easy to move it around, but I found that in practice it was very awkward.
1656114
I have honestly only tried it on commercial grade carpet. The really really unpadded NOT fluffy stuff. It does get the bigger crumbs, from where I eat and walk around the office, pretty well. Picks up things like paper clips, so I would assume it would pick up the bigger chunkier things. I would think it would work on slicker surfaces maybe a little bit better because there would be less friction? Just an educated assumption.