Mint and transitions between tile, wood and carpet I am thinking about getting the mint. I have two roombas that I use on carpets, and a scooba for my wood and tile floors.BUT - I have a long narrow section of tile that is bordered on one side by a wall and the other side by carpet. My scooba cannot figure this out and I can't keep the scooba from trying to climb onto the carpet. I also have an area where tile transitions to either carpet or wood. My scooba loses it here too.How does the Mint no not to cross a boundary? Is there something similar to the virtual walls that scooba/roomba uses? Mint and transitions between tile, wood and carpet I am thinking about getting the mint. I have two roombas that I use on carpets, and a scooba for my wood and tile floors.BUT - I have... » Read More Mint and transitions between tile, wood and carpet I am thinking about getting the mint. I have two roombas that I use on carpets, and a scooba for my wood and tile floors.BUT - I have a long narrow section of tile that is bordered on one side by a wall and the other side by carpet. My scooba cannot figure this out and I can't keep the scooba from trying to climb onto the carpet. I also have an area where tile transitions to either carpet or wood. My scooba loses it here too.How does the Mint no not to cross a boundary? Is there something similar to the virtual walls that scooba/roomba uses? « Show Less
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The mint I got kept going onto the carpet and getting stuck, also leaving dust & dirt there. Then when I would remove it from the carpet, it would have to start the cycle all over again. After 45 minutes, it cleaned a small section of floor, over and over and over.
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The mint on my floors doesn't bother with carpets, it bumps the carpet edges and and stays on my wood floors. Barriers and such, are not needed because Mint recognizes transitions.
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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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It will not replace the vacuum cause one is used for carpet and one for hard floors that would be mopped. As compared to the mint it's far beyond it. The mint uses a nasty rag that pushes the dirt around and makes dust balls where the scions actually wets the floor with soap and scrubs it then squeegee the floor mostly dry. Just change the soap water and you are ready to go again. No need to clean a nasty rag. Besides how long can you. Use a rag on one spot before its picked up more than it can hold, after that you either wash it or let it spread dirt all over.
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The part that's specific to hardwood floors on this product is the fluid cleaner in the cartridge. The product comes with Bona cleaner for hardwood floors. However, they also make a cleaner for stone, tile and laminate. If you can find that in a cartridge that fits into this sweeper, it should work just fine. There's nothing about the actual sweeper that's going to damage tile. However, you can clean tile with mops that have brushes or something to scrape any stuck on dirt and this sweeper has no such option. It's just a soft cloth, ideal for hardwood but maybe not the best for tile and grout. The part that's specific to hardwood floors on this product is the fluid cleaner in the cartridge. The product comes with Bona cleaner for hardwood floors. However, they also make a cleaner for stone, tile and laminate. If you can find that in a cartridge that fits into this sweeper, it should work just fine. There's nothing about the actual sweeper that's going to damage tile. However, you can clean tile with mops that have brushes or something to scrape any stuck on dirt and this sweeper has no such option. It's just a soft cloth, ideal for hardwood but maybe not the best for tile and grout.
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It does corners and edges well, so long as it's in an area where you can bend the handle down to get the head under the toekick. So the only problem I have is a small area between my island and a row of counters., but it even gets there with some side to side maneuvering. It seems to suck up dust from the sides of the head as well as front, so you only need to go into corners once rather than from each direction. However tile's a bit tricky, although that's seems to be due to the nature of tile itself rather than the vacuum. Dust and dirt seems to attach to the grout since it's rough textured, and neither this nor my regular vacuum picks up without using the hose and brush attachment. If you have a professionally done tile floor it may not be a problem, but if you have sunken grout (not level with the sides of the tile, which happens a lot in do-it-yourself tile jobs) this vacuum, or potentially any vacuum, may have a problem. Test with your regular vacuum first--if it will suck from grout without using the hose attachment, it's a good bet this will work as well.
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with wall to wall carpet I would use the model TOPAZ. Onyx is good with area rugs and smooth floor. Thank you K&M
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Same here. Wood and I have oriental rugs too. Depending on the size of the rug it may get stuck. On one of my smaller rugs this happens. On a yet smaller rug but sturdy one it hops on and off no problem. On a large rug I have in the dining room it sometimes hops on and sometimes it just moves along the edge. Bottom line is you have to monitor it. Or roll up the rug.
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We use Roomba on tile and carpet and rarely have to use a different vacuum to reclean an area. We have to use a handheld vacuum on stairs or tight areas such as behind commode where Roomba cannot reach.
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I have non smooth tiles in my kitchen and hallways and my mint does a super job with them! I was concerned about this but there was no problem at all.
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The standard brush is fine and I used it for six months. However, I also found it a little hard on the wood flooring so I purchased the Parquett Twister SBB 300-3. Most of my floors are tile but I do have some sections of carpets and wood flooring. The original brush is still best for tile and carpets but this Twister is ideal for wood flooring and does an excellent job.Highly recommended.
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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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There is an attachment called the "brush bar" that comes with the DC39 animal canister. It is designed to be used on both carpeting and hard surface floors. For carpetsuse the attachment with the rotating brush (build in) on. For hard surface floors leave rotating brush turned off. Might be a question of some scuffing/scratching on hardsurfaces but I haven't noticed it yet. Still marveling over the job it does with cat and dog hair in carpets. Haven't investigated subject but I'm sure Dyson offers otherhard surface attachments if "brush bar" poses a problem on your hard surfaces.Mike A There is an attachment called the "brush bar" that comes with the DC39 animal canister. It is designed to be used on both carpeting and hard surface floors. For carpetsuse the attachment with the rotating brush (build in) on. For hard surface floors leave rotating brush turned off. Might be a question of some scuffing/scratching on hardsurfaces but I haven't noticed it yet. Still marveling over the job it does with cat and dog hair in carpets. Haven't investigated subject but I'm sure Dyson offers otherhard surface attachments if "brush bar" poses a... » Read More There is an attachment called the "brush bar" that comes with the DC39 animal canister. It is designed to be used on both carpeting and hard surface floors. For carpetsuse the attachment with the rotating brush (build in) on. For hard surface floors leave rotating brush turned off. Might be a question of some scuffing/scratching on hardsurfaces but I haven't noticed it yet. Still marveling over the job it does with cat and dog hair in carpets. Haven't investigated subject but I'm sure Dyson offers otherhard surface attachments if "brush bar" poses a problem on your hard surfaces.Mike A « Show Less
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I'm not sure...Here's what my vacuum does when switching from hard floors to carpet and vice versa. When I'm vacuuming carpet, the motor has a whirling sound, when I switch the button to floors, the whirling stops (quiets down) and just has a vacuum sound. I hope this helps, if not let me know and we'll go from there.
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I dont have wood floors, but all tile because we live near the beach and it does a great job on sand and dog hair. It does go over most area rugs, but not if they have the trim that can catch in the roomba. ie indian rugs that need the trim combed. Hope this helps.
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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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In the past I used both a Roomba and a Scooba in my tiled family room and kitchen. But running roomba most days reduces the need to mop. I find that using a microfiber mop after roomba is no more work than maintaining the scooba. Roomba and microfiber mops and dusters are a great combination. Microfibers weakness as a floor cleaning system is handling larger debris. Otherwise microfiber is very fast and easy.
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I am regularly using bona to maintain by new laminate floor. I apply it every few months. I do not have experience with old laminates floors. When my contractor left the house after installing the laminate floor, removing wood panels from walls, finishing the wall, painting the walls and installing tiles in bathroom and some other area, the floor was looking really dull. Bona made it extremely shiny. This can easy hide all the hairline scratches but this cannot hide deep scratches and water damages, if any.
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The Roomba should not have difficulty with the 1/4" height change. I have three area rugs on our main level laminate floor. One of the rugs is almost 3/8" high. The Roomba climbs right on the rugs with no difficulty. I don't know if the slick wood threshold would hinder the climb. I guess you could look into returning the product if it didn't meet your expectations. We love our Roomba, in fact it is probably cleaning my main level as I type.