Does this actually vacuum the floor, or does it just pick up dirt like a broom? Thank you!
1038715
I wouldn't call it a vacuum, more like the strength of only a hand vac. It will only pick up small items. The dustbin is only about 5 inches across and an inch deep. If your floors are really dirty, you'll have to clean them first. I do love the steamer part it gets very hot quickly and does a great job.
55884
Works very well on my carpet. You use it like you would use a rake. My carpet has a thick pile and doesn't get dirty but the pile can get pressed down from walking on it. Using the rake means less vacuuming for me. It would work well to pick up pet hair but I have no pets.
895380
It has good suction. My original comment was unfavorable. The fault was mine. I did not have the bag installed correctly. The sweeper is very much up to Hoover standards!
24476
I have had one for three months and it cleans the entire downstairs of our home (1000 ft^2). (That is a kitchen, family room, dinning room, living room and half bath) It cleans until the battery runs down goes back to the charging station recharges itself. It then returns to where it left off and finishes. It takes a couple of hours but it does it all and it does a very good job. The only thing I have to do is empty the dirt while it recharges and when its done. My wife and I were amazed the first few times it did the floors. The surfaces for all the floors are tile with throw rugs all over the place. It even does a good job on the rugs. The only warning I would give is that it does get stuck sometimes: on electrical cords that are loose on the floor, under dining tables when the chairs are in a certain position (but only once--it cleans under the tables really well) and on my daughter's music stand (again only once--it climbed one of the legs of the stand backing up and lifted the drive wheels off the floor) It has gotten clogged and stopped twice: Once when a thumb tack got stuck in the blade of its brush and jammed against the body of the vacuum and the first time we ran it so much hair wrapped around the brush that it got stuck but both my wife and daughter have long hair and it had been several days since the rooms had been swept. It is easy to clean the brush and empty out the collection bin. Depending on how much furniture you have, it may get everything on one battery charge it gets over three-quarter of the way done before it goes back for a charge at our house.
228901
My experience is that it does fine on carpeted stairs. The brushes rotate consistently, and it picks up a lot, especially dust. First time I used it, I had to empty the canister frequently, as it picked up so much!
707862
The dust tray easily lifts up from the top of the sweeper! The sweeper comes with a metal tool that you use to clean the bottom brush! So easy!
1418596
It has little bristles that stick out on one side and they rotate in a circle. That helps the ROOMBA reach corners and flat walls. It has helped keep the traffic dirt and dust down in my house. I still do a good clean on the floors once a week. Before the ROOMBA I was sweeping once or twice a day. (I do have 4 kids though)
2269268
It works great on hardwood floors in my experience. I do vacuum first to pick up anything that may scratch the floor.
360260
In this household, it picks up pet/cat hair like nothing else I've ever seen or used. Mind you, this particular vacuum is intended only for hard-surface flooring, not for use on carpeted floors. I highly recommend it.
1714342
Cat hair generally isn't what I try to pick up with this sweeper, but we do have a cat and the sweeper does pick up at least some of the cat hair. There's always plenty of it in the dust bins when I empty the bins. This sweeper is certainly no substitute for a electric vacuum with a powered rotor brush, but nor should it be expected to be.
396940
I have a cat and this sweeper does a great job cleaning cat hair. It also does a great job cleaning up cat litter carried on to carper areas. Does a remarkable job on bare floors does not blow everything around like most uprights, it picks everything up.
1324790
LOL, define "work on carpet" .......it sucks up dust if that's what you want. Is it done well? No. this is a light weight type of vacuum it does not have a rotating brush to sweep the carpet at the same time and the suction is not strong enough to work on carpet for a long period of time.
1270663
No. But it doesn't matter, because this vacuum doesn't clean. Seriously, you can drag this thing over a pile of dust and after several passes you'll still see a slightly smaller pile of dust. Save your money and buy a broom.
201205
Yes it picks up dust, sand etc. Its a great little vacuum for a great price!
1818762
It does it will actually pick up hair and dirt from almost anything but is the best for furniture, it has this awesome rolling brush inside that you will love :-)
1441403
Setting it on the lowest setting (for floors) not so great. It will grab tufts of hair and larger dirt, but the small dirt is left behind. I do, however, use the lift-off canister and hose to get around baseboards and in corners. I use a broom and swiffer for my floors.
1860780
I normally vac first and then use the wash function to clean the floor. It will also pick up dirt when it's in the wash mode but it will create a mess in the reserve tank and clog the filter. It does a decent job on my tile floors.