rolls_rapide
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From Hoover (Candy). Looks like a Roomba but seems to be better designed.
http://www.robocom.it/il-prodotto/
http://www.robocom.it/il-prodotto/
Introducing the HOOVER robotic vacuum cleaner
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whirlcool
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These robo vacs are good for hard floor surfaces and light touch ups on thinner carpet, but people have to realize that these are not true replacements for a good vacuuming. The advertisements do not tell you this.
Five years ago my sister gave away her Kirby to buy one of the Rumba machines. She has not vacuumed her house with a regular vacuum in all this time. She thinks that the Rumba does it all. I shudder to think what her carpeting looks like after all this time.
She bought us one as a gift a few years ago. It did well in the kitchen, but that's about all it's good for. It did pick up some dog hair on the carpet, but mostly just made noise.
When the battery died, we just threw the unit in the closet and forgot about it.
These machines are just plain carpet sweepers, that's all.
Five years ago my sister gave away her Kirby to buy one of the Rumba machines. She has not vacuumed her house with a regular vacuum in all this time. She thinks that the Rumba does it all. I shudder to think what her carpeting looks like after all this time.
She bought us one as a gift a few years ago. It did well in the kitchen, but that's about all it's good for. It did pick up some dog hair on the carpet, but mostly just made noise.
When the battery died, we just threw the unit in the closet and forgot about it.
These machines are just plain carpet sweepers, that's all.
austinado16
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These all suck....pun intended
My inlaws gave my wife a Roomba a few years ago when they were still a big deal. I knew it was a piece of crap before it ever came out of the box. It did not disappoint.
We "let" it do the wood floor in the kitchen and it would rumble around making noise for an hour, and get itself stuck under the kitchen table and have to be rescued. The $90 battery failed eventhough it was always left in it's charger and we always used it until the battery was dead.
It has to be completely taken apart and cleaned, far beyond the normal, "dump the waste basket" that they would have you believe....and even then, after spending 30min doing surgery on it, it was still the same POS it ever was.
So there it sits, out of site out of mind...with a new battery and a new sweeper brush, and we never use it, thankfully.
My inlaws gave my wife a Roomba a few years ago when they were still a big deal. I knew it was a piece of crap before it ever came out of the box. It did not disappoint.
We "let" it do the wood floor in the kitchen and it would rumble around making noise for an hour, and get itself stuck under the kitchen table and have to be rescued. The $90 battery failed eventhough it was always left in it's charger and we always used it until the battery was dead.
It has to be completely taken apart and cleaned, far beyond the normal, "dump the waste basket" that they would have you believe....and even then, after spending 30min doing surgery on it, it was still the same POS it ever was.
So there it sits, out of site out of mind...with a new battery and a new sweeper brush, and we never use it, thankfully.
rolls_rapide
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The Hoover is a little different to the Roombas.
The Roombas have that daft conra-rotating brush carriage assembly, which clogs with pet hair and blind cords and power flexes. Most of the Roombas have a separate suction channel, so the brushes don't get properly cleaned.
The Hoover only has one floor brush (and two side brushes). The suction airflow passes through the brush cavity.
My personal favourite is the Electrolux. It works well and doesn't suffer from clogged brush syndrome.
The Roombas have that daft conra-rotating brush carriage assembly, which clogs with pet hair and blind cords and power flexes. Most of the Roombas have a separate suction channel, so the brushes don't get properly cleaned.
The Hoover only has one floor brush (and two side brushes). The suction airflow passes through the brush cavity.
My personal favourite is the Electrolux. It works well and doesn't suffer from clogged brush syndrome.
washernoob
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Ive never liked any of the roombas or their knock-offs- They hardly do anything. They are ok on hard floors, but even then dont pick up that well.
whirlcool
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But with the measly voltage output from the batteries, what kind of suction power can you get from such a weak motor? These units have very little suction to pick up dirt with. So they are more in line with being a carpet sweeper than a true vacuum.
rolls_rapide
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The Electrolux works surprisingly well on vinyl flooring and short to medium pile wool-rich carpetting. Not so great on polypropylene synthetic mats and rugs: the Roomba removes the surface fluff and hair better in this case.
The Electrolux generates quite an in-rush of air, noticable if you remove the dust cassette and start the cleaning program with your hand over the fan grille.
The Hoover looks as though it is more related to the Karcher Robovac, in that it uses a bristle main brush.
This is an underside pic of the Karcher.
The Electrolux generates quite an in-rush of air, noticable if you remove the dust cassette and start the cleaning program with your hand over the fan grille.
The Hoover looks as though it is more related to the Karcher Robovac, in that it uses a bristle main brush.
This is an underside pic of the Karcher.
Dyson also had plans for one of these but they said their version would have been too expensive. It's quite a big unit - see link.
http://www.dyson.co.uk/insidedyson/default.asp#dc06
http://www.dyson.co.uk/insidedyson/default.asp#dc06
