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Anyone using this robot vaccum thingamajig?

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2022 11:56 am
by alexis92
Hey Joggler-ers!

Just wanted to go off-topic for a sec and do a quick check to see if anyone here has any experience with the iRobot Roomba 960. I went on a bit of a rabbit hole lately in search of a good one, and this one caught my eye from a buyer's guide that I looked at (https://www.allhomerobotics.com/best-ro ... ices-year/). The price seemed just right and it had the sort of WiFi connectivity I've been looking for.

If anyone here has any experience with using it, I'd love to hear your thoughts! Or perhaps any other robovac you could recommend?

TIA!

Re: Anyone using this robot vaccum thingamajig?

Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2022 8:30 pm
by alexis92
Haven't been any answers yet so I'll narrow it down, has anyone used this specific one? https://www.amazon.com/s?k=roomba+960&i ... s_li_ss_tl

Re: Anyone using this robot vaccum thingamajig?

Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2022 12:42 am
by roobarb!
I would take this as a "no", and I regard robot vacs with suspicion. Besides, the number of stairs in this place, plus the cables, stairs, kids toys, stairs and stairs... nope. :)

Re: Anyone using this robot vaccum thingamajig?

Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2022 3:40 pm
by pete
Thinking I used and tinkered with the first generation Roomba many many years ago. It worked until it didn't and I never automated it.

Re: Anyone using this robot vaccum thingamajig?

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2022 3:12 pm
by alexis92
roobarb! wrote: Sat Jul 02, 2022 12:42 am I would take this as a "no", and I regard robot vacs with suspicion. Besides, the number of stairs in this place, plus the cables, stairs, kids toys, stairs and stairs... nope. :)
Stairs are a pain indeed...

Re: Anyone using this robot vaccum thingamajig?

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2022 3:13 pm
by alexis92
pete wrote: Sun Aug 07, 2022 3:40 pm Thinking I used and tinkered with the first generation Roomba many many years ago. It worked until it didn't and I never automated it.
So... how long did it work until it didn't? 😂

Re: Anyone using this robot vaccum thingamajig?

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2022 3:33 pm
by alexis92
Funny how things work, in recent days I actually got married, and it turns out a robovac was included in one of our wedding gifts from a friend! Apparently, they got the idea from this wedding planner called L&L.

Re: Anyone using this robot vaccum thingamajig?

Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2022 2:05 am
by pete
It worked a couple of years on my wood floors where I had my old parrot living.

Kika (parrot) is now 45 years old and still lives in a nook next to the kitchen dining area.
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Congratulations @alexis92 on your marriage!!

Yes here too got a vacumn cleaner for a wedding present many many years ago.

Interesting cuz Amazon now owns Roomba.