I had decided on the Roomba, because he, unlike other robot vacuum cleaners is very thorough (each step is about 4x sucked) and he an automatic dirt detection (Dirt Detect) has. With two small children, who carry a lot of sand and dirt into the house, I was the very important!
This robot vacuum cleaner is designed not perfect, but that is the great vacuum cleaner either. Under the beds and the couch is cleaner than ever! It happens sometimes that the Roomba is hanging somewhere, imprisons itself or sometimes forgets places. Personally, I find that not bad, it just makes it the next day or need rework. It is quieter than a normal vacuum cleaner, but too loud to permanently reside in the same room. However, it does not bother me if he drives me after breakfast around the legs and ever cleans the floor, while I the dishwasher still quickly enable z. B. and grants.
The Lighthouses I do not use currently, and only times as virtual walls to close off anything, because I can not leave you permanently because of the children and not feel like they've ever set up. It works even without super. He also can not clean the lighthouse around and also at the loading station, he actually does not clean. But if I can live with. Then I take the cradle hold 2 x week high and let him go that way by remote control or go just long with 'nem Swiffer duster. That with the Swiffer (or any other company) is actually awesome! The Swiffer floor mop covered with a duster, I go 1 - 2x a week all digits long that does not reach the Roomba, eg behind doors or low cabinets.. This is much faster than the bulky vacuum cleaner only rauszuholen and even the stairs are so quickly freed from dust and dirt. The big vacuum cleaner I really use only to the Roomba to clean.
One can by the way - thanks to the crash sensors - with the Roomba on high cabinets (eg in the bedroom.) To clean.
All in all, such a robot vacuum cleaner awesome, it takes me a lot of work from and the cleaning costs for the unit is m. E. low. If you can live with the fact that he is not perfect and might not reach all points that could have been achieved by hand, but also recognizes that the Roomba reaches many places that you would never have achieved by hand, you can order be really happy! I was now nearly a week sick and totally glad that at least the robot has held the position :-).
Today, as a supplement to my Roomba robot wiping the American Mint Plus (see Dirt Devil Evo) arrived. I hope that I almost did nothing more soon have with the floor cleaning at the hat.