Hardware super, software completely wrong (a review never create with anger inside)

Hardware super, software completely wrong (a review never create with anger inside)

iRobot Roomba 780 vacuum cleaning robot (household goods)

Customer Review

Something anticipate: this entire iRobot series I think is one of the best "inventions", perhaps better, innovations are since chocolate. My problem: I had bought before the Roomba 650 and was absolutely delighted with him (the 650). We were so excited that we had given to the Roomba 650 our child for his apartment to us to buy the larger model with pollen filters, so this Roomba 780. Especially since he was supposed to be even more powerful (and supposedly a larger dust container has). Anyway, our house, about 120 square meters, precisely, should be cleaned as well or better than the Roomba 650 of the 780er. At least that was our idea.

First, I must agree with the many reviewers here, one should its Roomba at the first Home Care Try to accompany all obstacles and to eventually eliminate dangerous places. But that goes without of its own accord. The first few times the cleaning went quite well, difficulties were registered as beginners problems that had to do with the fact that the robot course once had to explore the house. But after a few days it started when I was on vacation at home, but I was not watching the 780er as he say and write for half an hour under a shelf was and turned in circles because he always there though pure, then again came out. This is obviously a mistake, but I have only once the shelf blamed, But when I had to watch that while he in bedrooms clean, but then get out was not back by while always out the door, ran but then, the next time angle, always the same angle back back into the bedroom and so there remained, even though the hallway outside was so wide twice.

Of course, this is a software problem, the hardware in this Roomba is good, he is indeed 2cm larger in diameter than the 650, but it is made of the same sturdy material. But what then is really, really annoying (have many other users here as well as the described) that this Roomba has these sensors, it can detect the abyss, but also discourage him to go to dark carpets. And that's really a mega-mistake, because although you can make and change his apartment so that as few obstacles in the way, but it is impossible to throw away all the carpets, only to replace them with bright carpets, what comes as yet, you now have to repaint his house because it is the color of carpets no longer matches that of the walls or curtains?

That really can not be. Well, even so, we could have come to terms somehow, but where we were now able to raise absolutely no tolerance when these Roomba 780 by 3 clock in the morning was of the opinion that the dirt in our apartment was too much to bear and be merry made his way to cleanse sameness. We had to speak to the little inflict no harm, who imprisoned him in a distant room (because I did not know how I can take out the battery) and tried to sleep again, and I promised my sweetheart, with immediately the next morning to this problem take care of. Easier said than done, I had assumed that the clock had somehow moved and wanted to make the next day, but could not double the key function (will change between AM and PM) and thus not properly adjust the time of day and also Do not delete or change the preset cleaning times. The thing was thus become reprogrammed. But I do not want to screw it, I'll send it back because apparently easy has it somewhere a malfunction.

The Roomba 780 devours the USB cable for charging and with this further drives clattering on the role that would be not bad at all, something we can itself prevent because we are the source of this error yes and Need to Clean Up (actually a positive side effect ). The but the software is so worst (others have about well written) that the Wage Determination simply can not find the way that will find them and he among other things does not start back where he once stopped (the Roomba, the site noted just not so that he, if he, for example, when the container is full or the battery needs charging, always starts from the front), which we had not expected and this negative characteristics we can also assume no impact.

As written, the Roomba 650 was indeed "simple", but he was apparently also on the software version, much more robust, although this 780 has a beautiful, more colorful display, but it has

1. Problems with the pathfinding (Software)
2. Problems with dark carpets (he does not drive on the carpets)
3. Problems with dark carpets (if they are at some distance from a wall, then he goes on these narrow "strips", but is caught in between, so that it is bogged down in the end to the wall and stops because he thinks he can not on the carpet ride (of only a few mm high)
4. Our apparently Display / hardware problems
5. He does not remember the places where it left off
6. Go easy in the middle of the night (probably a result of software problems / irritation)
7. I's criticisms that there is apparently no way a software update. Many problems described above might be solved with a simple software update

That it no longer can program, which has now brought the camel's back, so we will return it at the weekend. Currently we always put him at night in a room one because I still do not know, nor am willing to extend battery just so he does not tear us from the night sleep.

Although this review rather negative, speaks of me probably the bitterness of a disappointed "love" (why you almost always humanizes machines that only perform their duties?), Because the Roomba 650 had us so excited that we are equal to another second, supposedly better, zulegten, but only to be bitterly disappointed with this then.

On the whole, what a pity, I do not know if I want to buy this again, or if I do not he prefers to rely on the Roomba 650 (but I have to buy new because I do not take him away from the child simply again can).

Let's see, maybe iRobot has indeed improved the 780?

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Update 9.2.15

After the roomba780 no longer program allowed (start times could no longer be set, so that he just drove off without you could at the time to change something) I had previously arranged for a repair when I again previously looked into the net to look up, if there was not a solution there. Because the method described in the documentation did not work (you could or can not set time by simultaneously pressing the Schedule and "Day" key to clear). On the Internet I found the note only to push the Day button for at least 5 seconds, which was then worked. Now I can Roomba program again and we need not be afraid to be brought in the morning by 3 clock out of bed. Of course, the software is still the same, with all its little quirks, but I think we still wait and see how the Roomba now behaves. As input Yes describes the hardware I find quite good, as the Roomba 620. The 620s seems to me, however, but to be a little more robust. Very nice, the rating had once raised to 3 stars and watch me at times, as he continued to behave. A pity, I find that one apparently does not provide for software update, so could the gröbstensoftwaretechnischen defects and for example improve the way finding and editing. (It seems to me as if the software of 620 more robust and better).

We'll see.

Point deduction wg. Packing Rank: 3/5
December 20
not good at all ... 3 Rank: 1/5
March 17
MAXENCE ETIENNE Rank: 3/5
June 23
Almost perfect 138 Rank: 4/5
June 5
exeptionnel serum Rank: 5/5
November 24

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