Delivery
LG delivers next to the robotic vacuum cleaner, the are taken immediately after charging in operation, a remote control with batteries, an essay for dry cleaning with mop and an ultra-microfiber mop out. Furthermore, a complete replacement set with side brushes, Roto Brush and a filter set is included, but what I find appropriate to the purchase price. Tools for cleaning the HomBot, as well as a really useful manual complete this comprehensive package.
Operation
The biggest advantage of HomBot compared to many other Saugrobotern is that he gets along completely without light barriers and other guidance. It scans the environment with the help of several sensors located on, under, and the front are on the device and thus finds new ways. One disadvantage I feel the requirements for installation of the charging station, which is to stand against a wall, to the right and left respectively 1.5 m and forward even 2m square must have, because there is no such thing in our apartment. He lives now in front of a piano leg, exist by the specified distances from the, and feels there very well so far. A weak point is that he is not anti-fall on edges or stairs, but this is not relevant for us as it moves to the lower floor.
Cleaning
The HomBot runs quietly and very systematically. Only zugeschaltetem Turbo mode it is a bit noisy, the brush rotates slightly faster and goes faster. We parquet, tiles and cork flooring should be cleaned, which are really clean. The cleaning performance is similar to that of a household canister vacuum cleaner -. Dust, crumbs, and just over 10 cm long feathers our budgies represent no problem, he surprised me with a 7 cm long, sturdy and to my mind relatively heavy bag closure and a 10 cent piece , both of which he swallowed without difficulty. Due to its design and the really long side brushes it cleans deep into the corners in, and also a few centimeters under our bed. Problematic diverse cables hidden behind and under our furniture were connecting our electrical equipment to the power outlet in which he caught regularly and stopped until we consistently removed. Besides, it is fascinating to observe how he deals with the help of its sensors - to initiate and almost no - makes its way through chair legs and deep chair arms through, and even by a straight fitting gap between cupboard and aviary until the last corner of the room , Something you have to be careful with smooth doors, he closes easily, and includes so ever. When the cleaning is completely finished, he announces this with a triumphal melody, an appropriate announcement, and then parked neatly back into its charging station. The optional possibility of using the dry mop with this device, I do not use, because when assembling the Moppplatte doorstep are exceeded that are multiple times in our floor.
Different modes
The HomBot runs perfectly in zigzag mode the entire 84 square meters of floor from. After he has taken for the first two missions relatively long, which I attribute to the learning mode by the manufacturer mentioned, he goes now with the zigzag mode by default used the floor quickly from. He not cleans a room to the other, but each goes so far in his direction until it hits an obstacle, turns around and drives in parallel, the entire floor from. He then takes them a second time transversely to the first passage.
Meanwhile, I'm gone over to let him go in the Cell-by-Cell mode when I'm at home. He cleans depending on layout up to a 3 x 3 square meter surface in zigzag mode, and then goes to the next area above. This has the advantage that I can stay in another room specifically me, as he cleans a zone, and he does not constantly driving around between my feet.
Our dining room has to be the most frequently sucked, so I wanted to use here the Space mode. Here I mark the outer edges of an area, as I let them depart manually using the remote HomBot he then cleans. While this works perfectly, but the HomBot can not remember permanently the area. Here I have to mark it with the remote control the outer edges again to then exclusively to clean this area actually at each cleaning.
The spiral mode can be activated only if the HomBot is not in the charging station. From his current position he cleans an area within a radius of 1.5 m, what we do not need in this form.
The timed cleaning work properly, so I let him go usually automated, while no one is home. This no one is disturbed and the apartment is clean when you come home ;-)
Cleaning the HomBots
The robotic vacuum itself needs a bit of cleaning and maintenance, which is described in detail and illustrated very well in the accompanying manual. After each use must of course the dust container to be emptied, what the HomBot reminds every time. Moreover, the sponge filter and the dust container can be washed under running water to remove the HEPA filter, which is even sucked out only with another vacuum cleaner. The Roto Brush can be removed and cleaned with the enclosed tool, and the sensors are brushed with a brush also included in the package. What sounds much and cumbersome, is in reality a few simple steps - with us in daily use - done once a week.
Conclusion
The HomBot is with us for 4 weeks in use and now an integral part of our household. Still I enjoy every day at noon when you come home on the clean floor, especially in the area of our aviary. I do not want to miss him. Highly Recommended!
