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- The only robot cleaner that can vacuum, sweep and santinize all in one step.
- 5 pre-programmed patterns provide effective cleaning results
- UV light provides disinfection for your floor and kills bacteria, germs and allergens while cleaning
- Work well on hardwood, tile, linoleum floor and low profile carpets
- Battery charges up in 3 hours and last for up to 80 min.
QQ-2 BASIC is the most affordable cleaning robot in CleanMate QQ2 series robot vacuums. It does not come with a home charging base like more expensive QQ2 models, but all other features are the same. It is an automatic and intelligent vacuum robot that sweeps and vacuums for you. It can easily handle various surfaces including hardwood, tile, linoleum and low-profile carpets. It will go under the beds and other hard-to-reach places to clean dirt, dust and pet hairs. Comparing with other brands on the market, one unique feature of QQ2 series is that it has build-in UV light, so it can do disinfection job for you while vacuuming, killing bacteria, germs and allergens on your floor. This is a big plus especially for people who have pets in the
Pretty Much What I Wanted And Just What I Wanted To Pay,
We have three dogs and was looking for something to run a few times a week to keep hair under control. I will say right now that I think it is going to serve that purpose.
Decided to punish it and see what it could do with two to three weeks worth of dog hair. Took it out of the box, put the battery in and got about twenty minutes of cleaning time without charging the battery prior to use. In that amount of time this thing picked up a whole lot of hair. Also, got to see some of it’s functions.
FUNCTIONS – Multiple cleaning patterns that it will rotate through or you can pick one and it will stay on it. It doesn’t map out the room like the much more expensive models but I am more than okay with that. I am thinking I will turn in on random mode for 30-40 minutes and let it go. Then set it on “follow the wall” to finish up. Will have to experiment for a bit to see what works best. Some might see this as a downfall but I was not willing to pay $#00.00 more for a more advanced machine so I am alright with it. For the price I paid, this funtionality is great.
NOISE – Not a problem. Much more quiet than my canister vacume. My big dog barks at it and the little guys just avoid it. I forsee them becoming totally aquainted with it within the week.
PICKUP POWER – As I mentioned, it picks large amounts of hair up without a problem. That is what I want it for so it is perfect. Great duster as well. Doesn’t work on carpets though. I don’t have carpet (except a throw)so again, perfect for me. But I don’t think they should claim it works on carpet cause it really just doesn’t pick anything up off my throw rugs.
GETTING STUCK – It does on power cords or anything the can sneak under its front bumber. Which is realy not a lot of things. Havn’t had major issues so far. It did get cornered in about a 1 1/2′ by 3′ area between the wall and an endtable but eventually worked its way out and continued cleaning.
CHARGING – Took about three hours. I didn’t go for the model with the rechargable base because a lot of reviews said it doesn’t make it back there anyways.
UV LIGHT – Felt this was a gimick from the get go. UV light can be antimicrobial but not with such a quick pass. If I remember from microbiology it takes about 15 seconds or so to have a noticeble effect.
ROOM TO ROOM – We have two bedrooms, a hallway, and a living dinning area. Finds it way into all those areas with no help form me. Kitchen and bath areas both have about an inch or so raise that seperates hardwood from tile and it treats those as walls. This is as advertised so no surprise there.
I would recomend to friends and family with predominatly hard surface floors who are looking for automatic pet hair control and dusting at a reasonable price. I would not recomend to those looking for carpet cleaning or a total vacume replacement as I don’t feel this has the power to completely replace a standup vacume when doing major cleaning. This will keep you happy in between cleanings though if you have hairy, four-legged creatures running around. I would purchase this again.
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|Probably as good as a Roomba,
If you hate to vacuum like I do, then you might want to give this one a try.
From what I’ve read about the Roomba, the Cleanmate Basic seems no better no worse, and costs a lot less.
– At one month, it still has the same charging capability (~3.5 hours of charging to get 80 minutes or so of vacuuming.)
– It will get stuck under sagging sofas, so you’ll need to prop them up somehow.
– Since I got the basic model, it doesn’t have a dock. But I don’t mind because I like to clean the dustbin/filter after each use. And I wouldn’t want to keep the dock out in the open, anyway.
– At one month, it’s still picking up some dog hair left by the previous tenant.
– It’s just okay for edge cleaning. Probably better than the Neato.
– Yes, hair gets wound around the brush, which can easily be removed.
– Since I hate to vacuum, our place is certainly cleaner with the Cleanmate than without.
– I prefer to be in another room when it’s operating. Just like I wouldn’t want to be in the same room as any vacuum cleaner. But I can still hear it when it beeps to let me know that it’s stuck or out of battery juice.
– I love that I can run the dustbin AND the filter under running water, to really get them clean.
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|A real bargain, unbeatable for the price!,
OK, first a short complaint about the roombas. Several years ago, I was in love with the concept of a roomba. So I bought one. The one I bought was a mid-level unit, at the time. The apartment we were living in at the time was mostly vinyl flooring, with a little bit of (short) shag carpet.
We set up and charged roomba according to instructions. Then we turned it loose to see what it would do. It seemed to do what it was supposed to for about five minutes. Then it just acted confused, going in random directions for a bit before it shut down with an error message. It wasn’t “stuck” on anything, and the battery was almost fully charged still. We called roomba, and they concluded that it must be a bad battery. So they sent us a new battery. We charged the new battery, and tried again. Second try, roomba again ran for about 5 minutes, then acted crazy for a bit and shut down.
Called Roomba again, they sent us an entirely new robot. The replacement robot (and 2nd replacement battery) did the same thing!!!
Called Roomba again, and Roomba sent another brand new robot (full retail package). Only this time, they upgraded to the top-of-the-line model for us. Oddly enough though, this 3rd robot (with 4th brand new battery) did the exact same thing. It would run for a few minutes, then get crazy and shut itself down. My wife and I were both tired of messing with the thing by that point. So, the brand new top-of-the-line roomba used for a total of about 5 minutes…ended up in the dumpster.
I don’t know if there were “alternatives” to the roomba then, as I didn’t bother to look. I was fed up with the idea of a robotic vacuum…that doesn’t work.
Several years later, I run across this Infinuvo robot vacuum with a price listed that is a fraction of the roomba I bought (the roomba which was USELESS). I read the existing reviews and they seemed (overall) pretty positive. I figured I had little to lose by trying a different brand now.
First thing you need to know, is that these things are not really vacuums. They may have a weak vaccum in them, but they are basically floor sweepers. That being said, if you are expecting these things to work on carpet…they will not. They’d have to be at least 10 times as powerful (and 20 times as heavy, with a humongous battery) to do a good job of cleaning carpet. But they will certainly clean the top surface of carpet OK, to make it “look” a little cleaner.
These things are actually made to clean bare floors. And for that, the Infinuvo works very well. I’ve got a large apartment now that is all laminate floors and tile. This little robot does a great job of cleaning all the floors in my apartment.
A bonus is that the battery life is much longer than claimed. This may be because the battery is still new. But if you turn this thing loose on default (random switch of cycles) cleaning mode…it will run about 80 minutes before it shuts itself off. AT THAT POINT, if you let it rest for a few minutes, then start it up again….it will run well over an hour before it actually shuts itself down with a low battery indicator.
It does a good job of getting all the corners and edges of all the rooms…as well as covering all the area in the middle. It is super easy to empty/clean out. The cleaning out is less than 30 seconds. You literally dump the canister into trash and quickly wipe clogged lint off of the filter with your fingers. Done. They even give you a little brush to use, if you don’t want to touch dirt with your fingers. 🙂
The recharge is very easy (with dual voltage charger!) and takes about 4 hours, roughly. It tells you (with light and beeps) when it is done charging.
The included remote control is a gimmick, I believe. This thing is so easy to use. Just set it down, turn it on, and hit start…then step back and let it go.
It has not gotten stuck on any furniture, even does a great job of cleaning beneath beds. It DOES get stuck on a large power cable (extension cord), though. I fixed this problem temporarily by using cable tie mounts to zip-tie the power cable from the wall to our TV stand. This kept the cable stretched tight and the robot was able to bounce over it, usually. But eventually, the robot snagged the cable again. And the robot had enough force to rip the cable off the wall, almost damaging the wall. Wow.
Next I’m going to try to duct-tape the power cable to the floor, thinking the robot will just skip over the duct tape. 🙂
So the one weakness this thing has is cables near the floor. 🙂 Manage your cables well, and you won’t have a problem.
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