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iRobot Roomba 780 Vacuum Cleaning Robot
- It uses a new advanced cleaning head which provides superior performance for picking up pet hair, dirt, dust and more
- Dual HEPA filters trap dust, allergens and tiny particulates leaving behind fresh, clean air
- The included infrared remote allows you to control Roomba without getting up
- The robot can be scheduled to perform up to seven cleaning sessions per week, even when you?re not home
- It uses sophisticated power management software that results in 50% longer battery life than previous Roomba generations
The Roomba 780 vacuums like you would, navigates from room-to-room and freshens the air, on schedule or at the touch of a button. The iRobot Roomba 780 vacuum cleaning robot removes up to 98% of dirt, dust and pet hair – on its own – at the touch of a button. Using iAdapt™ Responsive Cleaning Technology, the robot thoroughly vacuums the entire floor, including hard-to-reach spots under furniture. Roomba 780 is loaded with the latest technology and features. Roomba’s Dual HEPA-type air filters stop fine dust from circulating in your home, leaving behind fresh air. The robot’s Dirt Detect™ Series 2 technology finds the dirtiest areas and performs concentrated cleaning in them to ensure the whole floor is thoroughly clean. Room-to-room navigation is possible with the included Virtual Wall® Lighthouses™, which confine Roomba to methodically clean one room at a time, allowing the robot to move to the next room when finished. And there’s never any guesswork; Roomba let
List Price: $ 599.99
Price: $ 599.00
An effective vacum cleaner but has room to improve,
I have Roomba 780 and Mint 5200 (see my other review). I have used both for more than half year. Here are my experiences:
Roomba 780 is very easy to use. Push start button, it goes. It can vacuum a room without using virtual wall or lighthouse. But if you want to run it in a specific area, virtual wall works like a closed door or wall. Roomba will not pass virtual wall. If you want to vacuum multiple rooms at once, placing lighthouse at different area will virtually devide the area into subareas. Roomba will first finish the 1st area, then move onto the next one.
Pro’s:
– It is great that you can program the date/time you want it to run.
– It starts by itself at the programed date/time and goes back to the charging dock automatically after cleaning.
– It vacuums the room effectively. Hair, bread crumbs all get sucked into the vacuum.
– Good battery power to vacuum a large area.
Con’s:
– As it is a vacuum, it is noisy. I cannot stand to run it if I am home.
– The bin is small and is full after one to two runs in my townhouse (I’ve no pets). It is a bit of work (about 5 minutes) to empty the bin, remove hair from the brush and beater brush, wheel, and remove dust from hepa filters. (Hepa filters need to be replaced every 2-3 months)
– Navigation is not as sophisticated and effective as Mint 5200. It repeatedly gets stuck at a tight area and needs to be removed. Further, it is poor at adjusting vacuum time to the room size. If you use lighthouse function to guide Roomba to clean one room first, then the next one, each room gets 25 minutes regardless of their size. For example: my living rm is 22×22, kitchen 9×15. Both get 25 minutes using lighthouse. If I use Virtual Wall, (i.e. after cleaning one room, Roomba goes back to dock, and I move it manually to the next room to start vacuuming,) the living rm takes about 1 hr, and the kitchen takes about 25 min. 25 minutes is still a bit too long for a small area like that. So, if you don’t intend to use lighthouse function, Roomba 760 is a better value ($150 cheaper). It comes with 2 virtual walls (no lighthouse option). Everything else is pretty much the same.
– The biggest downside for me is that it is pretty rough to the surface although its brush is very soft. Here is how it shows: 1) a short pile wool rug in the living rm: a lot of fine wool fiber in the bin after the vacuum; 2) shag carpeted bedroom: each time, a few threads were pulled out; 3) a woven wool rug in the office: wool threads were pulled out from the fringe, now the rug needs repair: 4) a GelPro mat in the kitchen: the edge has shown some wear and tear.
Because of its noise and roughness on fine things, I don’t use Roomba frequently and I only use it on stone tiled and hardwood floor. That being said, it can be a great addition to a lot of homes, particularly the homes with pets and/or with no expensive rug/carpet to care about.
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|wow.. it cleans better than my upright and with no effort on my part,
I was a little concerned that this would be another high priced gizmo’s that has lots of promise but gives a small amt of performance .but I was wrong..
Right out of the box it worked.. ( I love that it comes partially charged as we all want to SEE IT DO ITS THING )
First lets describe that is comes fully assembled.. and is packed with extra parts.. I was concerned when I opened it that I had to assemble but Iroomba just sent along some extras to make my ownership of Roomba more pleasant.
… It comes w 2 virtual walls/ lighthouses and a remote control ( no batteries included)..
A DVD w the owners manual and ref to the videos that are ONLINE but not on the DVD
Charging station and a large chargers connection
A few cleaning tools for the brushes and 2 extra hepa filters.
Well I could hardly wait to try it out.. It didn’t take much to get her going, Simply add in the date and time on the top of the unit press the big GREEN button that says CLEAN and away she goes… Well I didn’t’ want to wait for the virtual wall trial as I didn’t have enough C batteries, so I just put her in the middle of my large living room/ dining room and away she went.. over and around and UNDER furniture that hadn’t’ seen the sight of a vacuum in ages…. then after doing those 2 she went down the long hallway and into one of the bedrooms and UNDER the BED she went.. cleaning and humming away.. after that was clean she moved on to the bathroom and then left and went back to her DOCKING STATION… Now to be fair I had just vacuumed that whole area less than 24 hrs ago… and WOW the amt of DIRT she found was amazing..
Cleaning the bid is as simple as pulling out the little tray and opening the bin and dumping it.. I checked for captured hair or strings but all had been safely sucked into the dust bin.
Now one thing I didn’t realize and you need to know is the docking station needs to be on a smooth surface NOT carpet..That presents a problem for me so I will have to find a site that works that meets that requirement.
I don’t find the sound of the Roomba annoying at all.. sounds like a Fan that is blowing so I wouldn’t even notice this if it ran during the night time hours. It worked well on my tile floors cleaning not only the floor but the throw carpets as well.. WHEEEEE… I have white tile in the kitchen and baths and every little drip or drop of crumb is clearly visible This will be such a treat to have ROOMBA clean up after me …
So for my first trial of this little ROBOT:
Pros: she does what she is sold to do clean my floors with little input from ME
Fully assembled and pre-charged on arrival
2 virtual walls to make management of cleaning a simple task and targets the rooms I want clean
Cleaning and emptying of the dirt bin is a simple process and since I do the same with my upright bagless I see not more effort needed
I can LEAVE THE CLEANING TO ROOMBA.. and schedule her to clean up after ME .. what a treat that is
THE BIGGEST PRO IS COMING HOME TO CLEAN FLOORS
Cons: There is a learning curve to get the system set up .. This would not work well with people that are not interested in managing a high tech product
I suspect the roomba battery to be on the pricey side so that needs to be part of the consideration when purchasing this item
A sm amount of humming noise may disturb some people but on the whole it is not loud
Price point would be a stumbling block for many but consider the price of housekeeping service this can either eliminate or decease you need for that amount of service
In conclusion I find this is a luxury item for some but for others it will be a MUST HAVE… time is money and many of us work long hours and have little enough time to tend to really important things in our lives like family and friends . If this Roomba gives you a few more hours a week( which it will ) to spend with them it is well worth the money to bring little Roomba home to tend to you and you home. Everyone will be happy for it.
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